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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2009-02-23 The Joy Of Mindfulness 51:40
Sylvia Boorstein
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Based on the concept that mindfulness cultivates insights which lead to wisdom to manifest as compassion that is experienced as joy, this talk is about 1) the joy of awakened physical awareness, 2) the joy of psychological clarity, 3) the joy of knowing universal truth, 4) the joy of service and 5) the joy of realizing the basic goodness of human beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-21 From Ignorance Come Impulses 62:16
Guy Armstrong
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The first two links of dependent origination say that ignorance gives rise to volitional formations or impulses. The talk describes succesive layers of obscurations that form from ignorance, to a belief in self, to afflictive emotions, to unskillful actions. The path undoes these layers by focusing, in order, on virtue, mediation, and wisdom, finally penetrating to nibbana.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-20 Faith In The Dharma 60:39
James Baraz
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Faith is one of the Five Spiritual faculties. This talk explores the elements of faith, sources of our faith and the ingredients we bring to deepen our trust and faith in the Dharma.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-19 Tidying The Mind 58:07
Sylvia Boorstein
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-18 Exploring Craving 62:24
Carol Wilson
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This talk encourages us to explore the gratification, danger and escape in our personal experience of clinging; with the intention to understand rather than to judge. Meeting our experience with mindfulness/wisdom is the practice of non-clinging.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-16 The Raw Spot 63:21
Norman Fischer
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Loss, pain and suffering leave us raw. But the rawness can bring us to a new birth. How to practice with difficult times, economic uncertainty.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-02-16 Practice As A Path Of Happiness 64:28
James Baraz
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One aspect of Wise Effort is maintaining and increasing wholesome states that have arisen. This is supported by being present for the wholesome state without clinging. How to integrate wholesome states such as sincere intention, gratitude, being compassionate with suffering, and others into our practice is explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-15 The Leaky Boat 57:21
Sylvia Boorstein
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About manifesting love and courage in the midst of knowing that all experience is impermanent, subject to suffering, and inextricably connected to everything else - as the path of freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-14 The Seven Factors Of Awakening - part 2 61:37
Guy Armstrong
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-13 The Joy Of Generosity 62:39
Carol Wilson
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The Buddha gave great importance to the quality of generosity, or dana. It can be seen as a supportive condition for the cultivation of the eightfold path. The inner intention of generosity purifies the heart/mind of greed - and it brings great joy!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

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