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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2023-01-19 Cultivating Stillness and Patience 57:23
Grace Fisher
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Begins with a 30m meditation followed by a Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thursday Morning Women’s Group

2023-01-15 Day 5 Evening Talk: Metta Practice and the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 63:28
Donald Rothberg
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On Dr. King's birthday, we explore three broad areas connecting metta practice, Buddhist wisdom teachings, and other heart practices, with the life and approach of Dr. King: (1) the deep resonance between metta practice and the grounding in love and the beloved community that is central for King; (2) the close parallels between the development of non-reactivity aiming at the end of dukkha in Buddhist practice and the teachings and practices of nonviolent action; and (3) the other aspects of the awakened heart central for Dr. King, including empathy, compassion, forgiveness, joy, and equanimity. Included is the playing of three short recordings of Dr. King speaking.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-15 Day 5 Brahmavihara Practices: Mudita Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:02
Beth Sternlieb
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Gratitude and Joy nourish us on the Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-14 Day 4 Metta and Compassion, the Activity of Wisdom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:11
Beth Sternlieb
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Metta is more than a feeling. it is an intention that arises from wisdom... the understadning of inter-being and cause and effect..
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-14 Day 4 Morning Sit with Instructions: Mettā for the Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:47
Gullu Singh
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Some reflections about working with the neutral person, also refetred to as the stranger or the friendly stranger.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-13 Day 3 Reflections on Mettā, Equanimity & Purification in Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:34
Gullu Singh
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This talk explores the intersection of mettā practice and equanimity, in particular how the mettā training process creates and impartiality of mind that is the cornerstone of equanimity. The talk also explores the Buddha's teaching that with the cultivation of mettā no limiting action remains and how the practice naturally reveals the places where the heart is limited and the fruitfulness of investigating the energies in this so-called purification process.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-13 The first noble truth is really true, or the principal beneficiary of well wishing is the wisher. Or the only response to suffering is compassion! 44:22
Sylvia Boorstein
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-13 Self-Compassion 1:23:22
Kevin Griffin
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-12 Day 2 Compassion and Self Compassion, A Wise Response (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:51
Beth Sternlieb
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Practicing kindness in every moment, responding with compassion, as the path of awakening
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-12 What is Your Gift of Presence? 53:28
Grace Fisher
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Begins with a 30m meditation followed by a Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thursday Morning Women’s Group

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