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Sharda Rogell's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Sharda Rogell
My focus in teaching is to provide the support that students need to turn their life to the dharma, to truth, and to find ways to come out of their pain and suffering. The retreat experience is an invaluable aid to this exploration; however, what matters more is how one integrates this under- standing into everyday life.
2010-11-06 Relaxing the Fixated 'I' 52:52
Unless we understand how we cling to the conditions of our mind and body as "me", we will live within a narrow and confined view and miss the revelation of our true beingness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Art of Embodied Presence
2010-11-05 Our Strategies Aren't Working: the Arising of Compassionate Heart 59:16
A simple and clear exposition on the Buddha's insights into releasing, grasping and suffering. This is the release that opens our heart to great compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Art of Embodied Presence
2010-11-03 Training the Mind; Aiming Towards Love 59:21
When we identify with our cruel inner critic, this undermines our capacity for kindness towards ourselves and others. Inclining the mind towards metta points us towards our own innate goodness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Art of Embodied Presence
2010-11-02 Inner and Outer Refuge: Opening the Rose 49:29
First we find our outer refuge in sacred spaces in the triple gem, and through establishing a ground of trust we can let go, taking refuge in awareness itself where everything we need for awakening is available.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Art of Embodied Presence
2010-09-04 Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing 50:55
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat
2010-07-22 The Wisdom of Equanimity and Compassion 56:24
When we see the world through the veil of our ego, our love flows in distorted and confused ways. Through mindfulness and metta and insight we can begin to understand these conditioned patterns and transform them into love and connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat
2010-03-26 "Oh no, I'm still here." Practice continues. 47:48
To integrate our practice, we need to keep applying the wisdom of our insights we gain from our sitting practice, retreats, and life experience. In this way, we come to terms with the different aspects of our personality, the aaspects we like and don't like.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March 2010 Month Long
2010-03-18 Disenchantment with the World/Turning towards Liberation 50:31
Realizing clearly that things don't bring lasting satisfaction, we become disenchanted with reaching out to things; the energy that was bound up with clinging is there, released towards liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March 2010 Month Long
2010-03-12 Beyond Rapture 47:46
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March 2010 Month Long
2010-03-05 The Risk of Being Present 47:25
Our practice invites us to return to the present moment - yet in order to be here, we must let go of everything and enter this moment unburdened. Are we willing? If so, we will discover our true refuge - that which is utterly reliable.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March 2010 Month Long

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