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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2009-08-15 Refuge: The Three Cs 41:52
Mary Grace Orr
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vajrapani

2009-08-14 Thinking and Reality 45:28
Will Kabat-Zinn
Identification with thoughts determines how we experience the world and who we take ourselves to be. We can free ourselves from those limited identifications and touch the vast expanse of who we really are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult's Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-12 The Joy of Hindrances 67:37
Dori Langevin
Difficult mind-body states can be a gateway to freedom if we bring a sincere interest and an open, spacious and kind presence to grasping and aversion in all of their forms.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult's Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-12 Identity and Karma 57:04
Tony Bernhard
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-11 The Simpler, the Better 61:07
Marvin Belzer
How to work with ordinary awareness in order to develop mindfulness and concentration in a retreat setting.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult's Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-10 Intersecting Realities 58:10
James Baraz
We are each the star of our own movie. Practice invites us to honor every member of the cast of characters in our life, remembering that they have their own reality. And through it all we can wake up from the dream.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-05 Practicing with the Eight Worldly Winds, pt 2 58:33
Donald Rothberg
We continue to explore 1) being mindful when a wind is present; 2) the nature of the winds; 3) responding skilfully. We add an emphasis on resting in what is deeper and examine several issues that arise in practicing with the winds
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-03 Working with the Inner Critic 61:01
Mark Coleman
How to work with judgement & free yourself from the torment of the critic
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-01 Practice in the World: Right Speech 51:16
Joseph Goldstein
Right speech, the third step on the 8-fold Noble Path, is more than a set of ethical guidelines for living in the world. It is the practice of speech in the service of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation

2009-07-31 The Sure Heart's Release Part II 64:00
Kamala Masters
Understanding the path of practice that leads to the extinction of suffering. Bhavana - bringing forth what has not yet been developed through concentration practice and wisdom practice of Vipassana.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation

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