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Dharma Talks
given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2022-03-01
The Frame Around Insight Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
62:52
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Winnie Nazarko
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| This talk was offered at a month long insight meditation retreat, where most of the day is devoted to sitting and walking practice. The discussion acknowledges and explicitly points out the larger framework within which these meditations are done. It briefly reviews the 4 Noble Truths and the 8 Fold Path, especially focusing on Mundane Wise View and Wise Intention. These place in context, and inform, why and how these practices support the heart/mind in finding release. |
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March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
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2022-02-28
A Peaceful Heart In A Time Of War And The Legacy Of Thich Nhat Hanh | Monday Night Talk
54:40
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Jack Kornfield
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| Tonight I had planned to talk about Thich Nhat Hanh, the great and wise Zen master and teacher who died recently at age 95. But it seems critical to also acknowledge the grief of the war in Ukraine. As it says in the Buddhist teachings (and in other wisdom teachings), in this world, hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.
There has to be a better game than war for human beings. We have to look at the war within ourselves as well.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s instruction was to stop—stop making enemies.
Make prayers. Make blessings. This is our moral task. |
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2022-02-25
The Three Trainings to be in the Stream of Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
65:45
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Tempel Smith
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| Sariputta equated the stream of liberation to being the very same 8 fold path of the Buddha's main teachings. The 8 fold path can be summed up as the three higher trainings: training in Sīla, Samādhi, and Pañña. To stay in the stream which only flow in one direction - liberation - we only need to embrace Sīla (ethical attunement), Samādhi (cultivating beautiful aspects of heart), and Pañña (living with wise perspective). Whether you wear robes on the outside of your body or if you are a lay person, we want to ordain our hearts to wear the inner robes of Sīla, Samādhi, and Pañña. |
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February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat
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