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Leela Sarti's Dharma Talks at Gaia House
Leela Sarti
Leela Sarti has been a student of the Buddha's teachings and practices since she was 16 years old. She lives with her family in Sweden and in addition to teaching Insight Meditation retreats internationally works individually with students in her psychotherapy practice in Stockholm. She is a long term student of the Diamond Approach and part of a teacher training program in that tradition.
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2012-10-22 Clear Understanding and Responding with Love 53:29
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Every moment of true mindfulness is kind. This talk explores the possibility of cultivating a mind that can be with the reality of life. When we turn to experience with openness, we also become more open to insights, and our confidence in ourselves and our capacity for awakening becomes grounded in life.
Gaia House :  Embodying the Awakened Heart
2012-03-10 Rest in Natural Being 55:15
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Deeply opening to the impact of the characteristics of human existence; anicca, anatta and dukkha, supports us to grow in wisdom and brings intimacy and aliveness to our being. From the silence of being flows the essential radiant qualities of mind and heart; love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Our unfolding is held and nurtured by the supporting containers of awakening practice; sila, samadhi and panna.
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being
2012-03-09 Turning to Beingness - Life Beyond Judgement 47:55
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"There is a cry deeper than all sounds whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open, to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing" - Rashani There is an illness in being somebody and and illness in being nobody. When we meet that which is hard to bear in our experience in general, and the force of self judgement in particular, we can come to rest in natural being and open to the fullness of life.
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being
2012-03-08 Opening Talk for Rest in Natural Being 41:52
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Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being
2011-12-03 Presence and the Radiance of Mind 61:30
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Gaia House :  Embodied Presence
2011-12-02 Embodying Presence - Opening to Dukkha 57:26
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Gaia House :  Embodied Presence
2011-12-01 Opening Talk for Embodied Presence Retreat 56:06
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Gaia House :  Embodied Presence
2011-10-27 Silence 56:59
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Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translations, says Rumi. Beyond the experience of deficient, negative silence in our lives, when the mind and heart becomes quiet and at times completely still and clean, we are pointed directly to the truth of our being. In the silence of all things the grooves and tendencies of the habitual mind stand out in vivid colour. In silence there is a falling away of name, form and self.
Gaia House :  Embodying the Awakened Heart
2011-10-25 Awakening the Human Heart 41:11
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To truly embrace the intensity of our longing and sorrow, our hopes and fears, to be present and open as we are impacted by our past, and to live with inner ground and freedom in the midst of the joys and sorrows of the world, what is is needed is a great heart, but a also a human heart. Do we know the true capacity of our heart?
Gaia House :  Embodying the Awakened Heart
2011-10-23 Spark of Awakening 54:39
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All human endeavors take some effort, but what is a balanced effort and from what place of our being does it originate? We can train the mind to respond appropriately, to be balanced here and now, but it is never a fixed position. We know what being out of balance feels like. What supports the open ease and wholehearted capacity of inner balance? How can we step out of our own way, so the effort in practice becomes effortless?
Gaia House :  Embodying the Awakened Heart

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