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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2019-02-04 Day 2 Morning Sit w/ Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:33
James Baraz
Includes device renunciation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-03 Five Spiritual Faculties (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:41
James Baraz
The list of the Five spiritual Faculties - Faith, Energy, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom - is a helpful way to understand the unfolding of practice. Each of these are important issues of practice and each can be seen to build on the next for the full flowering of the awakened heart/mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-03 Day 1 Brahma Vihara - Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:36
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-03 Day One - Instructions for Mindfulness of Sound, Body and Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:22
Tempel Smith
Settling into mindfulness for the month long retreat. Approaching sounds, body sensations, and the breath as a home base, with ease, patience, and kindness of attitude.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-03 Dharma Yoga Program 2019 - Session 2, Day 3 18:14
Tias Little
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-02 Dharma Yoga Program 2019 - Session 2, Day 2 23:34
Tias Little
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-01 Dharma Yoga Program 2019 - Session 2, Day 1 24:58
Tias Little
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-01-31 The Refinement of Mind Part 2 0:00
James Baraz
(Recording not available) 
In this teaching the Buddha speaks of three different qualities that need to be in balance for development of the awakened mind and that there is no right way to do the practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-01-30 Day 3: Turning the Mind to the Dharma (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:40
Sharda Rogell
When the small ego self begins to let go of it's self-centered position, the mind turns to the Dharma and sees the three characteristics of existence - impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and selflessness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Heart of Awareness

2019-01-30 Dharma Practice and the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Part 3 65:47
Donald Rothberg
We first review the three themes identified as the "shared heart" of Buddhist practice and the life and work of Dr. King: (1) non-reactivity (the end of dukkha) and nonviolence; (2) love, metta, and compassion; and (3) the integrity and coherence of one's life, such that this "shared heart" appears increasingly in all parts of one's life. Then we imagine a kind of dialogue between Western Buddhists and Dr. King, identifying both the great jewels and some of the blind spots or underdeveloped areas of each. This points toward the aspiration to bring together the best of both approaches, to bring together deep inner and outer transformative practice; we make use of a number of resources, including the figure of the bodhisattva, in clarifying this aspiration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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