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Allen Atkins's Dharma Talks at Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community
Allen Atkins
Allen moved to Flagstaff in 1998 to work at Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a professor of Finance. He has been interested in meditation since first learning Transcendental Meditation (TM) in college. After college, in 1978, he was introduced to Vipassana and it has been his main practice ever since. He sits a retreat of at least a week or so almost every year. He sat the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) three month retreat three times and in 2000-2001 took a leave of absence from work to spend the year practicing at IMS and in Burma, Thailand and India. Allen taught yoga and meditation in Texas from 1979-1983. He has been teaching a six-week beginning Vipassana course each semester at NAU since 1999. The course is currently being taught with Cathy Small. His other main hobbies include music, singing and cycling.
2024-06-03 Contemplation of Death – How it could help your practice 28:52
Brief synopsis. At first there is a discussion of why this might be useful. Then there is a discussion about various ways you may approach this contemplation.
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2024-02-12 Be Your Own Coach 26:24
Nisargadatta Maharaj said, “The greatest guru is your inner self.” Whether you are grappling with issues in your daily practice or larger issues concerning the direction of your spiritual path, look to your inner “Coach” or guru. You may find it provides the best guidance you can find.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks
2023-10-02 Compulsion and Addiction 25:55
A discussion of the grasping mind. An evolutionary necessity that can run amuck.
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2023-10-02 Compulsion & Addiction 25:55
We all have wants and needs that are required for our survival. Sometimes those wants expand far beyond what is needed. There are also acquired desires that are destructive to our survival. Buddhist techniques on Mindfulness can be extremely helpful in beginning to deal with these desires.
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2023-04-17 The Three Characteristics – The Three Marks 24:41
Is there a way to experience The Three Characteristics in the present moment and not just consider them intellectually?
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2020-10-12 Working with Thoughts 26:47
Discussed working with thought and the difference between noticing thinking and getting lost in thinking. Some techniques were discussed and tried. First was just counting thoughts. Second was labeling categories of thoughts. Some readings were presented and some discussion of ways to notice and label thoughts.
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2020-04-27 Paying Attention to the "Knowing Quality" 66:04
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