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Retreat Dharma Talks
at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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| Regular weekly talks given at the lower Spirit Rock meditation hall |
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2011-10-05
Getting Down to Direct Experience
59:47
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Donald Rothberg
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The essence of our practice is to learn ever better to respond rather than react to experience. Using the model of the "Ladder of Inference," we see how we, when reactive, move away from more direct experience-personally, inter personally and socially. We then explore practices to help us "get down."
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2011-10-19
Getting Down to more Direct Experience II
57:42
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Donald Rothberg
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We look further at the mechanisms by which we move away from direct experience. unskillfully, driven by reactivity and papanca (conceptual proliferation). We point to practices of tracking thoughts, emotions, reactivity-that help us ground in more direct experience, leading to greater freedom and responsiveness-personally interpersonally, and collectively.
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2011-10-26
Getting Down to Direct Experience III
63:07
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Donald Rothberg
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Building on the last two sessions, we explore three inter-related aspects of ignorance or confusion: 1. How we move away from direct experience, especially because of reactivity. 2. How we develop, personally and collectively, unconscious material;and 3. How we do not fully understand impermanence, the roots of suffering and the nature of the self. We suggest ways to practice with all three forms of ignorance.
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2011-10-31
Into the Mystery
58:22
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Mark Coleman
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What does it mean to see through the veil that clouds our perception and to sense, perceive and know the mystery in all it manifestations.
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2011-11-07
Attachment to Views
55:31
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Mark Coleman
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The Buddha taught about 4 kinds of attachment - one of those is attachment to views & opinions. This talk explores understanding views & how to work with our attachment to them.
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