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Eve Decker: Practicing with the Four Qualities of the...

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2026/01/08

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Awakened heart dwells in the present moment and chooses wise response to the unfolding, ever changing, less-predictable-than-we-think experience of now. The Buddha taught four basic qualities of the awakened heart: friendliness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. These qualities frequently overlap, are innate (though sometimes/often not in charge) and can be practiced, strengthened, and uncovered. When we do uncover them we gain access to an ease and

38:18

James Baraz: Welcoming in the New Year Together!

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2026/01/01

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk will1. Look back at 2025 reviewing what we've learned 2. Open to where we are in the present 3. Get in touch with our intention for the 2026 envisioning the qualities that will be most needed for us to deepen our understanding and inner peace We will also share a New Year's ritual of letting go and cultivation. If you're at home bring a candle. Please pause the audio to perform the exercises.

43:57

James Baraz: The Light Inside the Darkness

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2025/12/18

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) As we head into the darkest period of the year we are processing dark forces of ignorance and hate in the news each day. The light and loving awareness can hold all the forces of ignorance-- both inside us and around us--with compassionate understanding This is a time to remember all that is good.

48:15

Eve Decker: Wise Self-Soothing is Crucial

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2025/10/16

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Buddha's teachings point to the need for clear understanding of our own minds and hearts, along with intention, compassion, and practice. As the adage goes, we must become the ones we seek while we work to change (or even consistently comfort) the world. To do that, we need to know what's going on for us internally and know how to wisely self-soothe when we are experiencing distress. The Buddha taught this, and this teaching is pretty precisely echoed

44:02

James Baraz: Don't Know Mind - Letting Go of Conclusions

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2025/09/04

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Most of us like to have some sense of security thinking planning ahead or knowing what to expect can help us be more at ease. But the real freedom comes from realizing we really don't know how things will unfold. Although that might seem unsettling, it can allow us to be more at ease with the fundamental unpredictability of life.

47:19

JD Doyle: The Sacred Practice of Equanimity

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2025/08/28

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) A discussion of meditation techniques to evoke Equanimity

46:39

Eve Decker: Third Foundation of Mindfulness:...

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2025/08/14

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Buddha's third foundation of mindfulness - mindfulness of mind states - give us directions that allow us to see mental-emotional patterns clearly without negative judgment or identification. This approach to habits we often identify as "self" gives us a very helpful way to work difficult emotions. The motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much

46:30

Eve Decker: Second Foundation of Mindfulness: Feeling...

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2025/08/07

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Buddha's second foundation of mindfulness - vedana in Pali or 'feeling tone' - is a powerful and often under-utilized teaching and practice that can help us work skillfully with difficult emotions. The motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much today as it did in his time almost 2,600 years ago.

43:48

Eve Decker: Mindfulness of Emotions: What, Why, and How

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2025/07/31

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) An exploration of emotions, and the Buddha's teaching on mindfulness as an antidote for working with them. The motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much today as it did in his time almost 2,600 years ago.

34:25

Eve Decker: Buddhist Fundamentals: Dependent Origination

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2025/07/24

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Four Noble Truths were called "Dependent Origination, telegram-style" by Buddhist teacher Venerable Ayya Khema. Dependent Origination has also been called a 'mysterious rune'! We will take a look at this foundational teaching/insight and see if it has useful application for us in our pursuit of experiencing and offering well-being. The motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering

47:55

Eve Decker: Buddhist Fundamentals: Wise Effort

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2025/07/17

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) We will look at the general teaching and then apply it to the distress of anxiety. The foundational motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much today as it did in his time almost 2,600 years ago.

48:49

Eve Decker: Buddhist Fundamentals: Wise Speech

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2025/07/10

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Wise Speech. The foundational motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much today as it did in his time almost 2,600 years ago.

45:02

Eve Decker: Buddhist Fundamentals: Wise Intention

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2025/07/03

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The foundational motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much today as it did in his time almost 2,600 years ago.

44:57

Eve Decker: Buddhist Fundamentals: Wise Understanding

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2025/06/26

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk looks at the first factor in the Buddha's Eightfold Noble Path: Wise Understanding.The foundational motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much today as it did in his time almost 2,600 years ago.

45:47

Eve Decker: Buddhist Fundamentals: Continuing with...

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2025/06/19

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Noble Truths 3 and 4We will continue our exploration of the Four Noble Truths. The foundational motivation that the Buddha stated repeatedly for his teachings and practices was to find direct ways to end suffering. This intention applies as much today as it did in his time almost 2,600 years ago.

55:14

Eve Decker: Practicing with Intention

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2025/04/03

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk presents an exploration of "Wise Intention" - a crucial aspect of the Buddha's map for alleviating suffering.

53:06

Eve Decker: Engaged Buddhism: Connecting Inner...

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2025/03/20

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Thich Nhat Hanh, beloved Vietnamese monk and peace activist, coined the term "Engaged Buddhism" when, during the great suffering of the Vietnam war, it no longer felt appropriate to many monastics to stay inside the monastery. There was a need to take action. However, as practitioners directly addressed the suffering, they stayed grounded in and guided from practice. We will be exploring staying connected to and moving from wisdom and compassion as we

48:37

Eve Decker: Equanimity in These Times Part 4 of 4

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2025/02/27

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk examines some frameworks and practices that can help us return to equanimity (a sense of balance in the midst of things as they are, from which wise response can more easily arise).

54:22

Eve Decker: Equanimity in These Times Part 3 of 4

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2025/02/20

59:28

Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith: Dharma from the Heart

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2025/01/02

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith, MBA, brings over 25 years of cumulative meditation practice and spiritual studies to her livelihood as a Spiritual Teacher and Leader. Silent Vipassana (insight) meditation retreats, Theravada Buddhist studies and earth-based indigenous spirituality and healing arts are at the heart of her practice. Ramona Lisa is passionate about long silent retreat practice, spiritual studies and sharing wisdom teachings.

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