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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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2017-11-18 Metabolizing the Momentum of our Lives (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:44
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Right View, not getting somewhere, but arriving more fully in the here and now. Timeless luminous heart. Reorganizing the judging mind. Cultivating the Jhana factors.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2015-11-28 The Path in a Finger Snap 63:18
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Cultivating agility in practice. Calming, focusing on change, letting go into emptiness. Welcoming all conditions, kindness and compassion. The balance of letting go and embracing. Opening to the mystery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-11-26 Morning Instructions; Day 6 54:06
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-11-25 Nibbana: The Homecoming 59:40
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Realization of the unchanging through seeing change. Peace here and now, in the midst of conditions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-11-23 Morning Instructions Day 3 56:33
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-11-22 Samadhi and the Here and Now Dharma 51:28
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-05-04 Recognizing the Sacred 67:14
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Reflections on the Luminous Heart that we lose touch with when we're confused by what moves through the heart. Contemplation of change, anicca, and the image of guest/dust which helped the first disciple of the Buddha to have an Awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts
2015-05-03 Measureless Abiding 41:22
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Reflection and guided meditation. Suffusing the six directions with kindness and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts
2014-11-29 The Miracle of Listening 61:09
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An encouraging talk about faith in the practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
2014-11-26 Buddhas Never Waver 54:10
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Doorway through change to the unchanging.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

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