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Dharma Talks
given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2017-05-19
Mindfulness-Wisdom
50:36
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Heather Sundberg
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An introduction to A Map of Awareness from the Thai Forest Tradition:
Sati-Mindfulness-Mahi Sati (Great Mindfulness), Sati Panna (Mindfulness Wisdom), Panna-Vimutti (Wisdom which leads to release).
Includes teachings on how to approach teachings and practices of awareness, how to use the Three Characteristics, (impermanence, unsatisfactotoriness, not self) to decrease and release activity of the Defilements (greed, hatred and delusion) and a fun experiential exercise based on a teaching from Ajahn Chah about letting go.
For more information about these teachings, visit Heather's website and look up Talks, Retreat Schedule and ongoing trainings on MahaSati.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center)
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Living Awareness Through Embodiment and Heart
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2017-05-03
Deepening Daily Life Practice 3--Further Foundational Practices
63:58
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Donald Rothberg
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After a brief review of the first two sessions in this series, we explore three foundational practices for deepening daily life practice, first (1) grounding in awareness of the body, and (2) taking challenges (internal and external) as practice. We then explore experientially (3) a practice of stabilizing in mindfulness and then carrying out an activity with as much awareness as possible, then returning to mindfulness, then bringing awareness to another activity.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2017-04-10
The Shared Heart of Buddhist Practice and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nonviolence
1:11:40
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Donald Rothberg
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At a time when there is a great need for us to have a sense of practice in all the parts of our lives—our individual consciousness, relational life, and social engagement—we explore the powerful vision of integrating Buddhist practice and traditions of nonviolence; each has its strengths and weaknesses. We do so by pointing to the shared heart of Buddhist practice and the nonviolence of Martin Luther King, Jr.—identifying four main areas: (1) the “optimistic” view of the deep goodness of human nature, (2) the understanding of reactivity and “passing on the pain” as the roots of dukkha (or suffering) and violence; (3) the grounding in an ethics of non-harming and nonviolence; and (4) the centrality of lovingkindness (metta) and love that is ultimately extended to all.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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