Orlando Insight Meditation Group

A Contemporary Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation Community For Central Florida

The Power Of Narrative

by | Feb 2, 2012 | Listen to Dharma Talks

This dialogue further explores how modern cultural influences affect our sense of the Buddhist Dhamma in the 21st century.  The fact that humans experience selfhood through the ability to string together various moments of awareness into a narrative creates the need for virtue to integrate the process.  When our personal narrative is distorted, lacking awareness of important memories that link past events to current events, suffering is inevitable.  The virtue of Samma Vaca, Right Speech, provides a well-integrated narrative self, setting the foundation for further spiritual transcendence.  Right Speech will be discussed in the next Dhamma dialogue.

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The Value Of Virtue

by | Jan 26, 2012 | Listen to Dharma Talks

This dhamma dialogue continues an ongoing exploration of the importance of using mindfulness practice to examine the classic Buddhist teachings so they can be adapted to a world experience that is much more complex than the time of the Buddha.  Virtue is examined as the manifestation of wisdom (clear awareness plus benevolent intention) in our daily routines.  This talk is laying the foundation for exploring the meaning of Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood in the 21st century, drawing on modern psychological research.

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