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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2023-03-02 Practical Instructions for Mindfulness of Vedanā (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:31
Tempel Smith
With a wise expectation of the three kinds of vedanā, we steady our mindfulness to intimately connect with unpleasantness, pleasantness, and neutral experiences. This is the first step with vedanā. The second is to cool off the old habits of reactivity , and the third is seeing vedanā is not inherent in the objects of our attention. Vedanā arises due to contact with the 6 sense doors, and operates on its own independent conditinality. This is difficult to see in daily life, and a precious opportunity on silent retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-01 Vedanā: The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:31
Tempel Smith
Key to all of our suffering and eventual freedom, mindfulness of vedanā disrupts our unconscious struggle to reject unpleasant experiences, crave pleasant experiences, and ignore neutral experiences. Since vedanā is a tone or aspect of every moment in the stream of our consciousness, it beocmes increasingly clear our agitation with life begins with reactivity to vedanā, and the training of a new kind of well being comes as we develop the ability to breath inside the stream with all three vedanās.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-01 Tatramajjhattata: Here in the middleness of our lives, choosing a path & taking it 1:14:57
Heidi Bourne
Includes meditation & dharma talk (the participant Q/A has been removed).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-03-01 Awaking through the Dharma of Cleaning 66:39
Kimber Simpkins-Nuccio
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2023-02-28 Tender-hearted Humans Practicing with Doubt in an Uncertain World 54:25
JD Doyle
Practicing with doubt is at the heart of honoring ourselves and the diversity of our individual experiences. Explores doubt as a hindrance, as well as questioning doubt that can lead to faith and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-02-28 Afternoon Sit with Brahma Vihara Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:20
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-02-26 Day 1/Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:34
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-02-23 Devotion in Practice 69:12
James Baraz
Although devotion plays a significant role in Monastic Communities and Tibetan practices it is not something often discussed in lay communities. Yet devotion can be a major source of inspiration which can fuel our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-02-23 Sangha & Friends 54:26
Grace Fisher
Begins with a 30m meditation followed by a Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thursday Morning Women’s Group

2023-02-22 Patience (Khanti) 52:26
Marjolein Janssen
During this talk we look at the different facets of khanti (patience). Khanti is one of the ten paramis. We investigate how to cultivate patience and how to be with impatience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

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