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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-06-18 From Insight Practice to Spacious Awareness 60:49
Donald Rothberg
We examine practicing with the Three Characteristics, particularly with Dukkha (suffering) and anatta (not-self). Then we explore "spacious awareness," a type of non-conceptual awareness beyond the splits of knower and known, particularly in the teachings of the Buddha and the Thai Forest tradition, with some reference to Tibetan and Zen traditions. Thirdly, we outline a number of ways to access this kind of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-18 The Undefended Heart 59:03
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-18 Day Three: Afternoon Instructions with Qigong 1:14:15
Teja Bell
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-17 Understanding Things as they Really Are: From Concentration to Insight 54:01
Susie Harrington
Concentration is a skillful means that provides a foundation for understanding things as they really are (Yatha Bhuta). Through the direct experience of impermanence, freedom unfolds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-17 Housebuilder, You Have Been Seen 67:55
Howard Cohn
The inspiration for the retreat title, "Loving the House that Ego Built." Waking up to the way that this house of ego is built moment by moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-17 How the Dalai Lama Did Not Say Something New 60:05
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-16 Concentration (Samadhi) Practice 58:01
Donald Rothberg
A practically-based exploration of the nature of concentration and its place in practice, how to practice concentration (complementing the morning instructions), five challenges of concentration practice and how to work with them, and the relationship of concentration and insight practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-15 "Karma as empowerment: this moment's intentional action conditions the next" 54:50
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-13 Day 5 Reflections on the retreat: Aspirations 59:48
Marlena deCarion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Do you know what it feels like to be free? 44:53
Ruth King
Bringing our loving offerings into the world as a creative expression of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Aging, Dying and Awakening

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