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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2009-07-22 The Beautiful Qualities of Compassion and Equanimity 55:19
Sally Armstrong
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The four Brahma Viharas are loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. The foundation practice is metta, or loving-kindness, which cultivates a friendly and kind attitude towards ourselves, others and all experiences. When this caring heart meets suffering, it naturally responds with compassion. But the last Brahma Vihara, equanimity, the quality of calm acceptance, is necessary keep the heart in balance and open to all the joys and sorrows of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2009-07-21 What's Not Wrong...Mudita, Uplifting States and Looking for the Good. 65:10
James Baraz
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How mudita (sympathetic joy) and uplifting states are supports for wise effort.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2009-07-20 Finding Our True Refuge 55:18
Sharda Rogell
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As we move through the barrier of judgment and fear, we move from the known to the unknown, and come into a truer relationship with ourselves. Through exploring the meaning of "true safety", we find our only true refuge and protection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2009-07-19 Navigating the Hindrance Terrain of Metta Practice 60:43
Kamala Masters
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How to work with the hindrances in Metta practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2009-07-18 Awakening the Heart of Love Through the Precepts 51:13
Arinna Weisman
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Daylong: Awakening the Heart of Love and Wisdom
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2009-07-18 The Practice of Metta 48:58
Sally Armstrong
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Metta, or loving-kindness, is the practice of cultivating a friendly and accepting attitude towards ourselves, our experience and all other beings. As we cultivate this quality through intensive practice, we can find that it can become our default response to life, rather than the conditioned habits of aversion, fear or grasping.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2009-07-15 Renunciation 47:52
Sylvia Boorstein
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Patience and Wisdom as part of our continuing exploration of the Path of Sila, Morality, and one of the main components of the overall path to wisdom. Next week's class will continue and the weeks following will complete the Paramita sequence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-07-14 Mens retreat closing night part 2 57:58
Robert K. Hall
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mens Retreat

2009-07-14 Mens retreat closing program part 1 38:49
Robert K. Hall
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mens Retreat

2009-07-08 Morality - Second in a series of the 10 Paramitas 56:49
Sylvia Boorstein
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May these precepts be the Cause of Happiness Note: Quality is not great. Talk was recorded at too high a compression rate.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

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