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2025-04-02 Reflections on Three Themes from a Four-Week Retreat: Listening Deeply, Developing Samadhi (Concentration) through Practicing the Jhanas, and Integrating Retreat Practice with Daily Life 65:04
Donald Rothberg
In the talk, Donald reflects on having just completed, four days before the talk, four weeks of practice at Spirit Rock. He particularly focuses on three themes from the retreat, exploring each theme in terms of both its retreat context and its daily life context. The first is the theme of listening deeply to one's own "intuition" and what "calls." The second is the theme of developing samadhi (usually translated as "concentration"--the unified mind and heart and body) and in particular practicing the eight jhanas as taught by the Buddha. The third is the theme of bringing the retreat learning and explorations into daily life, and how in particular to cultivate the first two themes in the daily life context. The talk is followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-04-02 Guided Meditation: Developing Samadhi (Concentration) 41:31
Donald Rothberg
We begin with a brief account of the nature of samadhi (usually translated as "concentration"), and then give instructions for developing samadhi in formal meditation. (We'll come back to discuss samadhi in more depth in the talk.) There are several reminders during the meditation to return to the focus on cultivating samadhi. In the last part of the meditation, we connect the greater stability that's developed in the practice of cultivating samadhi with cultivating mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-03-27 Spiritual Friendship (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:28
Tara Mulay
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-03-27 Opening the Window of Doubt 62:29
Grace Fisher
Meditation & Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thursday Morning Women’s Group

2025-03-24 The Importance of Emptiness, Hiri and Ottappa 55:51
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-03-23 The Lion’s Roar: Courage in These Times 37:14
Devin Berry
Rooted in the simile of the Lion Sutta (4.33), this talk explores how the power of the Lion’s roar—Buddha-Dharma—awakens the courage to face suffering with clarity, inner steadiness, and a heart aligned with truth and presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-03-21 Dispassion as Pathway to the Peace of Letting Go (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:51
Kristina Bare
Seeing impermanence leads to dispassion and letting go into deepening peace.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-03-20 The Five Aggregates: Sankhara & Consciousness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:44
Tara Mulay
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-03-20 Equanimity Brahma-Vihara (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:18
Kristina Bare
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-03-20 Crossing the Threshold of the Moment 58:19
Grace Fisher
Meditation & Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thursday Morning Women’s Group

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