Tag: Taming the Mind
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Damnit Dukkha: Ruth King
Length: 14 minutes, 31 seconds Memorable Quote: “The mind has no shame. It will do anything to get your attention.” Synopsis: Ruth contrasts the “big” dukkhas (suffering), such as illness and death, with the smaller kinds of dukkha, those moments when you say “Damnit!” These smaller sufferings are moments of not getting what you want,…
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Working with Habits: Gina Sharpe
Length: 22 minutes, 50 seconds Memorable Quote: “Many habits that we’ve built up that are habits that create short-term pleasure; in the long-run, these habits are unhelpful and destructive.” Synopsis: Gina encourages us to be open to exploring the countless ways we can define “who we are” and “who we might become.” She points out…
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Thought and Emotions: Anushka Fernandopulle
Length: 21 minutes, 39 seconds Memorable Quote: “Sometimes we paint beautiful pictures. We go in a cave, paint a picture and fall in love with it. We build a shrine and we marry the picture. It’s so beautiful that we want to live in the cave forever.” Synopsis: Anushka describes how the thoughts we think…