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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2010-11-11 Introduction to Emptiness Retreat 49:19
Guy Armstrong
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This talk was given on the opening night of the Emptiness Retreat. It introduces the theme of emptiness as a lack of unchanging essence or substance. This retreat encourages us to explore the possibility that things are not as they appear to be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-10 Twelve Reasons Why We Practice 62:00
Donald Rothberg
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Connecting with our deep motivation for practice is a crucial support. We explore a number of interwoven motivations for practicing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-08 Developing the Parami' Part 2 61:43
Mark Coleman
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This talk continues an exploration of the Buddhas teachings in the Paramis - specifically focusing on the Parimi of Love ( metta) energy, persistence, truthfulness and morality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-07 The Path Ahead: Integrating Our Life into our Practice 41:49
Sharda Rogell
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A talk given on the closing morning of retreat that lays out the way to live with wise intentions for liberating our habitual tendencies and living an awakening life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-11-06 Relaxing the Fixated 'I' 52:52
Sharda Rogell
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Unless we understand how we cling to the conditions of our mind and body as "me", we will live within a narrow and confined view and miss the revelation of our true beingness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-11-05 Our Strategies Aren't Working: the Arising of Compassionate Heart 59:16
Sharda Rogell
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A simple and clear exposition on the Buddha's insights into releasing, grasping and suffering. This is the release that opens our heart to great compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-11-05 How the Dharma Saved My Life 64:49
Bob Stahl
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How to work with self-loathing and doubt. How the Noble truths lead to freedom. How the Buddha guides us on the eight-fold steps on how to live our lives, train our minds and grow in wisdom. The Dhamma is most excellent in the beginning, middle, and end.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness of the Body

2010-11-03 Tending the garden of the heart and mind 50:52
Mary Grace Orr
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Just as we garden, tending out plants and pulling weeds, so we need to cultivate the ground of heart and mind. Uprooting obscurations and dealing with hindrances are part of this work.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness of the Body

2010-11-03 Training the Mind; Aiming Towards Love 59:21
Sharda Rogell
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When we identify with our cruel inner critic, this undermines our capacity for kindness towards ourselves and others. Inclining the mind towards metta points us towards our own innate goodness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-11-03 Paramitas- Each a Permutation of the Others 60:34
Sylvia Boorstein
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

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