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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2011-10-29 Namarupa and Consciousness 64:37
Stephen Batchelor
Reflection on passages from the suttas of the Pali Canon where the Buddha addresses what he means by "namarupa" (name-form) and Viññana (consciousness).
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2011-10-28 The Play of Awakening 66:19
Trudy Goodman
How to recognize the seven factors of Enlightenment in daily life and three songs by Teja Bell on guitar, favorite dharma songs.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-27 The Empowerment of Equanimity 65:19
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-26 Getting Down to Direct Experience III 63:07
Donald Rothberg
Building on the last two sessions, we explore three inter-related aspects of ignorance or confusion: 1. How we move away from direct experience, especially because of reactivity. 2. How we develop, personally and collectively, unconscious material;and 3. How we do not fully understand impermanence, the roots of suffering and the nature of the self. We suggest ways to practice with all three forms of ignorance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-10-24 Interest and Investigation 59:17
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-24 Gratitude In Life 34:23
Mark Coleman
What is your relationship to gratitude? How do you orient to the world? Noticing the blessings and knowing you have enough - or focusing on what is missing?
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2011-10-23 Acceptance 47:11
Melanie Waschke
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-22 Virya - courage, energy and trust 52:14
Trudy Goodman
The effort or energy factor of enlightenment, practice in retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-19 Getting Down to more Direct Experience II 57:42
Donald Rothberg
We look further at the mechanisms by which we move away from direct experience. unskillfully, driven by reactivity and papanca (conceptual proliferation). We point to practices of tracking thoughts, emotions, reactivity-that help us ground in more direct experience, leading to greater freedom and responsiveness-personally interpersonally, and collectively.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-10-17 Nothing Left Out 59:58
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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