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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2017-05-31 Day 1: Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:12
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2017-05-30 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 69:54
Donald Rothberg
An overview of the nature of the judgmental mind, the distinction between judgment (in the sense of being "judgmental") and discernment, how the judgmental mind is transformed, and some of the tools and perspectives important in this process of transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2017-05-29 Paying Attention to What We Pay Attention To (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) 63:32
Sally Armstrong
Sally Armstrong Monday Night Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2017-05-28 Day 6 Metta Sit: (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 26:54
Sayadaw U Jagara
Genetic-Temperature-Conditioned=Metta=Warm-up!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-28 Bringing Dharma Into Interpersonal and Communal Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:12
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-28 Seeing Things as They are Through Vipassana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:55
Nikki Mirghafori
When we see the nature of reality as impermanent, not inherently satisfying and impersonal, we don't take it all so personally. There can be more ease and freedom when we make peace with the way things are. Recorded at Spirit Rock at "Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students"
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-28 Day 6 Morning Instructions: SN: "The Lump of Foam" and the 5 aggregates as bubbles, etc. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:33
Sayadaw U Jagara
Includes Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Navigating the Feeling of Not Enough (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:32
Brian Lesage
This talk explores some ways to navigate the feeling of unworthiness that can arise in our lives and in our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-27 Day 5 Guided Metta: Radiating Metta for All, Including Oneself (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:39
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Perception as Conditioned and as Conditionee (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:52
Sayadaw U Jagara
Sanna (pere arise together with feeling (vedana) and is a "marker" of sign and a "recognition" of the mark (sign). It can be used to protect/develop and understand mind's dynamic. What is needed for a beginner = mindfulness of the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

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