2013-11-23 Wisdom and Effort 61:37
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
An exploration of wise and balanced effort in our meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-20 Impermanence and Contingency 1:14:03
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-18 Freedom from the Conceit: I Am 53:51
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
Explores becoming and self identity - the greater cause of happiness is freedom from the conceit I am.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Exploring Awareness

2013-11-17 Resting in Awakened Awareness: A Better Way to Live 66:10
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Exploring Awareness

2013-11-17 Liberate the Body & Stretch the Mind: Self & Not-Self 1:15:59
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
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2013-11-16 Bouncing Back - Rewiring Your Brain for Resilience and Well-Being: Part 4 of 4: Mindfulness 50:27
Linda Graham	Download Listen
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2013-11-16 Bouncing Back - Rewiring Your Brain for Resilience and Well-Being: Part 3 of 4: Compassion and Calm 61:59
Linda Graham	Download Listen
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2013-11-16 Bouncing Back - Rewiring Your Brain for Resilience and Well-Being: Part 2 of 4: Neuroscience 1 23:58
Linda Graham	Download Listen
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2013-11-16 Bouncing Back - Rewiring Your Brain for Resilience and Well-Being: Part 1 of 4 - Introduction 4:07
Linda Graham	Download Listen
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2013-11-13 The Anatomy of Ignorance 5 - Practicing with Views 60:50
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In the context of the transformation of ignorance, we look at views, beliefs and opinions - traditional teachings, how to use them skillfully, ways that we use them unskillfully and how to practice with views.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-11 Veterans Day Bodhisatva 65:00
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-09 How to Be An Adult in Love: Letting Love in Safely and Showing it Recklessly, Part 4 of 4 31:02
David Richo	Download Listen
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2013-11-09 How to Be An Adult in Love: Letting Love in Safely and Showing it Recklessly, Part 3 of 4. 46:55
David Richo	Download Listen
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2013-11-09 How to Be An Adult in Love: Letting Love in Safely and Showing it Recklessly, Part 2 of 4 21:41
David Richo	Download Listen
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2013-11-09 How to Be An Adult in Love: Letting Love in Safely and Showing it Recklessly, Part 1 of 4 58:54
David Richo	Download Listen
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2013-11-08 Dharma & Recovery, Step 11, Part B 56:35
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2013-11-08 Dharma & Recovery, Step 11, Part A 45:13
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2013-11-08 Path of Service - Remembering Barbara George 24:18
Dana DePalma	Download Listen
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2013-11-06 Costing Not Less Than Everything 67:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Abandoning fixed views
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-04 The Fruits of Practice 63:59
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How to touch & embody & fulfill the fruits of Practice...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-03 Freeing Yourself From the Inner Critic, Talk 3 1:16:28
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
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2013-11-03 Freeing Yourself From the Inner Critic, Talk 2 48:55
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
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2013-11-03 Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic, Talk 1 40:20
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
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2013-10-30 Moods Masquerading as Imperatives - Happy Halloween! 57:24
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-28 Race, Color and Ethnicity in the Early Buddhist Discourses 67:50
Ayya Tathaloka	Download Listen
Images from Ayya Tathaaloka's presentation can be found here.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files: Race, Color, Ethnicity & Other Trappings of Non-self in Early Buddhism_Tathaaloka 2013 by Tatha?loka? Bhikkhuni? (PDF)

2013-10-25 The Fruits of Practice 67:45
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How to embody the awakened heart. Closing night talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-24 The Mystery Remains 50:38
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Astronomy, biology and the cultivation of wonder.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-24 Big Sky Bell Meditation AM 41:35
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-23 Nachiketa and the Lord of Death 63:16
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-23 The Anatomy of Ignorance - Transforming our Personal Ignorance 60:51
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After reviewing why and how we focus on transforming the different inter-related forms of ignorance - personal, social and spiritual - we focus on ten steps in transforming personal ignorance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-22 Evolving Together 55:35
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
About identity and evolution.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-21 Working with Anger 53:58
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
How to practice mindfulness & use practice slogans specifically to work with anger...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-21 Contemplating Dukkha as Motivation for Liberation 56:14
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Contemplating the first noble truth of dukkha as a motivation for the the third noble truth of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-20 Effort and The Three Characteristics 59:14
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 4 - Practicing with the Awakening Factors and the Four Noble Truths 1:16:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 3: Practicing with the Six Senses and the Aggregates 1:49:48
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 2 - Practicing with the Five Hindrances 52:50
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Talk, guided meditation, and discussion, with some attention to the model of the six internal and external sense bases.
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2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 1 - Introduction 59:36
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Review of the first three foundations of mindfulness and an introduction to the Fourth Foundation
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2013-10-19 Clinging and the Path of Letting Go 61:38
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
We are all philosophers of happiness. Retreat practice provides the opportunity to examine our strategies and model of the good life. We often find that we have a redemptive hope in clinging. This talk highlights how we cling and explores a path of letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-17 Liberation and Mindfulness 62:31
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-16 "It's Incredibly Easy to Get Annoyed" 65:56
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-14 Homage to S.N. Goenka 60:31
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-13 The Common Denominator II 59:32
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Mind

2013-10-13 Stillness in this Turning World 29:46
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
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2013-10-13 The Eight Worldly Winds 35:03
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
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2013-10-12 You are not what you think 60:44
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Exploring self view and the way the house of self is built.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Mind

2013-10-11 Dharma & Recovery, Step 10, Part 2 47:49
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2013-10-11 Dharma & Recovery, Step 10, Part 1 55:55
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
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2013-10-10 Meeting Your Life as it Is 61:16
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
How to navigate and realize the four noble truths with mindfulness and awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Mind

2013-10-09 The Anatomy of Ignorance 3 - Personal Ignorance I 63:59
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review and explore how crucial and challenging the root human problem as that of ignorance. We then examine in more depth the roots of personal ignorance, particularly as represented as limiting beliefs and how to access and transform such ignorance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-05 Equanimity - The Stillness in the Flow 49:28
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
What is Equanimity? It is the stillness within the flow of conditions and is accessible in one moment when we let go of our reactivity and grasping.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-10-05 Talk and instruction on Equanimity practice 55:44
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Orientation and meditation instructions and Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-10-04 The Path of Joy 61:18
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
The Buddhist path supports an opening of the heart to Joy. This talk explores paths to joy and what allows the heart to awaken to=happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-10-03 Compassion as the Great Chief 51:41
Spring Washam	Download Listen
This is a talk about self compassion and how it transforms our hears. How to deal with difficulty and loss.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-10-03 Talk and Meditation Instructions on Compassion 65:42
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is compassion? How to cultivate and practice it, in and out of meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-10-03 Introduction and Guided Lovingkindness: Receiving the Love from our Benefactors 38:18
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
There are ordinary people in our life that care about our well-being. This guided meditation supports us to recognise and receive their care. (Adapted from John Makransky, in Awakening Through Love)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-10-02 Metta (Lovingkindness): Allowing the Veils to Fall Away 53:18
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
A talk on how the Buddha's emphasis on loving kindness begins to dissolve the ego's confusion and awakens the heart to its natural expression of love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-10-02 The Anatomy of Ignorance 2 - The Social Roots of Ignorance and climate Disruption 64:06
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
For Earth Care Week we review the three aspects of ignorance examined last week - personal (or psychological), social, and universal. We focus on the social roots of ignorance with attention mostly to understanding and responding to the climate crisis.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
In collection: One Earth Sangha

2013-10-02 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation 36:15
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Intro to integrating kindness into the practice of mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Flavors of Kindness: A Retreat on Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity

2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 4 - Taking the practice home 52:32
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 3 - Abiding and contemplating within the mind 1:13:49
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 2 - The language within the satipatthana sutta 37:53
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 1 - Introduction of mindfulness of mind 1:19:29
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
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2013-09-28 Compassion, Equanimity and the Joy of Simply Being 62:29
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) :  Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-28 Who Are We? - A Day of Inclusion - Part 2 25:38
Margarita Loinaz	Download Listen
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2013-09-28 Who Are We? - A Day of Inclusion - Part 1 48:21
Margarita Loinaz	Download Listen
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2013-09-27 Faith and Power 46:31
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Women awakening the Feminine Power
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Power of Presence: A Women's Meditation Retreat

2013-09-27 Seeing Who You Really Are Beyond the Comparing Mind 63:55
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) :  Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-26 Opening to Suffering as a Path to Happiness 60:31
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) :  Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-25 The Power of Intention 61:27
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) :  Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-25 The Anatomy of Ignorance 1 - An Overview 57:45
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine the centrality of ignorance as a root of suffering and three main inter-related forms of ignorance - (1) Personal and psychological (2) Social and (3) Universal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-09-24 Women's Wisdom/Story of Inanna 45:19
Julie Wester	Download Listen
Recognizing the innate wisdom of women. The story of Inanna's Descent reminds us of the possibility of bringing compassionate presence to all the cycles of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Power of Presence: A Women's Meditation Retreat

2013-09-24 Mindful Yoga - Day 1 1:40:09
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Power of Presence: A Women's Meditation Retreat

2013-09-23 The Broader Context of Mindfulness 57:25
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Mindfulness is so much more that attention. Supporting wholesome qualities like patience and equanimity, Right Mindfulness specifically develops wise action in our lives and in the world.
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In collection: One Earth Sangha

2013-09-22 Mindfulness and Innovation: Awareness of Thought 9:29
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Dealing with criticism and staying open to creative ideas. Avoiding the traps that shut down innovation
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2013-09-22 Mindfulness and Innovation 10:46
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Intro to daylong on mindfulness and innovation
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2013-09-20 Counter-intuitive Dhamma and the Eightfold Path 50:35
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
The path of awakening at times may feel counterintuitive, turning into the pain to find your heart. turning into the pain to find your heart. Let's walk on the eightfold to to grow in greater wisdom and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-20 Guided "Big Sky" Meditation 43:51
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-20 Guided Meditation on the 32 Parts of Body Meditation 10:05
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-19 Connecting Inner and Relational Practice with Judgments 65:00
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a further investigation of how to practice when core limiting beliefs linked to judgments are activated, we examine four ways to bring our judgments practices into relational contexts, ending with a song.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-19 How To Have An Enlarged Heart 59:16
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Exploring Ways of Creating a Wise and Spacious Heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-19 Guided Meditation - Part 4: Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine 43:26
Marcy Reynolds	Download Listen
Meditation on: Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-19 Guided Meditation - Part 5: Bile, Phelgm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat 36:30
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Meditating on the Body - Part 5: Bile, Phelgm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-18 Who Suffers and who is Free 45:39
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
An exploration of the causes of suffering and the breaking free of the conditioned self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-18 Guided Meditation on the 32 BodyParts: Part 4 38:56
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Meditation on the body. Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-18 Dialogue: Sylvia Boorstein and Toni Bernhard; On Waking Up 56:22
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-09-18 Guided Meditation on the 32 Body Parts: Part 3 35:36
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Meditation on the Body: Heart, liver, diaphragm, spleen, lungs.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-17 The Deep Roots of the Judgmental Mind and Two Ways of Transformation 62:44
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Starting from the context of the teachings of dependent origination, we examine three interrelated forms of ignorance -- personal, social and universal -- and how they condition the judgmental mind. We then can see how two ways of transformation can transform, over time, these forms of core ignorance: (1) The way of mindfulness, investigation and accessing transforms ignorance, and (2) the way of cultivation [ ] qualities, especially through "heart practices."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-17 Stepping Out of Our Stories 50:52
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Exploring the point at which we can step out of our stories and be free
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-17 Chanting/ Afternoon Body Parts Instructions - Part 2 42:45
Marcy Reynolds	Download Listen
Part 2: A meditation on flesh, sinews, bones, bone marrow and kidneys.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-17 Chanting - Part 1 -- Body Parts Instructions 35:30
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Part 1: Meditation on the body, head hair, body hair, nails, teeth, skin.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-16 Be a Light unto Your Self... 47:56
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How meditation cultivates the light of awareness & takes us home to our true nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-09-16 It's Workable: A Map for working with the Judgmental Mind 57:12
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Basic map for transforming judgments. Contains lively stories, poetry and sutta references, all in the spirit of 'it's workable.' - Mindfulness: Active & receptive qualitie3s - Mindfulness of the Body & Nervous System: Practical techniques -Heart Practices: An overview -The role of Wise Effort in the practice of inquiry into mental habits The importance of Wise Friends on the path
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-16 Hindrances and Introduction to 32 Parts of the Body 52:37
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
What are the hindrances and how to work with them and an introduction to the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-15 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 59:48
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We inquire into the nature of the "judgmental mind", how it is different from non-reactive discernment, why it is important to work with the judgmental mind, and how we transform it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-15 Practice As Though Your Hair Was on Fire 51:22
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
The foundations for practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-14 Q&A with James Baraz 36:52
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 5
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2013-09-14 Awareness as Basis of Connection to Self and Others 63:19
James Baraz	Download Listen
Includes a Brahma Vihara exercise. From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 4
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2013-09-14 Relaxing the Mind 23:56
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 3
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2013-09-14 The Amazing Wonder and Awe of Awareness 26:11
James Baraz	Download Listen
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 2
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