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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2010-09-27 Dharma and Technology 68:37
Anushka Fernandopulle
Relates the Buddhist teachings to our use of modern communication technology such as emails, texting, cell phones, etc.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-22 Inner and Outer- Part 2 58:07
Donald Rothberg
We continue to explore the twin practices of studying and deconstructing the separate self, and opening to interdependence, in part through a number of practices.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-09-20 Ritual in Teaching 1:34:46
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Community Dharma Leader 4 Retreat 1

2010-09-19 Recollections of Ajahn Chah, part 3 1:11:58
Ajahn Pasanno
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Recollections of Ajahn Chah

2010-09-19 Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Part 2 1:38:49
Ajahn Pasanno
Further recollections of Ajahn Chah
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Recollections of Ajahn Chah

2010-09-19 Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Part 1 3:03:43
Ajahn Pasanno
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Recollections of Ajahn Chah
Attached Files:
  • Recollections and Readings of Ajahn Chah (PDF)

2010-09-18 Working with the Inner Critic, Part 2 15:15
Mark Coleman
How to work with, understand and free oneself from the tyranny of the inner critic (judge).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-18 Working with the Inner Critic, Part 1 52:31
Mark Coleman
How to work with, understand and free oneself from the tyranny of the inner critic (judge).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-15 Inner and Outer- Part I 61:10
Donald Rothberg
A exploration, with several short exercises, of how we form a separate self, and how we open to interdependence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-09-13 Freedom & The Way it is: Part 2 65:19
Jack Kornfield
The gifts in impermanence and emptiness that can bring beauty & happiness...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-09-06 Freedom & The Way it is... 63:55
Jack Kornfield
How knowing and acknowledging the way things are leads to freedom and a gracious, compassionate heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-09-05 Sylvia Boorstein & Lin Jensen: Life Beyond Buddhism, Part 1 of 2 3:00:01
Sylvia Boorstein
Lin Jensen is founder and teacher of the Chico Zen Sangha. He also is Senior Buddhist Chaplin to the High Desert State Prison in Susanville. Lin is also a birder, served seven years as sub-regional editor for American Birds magazine, and has contributed articles to Bird Watcher Digest. He is the author of several books on what might be called "natural Zen."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-05 Trusting Your Buddha Knowing 59:45
James Baraz
Working with thoughts including the Buddha's methods for dealing with distracting thoughts. How to discern the voice of wisdom from the voices of confusion and fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat

2010-09-05 Sylvia Boorstein & Lin Jensen: Life Beyond Buddhism, Part 2 of 2 2:28:16
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-04 Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing 50:55
Sharda Rogell
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat

2010-09-03 In Harmony With The Truth 58:27
Howard Cohn
The life and teachings of the Buddha. including the Four Noble Truths
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat

2010-09-02 Relaxed Interested Kind Awareness 56:04
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat

2010-09-01 Sylvia and Jack in Conversation 64:18
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-30 Secularization and Science of Mindfulness 51:46
Diana Winston
This talk discusses how mindfulness can be seen as secular and what is the science behind it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-27 Working with Your Edges 24:51
Richard Shankman
Your presence when being in the classroom. (Very short break in talk near the beginning)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness in Education: A Retreat and Training

2010-08-26 The State of Mindfulness in Education 31:36
Diana Winston
This talk, given opening night of the first annual Mindfulness in Education retreat and Training, overviews the current state of mindfulness in education in the U.S. We explore the different ways of delivering mindfulness to teachers and kids, some of the key questions and future visions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness in Education: A Retreat and Training

2010-08-25 This is the Best Day Ever! 56:01
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-23 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 60:07
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-23 Four Foundations of Mindfulness 60:06
Richard Shankman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2010-08-22 From Stillness to Movement: The Place of Concentration on the Path of Insight 56:40
Andrea Fella
An exploration of the importance of concentration on the ability of the mind to meet experience as it is.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2010-08-21 Jhana States: From Movement to Stillness 64:46
Phillip Moffitt
Jhana means non-distraction achieved by the removal of distractions from the mind. As the distraction of mind are removed, the mind state moves from coarseness to more fine states into stillness and equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2010-08-21 Meditation as Medicine, A Day of Teachings with Steve Flowers, Part 3 43:37
Bob Stahl
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-08-21 Meditation as Medicine, A Day of Teachings with Steve Flowers, Part 2 1:14:06
Bob Stahl
Part 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-08-21 Meditation as Medicine, A Day of Teachings with Steve Flowers, Part 1 1:10:55
Bob Stahl
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-08-19 The Seven Factors of Enlightenment in relation to Concentration Practice 61:00
Richard Shankman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2010-08-18 Skillful Means for Concentration 63:22
Andrea Fella
Cultivating the skill of concentration includes recognizing and working with those qualities that both support and hinder concentration. This talk explores ways to let go of the hindrances, and ways to cultivate the factors of concentration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2010-08-18 The Mind Body 65:37
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-16 Redemption 67:22
Jack Kornfield
Forgiveness, redemption & the great capacity of the heart to begin again.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-14 Sandra Maitri: The Inner Flow of the Enneagram: Movements of Defense & Deepening. Part 2 of 2 64:09
Sandra Maitri
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-08-14 The Inner Flow of the Enneagram: Movements of Defense & Deepening. Part 1 of 2 1:33:55
Sandra Maitri
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-08-12 Fierce Tenderness 59:55
Dori Langevin
Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi and you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adults Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-08-11 So near and yet... 59:57
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adults Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-08-11 Wise Speech Practice 6- Wise Speech in Difficult Conditions, Part 2 63:46
Donald Rothberg
We conclude our six sessions on wise speech by focusing on perspectives, practices and guidelines that help us be more skillful with difficult speech situations. The talk is followed by a guided exercise and discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-10 Arriving, Settling, Opening 52:43
Marvin Belzer
Some basics about what we do on a mindfulness meditation retreat and why we do those things.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adults Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-08-09 Karma & the Power of Intention 66:01
Jack Kornfield
Understanding the mysterious power of intention & karma
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-07 Untitled 33:28
Ajahn Pasanno
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Family Retreat

2010-08-06 Parenting With Dharma & Heart 49:58
Betsy Rose
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Family Retreat

2010-08-04 Wise Speech Practice 5: Wise Speech in Difficult Conditions 68:07
Donald Rothberg
We complete examination of the model of Non-Violent Communication, with a focus on applying the model to difficult situations.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-08-02 Finding your way in this Wild World... 49:24
Ed Brown
Finding Your way in This Wild World
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-29 Faith and Aspiration 56:14
Kamala Masters
The power of faith and aspiration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Retreat

2010-07-28 Wise Speech Practice 4- Mindfulness & Non-Violent Communication 2 62:07
Donald Rothberg
In the context of wise speech practice, we continue to explore being aware of feelings and needs and introduce skillful ways to identify "how things are" through "observations."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-26 Compassion: The Ecology of our Hearts and the World 54:46
Kamala Masters
Exploring the compassionate and uncompassionate terrain of our hearts in relationship to the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Retreat

2010-07-26 Mindful Contemplation of the Body 58:13
Eugene Cash
Why mindfulness of the body is the ground of all mindfulness teachings bringing body and mind together.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-25 Developing the Middle Way 58:37
Steve Armstrong
The right views of the four stages of the Eightfold Path development support practices to purify speech and behavior, the mind and understanding, resulting in happiness of harmony, happiness of tranquility and happiness of peace.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Retreat

2010-07-22 The Wisdom of Equanimity and Compassion 56:24
Sharda Rogell
When we see the world through the veil of our ego, our love flows in distorted and confused ways. Through mindfulness and metta and insight we can begin to understand these conditioned patterns and transform them into love and connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-21 Deepening Metta and Concentration 57:19
Sally Armstrong
Learning how to work skillfully with the pleasant experiences that arise from the development of metta and concentration is an important part of supporting the deepening of these practices.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-21 Wise Speech Practice 3- Mindfulness & Nonviolent Communication 66:16
Donald Rothberg
We explore nonviolent communication as a refinement of mindfulness, focusing particularly on 'needs' (what matters) and feelings (or emotions)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-20 Awakening Joy and Mudita 59:04
James Baraz
How the metta practice awakens happiness and well-being, including the mudita practice of sympathetic joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-19 Present Moment Awareness & The Neuroscience of Meditation, part 2 of 2 27:39
Mingyur Rinpoche
This joyful talk illuminates the practice of resting in present moment awareness. His experience being studied in an FMRI is also recounted, with the results of recent academic studies on meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-19 Neuroscience of Meditation & Joy of the Present Moment, Part 1 of 2 62:33
Mingyur Rinpoche
This joyful talk illuminates the practice of resting in present moment awareness. His experience being studied in an FMRI is also recounted, with the results of recent academic studies on meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-07-17 Dimensions of Metta 55:40
Sally Armstrong
The practice of metta is powerful and challenging because it works on so many levels - the personal, the relative and the transcendent. Opening to all these levels and being willing to work with whatever arises makes this practice deeply transformative.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-17 The Neuro-Dharma of Love 36:19
Richard Mendius
One talk from a daylong teaching at Spirit Rock with Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-07-17 The Neuro-Dharma of Love 50:15
Rick Hanson
One talk from a daylong teaching at Spirit Rock with Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-07-14 Wise Speech Practice #2- Minfulness and Speech Practice: includes exercises/discussions 63:52
Donald Rothberg
After a review of last time, of the importance of speech practice and the ethical guidelines for wise speech, we explore two ways of cultivating mindfulness in our speech, concluding with an exercise to cultivate inner and outer attention at the same time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-12 Wisdom & Compassion 47:43
Nina Wise
How do we live when we lose faith in humanity... or at Heart we are at Peace...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-11 Emotion Management Techniques (EMT) 62:55
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Emotion Management Techniques (EMT) are various mindful and skillful ways of transforming difficult emotions into opportunities for awakening. Through full understanding of the emotions and their true nature, we begin to open our heart and respond to the emotions with compassion and wisdom and thereby experience greater happiness and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center People of Color Meditation Retreat

2010-07-09 The Power of Mind 57:22
Larry Yang
The Power of being mindful of thoughts and thinking
Spirit Rock Meditation Center People of Color Meditation Retreat

2010-07-08 Mindfulness & Liberation of the Body 50:27
Anushka Fernandopulle
How to practice awareness of the body and why it is helpful.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center People of Color Meditation Retreat

2010-07-07 Introduction to Wise Speech Practice 56:10
Donald Rothberg
A discussion of the importance of speech practice and of the four ethical guidelines for wise speech, inviting initial practice of cultivating wise speech.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-07 Essential Dharma Class 10- Practice in Daily Life 42:58
Mark Coleman
Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 Meditation) What is necessary for maintaining our practice in daily life, through inspiration, silence, Sangha and informal practice of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Part II- Class Series

2010-07-05 Independence and Interdependence 56:52
Mark Coleman
What is the Buddha's teaching on interdependence that arises from practice & what is his teaching on the nature of reality. It is inter- dependent and inter-connected.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-03 Speech Practice in Difficult Situations 63:40
Donald Rothberg
Our speech practice deepens when we take difficult speech situations as becoming opportunities. We explore the centrality of working skillfully with reactivity; the possibility of becoming more skilled with finding non-dual approaches to conflict and how there are always openings for practice, even when the other seems uninterested in communication.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-07-02 Wisdom and Speech Practice 56:40
Donald Rothberg
We explore three increasingly subtle aspects of wisdom and the speech practices related to each of them: (1) the wisdom to know what is wholesome and unwholesome, particularly in an ethical context; (2) the wisdom to know suffering and the roots of suffering, and freedom and its roots; (3) the wisdom to know the nature of more direct experience and the nature of concepts. In all types of wisdom, the basis is the close study of experience, leading to insight and clear seeing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-07-01 Speaking from the Heart-Metta and Speech Practice 53:04
Donald Rothberg
The Buddha spoke often of the centrality of speaking lovingly from the heart- "affectionately...with a mind of good-will". We explore the importance for speech practice of working directly with mind and heart, learning through metta practice to "lead" with our hearts. We also in the process touch more and more our radiant hearts, transforming what gets in the way of these hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-30 Mindfulness and Speech Practice 0:00
Donald Rothberg
(Recording not available) 
We continue exploring the nature of speech practice, following last night's introduction, focusing on five kinds of mindfulness practice that supports speech practice. Following an overview of mindfulness, we examine (1) connecting inner and outer attention in the midst of speech, (2) the importance for speech practice of mindfulness of the body, (3) mindfulness based on following the ethical speech principles, (4) NVC interpreted as a refinement of mindfulness practice,and (5) mindfulness of the thoughts and emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-30 Mindfulness and Speech Practice 54:52
Donald Rothberg
We continue exploring the nature of speech practice, following last night's introduction, focusing on five kinds of mindfulness practice that supports speech practice. Following an overview of mindfulness, we examine (1) connecting inner and outer attention in the midst of speech, (2) the importance for speech practice of mindfulness of the body, (3) mindfulness based on following the ethical speech principles, (4) NVC interpreted as a refinement of mindfulness practice,and (5) mindfulness of the thoughts and emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-30 Everyday Lightening Strikes 17:24
Sylvia Boorstein
Part 1 of 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-30 Everyday Lightening Strikes 35:07
Sylvia Boorstein
Part 2 of 2- includes baby blessing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-29 Speech Practice and the Path of Awakening 55:37
Donald Rothberg
In this talk, we locate speech practice in the context of the path of awakening, first explaining the meanings of awakening and path. We then suggest a map of three broad types of interrelated speech practices, focusing on the first type - using ethical principles to guide our speech. We'll explore the others in further talks.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-28 Poetry Beauty & Art 65:25
Jack Kornfield
Poetry and the dance of the spirit... and Lions Roar
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-26 What Changes as we Practice 54:49
Anna Douglas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-25 All About Me 62:46
Howard Cohn
Similar to other talks on personality view, sakaya dhitti, and how we can notice the myriad ways it is spawned in our thoughts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-24 Path of Kindness 59:07
Mark Coleman
How do the practices of mindfulness and metta (loving kindness) work together - and the important of bringing a kind loving presence to working with difficulties and pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-23 The Life of the Body 58:21
Anna Douglas
Mindful awareness of the life of the body teaches us how to live, and how to die.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-23 This talk is unfortunately unavailable- Life as a Tightrope 0:00
Sylvia Boorstein
(Recording not available) 
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-22 The Cure for Pain is in the Pain 63:25
Howard Cohn
The power of awareness to turn our difficulties into the path of awakening and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-21 Turning of the Seasons 61:16
Jack Kornfield
How to live wisely in the changes of life. How to honor the individual and universal perspective of our life with understanding and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-21 Light of Awareness 50:16
Mark Coleman
Using the metaphor of light as awareness, this talk weaves in poetry, and teachings of the Buddha to explore the role of mindfulness in the path of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (10 of 10) 62:18
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (9 or 10) 2:40
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (8 of 10) 29:18
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (7 of 10) 9:21
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (6 of 10) 19:03
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (5 of 10) 58:19
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (4 of 10) 2:37
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (3 of 10) 11:04
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (2 of 10) 15:58
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (1 of 10) 40:22
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body... 4:11:02
Ajahn Amaro
The Art of Compassionate Action in Turbulent Times (10 segments)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-06-18 Morality Is for Happiness Richness Freedom 1:26:42
Ajahn Sucitto
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic

2010-06-18 Open Are the Doors to the Deathless 68:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic

2010-06-17 Space Within & Space Without 66:27
Ajahn Metta
Includes Chanting, guided meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic

2010-06-17 Morning teaching 47:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Brahma Viharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic

2010-06-16 Chanting, Reflections on Death 67:13
Ajahn Metta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic

2010-06-16 Discernment: Wise Attentions 1:26:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Attention is a source of Karma
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic

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