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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2025-07-30 Guided Meditation: Concentration, Metta, Mindfulness (including of Negative Views), and Reflections 40:18
Donald Rothberg
In this guided meditation, connected to the later talk on "Non-Harming," we begin with about 8 minutes of settling and becoming more present, developing more samadhi (concentration). Then there is a period of lovingkindness (metta) practice, including starting where the lovingkindness flows the easiest and then extending the lovingkindness to many other beings. This is followed by mindfulness practice, with guidance on exploring when there are negative or blaming views of self or another. Finally, we close with several reflection questions related to how there is harming of self and/or others at times in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-07-28 Energy: The Lifeblood of Practice 1:55:09
Dawn Mauricio
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-07-26 Peace and Simplicity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:02
Francisco Morillo Gable
Emptiness and emptying instructions for peace and simplicity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-25 The Freedom of Nibbana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 65:27
Rebecca Bradshaw
What do we mean by freedom and liberation in Buddhist teachings? How do we facilitate the unbinding of the heart and mind?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-25 Mudita Tone for Meditation Practice: Introduction and Guided Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:40
John Martin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-25 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Self'ing 48:08
Tempel Smith
Once we have a base of simple connection to breath, body, and our immediate senses, we can explore our driven habits of adding a sense of self to these very simple experiences. As stated in the Bahiya Sutta, in the seeing just let there being the seen, with out adding a sense of "you" to what is being seen. We can compare moments of the day where the the mind isn't entangled in concocting a sense of self versus the mind which is adding a very thick sense of self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-24 Emptiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:45
Francisco Morillo Gable
Teachings of emptiness when insight begins with knowledge and vision of seeing things as they are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-24 Cultivating Equanimity in Difficult Times 57:46
Juliana Sloane
Begins with a 30m meditation and is followed by a Dharma talk. (Group discussion has been omitted.)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thursday Morning Women’s Group

2025-07-23 The process of self obsession and how we untangle this very deep habit. 66:12
Tempel Smith
For those new to directing there mindfulness practice towards the experience of self production, there are a few relatively simple practices to expose and let go of the over concoction of a thicker sense of self to life's present time experiences.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-23 Appreciative Joy in Our Insight Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:46
Rebecca Bradshaw
Bringing the tone of joy to our insight practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

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