2014-12-17 Recollections of Small Acts of Kindness 53:19
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 9 of 9 14:38
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dependent Origination Daylong

2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 8 of 9 68:24
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 7 of 9 1:15:35
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 6 of 9 10:23
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 5 of 9 48:00
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 4 of 9 31:33
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 3 of 9 48:22
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dependent Origination Daylong

2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 2 of 9 14:22
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 1 of 9 19:52
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dependent Origination Daylong

2014-12-13 Rick and Wes: Brama Vihara Exercises 58:25
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-13 Compassion for Self and Others: Part 3, As a Way of Being 32:22
Linda Graham	Download Listen
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2014-12-13 Compassion for Self and Others: Part 2, Over Time 54:33
Linda Graham	Download Listen
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2014-12-13 Compassion for Self and Others: Part 1, In The Moment 47:30
Linda Graham	Download Listen
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2014-12-13 Saturday Morning Guided Sit 60:05
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-12 Friday Morning Guided Big Sky Meditation 55:11
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-11 Evolving Together 57:22
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Evolutionary origin of aggregates.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-11 Thursday Morning Guided 52:16
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-10 They Tried to Bury Us, But They Didn't Know We Were Seeds 45:52
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Dharma as nature, why we practice, seeing what is unseen; opening to dukkha and the truth; retreat and social/political activism. Title is from Mexican saying from liberation movement.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-10 Race, Racism, and Spiritual Practice 1 69:15
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine, in the context of contemporary concerns about racism, how we relate teachings about suffering, compassion, transforming ignorance, courage, and skillful action to our responses to racism. We also look briefly at the history of race and racism, and suggest ways of responding to racism individually, relationally, and collectively.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-12-09 Cultivation and the End of Craving 54:35
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Craving causes suffering-but what causes craving? This talk explores how craving is caused by an underlying sense of deficit or disturbance-and how repeatedly internalizing experiences of core needs being met helps "de-fuel" the fires of craving.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-08 Equanimity 62:05
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-12-07 4th Foundation of Mindfulness Part 1 of 3 1:35:00
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Talk from the 4th daylong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2014-12-06 Wise Love: The Power of Equanimity 53:26
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Joy of Letting Go-Restoration, Forgiveness, Renewal Retreat Schedule

2014-12-05 Guided Meditation 38:26
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Joy of Letting Go-Restoration, Forgiveness, Renewal Retreat Schedule

2014-12-03 Practicing with Craving, Greed and Grasping 69:35
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In the context of the teachings of the Four Noble Truths and of generosity, gratitude and Dependent Origination, and our previous practices. We explore the nature of craving, greed and grasping and how to practice to explore and transform these qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-12-02 The Liberating Power of Mindfulness and Kindness 47:07
Dana DePalma	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Joy of Letting Go-Restoration, Forgiveness, Renewal Retreat Schedule

2014-12-01 Compassion 57:59
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-29 The Miracle of Listening 61:09
Kittisaro	Download Listen
An encouraging talk about faith in the practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-28 A Compassionate Training for Our Times 53:36
Thanissara	Download Listen
Quickening awakening to meet the urgency of our times. Moving from Love and Equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-27 Returning to a Grateful Heart 47:35
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
When the heart releases naturally, the grateful heart opens with joy. This talk ends with a fifteen minute gratitude meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-26 Buddhas Never Waver 54:10
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Doorway through change to the unchanging.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-26 Gratitude 59:09
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the nature of gratitude and offer a number of forms of gratitude practice. We cover different expressions of the nature, what we're grateful for, being grateful even for difficulties, and the challenges of gratitude practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-25 The Flickering Play of the Mind 54:00
Thanissara	Download Listen
Investigation of mind. Patterning of the mind. Going Beyond of the mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-24 The Wisdom of Dukkha and Sukha 50:00
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
The Buddha invites us to open to all experience just as it is. When we open, we deepen our experience to allow both pleasure and pain and enter the stream of life without resistance or grasping.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-24 Gratitude 59:17
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-23 Savoring the Way 54:01
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Trust the blessing power of Dharma practice. Savoring the moment. What challenges become the ground of wisdom. A unified mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-22 Putting Down the Burden 49:52
Thanissara	Download Listen
"Regardless of time and place, Dharma practice comes to completion at the place of laying down the burden" Ajahn Chah
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-19 Generosity 63:40
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the important of generosity practice (including how it appears in different cultures), focusing on low it counteracts greed (especially), hatred and delusion. We suggest a number of practices for the next week.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-16 The Final Great Adventure 38:51
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Introduction to a day on preparing for death.
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2014-11-14 Step 11 - part 2 of 2 51:25
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2014-11-14 Step 11 - part 1 of 2 44:29
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2014-11-12 May I Have Mental Happiness: 2nd of 4 talks 59:08
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-10 The End of Suffering 61:12
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-09 The Third Foundation of Mindfulness Daylong 40:37
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The Third Foundation #2: Further Instructions and Ways of Practicing Based on the Text
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Moving Into Meditation: Working with Hindrances through Mindful Yoga (4-week class series)

2014-11-09 The Third Foundation of Mindfulness Daylong 41:01
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The Third Foundation #1: Initial Instructions, Key Terms, and Ways of Practicing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Moving Into Meditation: Working with Hindrances through Mindful Yoga (4-week class series)

2014-11-09 Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic - Part 5 of 5 65:56
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Final talk -Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic - Part 5 of 5
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2014-11-09 Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic - Part 4 of 5 51:44
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
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2014-11-09 Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic - Part 3 of 5 1:26:40
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
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2014-11-09 Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic - Part 2 of 5 7:51
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Discussion/Meditation from Daylong: Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic
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2014-11-09 Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic - Part 1 of 5 63:45
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Part 1 of 5 from Daylong: Freeing yourself from the Inner Critic
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2014-11-05 May I Feel Safe 60:13
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-03 Mortality and the Poignancy of Life 37:47
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-10-31 Widening Circles-Practicing Metta in Everyday Life, in the World 63:10
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore ways to bring the formal practice and spirit of metta(loving kindness) into our individual, relational and collective practice in the world; with some suggestions, poems and stories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Research Retreat

2014-10-30 Unpacking Some of the Fruits of Practice 50:30
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
On the development of ethical alignment, inner safety, relaxing the vigilance of self-clinging and feeling like our life is complete even though we die.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Liberate the Body - Stretch the Mind: Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2014-10-29 1st Noble Kvetch 45:26
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Liberate the Body - Stretch the Mind: Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2014-10-29 Poison and Weapons and Fire Won't Harm Them 52:59
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This traditional element of the eleven benefits of metta is presented as a metaphor for the potential of unshakable equanimity and ease of the awakened mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Research Retreat

2014-10-29 The Refuges 56:26
Tony Bernhard	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-10-28 The Small Sense of Self 42:53
Katchie Ananda	Download Listen
Katchie's First Dharma Talk!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Liberate the Body - Stretch the Mind: Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2014-10-28 How Metta Practice Works 58:42
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After exploring the nature of Metta practice, we focus on how Metta practice increasingly helps us to meet each experience with our awakened hearts; develop in concentration, go through a kind of purification and integration of mind, heart and body; open to our heart's depth and bring our practice out into everyday life and the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Research Retreat

2014-10-27 Dukkha Either Hardens or Softens the Heart 45:04
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Attitudes that support retreat practice. Developing in looking and the refuge of looking
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Liberate the Body - Stretch the Mind: Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2014-10-26 Lovingkindness as the Key to Liberation 57:08
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This introduction to a Metta retreat presents the intention of practice (liberation and happiness), the techniques of practice, and the explanation for why these techniques work.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Research Retreat

2014-10-26 Mindfulness and Sports 56:05
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
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2014-10-26 Initial Metta Instructions 14:15
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Research Retreat

2014-10-22 Ethical Practice 3 - Deepening Our Ethical Practice 60:54
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Starting with the observation that often our ethical practice may be taken for granted, we look for ways to deepen our practice. We look to find our own personal ethical learning and practice, whether related to the individual, relational or social aspects of our ethical practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-10-20 Miranda July & The Dharma 39:25
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-10-18 Melting Into Love 41:11
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
with James Baraz
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2014-10-18 No Doing 11:28
James Baraz	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
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2014-10-18 Relaxing the Mind 29:35
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
with James Baraz
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2014-10-18 Emaho! How amazing! Wonder and Awe 33:10
James Baraz	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
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2014-10-18 The Magic of Awareness 26:47
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
with James Baraz
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2014-10-18 The Magic of Awareness, Part 3 1:50:54
James Baraz	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
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2014-10-18 The Magic of Awareness, Part 2 8:40
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
with James Baraz
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2014-10-18 The Magic of Awareness, Part 1 3:10:43
James Baraz	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
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2014-10-15 Meditation: It IS what you think! 52:42
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Cultivating the habit of a mind that responds with wisdom and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-10-13 The Secret Teachings 55:19
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-10-12 The Oneness of Duality: Eugene and Howie Share the Dharma 60:15
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The Dharma is always right where you are, whether at Spirit Rock, or at home.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Discovering the Natural Mind of the Buddha

2014-10-12 Real Leadership 34:10
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
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2014-10-11 Paradox of Dharma 63:05
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
How the Dharma reveals the paradox of self/not self, paradox of boundless awareness, paradox of Big Mind and Small Mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Discovering the Natural Mind of the Buddha

2014-10-10 Awakening this Natural Mind of the Buddha 54:17
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Discovering the Natural Mind of the Buddha

2014-10-08 The Four Noble Truths of Responding to Climate Change 66:01
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Continuing our exploration of ethical practice during earth care week. We examine, through the frame work of the Four Noble Truths, the question of the nature of climate change and how to respond as individuals, as communities, nationally and internationally.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2014-10-07 Closing Night Guided Meditation 32:26
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-07 Guided Instructions: The Four Noble Truths 21:57
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-06 The Four Things I Know to be True: Practical Four Noble Truths 56:17
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-06 Guided Metta for All Beings 32:05
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-06 How To Be An Earthling 49:21
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
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2014-10-06 Morning Guided Instructions: Open and Spacious 51:13
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-05 Mind and Emotions 61:35
Dori Langevin	Download Listen
Clearly knowing our mind states and relating with wisdom and compassion opens the path to awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-05 Guided Metta: Difficult Person 32:03
Christiane Wolf	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-05 Morning Guided Instructions: Mind States 39:29
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-04 Getting Our Ducks in a Row: Satipatthana and the Seven Factors of Awakening 59:27
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-04 Guided Metta - Neutral Person 30:54
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-04 Q&A 34:09
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
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2014-10-04 Meeting What Is 22:39
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
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2014-10-04 Breathing Dharma, Breathing Life 29:52
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
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2014-10-04 Morning Guided Instructions - Emotions 38:15
Dori Langevin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-03 Guided Metta: Self Compassion 32:08
Christiane Wolf	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-03 Morning Guided Instructions - Vedana 41:08
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-02 A Walk through the Hindrances 55:49
Dori Langevin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-10-02 Guided Metta: Forgiveness 28:45
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat