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The Dharma Well from East Bay Meditation Center

The Dharma Well is a collection of dharma talks and guided practices from East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California, offered as a thank-you to Friends of EBMC — the sangha members who sustain the center through monthly giving. You'll find talks and conversations from benefit events and daylongs, alongside shorter guided practices to return to whenever you need them. New recordings are added regularly. EBMC offers its programs with no set registration fees, sustained by the practice of dana. These teachings were given freely. They're gathered here as a gift in return. This is a private feed for the Friends of EBMC. To become a Friend, visit eastbaymeditation.org/dharmawell
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The Dharma Well from East Bay Meditation Center

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Guided Meditation: Centering Practice — Ream

A guided practice with Ream, a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center.
"We center to be more present, open, and connected with what is. Life as it is in…
14:17

Spiritual Friendship — Melvin Escobar & Mushim Patricia Ikeda

Two core teachers at East Bay Meditation Center on kalyāṇamitta — spiritual friendship — which the Buddha called not half but the whole of the holy life.
Melvin Escobar has…
15:50

Ceasefire Practice: From the Mind to the Heart — Tania Triana, Ream, and Anuradha Bhagwati

A dharma talk from EBMC's ceasefire practice halfday for liberation for Palestine — on feeling the discomfort rather than managing it, dropping out of the mind and into the heart…
29:53

Where We Are Now: Angela Davis, Lama Rod Owens & Prentis Hemphill (from Love, Power & Liberation)

Angela Davis, Lama Rod Owens, and Prentis Hemphill at East Bay Meditation Center event "Love, Power, and Liberation", the day after the 2024 election.
Where the conversation begins: what each…
37:22

The Gift Economy — Kazu Haga

 Kazu Haga on dana and the gift economy — living on faith rather than fees, what it means to receive as well as give, and why generosity is an ecology…
13:41
In the spirit of dana
Our teachers offered these teachings freely, as dana. We've gathered them here as our thanks to the Friends who keep EBMC's doors open to everyone.