2012-07-18 What is the Mind? 61:36
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Clarifying basic terms of consciousness, perception, mindfulness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-18 Self and Not-Self II-Five Varieties of Self 64:23
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a review of last week's overview of exploring self and not-self, we look at five aspects of self: 1. a more neutral sense of "mere I" 2. Cultural conditions to be a particular kind of self; 3. the social self related to others 4. the wounded or stuck self; and 5. the subtle aspect of separation from other things are person. We suggest practicing to explore these five varieties.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-17 Straight Talk on the Defilements 57:58
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-16 What is your original face? 55:16
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-15 Refuge and Renunciation 64:52
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
What is true refuge and making the practice of refuge your own.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-14 Calming the Restless Mind 66:38
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-07-12 Sustaining Presence With Love 24:17
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
When we are present with experience and can sustain our connection, this allows for a deep intimacy with all things. This brings love, delight, wisdom and responsiveness, as we engage with our life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2012-07-11 Metta, Equanimity and Concentration 53:08
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The metta practice is powerful because it works on all aspects of our being. But when it is suffused with equanimity and deepened by concentration, it can really transform our hearts and minds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2012-07-11 Self and Not-Self-An Overview 61:17
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore how the topic of self and not-self can be very confusing, for a number of reasons. We then present five perspectives for exploring this theme, a general way of making some sense of self and not-self and two initial practices to study 1. the sense of self, and 2. experience beyond limited senses of self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-10 It's Really Possible! 60:32
James Baraz	Download Listen
To love ourselves, love others unconditionally to let in the love that comes our way, to realize more and more that love is our true nature -- these are tehe gifts of metta practice. With sincere intention and commitment, we can realize these fruits. We have everything we need to do this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2012-07-10 2-Day Non-Residential Retreat : Loving kindness-Cultivating the Open and Wise Heart 9:04
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Practicing metta with the Difficult Person
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Lovingkindness: Two Day Non-Residential Retreat

2012-07-09 Boundless Compassion Human Love 55:16
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2012-07-09 Living Skillfully With the Difficult 59:56
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-08 Simple Love 55:06
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
This talk explores Metta or loving kindness, and how to shift our view from being identified as a separate self (and the heartache that can cause) to understanding that nothing is fundamentally wrong with us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2012-07-08 Cultivating Inner Strength 40:01
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-07-08 What Is Inner Strength? 44:38
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-07-07 Deepening Kindness 56:23
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2012-07-04 The Bodhisattva and the Second American Revolution: Reflections on the Fourth of July 62:58
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore on this July 4th 1. The beauty and power of the vision of the 4th of democracy, equality, compassion, and happiness, 2. the contemporary problems that imperil the realization of this vision; and 3. a contemporary vision of addressing these problems and their inner and outer roots, inspired by the vision of the "new Bodhisattva."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma

2012-07-03 The Path of Being Human - The Path of the Buddha 68:47
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma

2012-07-02 Transforming Poison into Medicine 51:45
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Through mindfulness and wisdom, we can transfor the three poisons (greed, hatred and delusion) into generosity, lovingkindness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma

2012-07-02 The Iron Grindstone (or The Trouble with my Car) 59:23
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-01 Seven Qualities of an Awakened Mind 55:08
Michele Benzamin Miki	Download Listen
Transformation of the suffering around identity into freedom and an awakened mind. Part of the audio is a guided meditation on the seven factors of enlightenment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma

2012-06-30 Walking as Spiritual Practice 52:06
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Encouragement about walking meditation as an important aspect of spiritual practice, life, pilgrimage and social change.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma

2012-06-29 Aspiring to Your Dharma - Practices of Awareness, Kindness and Intention 53:10
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma

2012-06-27 Transient are all Conditioned Things 37:34
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-25 Science and Wonder 50:20
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-25 Guided Metta Meditation 23:58
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-25 The Practice of Meditation - A short talk and questions and answers about practice in daily life. 53:39
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-24 The Mind is an Interpretation Machine 47:21
Grove Burnett	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-24 Compassion 44:30
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Dharma

2012-06-23 Obstacles to Connecting in Relationships 62:33
James Baraz	Download Listen
with Daniel Ellenberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-06-23 The Art and Practice of Connection 1:40:40
James Baraz	Download Listen
w/ Daniel Ellenberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-06-23 Evolution and Other Matters 58:46
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-23 Let's Grow Up: Exploring The 4 Noble Truths 65:05
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Dharma

2012-06-22 The Doing & Being Modes of Mind 38:41
Grove Burnett	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-22 Taking obstacles as the Path 52:17
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Dharma

2012-06-22 Rambling 59:07
Malcolm Margolin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-21 Difficult Mind States 46:23
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-21 Back To Nature: Mindfulness of the Body 48:36
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Dharma

2012-06-18 Passion 51:44
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is the place of passion in the spiritual path in a lay life
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-16 Introduction to Meditation & Movement 38:06
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-06-14 Letting Go Through the Body 54:01
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Letting go through the body and meditating with strong emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in the Body: Meditation with Qigong

2012-06-14 Thursday Yoga Nidra 45:41
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in the Body: Meditation with Qigong

2012-06-14 Guided Meditation: Elemental Awareness 30:28
Julie Wester	Download Listen
Resting in the body as a field of changing energy. Inquiring into an area of strong sensation in the body. Touching into the Nature of Life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in the Body: Meditation with Qigong

2012-06-13 The Intimacy of the Present Moment 48:04
Julie Wester	Download Listen
Coming home to the intimacy of the present moment, Elemental Awareness. Experiencing ourselves as part of the flow of life-made of the same elemental energies.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in the Body: Meditation with Qigong

2012-06-13 Resting in Insight and the Good Heart on Bad Days & Good Days 57:10
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-12 On Mindfulness of Body and On Going Bananas 54:35
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in the Body: Meditation with Qigong

2012-06-11 Waking Up Through The Senses 55:56
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Exploring the 5 senses and how these are a vehicle for mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-10 Who Am I Now? - daylong 2:36:44
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
A daylong on aging for those 55 and older.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-06-10 Morning Puja 58:54
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Into the Depths - Monastic Retreat

2012-06-09 Tuning your Instrument: The Buddha, the Brain, & Bach, part D with Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin 58:19
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Clifford Saron - Samatha Project conclusion, Barbara Bogatin - Bach's Arioso Cantata and interpretation Sylvia Boorstein discussion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Tuning Your Instrument: The Buddha, The Brain, & Bach with Sylvia Boorstein, Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin

2012-06-09 Tuning Your Instrument: The Buddha, the Brain, & Bach, part C with Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin 1:51:17
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Sylvia Boorstein leads meditation, discussion Barbara Bogatin talk 2: Interpreting Bach, Courante from Suite 1 Slifford Saron Talk 2: The Shamatha Project ude from Bach Solo Cello Suite # 1, Barbara Bogatin Talk 1: Practice as Balance Mindfulness Sarabande from Cello Suite #1
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Tuning Your Instrument: The Buddha, The Brain, & Bach with Sylvia Boorstein, Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin

2012-06-09 Tuning Your Instrument: The Buddha, the Brain, & Bach, part B with Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin 1:20:20
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Clifford Saron Talk 1: Holding the Space of the Brain
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Tuning Your Instrument: The Buddha, The Brain, & Bach with Sylvia Boorstein, Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin

2012-06-09 Tuning Your Instrument: The Buddha, the Brain, & Bach, part A with Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin 1:30:08
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Sylvia Boorstein's Introduction, Prelude from Bach Solo Cello Suite #1, Barbara Bogatin talk 1: Practice as Balanced Mindfulness, Sarabande from Cello Suite #1
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Tuning Your Instrument: The Buddha, The Brain, & Bach with Sylvia Boorstein, Clifford Saron & Barbara Bogatin

2012-06-06 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 51:38
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Into the Depths - Monastic Retreat

2012-06-06 Practicing Peacefulness 50:24
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-04 The Art of Letting go... 58:24
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is the path to genuine renunciation & release of that all which doesn't serve our happiness or awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-02 Joy in Self, Community & the World 43:45
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Arinna Weisman and Shahara Godfrey
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-06-01 The Heart's Innate Kindness 52:47
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores some principles and practices of kindness via the metta practice, its obstacles and what helps to open the heart to oneself and others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Weekend Retreat

2012-05-30 Practicing with the Precepts 59:56
Tony Bernhard	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-28 Memorial Day Healing 62:49
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-27 The New Bodhisattva path 59:52
David Loy	Download Listen
Notes for a Buddhist Revolultion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-26 Practicing with Difficult Emotions and thoughts 56:56
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We look at several ways to practice when strong, difficult emotions and thoughts are present. 1) Finding antidotes - ways to get unstuck if we are stuck; 2) mindfulness using various tools; and 3) wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-26 Why We Love War 30:16
David Loy	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-26 Renunciation as Right Intention 3:16:53
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Of the three forms of right intention, renunciation helps overcome greed, craving and clinging. Renunciation also helps with cultivating simplicity and ease, and allows us to taste the deep contentment born out of emptiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path

2012-05-25 What is Non-Duality? 55:53
David Loy	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-25 Right Action2 - Morning Session 63:22
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path

2012-05-25 Buddhism and Ecology 43:32
David Loy	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-25 Right Action 1 - Morning Session 22:45
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path

2012-05-24 Institutions and Poisons 1:10:17
David Loy	Download Listen
Our economic system institutionalizes greed; our militarism institutionalizes aggression; the media institutionalizes delusion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-24 Right View and Dependent Origination 1:34:51
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
The teaching on Dependent Origination shows us how craving and suffering arise from wrong understanding and a lawful process of cause and effect. By bringing wisdom and awareness to each step in this chain reaction, we uproot craving and bring an end to suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path

2012-05-23 Right Speech and Listening 1:25:29
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path

2012-05-23 Practicing with Views and Judgments in the Context of Service and Social Action 53:50
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
For many Western Buddhists, it is challenging and often confusing to know how to work with views, theories (whether spiritual or social) and the judgmental mind. We explore the nature of views and judgements and how to practice with them, especially in the context of service and social action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-23 Understanding Anata 63:15
Tony Bernhard	Download Listen
Anata, non-self is one of the characteristics of experience; concepts are labels we use to map process to make it understandable. All is in process and interconnected.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-23 The "Lack" of Self 54:02
David Loy	Download Listen
Our most problematic dukkha is due to our sense of a separate self, a dukkha usually experienced as a sense of lack.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-22 Engaged Buddhism - Vignettes, Challenges, Possibilities 45:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
A second overview of socially engaged Buddhism is offered, through vignettes and stories of engaged practices, a discussion of some of the challenges of connecting inner and outer transformation, and a sense of the great creative possibilities of such an approach. With Q&A.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-22 Engaged Buddhism: Personal Transformation and Social Justice 40:40
David Loy	Download Listen
"The mercy of the West is social revolution. The mercy of the East is insight into the basic self/void. We need both" (Gary Snyder)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-22 An Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path 36:07
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path during the Living Dharma Study Retreat. Subsequent sessions discuss each step on the path in greater depth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path

2012-05-21 On Being Worthy of Your Suffering 35:10
Jacques Verduin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-19 Opening The Heart To Mystery 58:33
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
On not knowing as the path to awakening...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  May Insight Retreat

2012-05-18 The Four Resolves 54:35
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  May Insight Retreat

2012-05-17 The Eightfold Path and Liberation 58:50
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
An exploration of how the noble eightfold path is a lived path and lends to the ending of greed, aversion and delusion -- liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  May Insight Retreat

2012-05-16 Vulnerability and The Good Heart 45:08
John Travis	Download Listen
Stories help point to the possibility of opening to what is difficult and what is beautiful.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  May Insight Retreat

2012-05-16 Becoming Bodhisattvas III: Practicing with Views and Concepts 57:00
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In the context of connecting inner and outer transformation, we explore how to train to be wise and skillful in using views, concepts, and theories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-15 How Does the Heart Let Go? 50:32
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Being with things as they are and letting go are very difficult. The friendly and open heart support us in this work.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  May Insight Retreat

2012-05-14 A Conversation with Tsoknyi Rinpoche- Open Heart, Open Mind 1:56:08
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
A Conversation with Tsoknyi Rinpoche- Open Heart, Open Mind
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-14 This - Here - Dharma 56:08
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  May Insight Retreat

2012-05-12 CDL & DPP Reunion: Talk 4 of 4 30:38
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  CDL & DPP Reunion: May 12th, 2012

2012-05-12 CDL & DPP Reunion: Talk 2 of 4 66:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  CDL & DPP Reunion: May 12th, 2012

2012-05-11 Renunciation as a Path to Joy 51:57
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the paramis of wisdom and renunciation - specifically how to renounce the various thoughts, views, habits and actions that cause pain and inhibit joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program (Retreat 3)

2012-05-11 Talk and Meditation on Mindfulness of Emotions 63:43
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Skillful and unskillful ways to be mindful of emotions. Common misperceptions that make working with emotions difficult in meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program (Retreat 3)

2012-05-09 Becoming Bodhisattvas II--Ethical Practice 67:58
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We look at one of the primary training areas of a Bodhisattva, one who connects inner practice and helping others ethical practice. We consider an expansive understanding of the five lay precepts, and the challenges of ethical practices.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-08 The Kind Heart 36:49
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Kindness is the cornerstone of the spiritual path. This talk explores how it is developed in ordinary and beautiful ways in our life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program (Retreat 3)

2012-05-07 Truthfulness and Sila 40:33
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
A talk given at the third retreat of the Mindfulness for Yoga Teachers training in 2012.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program (Retreat 3)

2012-05-07 Recipe for Awakening 59:04
Ed Brown	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-04 Morning Instructions 21:30
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Women in Meditation

2012-05-03 Equanimity 51:04
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Explores equanimity in relationship to life events, in human relationships and in liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Women in Meditation

2012-05-02 Becoming Bodhisattvas 61:39
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In the context of a unit to Occupy Oakland, reflections on the importance for our times of developing our lives to connect inner and outer transformation, and of the inspiration to be bodhisattvas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-05-02 Morning Instructions 22:00
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Women in Meditation

2012-05-01 Joy 52:10
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Dimensions of Joy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Women in Meditation