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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2025-11-13 Impermanence: The Key to Equanimity 44:52
James Baraz
The Buddha said the one reflection to always keep in mind is Impermanence, Anicca in Pali. When we have a deep understanding of impermanence we are more able to let go. However, there is an upside to impermanence too. No matter how difficult things are they will change. Often overlooked, this aspect of impermanence can give us courage and resolve in the face of hardship. Opening to the truth of impermanence deepens our capacity to be balanced in the face of change. This talk will explore this topic and how we can apply it in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Men in the Dharma (SF2G25)

2025-11-12 A Meditation 26:55
JD Doyle
A Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-12 The Roots of the Skillful 28:12
JD Doyle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-09 Revolutionary Practice in 2026 - Curiosity, Playfulness & BIPOC Joy 1:25:22
Mushim Ikeda
Revolutionary Practice in 2026: Curiosity, Playfulness & BIPOC Joy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Grief as a Change Agent of Transformation and Resiliency (280R25)

2025-11-06 Meeting the Wild God 65:26
Grace Fisher
Begins with a 30m meditation & includes a dharma talk. (Group discussion has been omitted.)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thursday Morning Women’s Group

2025-11-05 Compassion: Wise Motivation and Wise Action 49:00
Eve Decker
Dhama Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-11-05 Meditation: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 36:00
Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-05 Talk: Kuruna: Holding Suffering Without Breaking 18:19
Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-03 Interconnection: Our True Nature! 1:33:16
Pawan Bareja
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-10-30 Transition From Settling to Seeing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:49:25
Tere Abdala-Romano
This talk explores the gentle transition from shamatha (calm abiding through concentration) to vipassanā (insight), inviting us to cultivate stillness not through effort but through nourishment, (as The Budha did) curiosity, and kindness. It reminds us that the mind’s obstacles—dullness and agitation—are gateways to balance and presence. From this grounded calm, clarity naturally arises, revealing the truth of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self. In resting with things as they are, stillness ripens into seeing, and seeing reveals freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Settling, Seeing, and Spacious Awareness (276R25)

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