Part 2 - Compassion - Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love (2018-02-14)

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🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Part 2 – Compassion - Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love (2018-02-14) - Compassion - the tender resonance of heart - awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability.

This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In each talk we explore the habitual patterning that blocks our full realization of these innate capacities, and the understandings and practices that nurture their unfolding.

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:04.5	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:09.7	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:25.2	Namaste and welcome.
0:28.8	I would like to wish you a happy Valentine's Day and begin with a brief quiz.
0:34.8	First one is, what do squirrels give each other on Valentine's Day?
0:41.2	Any guesses?
0:45.0	Forget me not.
0:48.2	Okay, one more, only one more.
0:51.2	What does an octopus sing to his beloved on Valentine's Day?
0:59.4	I want a holder, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand.
1:07.8	Okay.
1:08.8	I gave it a good shot, right?
1:13.0	So appropriately, we're in the midst of a four part series on Awakening the Present Heart.
1:22.9	And this is the first one, the first one that we did was on Awakening, Loving Kindness,
1:30.2	which is the seeing the goodness and responding to the goodness in life.
1:34.5	The second is compassion, which is what we'll be doing this class.
1:39.3	And then we move on to joy and equanimity.
1:42.8	And in the Buddhist tradition, these four are called the Brahma Vaharas or the Devine
1:47.5	abodes because they really express the capacity and potential of our Awakening Heart.
1:57.2	So in thinking about each one of them, we look at really what's blocking this innate
2:05.1	capacity we have and what cultivates it.
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