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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-12-29 Beginnings and Endings 1:11:33
Mark Coleman
Stillness and Motion: The Dance of Life, with Vinn Marti
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-12-28 Factors of Awakening - Investigation 57:12
Adrianne Ross
How balanced investigation reveals things as they really are, bringing energy to our practice and ways of developing skilful inquiry.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Retreat

2012-12-27 Factors of Awakening -- Mindfulness 61:36
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Retreat

2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth - pt 2 2:32
Donald Rothberg
This is a short wrap up of this talk. A few minutes between parts 1 and 2 were missed.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Insight Meditation

2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth 50:13
Donald Rothberg
We review the Four Foundations with continued emphasis on the Fourth, including attention to a number of practical situations. Pt 1 of 2. *There are a few minutes missed between pt 1 and 2. Part 2 is the wrap up of the talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Insight Meditation

2012-12-21 Dissolving Storyline 51:47
John Travis
In usual fashion, one of John's poems followed a teaching on dissolving the four types of mental fixations and opening to the radiant mystery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-20 The Five Aggregates of Self. Mindfulness, meditation and compassion practices to open up to no-self. 59:06
Heather Sundberg
Talk explores many doorways of investigating the te4achings on self and no-self including developing a healthy sense of self. the four S's of self 1. simple sense of self 2. solid sense of self 3. self-interested sense of self 4. social sense of self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-19 Entering the Dark, Entering the Light 58:55
Donald Rothberg
In the context of the winter solstice, we explore how to open up to different aspects of darkness (stopping and stillness, not knowing and mystery, difficulty and creativity) and how we, in doing so, open to light.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-19 The Healing Power of Self-Compassion 1:11:18
Linda Graham
Practices to keep the heart open in the face of suffering. Ours or others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-12-17 Winter Solstice; Transforming Darkness 1:15:50
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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