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Kittisaro's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Kittisaro
Kittisaro, from Tennessee, a Rhodes Scholar and a Buddhist practitioner for over 35 years including 15 years as a Theravada monk in the Forest School of Ajahn Chah. He is also a practitioner of Pure Land and Chan Buddhism. He is co-founder, with Thanissara of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat in South Africa and has completed two year long retreats. Kittisaro currently lives in the North Bay, California, teaches at IMS and Spirit Rock, and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism. He lives in the North Bay CA, and is on the Teacher Council at Spirit Rock, and is a core teacher at IMS.
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2024-11-28 Kuan Yin: Bestower of Fearlessness: Dharma Medicine for These Times (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:37
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with Kittisaro, Thanissara
Going beyond the constructs of the mind, trusting the heart, and upholding the Humane in Times of Destruction.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
2024-11-27 No Footprints in the Sky (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:11
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Reflection and practice around the sky-like mind. Radical reflection, returning to the root, turning the mind to the deathless. Contemplating "what remains."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
2024-11-26 Breaking the Spell: Fingersnaps of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 65:11
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From the Shurangama Sutra, reflecting how all phenomena arises within the Wonderful bright true mind." Two potent tools for dispelling the illusion of separative consciousness: the contemplation of change and the cultivation of kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
2023-11-23 Morning Sitting with Instructions: The Two Fundamental Roots; Contemplating Conditions and the Unconditioned. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:42
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Kondañña's breakthrough contemplating guest/dust. As space is to form and silence is to sound, so is awareness to all phenomena.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Refuge, Resilience, Presence, and Love In Our Times
2023-11-22 Dharma Talk: The Great Return (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 65:41
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Radical reflection — returning to the root. Contemplation of impermanence as a potent key leading to dispassion, and the heart returning to its on unshakeable nature; mantra as mind-ground practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Refuge, Resilience, Presence, and Love In Our Times
2023-11-19 Dharma Talk: Mindfulness, the Path to the One 61:41
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Relationship of mindfulness to Samadhi: Mindfulness of Breathing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Refuge, Resilience, Presence, and Love In Our Times
2023-11-13 Remembering Ajahn Chah 1:55:50
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2022-11-25 Kuan Yin Bowing Practice Mantra: Namo Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa 9:51
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with Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux, Gullu Singh, Kittisaro, Thanissara
Recording of the mantra: https://app.box.com/s/9j75m0lh4h1exbexuz8nwkqejvvn3ymt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Journey Into Refuge, Presence, and Love
2022-11-22 The Great Return: A Taste of Peace (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:55
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2022-11-22 Accessing Peace through Letting Be (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:03
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with Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux, Gullu Singh, Kittisaro, Thanissara
Finding a Balance Within Letting go and Engaging.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Journey Into Refuge, Presence, and Love

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