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Kim Allen's Dharma Talks at Insight Santa Cruz
Kim Allen
Kim Allen has been practicing Insight meditation since 2003, and has trained intensively in the U.S. and Asia with cumulative years of silent retreat. She has practiced with primary teacher Gil Fronsdal and other Western teachers, Theravādan monastics, and a few Mahāyāna teachers, and now offers retreats, sutta study, and experiential Dharma engagement. A teacher and author, Kim aims to bring classical Dharma to a modern context and to encourage lay practitioners in fully living a life of Dharma. Her education includes a PhD in physics and a master’s degree in environmental sustainability, and her website is https://www.uncontrived.org.
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2021-03-24 Renunciation in Lay Life 3 -- Letting Go of Self 49:11
Final session in a 3-session class
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2021-03-19 Guided Meditation -- Mindfulness of Sound 16:27
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2021-03-19 Guided Meditation -- Mindfulness of the Breath in the Body 19:53
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2021-03-19 One Year Hence day 5 -- Big Mind and Compassion 35:56
Final day of our week reflecting on a year of life in the pandemic.
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2021-03-18 One Year Hence day 4 -- Not-Self, Emptiness, and Joy 44:42
4th of 5 days commemorating a year of sheltering in place. Wisdom teachings are paired with heart qualities.
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2021-03-17 Renunciation in Lay Life 2 -- Mental Patterns 59:02
Second of a 3-session class on Renunciation for Laypeople. Letting go of mental habits and patterns is the heart of renunciation practice.
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2021-03-17 One Year Hence day 3 -- Views and Metta 34:33
A week of wisdom and heart qualities to mark one year of the pandemic
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2021-03-16 One Year Hence day 2 -- Impermanence, Death, and Equanimity 39:39
Second of 5
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2021-03-15 One Year Hence day 1 -- The Mind and Faith 32:57
A 5-day series in acknowledgement of one year of the pandemic. Each teaching includes a wisdom understanding and a heart quality.
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2021-03-10 Renunciation in Lay Life 1 - Simplicity 45:28
First of a 3-part class on Renunciation for Laypeople
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