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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2012-05-24 Institutions and Poisons 1:10:17
David Loy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

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