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Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia's Dharma Talks
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia has been offering instruction in Theravada Buddhist teachings and practices since 1990. She is a student of the Western forest sangha, the disciples of Ajahn Sumedho and Ajahn Chah, and is a Lay Buddhist Minister in association with Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in California. She has served as resident teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, taught many months at IMS's Forest Refuge, and served as a Core Faculty member at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. She co-authored Older and Wiser: Classical Buddhist Teachings on Aging, Sickness, and Death and has written numerous articles for the Insight Journal of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
2007-05-26 Spiritual Friendship 52:37
This talk examines some of the Buddha's teachings on wise companionship. It outlines what constitutes spiritual friendship.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Monastic Retreat
2007-05-01 Dana: the Buddha's Teaching on Generosity 57:58
This talk outlines the different kinds of giving and reflects upon the Buddha's teaching on generosity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Monastic Retreat
2005-05-14 Where's The Joy In Practice? 1:31:13
With so much emphasis on dukkha, on overcoming the five hindrances, etc., our practice can at times seem bleak. We can balance this and lighten the heart by knowing where and how to find the joy in practice.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2004-04-22 Freedom Through Form: Reflections On The Monastic Life 63:13
Reflections upon (1) the importance of having a common value base and actively living by those values. (2) the great support that living in community offers, and (3) the importance of making an emotional connection with the teachings through devotional practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Monastic Retreat
2004-04-19 Reflections On The Establishments Of Mindfulness 56:16
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Monastic Retreat
2003-06-12 Craving, the Sense Realm, and Self 57:37
This talk examines the nature of the sense realm and considers how we give rise to craving in relation to sensory experience. It also examines the distortions that self-view sets up and the relationship between craving and the wrong-view of self.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula
2003-01-26 The Cultivation Of Generosity 47:54
This talk examines generosity, the quality of heart that takes us from self-absorption to open-heartedness. Generosity is one of the principle antidotes for the suffering states of greed, hatred and delusion.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula
2002-07-29 Putting Down The Aggregates - part II 49:07
This talk is about understanding the five aggregates of clinging and seeing them as not self.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula
2002-07-22 Putting Down The Aggregates - part I 41:52
This talk is about understanding the five aggregates of clinging and seeing them as not self.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula
2002-07-08 Reflection And Insight 34:37
This talk describes the use of contemplation and reflection in the meditation practice and explains the difference between reflective and discursive thought.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula

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