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Retreat Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

In helping us to deepen our refuge and reconnect with what is most precious and sacred in this life, this retreat will draw from various teachings and practices that open us to the heart of compassion. The retreat will be informed by a synthesis of Theravāda Buddhism as transmitted through the Thai Forest Tradition and the teachings of Ajahn Chah, and Mahāyāna practices and teachings around Quan Yin’s compassionate Bodhisattva Path.

Our time together will include a morning chanting and bowing practice, chanting several times throughout the day, and a concluding Quan Yin Compassion Ceremony. These devotional practices invite an attitude of humility, respect, and reverence that helps to reconnect us to the sacred. The retreat will also include Dharma talks, meditation instructions, daily Yoga sessions, and group practice meetings with the teachers.

Please note that the format of this retreat is different from many at Spirit Rock due to the emphasis on chanting, mantra, and ceremony. This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, other practice meetings, and the aforementioned chanting and ceremonies.

2024-11-22 (9 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
2024-11-23 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:34
Dawn Mauricio
Exploring refuge, presence and love as a journey to reclaim the sacred, touching on what we're doing on retreat (satisampajañña) and how to do it (with mettā).
2024-11-24 Guan Yin and the Burned Out Buddha 45:55
Yong Oh
Reflections on compassion, love, care and our journey to wholeness. Touching on the stories of the ascetic Buddha, Sujata, Guan Yin/Avalokiteshvara.
2024-11-26 Breaking the Spell: Fingersnaps of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 65:11
Kittisaro
From the Shurangama Sutra, reflecting how all phenomena arises within the Wonderful bright true mind." Two potent tools for dispelling the illusion of separative consciousness: the contemplation of change and the cultivation of kindness.
2024-11-27 No Footprints in the Sky (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:11
Kittisaro
Reflection and practice around the sky-like mind. Radical reflection, returning to the root, turning the mind to the deathless. Contemplating "what remains."
2024-11-27 The Inner Meditation Practice of Kuan Yin (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:18
Thanissara
Non-separative consciousness, beyond the walls of the mind, all is resident in one awareness, compassion as depth listening.
2024-11-28 Change of Lineage: Entering the Dharma Stream (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:10
Thanissara
Undoing the engine of samsara through the four noble truths, the peaceful is ever timelessly present - a bow is a perfect approach to life because it allows us to pause and listen to another pulse - the pulse of the living Dharma.
2024-11-28 Kuan Yin: Bestower of Fearlessness: Dharma Medicine for These Times (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:37
Kittisaro, Thanissara
Going beyond the constructs of the mind, trusting the heart, and upholding the Humane in Times of Destruction.
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