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Being the ant or the elephant: cultivating the five spiritual strengths
By: Gil Fronsdal
Developing confidence and persistence as spiritual strengths, or powers.
When confidence, persistence, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom are fully developed, they become sources of strength and equanimity.
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| Five Powers | Gil Fronsdal | 2016.12.03 | 40:18 | 40:18 2016.12.03 |
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| The Five Powers | Gil Fronsdal | 2016.11.17 | 57:51 | 57:51 2016.11.17 |
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| The Faculty of Faith | Gil Fronsdal | 2012.12.10 | 54:18 | 54:18 2012.12.10 |
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| Dharmette: Confidence like a Snake | Gil Fronsdal | 2016.06.22 | 12:36 | 12:36 2016.06.22 |
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| Paramis: Effort | Gil Fronsdal | 2005.02.07 | 42:08 | 42:08 2005.02.07 |
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| Wisdom / Discernment | Gil Fronsdal | 2004.06.21 | 42:56 | 42:56 2004.06.21 |
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| On the Way to Unshakeable Faith | Gil Fronsdal | 2017.09.17 | 39:53 | 39:53 2017.09.17 |
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| Faith / Confidence | Gil Fronsdal | 2004.05.10 | 43:13 | 43:13 2004.05.10 |
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| The Five Faculties, Part 1 - Daylong Intensive | Gil Fronsdal | 2018.06.02 | 34:27 | 34:27 2018.06.02 |
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| Cultivating and Letting Go | Gil Fronsdal | 2017.11.04 | 43:31 | 43:31 2017.11.04 |
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| The Five Faculties | Andrea Castillo | 2017.03.20 | 42:46 | 42:46 2017.03.20 |
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| The Skill of Meditation | Andrea Fella | 2009.11.24 | 59:10 | 59:10 2009.11.24 |
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| Facilitating Practice | Andrea Fella | 2013.10.24 | 53:50 | 53:50 2013.10.24 |
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| 5 Faculties: Confidence and Wisdom | Ines Freedman | 2021.12.10 | 48:35 | 48:35 2021.12.10 |
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| Cultivating Confidence | Ines Freedman | 2019.04.30 | 36:41 | 36:41 2019.04.30 |
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| Five Faculties | Kim Allen | 2009.09.10 | 45:28 | 45:28 2009.09.10 |
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| The Five Faculties and Life | Kim Allen | 2021.08.23 | 28:38 | 28:38 2021.08.23 |
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| The 5 Spiritual Faculties: Effort and Persistence | Maria Straatmann | 2015.01.27 | 51:21 | 51:21 2015.01.27 |
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| Five Faculties | Max Erdstein | 2014.06.30 | 44:48 | 44:48 2014.06.30 |
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| Five Faculties-Energy | Tanya Wiser | 2024.05.02 | 39:11 | 39:11 2024.05.02 |
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Body | Gil Fronsdal | 2014.11.18 | 49:51 | 49:51 2014.11.18 |
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| Meditation Instructions | Gil Fronsdal | 2019.06.24 | 39:52 | 39:52 2019.06.24 |
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| Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions | Gil Fronsdal | 2018.05.16 | 51:24 | 51:24 2018.05.16 |
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| Guided Meditation: Awareness | Gil Fronsdal | 2014.11.22 | 27:52 | 27:52 2014.11.22 |
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| Guided Mindfulness Meditation | Gil Fronsdal | 2013.04.08 | 42:59 | 42:59 2013.04.08 |
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| Guided Meditation | Gil Fronsdal | 2014.10.27 | 40:31 | 40:31 2014.10.27 |
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| Guided Meditation: Balanced Effort | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.02.28 | 30:46 | 30:46 2024.02.28 |
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| Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions | Gil Fronsdal | 2016.02.24 | 39:29 | 39:29 2016.02.24 |
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| Experienced Practioners' Instruction 4 | Gil Fronsdal | 2016.03.10 | 18:59 | 18:59 2016.03.10 |
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| Guided Meditation:Calm Ongoingness | Gil Fronsdal | 2021.05.21 | 29:16 | 29:16 2021.05.21 |
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| Experienced Practitioners' Instruction 1 | Gil Fronsdal | 2016.03.07 | 20:03 | 20:03 2016.03.07 |
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| Guided Meditation: Parami - Embodying Truth | Ajahn Sucitto | 2018.06.29 | 43:19 | 43:19 2018.06.29 |
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| Guided Meditation | Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia | 2002.07.14 | 06:00 | 06:00 2002.07.14 |
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| Instructions: Mindfulness of Body | Ines Freedman | 2018.05.15 | 35:15 | 35:15 2018.05.15 |
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| Preventing and Abandoning Unwholesome states, with Guided Meditation | Marjolein Janssen | 2022.01.08 | 49:56 | 49:56 2022.01.08 |
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| Guided Meditation: Attention, Effort, Choice and Selfing | Matthew Brensilver | 2024.04.17 | 30:46 | 30:46 2024.04.17 |
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| Morning Instructions - Awareness and Objects | Matthew Brensilver | 2016.01.17 | 46:23 | 46:23 2016.01.17 |
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| Guided Instructions: Zazen Instructions | Mel Weitsman | 2017.11.15 | 42:12 | 42:12 2017.11.15 |
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| Guided Meditation on silence | Nikki Mirghafori | 2015.11.21 | 48:55 | 48:55 2015.11.21 |
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| Guided Sitting Meditation - Trust | Tanya Wiser | 2024.07.13 | 25:12 | 25:12 2024.07.13 |
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| Mindfulness of the Breath and Guided Meditation | Venerable Pannavati | 2012.10.22 | 1:25:06 | 1:25:06 2012.10.22 |