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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-02-24 Transcendent Dependent Arising: The Path to Freedom 58:55
Sally Armstrong
This powerful teaching form the Upanisa Sutta shows us how suffering when understood with wisdom leads to faith and is the beginning of a natural unfolding of beautiful qualities of the heart which provide the foundation for the mind to turn to awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-22 Loving One's Enemies I 60:40
Donald Rothberg
We explore the meaning of developing a love or loving kindness toward all, including one's "enemies," using both Christian and Buddhist resources. Four foundational practices are outlined: 1.Ffollowing ethical guidelines 2. Mindfulness 3. Metta, and 4. Wisdom practices to help contemplate emphathically the causes and conditions of difficult interactions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-21 Patterns of Becoming 4: Karma and Rebirth 64:42
Guy Armstrong
This fourth in a series pf talks on the formation of self explores how volitional actions, known as karma, occur in repetitive patterns and lead to lawful consequences in this life and even in a future life through rebirth. once we understand them, we can use these patterns to shape our lives in the direction of happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-20 4 Ways We Get Caught 65:43
Pascal Auclair
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-20 Fear as Practice 60:16
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-19 Generosity: A Foundational Practice for Awakening 60:57
Carol Wilson
Similar to previous talks, although some new examples
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-18 The Four Noble Truths 58:06
Sally Armstrong
Richard Gombrich, a Buddhist scholar, called the Buddha a brilliant and original thinker on the level of Plato and Aristotle. But the Buddha wasn't interested in just speculative philosophy, but to understand why we suffer, and how to find freedom. The Four Noble Truths is his direct teaching on just that.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-17 Patterns of Becoming 3: Unentangled Knowing 63:18
Guy Armstrong
This third in a series of talks explores the formation of self through the chain of dependent origination, a detailed description of how we suffer. It then outlines approaches in meditation that let us step out of the chain of suffering and into a state of "unentangled knowing" in which we discover the possibility of freedom here and now.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-16 Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness 69:41
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-15 7 Factors of Awakening 1:11:09
Pascal Auclair
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

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