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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2019-08-14 Day 2 Guided Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:08
Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight & Loving Kindness

2019-08-14 Practicing with Conflict 1 67:15
Donald Rothberg
The world deeply needs a culture of skillful conflict transformation, informed by dharma practice. In such a culture, we would have individuals who combine inner capacities such as mindfulness, skill with difficult emotions, empathy and compassion, and equanimity, with perspectives on how to work with conflicts, whether inner, interpersonal, or social. In this talk, we look at some of the prevalent social conditioning around being with conflict, including tendencies to avoid conflict or act out when there are conflicts, and widespread tendencies to see conflicts dualistically and to project negative aspects onto “opponents.” In this context, Donald presents some images and reflections from his just-completed time of teaching and traveling for 3 1/2 weeks in Israel and the West Bank. He then focuses on some of the inner capacities important for being skillful with conflict, next time examining some of the perspectives on conflict that have come out of the fields of mediation, negotiation, and conflict transformation. There is also a time of discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files:
  • Photos (from a PowerPoint presentation) connected with the talk, Practicing with Conflict 1 by Donald Rothberg (PDF)

2019-08-13 Day 1 Morning Guided Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:46
JoAnna Hardy
Day one of retreat - landing in the breath and body
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight & Loving Kindness

2019-08-12 Monday Night Dharma Talk 65:12
Amma Thanasanti
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-08-10 Day 5 Choral Chanting (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 25:19
Rachel Lewis, La Sarmiento
La Sarimento leads "This Little Light of Mine" with ukulele, and Rachel Lewis leads two chants for Quan Yin with harmony parts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult Retreat

2019-08-09 "Assumptions" (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:48
Pam Dunn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult Retreat

2019-08-09 Dharma and Recovery 1:54:55
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-08-08 "Here Comes the Judge. Here Comes the Judge" (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:11
La Sarmiento
The Dharma of the Judging and Comparing Mind
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult Retreat

2019-08-07 Tending to What We Love: Joy as an Act of Resistance 1:50:05
Heidi Bourne
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-08-06 Cutting Through Our Stories (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:15
Tempel Smith
Keeping your attention directly at the sense doors lets us cut through our habit of being lost in thought. As mindfulness increases, we can eventually by mindful of thought as it arises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult Retreat

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