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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-10-10 Magnificent Consent with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander. Part Three of Three. 21:23
Arinna Weisman
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-10-10 Magnificent Consent with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander Part Two of Three 16:03
Arinna Weisman
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-10-10 Magnificent Consent with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander. Part One of Three 15:09
Arinna Weisman
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-10-09 Compassion and the Law 1:27:20
Norman Fischer
A talk for lawyers about the possibilities of the profession and the necessity of developing compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Effective Lawyering: The Meditative Perspective Retreat

2015-10-07 The Urgency of Now - Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation 66:23
Donald Rothberg
As we face multiple crises, yet also open to new transformations - inner and outer- a new type of spiritual practitioner is needed, who is able to connect inner and outer transformation. Echoing the Buddhist bodhisattvas, Jewish prophets, Jesus, many indigenous leaders, Gandhi, King, and Dorothy Day, among others, the "new bodhisattva" follows a new kind of training which is outlined.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-10-05 Awakening the Heart - Practicing the "Divine Abodes" 43:40
Donald Rothberg, Heather Sundberg
The Divine Abodes of loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity are the places of the awakened heart. Practicing to cultivate these four abodes helps us to access these wonderful and transformative qualities of the open heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-10-05 Waking Up in Indra's Net: Acting for the Sake of Life on Earth 58:06
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-10-04 Closing the Day 14:12
James Baraz
Naomi Newman and James Baraz close the day with a Kabbalist creation story, and guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World

2015-10-04 How to be an Earthling 30:09
Wes Nisker
Stories celebrating our experience as Earthlings. Earth days (and Earth Care days) are not just a call to “do something” to heal our damaged eco-systems, but more of a spiritual exercise, a time to celebrate all life, regardless of kingdom, phyla, or species: regardless of color of skin, feathers, fur, flowers, leaves or bark. This is a time to reflect on our connection to this planet, and to embrace our basic identity as "earthlings.”
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World

2015-10-04 A Helping Hand (Short Play) 12:35
Naomi Newman
A determined reproductive physiologist is intimately involved with her recalcitrant subject—a Hawaiian crow. An event occurs that leaves them both wondering who is rescuing whom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World

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