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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2020-02-10 Day 9 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:41
Kamala Masters
Thinking subject
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-09 Practice as a Path of Happiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:47
James Baraz
Sometimes we can misunderstand practice as mainly overcoming suffering. The Buddha spoke of cultivating and increasing wholesome states and being mindful of the "gladness of the wholesome."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-09 Day 8 Morning Instructions: Choiceless Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:26
James Baraz
Guided meditation letting go of the primary object and allowing receiving each moment as it presents itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-08 Equanimity : Resting the Mind Before It Falls Into Extremes (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 68:46
Kamala Masters
The importance of developing equanimity in our lives as meditators on the path of purification of mind/heart, and living in the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-08 Day Seven Morning Instructions: Resting Wakefully in Breath & Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:01
Tempel Smith
With the further settling of the mind we can deepen our intimacy with the breath and body. From a wakeful connection to the body and a sense of happiness we can explore areas of pain and mental activity. With the calming of mental activity we open to deeper samadhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-07 Steps in Developing Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:06
Tempel Smith
The Buddha described detailed steps we can take when developing and deepening our practice of mindful breathing. This talk covers steps 1-8 out of 16 classical steps given in discourses on this meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-07 Day Six Afternoon Instructions: Brahma Viharas - Forgiveness & Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:34
James Baraz
A guided meditation directing forgiveness & metta toward our body, mind & heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-07 Day Six Morning Instructions - Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:03
Beth Sternlieb
Meeting hindrances with mindfulness & compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-06 Five Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:36
Beth Sternlieb
When we meet hindrances with loving awareness they nourish wisdom & compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-06 Day Five Afternoon Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:12
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

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