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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-05-23 The "Lack" of Self 54:02
David Loy
Our most problematic dukkha is due to our sense of a separate self, a dukkha usually experienced as a sense of lack.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-22 Engaged Buddhism - Vignettes, Challenges, Possibilities 45:49
Donald Rothberg
A second overview of socially engaged Buddhism is offered, through vignettes and stories of engaged practices, a discussion of some of the challenges of connecting inner and outer transformation, and a sense of the great creative possibilities of such an approach. With Q&A.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-22 Engaged Buddhism: Personal Transformation and Social Justice 40:40
David Loy
"The mercy of the West is social revolution. The mercy of the East is insight into the basic self/void. We need both" (Gary Snyder)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-22 An Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path 36:07
Anushka Fernandopulle
Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path during the Living Dharma Study Retreat. Subsequent sessions discuss each step on the path in greater depth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path

2012-05-21 On Being Worthy of Your Suffering 35:10
Jacques Verduin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-19 Opening The Heart To Mystery 58:33
Mary Grace Orr
On not knowing as the path to awakening...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Retreat

2012-05-18 The Four Resolves 54:35
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Retreat

2012-05-17 The Eightfold Path and Liberation 58:50
Andrea Fella
An exploration of how the noble eightfold path is a lived path and lends to the ending of greed, aversion and delusion -- liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Retreat

2012-05-16 Vulnerability and The Good Heart 45:08
John Travis
Stories help point to the possibility of opening to what is difficult and what is beautiful.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Retreat

2012-05-16 Becoming Bodhisattvas III: Practicing with Views and Concepts 57:00
Donald Rothberg
In the context of connecting inner and outer transformation, we explore how to train to be wise and skillful in using views, concepts, and theories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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