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Dharma Talks given at Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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2009-11-24 Ten Paramis: Equanimity (1) 56:46
Rodney Smith
Equanimity is a balance between the relative sorrows and ultimate perfection of the world. It is a full embrace of life as it is, without disturbance.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-11-10 Ten Paramis: Metta (2) 58:50
Rodney Smith
To know love as stillness is to embrace the world unconditionally.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-10-27 Ten Paramis: Metta (1) 55:03
Rodney Smith
To love all beings we must love all aspects of our own mind and body experience.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-10-13 Ten Paramis: Resolve (2) 60:23
Rodney Smith
Ultimately resolve is the willingness to hold one's ground and expose everything.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-09-29 Ten Paramis: Resolve (1) 58:20
Rodney Smith
Resolve comes naturally from the love of the truth and responds appropriately to balance inequality.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-09-15 Ten Paramis: Truthfulness (2) 42:58
Rodney Smith
Honesty is defined by our ability to acknowledge distortion without pretension, uncover pain without projection, and face facts without defensiveness.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-09-06 An Imposter in the Body 43:30
Rodney Smith
Some of us feel like an imposter within our own body, but the practice will not bare fruit until we reclaim ourselves completely.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-09-05 Space, the Final Frontier 43:06
Rodney Smith
Through relaxation the psychic space opens, revealing an infinite dimension.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-25 Ten Paramis: Truthfulness (1) 54:52
Rodney Smith
Truthfulness of body, speech, and mind is the willingness to release all forms of self-deception and is the lynchpin to dharma growth.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-08-11 Ten Paramis: Patience (2) 60:35
Rodney Smith
We cannot talk about patience without investigating the reality of time.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

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