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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2015-06-03 Everything is Spiritual Practice 61:32
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-02 Cultivating Mindfulness, Working with Pain 52:47
Sally Armstrong
Pain in sitting meditation is a common experience. Instead of reacting with aversion and moving away from it, it is possible to open to the sensations with mindfulness and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2015-05-30 Evening Session Day 5 54:27
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-30 Afternoon Session Day 5 60:05
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-29 Afternoon Session Day Four Part 1 67:57
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-29 Afternoon Session Day Four Part 2 1:17:19
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-28 Evening Session: Day 3 - Part 2 46:36
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-28 Evening Session: Day 3 - Part 1 17:56
Joanna Macy
Circling with the Ancestors
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-28 Afternoon Session: Day 3 1:17:19
Joanna Macy
New Visions of the Sacred/Instructions for the Council of all Beings
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-27 Awakening and Serving no matter what arises 57:12
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
Exploration of the wise intention of the Bodhisattva Vow. What helps us open rather than close to life?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-27 Afternoon Session: Day 2 59:54
Joanna Macy
Calling for Shambhala Warriors
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-26 Day 1 - Part 3 With comment 15:23
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-26 Day 1 - Part 2 4:43
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-26 Day 1 - Part 1 49:16
Joanna Macy
The Story of Prajnaparamita
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of all Buddhas: A Women's Retreat

2015-05-24 Day Six: Morning Instructions 42:14
Steve Armstrong
Awareness of Kamma, resultant Body, Mind, Sense Door, contact...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-23 Guided Equanimity Meditation #2 45:12
Mark Nunberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-22 Guided Equanimity Meditation #1 46:26
Mark Nunberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-22 Natural Liberation 45:42
Nina Wise
Nature of Mind and Metta. Awakening is the deepest form of relaxation. From the awakened mind, lovingkindness arises naturally.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation: A Buddhist Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-22 Day Four Morning Instructions 11:08
Steve Armstrong
Awareness: thoughts, mental activity. Just instructions as power went out.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-21 Guided Equanimity Practice 46:39
Mark Nunberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation: A Buddhist Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-21 Day Three Morning Instructions 61:25
Steve Armstrong
Awareness: Attitudes of Mind
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-20 Guided Metta Meditation 45:14
Mark Nunberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-20 Developing a Wise Relationship with Change 47:56
Grove Burnett
Change, evolutionary biology, and the sixth extinction.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation: A Buddhist Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-20 Mindfulness - How it Supports Liberation 62:30
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-05-20 Day Two Morning Instructions 58:39
Steve Armstrong
Awareness, Remembering to Recognize the Present Moment
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-20 5-20-15 Morning Session, Mindful of Diversity. Ruth King PART 01 42:34
Ruth King
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Dedicated Practitioners Program Retreat

2015-05-20 5-20-15 Morning Session, Mindful of Diversity. Ruth King PART 03 23:42
Ruth King
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Dedicated Practitioners Program Retreat

2015-05-19 Guided Metta Body Scan 45:56
Mark Nunberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-19 Day One Morning Instructions 58:44
Steve Armstrong
Awareness While Sitting Instructions & Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Field Guide to the Mind: Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators

2015-05-16 Opening to Life 50:40
Mary Grace Orr
Letting go of the stories we have about ourselves. A personal talk of a journey including Burning Man and purple hair.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-15 A New Life: The Faculty of Wisdom 49:51
John Travis
Connected with the 5 Spiritual Faculties, the talk describes emptying out the cart of self!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-14 The 5 Spiritual Faculties: "The Awakened Mind IS the Awakened Heart" 60:40
Heather Sundberg
The talk opens with a story about Ajahn Pasanno and an introduction to the metaphor of the 5 Spiritual Faculties as a team of 5 Horses pulling "The Cart of Self". The rest of the talk explores the relationship between the 5 Faculties and the 4 Divine Abodes (metta, compassion, joy, equanimity)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-13 The Miracle of Concentration and Energy 59:06
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-13 Othering and Belonging 2 67:20
Donald Rothberg
After a brief review of the theme of "othering", we look some more forms of "othering" and how we practice in examining "othering" in ourselves. We then explore the area exponentially in an exercise, followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-05-12 Mind-Full-ness 44:35
John Travis
After another wild "John in Asia" story, talk outlines clear comprehension of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-11 Equipment for the Journey: The 5 Faculties 50:13
Mary Grace Orr
Exploring the use of the 5 Faculties / 5 Strengths in Our Practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-05-09 Morning Instructions: Closing Day 67:55
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-08 Group F; Session 4 2:02:07
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-08 Group E: Session 4 1:33:01
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-08 Morning Instructions; Day 13 30:02
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-07 Polishing the Third Jewel - Sangha: Being Mindful of Race 57:49
Ruth King
Awakening to the constellations of racial suffering in sangha and in the world and offering tenderness and contemplative artistry to what hurts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-07 Group B: Session 4 1:40:03
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-07 Group D; Session 4 2:07:27
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-07 Upekkha/Equanimity 40:01
Eugene Cash
Upekkha is the wisdom of the heart. It reveals a balanced, equipoise of heart and mind that is woven with love, compassion and joy. Often confused with detachment equanimity is a heart/mind resting in the wisdom of reality and awareness. It is the balance of heart/mind rooted in insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-07 Harvesting Gifts of Ancestors 42:01
Larry Yang
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-07 Group C; Session 4 1:33:09
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-07 Morning Instructions; Day twelve 31:56
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-06 One Heart: Relative and Ultimate 63:47
Eugene Cash
Practice reveals the Spontaneous Heart of Reality inherent in each human being. Becoming intimately aware of each moment of experience reveals the phantasmagorical reality available here and now. Know reveals not knowing. The Universal is revealed through the Personal. As the hardening of Heart relaxes the Dharma displays itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-06 The Joy of Gratitude 44:10
Ruth King
Exploring gratitude as a gateway to joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-06 Othering & Belonging 1 58:06
Donald Rothberg
In the contexts of our practice of examining the nature of self and of a recent conference on "Othering and Belonging," we look at ways that we create an "other." We may do this in terms of social groups (according to race, age, gender, religion, ability/disability, educational level, etc.), interpersonally, or in terms of parts of oneself (I "other" my fear or shame or brilliance). This week we focus on "othering" (the "other" is often noticed, but not really known or seen), how to track our own ways of othering, and how to work with and transform othering, opening to greater compassion, wisdom, and connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-05-06 Group A: Session 4 1:39:50
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-06 Morning Instructions: Day Eleven 41:11
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-05 Reclamation of the Sacred 60:33
Thanissara
Recognizing causes of collective dislocation. Naming colonial devastation. Way of the tender heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts
In collection: Engaged Buddhism

2015-05-05 Group F: Session Three 2:15:28
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-05 Group E: Session 3 1:24:02
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-05 Morning Instructions: Day Ten 35:40
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-04 Recognizing the Sacred 67:14
Kittisaro
Reflections on the Luminous Heart that we lose touch with when we're confused by what moves through the heart. Contemplation of change, anicca, and the image of guest/dust which helped the first disciple of the Buddha to have an Awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-04 Group D: Session Three 1:45:41
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-04 Forgiveness 42:56
Tara Brach
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-04 Group C; Session Three 1:33:27
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-04 Morning Instructions: Day Nine 29:07
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-03 Group B: Session Three 1:46:12
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-03 Measureless Abiding 41:22
Kittisaro
Reflection and guided meditation. Suffusing the six directions with kindness and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts

2015-05-03 Group A: Session Three 1:38:36
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-03 Morning Instructions: Day Eight 39:23
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-02 Group F: Session Two 2:02:31
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-02 Celebrating the Feminine Divine 1:12:55
Sandy Boucher
Celebrating the Feminine Divine -Afternoon Part 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-05-02 Celebrating the Feminine Divine 1:26:15
Sandy Boucher
Celebrating the Feminine Divine - Afternoon Part 1
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-05-02 Celebrating the Feminine Divine 37:09
Sandy Boucher
Celebrating the Feminine Divine - Morning Part 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-05-02 Celebrating the Feminine Divine 1:31:03
Sandy Boucher
Celebrating the Feminine Divine - Morning talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-05-02 Celebrating the Feminine Divine 0:00
Sandy Boucher
(Recording not available) 
Celebrating the Feminine Divine - Morning talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-05-02 Group E: Session 2 1:42:18
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-02 Morning Instructions Day Seven 39:46
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-01 Group D: Session Two 1:45:05
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-01 Group C: Session 2 1:28:14
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-05-01 Morning Instructions Day Six 32:46
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-30 Group B: Session Two 1:30:10
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-30 Group A: Session Two 2:06:30
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-30 Morning Instructions: Day Five 29:38
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-29 Group D: Session One 1:53:22
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-29 Group F: Session One 2:19:50
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-29 Talk #3 on Metta Sutta 50:36
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-04-29 Group E: Session One 1:27:12
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-29 Morning Instructions Day Four 37:51
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-28 Group C: Session One 1:32:07
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-28 Morning Instructions Day Three 39:33
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-27 (Extra-) Ordinary freedom: inside & outside prison walls 52:39
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-04-27 Group B: Session One 1:42:34
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-27 Group A Session One 1:39:58
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-27 Morning Instructions Day Two 33:54
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-26 Reawaken the Sacred Feminine - Part 3 5:45:33
Tsultrim Allione
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-04-26 Reawaken the Sacred Feminine - Part 2 2:26:47
Tsultrim Allione
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-04-26 Reawaken the Sacred Feminine - Part 1 2:38:35
Tsultrim Allione
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-04-26 Introduction to Metta, Loving-Kindness 43:57
Sharon Salzberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-04-26 Morning Instructions Day One 68:02
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2015-04-22 Impartial Kindness (Metta Sutta) Part 2 60:43
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-04-21 Phillip Moffitt and Noliwe Guided Meditation and talk 52:14
Noliwe Alexander
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program Retreat Number 2

2015-04-20 Discomfort 57:49
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-04-18 The Power of Loving Kindness (Introduction to Metta Practice) 2:00:15
Sharon Salzberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-04-18 Lovingkindness 21:02
Sharon Salzberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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