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Retreat Dharma Talks
at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2010-02-03
Practicing with the Body- Part I
60:12
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Donald Rothberg
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The body is the doorway to great transformation and mystery. Practicing with awareness of the body is central to grounding our practice in a highly mental culture. We explore 1) the importance of body-based practice, 2) our cultural and personal attitudes toward our bodies, and 3) a set of initial body practices.
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2010-02-10
Practicing with the Body- Part 2
65:15
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Donald Rothberg
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We review and expand the themes from last time- the importance of body practices for our times and lives, exploring our attitudes toward the body and developing basic body practices. Then we focus on mindfulness of the body, outlining several further practices and emphasizing especially how body practices help us practice more fully and critically in the flow of the daily life.
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2010-02-15
Love, Wisdom, and Awakening
51:37
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Nina Wise
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The journey and thread that weaves through each,... one begets and is of the other... how Valentines day and Presidents day can lead us to Awakening...
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2010-02-17
Practicing with the Body Part 3: Cultivating Wisdom
59:37
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Donald Rothberg
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After a brief review of the first two series, we focus on body practices to develop insight into 1) impermanence, 2) suffering and the roots of suffering, and 3)constructions of self. We suggest several concrete practices to develop wisdom through awareness of bodily experience.
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2010-02-24
Practicing with the Body- Part IV The Body-Mind-Heart Connection
59:43
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Donald Rothberg
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We review briefly our previous practices and investigations of body practices in the last three weeks. We then focus on the body's connection with mind and heart, how we practice individually with each of them, how we explore the dynamic relationship of body, mind, heart. We end by focusing on heart practices for our bodies and those of others, and on opening to the further mysteries of bodies.
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2010-03-01
Aloneness and Love
54:36
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Mark Coleman
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What is the relationship between love, attachment & aloneness. How does aloneness support us coming home to ourselves.
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