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Dharma Talks
given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2013-02-23
Cultivating Wise Speech
62:30
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Donald Rothberg
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This is the first segment of a daylong on cultivating wise or "right" speech, including when there are difficult speech situations. There is a general introduction to speech and communication practice and an overview of the basic guidelines for speech given by the Buddha.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2013-02-08
The Suffering that Leads to the End of Suffering
55:47
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Sally Armstrong
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The First Noble Truth tells us how it really is - there is and there will be suffering in any and every life. But this is not just gloomy news, but rather an invitation to turn towards suffering so we begin to understand it, its nature and its causes, so we need no longer to cause our own suffering, or to feel a vicitm of suffering - that we have done something wrong because we are suffering. Opening to suffering also tenderizes the heart, as we open to the depth and the breadth of our own suffering, and the suffering of the world. This is the path to compassion and to freedom.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat
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2013-01-20
Metta into the World
61:59
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Donald Rothberg
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Our inner practice of metta and our practice of metta in the world are interwoven as we come more and more to practice in all activities and all parts of our lives. We explore this interconnection in terms of metta as a formal practice, challenges in metta and ways of bringing metta into the world.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Metta Retreat
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2013-01-15
The Unfolding of Metta Practice
56:31
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Donald Rothberg
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Weaving in the views and voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday with the teachings of the Buddha on metta, and with observations of how metta practice develops, we explore the spirit of metta practice and themes of living from the awakened heart; developing concentration, purifying and eventually unifying mind, heart and body and opening to our radiant depths, we bring metta to the world.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Metta Retreat
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