Talk Series

The Ten Paramis

Bloedel Hall | Jan 2009

The Ten Paramis, or the ten perfections, are the ten qualities of character that can be developed to support the path of awakening. The Paramis can be seen as attributes of awareness itself and also cultivated states that will enhance our lives.

This series is presented in audio and video.

Talks in this series

  • Generosity (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Jan 27, 2009

    The power of generosity and how to access it by releasing what obscures it. The talk explores the difference between generosity and resentment.

  • Generosity (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Feb 10, 2009

    Generosity and total self-acceptance. We will not explore the causes of selfishness until we are generous with ourselves.

  • Virtue (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Feb 24, 2009

    Virtuous behavior comes spontaneously with interconnectedness. When we see from oneness, there is no impulse to hurt.

  • Virtue (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Mar 10, 2009

    Understanding why we contract and the limitation of that perception. Are we broken and need to be fixed?

  • Renunciation (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Mar 24, 2009

    Pausing to see what is important, and appreciating the space the pause offers.

  • Renunciation (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Apr 14, 2009

    Renunciation is releasing what is not true and no longer needed.

  • Wisdom (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Apr 28, 2009

    How to activate the innate intelligence of presence.

  • Wisdom (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | May 12, 2009

    The fearlessness of wisdom and the willingness to hold our place on the earth for the learning that comes.

  • Energy (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | May 26, 2009
    Energy is free and open, but the sense-of-self resists that open energy and distorts it towards its needs.

  • Energy (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Jul 14, 2009

    Suffering leads either to contraction and further distortion of energy, or connection and release of resistance.

  • Patience (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Jul 28, 2009

     Patience is not waiting for something to end, but living fully through every event.

  • Patience (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Aug 11, 2009

     We cannot talk about patience without investigating the reality of time.

  • Truthfulness (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Aug 25, 2009

    Truthfulness of body, speech, and mind is the willingness to release all forms of self-deception and is the lynchpin to dharma growth.

  • Truthfulness (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Sep 15, 2009

    Honesty is defined by our ability to acknowledge distortion without pretension, uncover pain without projection, and face facts without defensiveness.

  • Resolve (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Sep 29, 2009

     Resolve comes naturally from the love of the truth and responds appropriately to balance inequality.

  • Resolve (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Oct 13, 2009

    Ultimately Resolve is the willingness to hold one's ground and expose everything.

  • Metta (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Oct 27, 2009

    To love all beings we must love all aspects of our own mind and body experience.

  • Metta (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Nov 10, 2009

    To know love as stillness is to embrace the world unconditionally.

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  • Equanimity (1 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Nov 24, 2009

    Equanimity is a balance between the relative sorrows and ultimate perfection of the world. It is a full embrace of life as it is without disturbance.

  • Equanimity (2 of 2)

    by  Rodney Smith | Dec 15, 2009

    There are a number of ways to incline the mind toward the discovery of equanimity. Each perception of equanimity has a training explored in this discourse.

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