2014-07-21 The Power of Patience 52:24
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-07-19 The Wisdom of Impermanence 62:20
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
The four foundations of mindfulness are the direct path to liberation, but only if they are in the service of investigation and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-07-17 Bringing Your Metta Practice into the World 62:00
James Baraz	Download Listen
How to practically apply Metta practice in daily life towards self, others and beyond that makes a meaningful contribution to the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-16 Gratitude 59:33
James Baraz	Download Listen
Brief talk and guided practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-16 Practicing with Challenges 2 - Practicing with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions. 64:19
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a review of understanding our practice most generally and deeply as developing responsiveness, we examine how to practice with thoughts and emotions, including difficult ones such as those connected with the judgmental mind and anger.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-07-15 Increasing Happiness (Sukha), Decreasing Dukkha 56:42
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
With wise and clear intention, we invite the conditions for transforming our heart-mind. We directly attend to the prickliness of aversion and resistance and open to the way things are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-15 Equanimity 48:10
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Afternoon Brahma Vihara practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-14 Metta for the Difficult Person 59:00
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-14 Mudita- Empathetic Joy-Introduction and Guided 44:39
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Mudita is one of the divine Abodes. The quality of the heart that feels happiness for others' good fortune. An introduction followed by a 20 minute guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-14 Mindfulness of Emotion and Mental States 60:03
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Using the 3rd and 4th Foundations of Mindfulness to transform difficult emotions and support what is beautiful in the Heart and Mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-07-14 Guided Meditation 38:33
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-07-13 Seeing the Good-Inside and Out 58:42
James Baraz	Download Listen
We find what we look for. Our brains are wired to confirm our beliefs. One key to Metta practice is looking for the good. Then appreciating and enjoying it when it is recognized.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-13 Responding with Kindness 45:19
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Many of us learn to be judgmental and critical, especially towards ourselves. Metta is a powerful practice to diminish and even transform the tendency towards judging.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-12 Summer Camp of Metta 51:08
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
The place of metta in Buddhist practice. Understanding wise effort.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-12 Forgiveness 42:58
James Baraz	Download Listen
Brief talk and Guided Brahmavihara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-11 Removing Veils from the Heart 54:56
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Exploring what covers over our innate goodness, including near and far enemies of loving kindness (metta), attached love and hate, and how to uncover the beautiful qualities of our hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-11 Dharma and Recovery Dharma Talk 63:25
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2014-07-11 Dharma and Recovery Guided Meditation 55:00
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2014-07-11 Guided Loving Kindness-Benefactor 42:43
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-10 Kindness is What Matters 50:42
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The essence of Metta is kindness, to ourselves and to all experience. This talk explores how and why we develop loving-kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-10 Guided Loving Kindness on the Body 42:39
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Brief talk and guided meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2014-07-09 Practicing with Challenges I - Cultivating Responsiveness 61:06
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We focus on becoming response-able (rather than reactive) as the heart of our practice, examining what responsiveness means and how we cultivate it in relationship to thought and emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-07-07 Forest Meditation 63:40
Charles Fisher	Download Listen
The history of forest practice and what you can learn from the wilds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-07-04 Love is the Way 62:00
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Retreat for People of Color

2014-07-03 Coming Home to Your Heart 58:54
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
In this talk Dhammaruwan tells stories that illustrate misperceptions and how clear seeing with the Dhamma returns us to the true intentions of the heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Retreat for People of Color

2014-07-02 Happiness Here and Now through the Eightfold Path 59:16
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
This talk highlights how each step of the Eightfold Path leads to happiness. Bhante shows us how to practice with the path factors theoretically and practically in daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Retreat for People of Color

2014-07-02 No Addiction to Preferences 56:32
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-07-01 Why We Meditate and How We Meditate 58:25
Bonnie Duran	Download Listen
This talk focuses on the experiences of Dukkha for People of Color and how mindfulness is the medicine to overcome suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Retreat for People of Color

2014-06-30 Wisdom 59:39
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Wisdom is always present, always available...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-27 The 12 Myths of the Mindfulness Movement 56:32
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Including the myths that Mindfulness is for everyone, Mindfulness is ethically neutral and diversity is not relevant to Mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2014-06-26 Thursday Evening Presentation by Clifford Saron, PhD, University of CA at Davis, on findings from the Shamatha Project 69:07
Clifford Saron	Download Listen
Presentation by Clifford Saron, PhD from the University of CA at Davis, on findings from an ongoing study of the Shamata Project
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2014-06-25 The Power of Compassion 53:40
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Turning towards the pain of ourselves and the world with a curious open heart is the seed for compassion to arise which brings healing and integration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2014-06-25 What Should I Think? 61:35
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-24 So What is This Thing Called Mindfulness? 48:00
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk explores the practice and theory of mindfulness from the perspective of attitude, attention and intention.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2014-06-24 Embodied Practice in Daily Life 45:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Awakening

2014-06-24 Four Steps to Embodied Awakening 36:07
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Awakening

2014-06-24 Guided Morning Instructions 53:20
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2014-06-23 Working with Anger 52:51
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Developing skill and open-heartedness in the midst of intense feeling.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-23 Working with the Five Hindrances and How the Dhamma Informs Mindfulness Based Approaches 52:56
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
How to work with the five hindrances and how the Dhamma informs mindfulness based approaches.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2014-06-23 Guided Meditation: Mara's Trump Card 4:51
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-23 Introduction to Mindfulness of the Body 20:30
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Awakening

2014-06-22 Guided Meditation: Releasing and Embracing 20:35
Dana DePalma	Download Listen
Meditation on releasing and embracing, including Sylvia Boorstein's mantra, "May I meet it as a friend."
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2014-06-22 Guided Meditation: Breath at the Three Centers 43:19
Dana DePalma	Download Listen
Guided meditation on sensing the breath at upper lip and tip of the nostrils, heart center and belly. A short talk on embracing and releasing follows.
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2014-06-20 Self, No Self and Freedom 61:09
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Exploring the Nature of Self and the freedom that is available as we see through the self illusion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2014-06-19 Deep Listening and Speech Practice in Difficult Circumstances 53:05
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
How can we be skillful with our speech practice in difficult or challenging situations? We examine a number of principles and capacities, particularly deep listening, that can guide us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2014-06-19 Compassion 51:35
Erin Treat	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2014-06-18 Practicing Skillfully with thought and emotions as a foundation for speech practice. 57:25
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the possibility of taking radical responsibility for our thoughts and emotions at the ability to respond skilfully, rather than react. We look at three ways of practicing with thoughts and emotions. 1. coming back to balance when out of balance. 2. cultivating mindfulness of thoughts and emotions. 3. working more actively with thoughts and emotions, including habitual patterns.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2014-06-18 To Know The Truth: Only Close To Cherish Opinion 61:36
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-17 "Where Are You Coming From?" Brahmavihara as a foundation for Wise Speech 52:43
Oren Jay Sofer	Download Listen
A practical exploration of how the cultivation of the heart supports the practice of wise speech and the transformation of afflictive mind states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2014-06-16 Mindful Communication in the Path of Awakening 53:11
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the importance of speech practice, its place ijn the path of awakening, the four ethical and behavioral guidelines for "right": or "wise" speech, and ways of developing mindfulness in spech practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2014-06-16 Wisdom and Acceptance 58:49
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-16 Guided Meditation: Acceptance of This Very Moment 36:48
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-15 Dharma Q&A 31:25
James Baraz	Download Listen
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2014-06-15 Q&A 16:59
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-06-15 Dharma Q&A 17:36
James Baraz	Download Listen
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2014-06-15 Guided Meditation 23:12
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-06-13 Inner Harmony, Outer Contribution 63:18
James Baraz	Download Listen
Integrity and contentment are not only sources of true well-being but can lead to compassionate action, another support for deep happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening Joy

2014-06-12 Joy of Awakening 64:35
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Buddha's Awakening and Path; describing the Joy of Blamelessness, the Joy of Concentration, Joy of Equanimity, Joy of Awareness to the Unconditioned.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening Joy

2014-06-12 Forgiveness 25:51
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening Joy

2014-06-11 Placing Attention on Joy and Love 59:23
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Stories of Ram Dass and guided exercise on exploring the subtle sensations of joy and love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening Joy

2014-06-11 Gratitude 46:32
Jane Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening Joy

2014-06-11 The Roots of Our Practice 4 - The Thai Forest Tradition 2 65:23
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We get to know in part through images, the teachers and practices of the Thai Forest Tradition and then focus on four aspects of their teaching.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files: The Thai Forest Tradition 2 by Donald Rothberg (PDF)

2014-06-10 Three Paths to Joy 58:39
James Baraz	Download Listen
How mindfulness, intention and opening to suffering are pathways to true happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening Joy

2014-06-09 Mindful Happiness 59:02
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-06-07 The Endless End 58:51
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Maranasati , Mindfulness of Death, reveals the potential for awakening as we live our life and open to the normalcy of death.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Aging as Spiritual Opportunity

2014-06-06 Compassion Repairs the World 55:12
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Aging as Spiritual Opportunity

2014-06-05 Developing a Wise Relationship to the Flow of Change 51:36
Grove Burnett	Download Listen
Or -- It is not what we are faced with in life that is really important but how we handle it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Aging as Spiritual Opportunity

2014-06-05 Moving Into Meditation: Week 4 1:54:42
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Moving Into Meditation

2014-06-04 Paradox of Dharma 61:32
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Things are not what they seem Nor are they otherwise - Buddha This talk explored the role and dynamic of paradox in Buddhist teaching and practice. We looked at the paradox inherent in the experience of the three characteristics -- anicca (impermanence), dukkha (suffering) and anatta (self and not self). As we relax with the paradoxical experience the three characteristics become portals to awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Aging as Spiritual Opportunity

2014-06-04 The Roots of Our Practice 3 - The Thai Forest Tradition, I 67:09
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore briefly the history of Thai Buddhism, and thus focus especially on the lives, practice, and core teachings of Ajahn Mun and Ajahn Chah and the Thai "forest Tradition" more generally.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files: Thai Roots by Donald Rothberg (PDF)

2014-06-03 A Dharma View of Aging 46:05
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Aging as Spiritual Opportunity

2014-06-02 What changes us in Spiritual Life 61:32
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The long and winding road and how the unexpected offers profound teachings...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
In collection: Introduction to Meditation

2014-05-28 More of the Third Zen Patriarch 55:03
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-05-26 Memorial Day & Tibetan Monks chanting 66:21
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-05-25 A Simple Act of Kindness 55:32
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What are the important qualities that we bring into our lives from our practice; bringing forth the innate qualities of kindness and compassion into the midst of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2014-05-25 Sally Armstrong Suttas on Concentration Practice 9:59
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Sally Armstrong Suttas on Concentration Practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dedicated Practitioners Program 5

2014-05-24 Equanimity, The Sweet Joy of The Way 51:17
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2014-05-23 Freedom from the Prison of Self 58:54
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Seeing through the self illusion and the illusion of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2014-05-22 The Power of Faith and Wisdom 50:27
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the Buddha's teaching on the 5 Spiritual Faculties -- the qualities of mindfulness, faith, concentration, wisdom and effort, and how to develop them on the Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2014-05-21 Wake Up to Freedom 54:23
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2014-05-21 Class I or II : Practicing the Path of Peace 48:15
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-05-20 Wake Up, You're Behind a Farting Camel 58:01
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Buddha's realization of the 4 Noble Truths and Awakening of Happiness...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2014-05-15 Moving Into Meditation: Week 1 1:57:19
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Moving Into Meditation

2014-05-14 Distraction = Destruction 18:31
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-14 Interconnectedness and Our Responsibilities to the World 27:02
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-14 Guided Meditation on Recognizing the Seven Factors of Enlightenment 58:51
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-14 Buddha's Birthday 51:04
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-13 Questions & Answers 54:37
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Ayyas Anandabodhi & Santacitta respond to yogis questions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-13 Self-Secret 16:15
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-13 A Template for Experience 23:31
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-12 Learning & Creativity With Ed Catmull & Phillip Moffitt 65:39
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Ed Catmull of president of Pixar and Disney Studios, discusses with Phillip Moffitt working with creativity, intention and learning.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-05-12 The Transforming Power of The Factors of Awakening 41:48
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-12 Mindfulness and Clarity and Confusion. 12:03
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-12 Four Brahma Viharas 54:22
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-11 The Five Hindrances & Clear Mind 46:46
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-11 Mother of Wisdom 21:01
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-09 Step 5: Self-Revealing and Mindful Speech 2:01:14
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2014-05-09 Qigong 28:11
Marcy Reynolds	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in the Body

2014-05-08 Embodied Awareness of the Four Noble Truths 52:56
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in the Body

2014-05-08 Simile of the Cloth 53:21
Noah Levine	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat