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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2024-02-25 Wisdom and Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:09
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-24 Liberative Dependent Arising (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:28
Kim Allen
Liberative, or Transcendent, Dependent Arising describes an arc that runs from suffering (dukkha) to liberation, including many beautiful qualities like faith, joy, and tranquility. It shows how the mind gradually untangles through a lawful process.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-23 The Four Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:40
Jaya Rudgard
Reflections on the four noble truths, particularly on craving (tanha) and its abandoning.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-22 The Six Sense Spheres (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:02
John Martin
Includes a reading of the Bahiya Sutta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-22 Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:58
James Baraz
Compassion practice including all categories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-22 Trusting the Connection 59:11
Grace Fisher
Begins with a 30m meditation and is followed by a Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thursday Morning Women’s Group

2024-02-21 Devotion to the Sacred (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:44
James Baraz
Although devotion plays a significant role in Monastic Communities and Tibetan practices it is not something often discussed in lay communities. Yet devotion can be a major source of inspiration which can fuel our practice. How can we access it and have it moisten our sincerity of motivation?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-21 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 1 68:12
Donald Rothberg
We frame the session in terms of there being three main inter-related aims of our practice: (1) developing wisdom and insight, (2) cultivating the kind heart and compassion, and (3) acting skillfully and ethically in all the parts of our life. In this context, it's interesting that having insight can still be connected with reactivity; it's possible to be both "right" and see something clearly, and be obnoxious. We look at one major way in which insight can be enmeshed with reactivity--what I call "the judgmental mind." We first clarify how "judgment" in English is ambiguous, sometimes meaning judgmental, sometimes meaning discerning without reactivity. The judgmental mind combines typically some kind of noticing, insight, observation, etc. with reactivity, and the key to transforming the judgmental mind is to work through the reactivity, using multiple tools. The last part of the talk outlines our major tools for transforming the judgmental mind, and invites next week's practice. We then have a discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-02-20 Practicing with Difficult Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:17
Tara Mulay
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-20 Morning Questions and Reflections (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14:47
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

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