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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2010-02-22 Not Self & The Five Aggregates 56:39
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-21 The Obvious 58:16
Andrea Fella
We often understand our habits and patterns as having many complex layers, and think we need to dive into the midst of the layers in order to "really" understand the pattern. This talk explores a gentle investigation of what is obvious in our experience, which allows a natural, organic understanding to emerge.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-20 Clinging and Identification with I, Me and Mine 59:34
Sally Armstrong
The Buddha saw that we continually cling to and create a sense of self out of five aspects of our experience. Seeing this process clearly can lead to the possibility of letting go and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-19 Awakening Joy 66:13
James Baraz
Practice is more than just opening to suffering. It is a path of happiness. We can incline the mind to open to and awaken wholesome states that lead to well-being and, ultimately, liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-18 The Awakening of Equanimity 1:10:49
Howard Cohn
Describes the development of equanimity through the vehicle of mindful attention.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-17 Hitting the Wall of Sakhaya Ditthi 63:16
Carol Wilson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-17 Practicing with the Body Part 3: Cultivating Wisdom 59:37
Donald Rothberg
After a brief review of the first two series, we focus on body practices to develop insight into 1) impermanence, 2) suffering and the roots of suffering, and 3)constructions of self. We suggest several concrete practices to develop wisdom through awareness of bodily experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-16 Impermanence 61:04
Andrea Fella
Everyone knows that "things change". Yet as the Mahabarata points out "only the surface-mind understands, the actual sense never goes into our heads". Exploring our experience deeply, we can move past the surface understanding to deeply recognize this truth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-15 Love, Wisdom, and Awakening 51:37
Nina Wise
The journey and thread that weaves through each,... one begets and is of the other... how Valentines day and Presidents day can lead us to Awakening...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-15 Abundant Enoughness: The Practice of Contentment 61:01
James Baraz
The Buddha spoke of Nekkhama or renunciation as source of happiness. This is because it gives rise to contentment-seeing this moment as complete as it is. This talk explores the experience of inner contentment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

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