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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2008-01-24 Finding A Reliable Refuge 67:12
Howard Cohn
Turning toward the Dharma by reflecting on the refuge of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and the possibility of a kind of happiness and well-being born of mindfulness that is free and open.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-01-24 Finding A Reliable Refuge 67:12
Howard Cohn
Turning toward the dharma by reflecting on the refuge of the Buddha, dharna and sangha and the possibility of a kind of happiness and well being born of mindfulness that is free and open
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-01-24 Vast Sky Visited By Clouds 55:01
Heather Sundberg
After sharing a personal story, th talk explores working with some of the challenging states of mind and body, followed by a teaching on the essence of Prajnaparamita, emphasizing the qualities of vast space, bliss and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Coming Home: A Retreat for Experienced Women Practitioners

2008-01-23 Fourth Noble Truth 60:58
Sylvia Boorstein
This is the last of four lectures on the Four Noble Truth. It has a lot of group sharing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2008-01-21 Burma - After The Saffron Revolution 1:16:33
Hozan Alan Senauke
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-01-16 The 3Rd Noble Truth - The Pleasure Of Sufficiency 1:10:22
Sylvia Boorstein
The Third Noble Truth - Third lecture in a four part series emphasizing the joy of "not needing" - the difference between wanting and needing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-01-14 Wisdom, Equanimity And Kindness 56:52
Sylvia Boorstein
This talk makes the point that mindfulness and lovingkindness are integral to each other, not separate and that they both lead to wisdom and are supported by wisdom. It includes poetry by Billy Collins and many stories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2008-01-10 Drafting On The Happiness Of Others 60:34
Sylvia Boorstein
Mudita and the other Brahma Viharas. How wisdom protects equanimity -- and how equanimity if the birthplace of Metta, Compassion and Joy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2008-01-09 How Metta And Equanimity Lived Happily Ever After Together 61:46
Donald Rothberg
Metta is a powerful practice that helps us lead with our hearts, develop concentration, and "purify" our bodies, hearts and minds, working through obstacles to metta and touching our deep luminosity. Yet metta sometimes seems opposed to wisdom and mindfulness practice, and particularly to equanimity. We explore the qualities of equanimity and then how mature metta requires equanimity and mature equanimity requires metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2008-01-09 "I Shall Not Want" 52:22
Sylvia Boorstein
The second of four talks on the Four Noble Truths, with emphasis on the Second Truth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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