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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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

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