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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-08-20 Morning Instructions Day Seven 57:16
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-19 Using Concentration to See Things as They Are 66:46
Andrea Fella
The Buddha encouraged us to cultivate concentration for the purpose of seeing into the nature of our experience - as impermanent, unreliable, and not-self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-19 Patience 39:25
Donald Rothberg
We explore the parami (or "virtue" or "perfection") of patience, including its nature and the nature of impatience, exemplars of patience, the connection of patience with other virtues (particularly wisdom and equanimity), and how to practice to develop patience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-08-19 Morning Instructions Day Six 55:22
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-18 How Intention and Energy Support Concentration 62:40
Phillip Moffitt
Collecting and unifying the mind requires both the immediacy of intention and the energy for patience and persistence. Developing clarity of intention and utilizing the three kind of energy may deepen your experience of concentration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-18 Morning Instructions: Day Five 55:41
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-17 Letting Go of Disturbance, Finding Stillness 55:37
Sally Armstrong
To deepen in concentration, we need to be willing to recognize whatever disturbances or hindrances might be present, however subtle, and to work with them skillfully, ultimately to release them. This allows the mind to settle to the next level of stillness. This talk is based on practice as described in Majjhima Nikaya (2), the Cula-Sunnata Sutta, The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-17 Morning Instructions Day Four 56:45
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-16 Deepening Concentration Through Contentment 60:48
Tempel Smith
Through developing the jhana factors of piti, sukha and ekaggata (delight, contentment and one-pointedness) we can open a deeper ability to absorb with our breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2012-08-16 Morning Instructions: Day Three 56:17
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

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