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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2013-03-16 Concentration in Contemplative Practice 50:40
Richard Mendius
The latest brain research has begun to confirm the central insights of the Buddha and other great teachers. And it’s suggesting ways you can help your brain to enter deeper states of mindfulness, quiet, and concentration. Suffering, joy, and freedom all depend on what happens within your nervous system. Skillful practice thus means being skillful with your own brain. This experiential workshop will offer user-friendly information with lots of practical methods. No background in neuroscience or mindfulness is needed, though teaching are also appropriate for health care professionals. We’ll cover: --- Implications from brain research for steadying the mind... quieting it... and bringing it to singleness --- The brain during the jhanas or other states of deep concentration --- How to help lay the neurological foundation for liberating insight
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-03-15 Part 2: Not Stealing, Lying and the Pabhassara Citta 48:30
Trudy Goodman
An exploration of the fifth and third precepts from a contemplative perspective: what intoxicates? What nourishes and sustains our practice?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-14 Buddhism & 12 Steps Week 6 (B) 60:27
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism & the 12 Steps

2013-03-14 Buddhism & 12 Steps Week 10 (a) 60:27
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism & the 12 Steps

2013-03-14 Five Rivers Running Through 63:16
Pascal Auclair
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-13 Karma and the Condition of the Canon 67:00
Tony Bernhard
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-03-13 Compassion to Wisdom 48:55
Lila Kate Wheeler
Deeply conditioned clinging to self does not survive investigation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-12 Compassion 56:48
Jack Kornfield
How to hold the whole path of awakening with the great heart of compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-11 "Self" Exploration 49:07
Mark Coleman
An inquiry into self identity & self-identification
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-03-11 Saddha 38:59
Winnie Nazarko
Understanding Saddha (faith) the first of the 5 Spiritual Faculties. How this Buddhist version of faith is different from naive faith, authoritarian faith and consumer faith. What is called faith when we practice this capacity of mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

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