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I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.

I try to use the formal teachings as a doorway for people to see the truth in themselves. I feel I'm doing my job when people look into themselves to come to their own deep understandings of the truth, access their own inner wisdom and trust in their "Buddha-knowing," as Ajahn Chah called it, which is different from their intellectual knowing.

The Buddha-knowing is a deeper place, underneath the concepts, which is in touch with the truth, with our seed of awakening. I want practitioners to have more and more confidence in, and familiarity with, that deeper place of knowing. It is accessing this dimension of our being that becomes the guide to cutting through the confusion caused by greed and fear. We have everything we need inside ourselves. We do not need to look to a teacher when we remember who we really are.

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2014-02-07 Wise Effort: Finding Balance and Inclining toward the Wholesome 62:26	Download Listen
Two aspects of Wise Effort are explored: 1) how do we know if we're doing too little, too much or just enough with regard to effort in practice? and 2) the four aspects of wise efforts are discussed with particular emphasis on the importance of cultivating and increasing wholesome states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-02 Morning Instructions - Day 1 10:16	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2013-09-28 Compassion, Equanimity and the Joy of Simply Being 62:29	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-27 Seeing Who You Really Are Beyond the Comparing Mind 63:55	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-26 Opening to Suffering as a Path to Happiness 60:31	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-25 The Power of Intention 61:27	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-14 Awareness as Basis of Connection to Self and Others 63:19	Download Listen
Includes a Brahma Vihara exercise. From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 4
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-14 The Amazing Wonder and Awe of Awareness 26:11	Download Listen
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-01 Transforming Fear into Love 61:03	Download Listen
Practice is an alchemical process that turns dukkha into sukkha. If we have the courage to face our demons and learn to open to our blessings, we radiate love and wisdom that not only transforms ourselves but the world as well.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

2013-08-29 The What, Why and How of Mindfulness Practice 61:11	Download Listen
What mindfulness is, the benefits that result from its cultivation and the skillful attitudes that support practice: relaxed, interested and kind awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

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