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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2010-10-16 A Good Conversation 45:45
Barbara Kaufman
A talk about painting and the creative process and the importance of being willing to be in the not-knowing with what's going to happen.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2010-10-15 Metta practice and the Transformation of the Heart 45:37
Donald Rothberg
An exploration of metta practice and how it works-to develop the capacity to lead with the heart, develop in concentration, purify our being and touch our deeper nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-15 Thank Goodness for Impermanence 45:58
Susan Moon
As I get older and the time I have left shrinks, I find the opportunity to enter deep time. We have infinite time in the present moment. It is this passing of time too, that makes creativity possible. Readings on time and memory from my book, This Is Getting Old.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2010-10-14 Wisdom-suffering, impermanence and the Heart 52:07
Donald Rothberg
Wisdom across many traditions is understood as a clear and deep seeing of human experience; a seeing that cuts through conditioning and delusion. We look at the relationship of wisdom to mindfulness and the caring heart, particularly at how we see more clearly suffering, its roots and impermanence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-13 Mindfulness-What it is and What Makes it Difficult. 50:49
Donald Rothberg
Mindfulness plays a central role in our practice of living with wisdom and compassion. We explore a number of the qualities of mindfulness as well as the obstacles to mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-13 Creative Liberation 41:27
Anne Cushman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2010-10-13 Estamos Bien 58:43
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-10-12 Why do we practice? 18:34
Donald Rothberg
It is helpful to connect with our deeper aspirations to practice - at the beginning of a retreat as well as before practice sessions. Twelve different responses to the question of why we practice are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-11 In the Footsteps of the Buddha 69:18
Shantum Seth
part 2 of 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-10-11 In the Footsteps of the Buddha 35:24
Shantum Seth
part 1 of 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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