Thanissara's Dharma Talks
at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Thanissara
Thanissara, from London, was a nun for 12 years in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and has taught internationally for over 30 years. She is co-founder of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat, South Africa, Sacred Mountain Sangha, California, and Chattanooga Insight, Tennessee. She has an MA in Mindfulness Psychotherapy Practice from the Karuna Institute UK and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Guide to Engaged Buddhism, author of Time To Stand Up, An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth, and several books of poetry. She is a member of the Teacher Council at Spirit Rock and co-guiding teacher of Sacred Mountain Sangha.
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2011-12-03
Nothing is Outside the Heart
2014-11-28
A Compassionate Training for Our Times
2022-11-22
Accessing Peace through Letting Be (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-11-20
Breath Meditation: Steps to Shift out of Suffering
2004-01-01
Buddham Varantam Sirasa Namami
2004-01-01
Buddhist Heart Mantras
2024-11-28
Change of Lineage: Entering the Dharma Stream (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-11-13
Cultivating the Four Wise Efforts: Nurturing the Wholesome, Embracing Suffering…
2018-04-25
Day 6: Engaged Dharma Part 1
2018-11-06
Day 6: Sitting w/ Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-11-19
Development of the Path
2019-11-29
Dharma Practice Within Our Planetary Emergency (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-11-24
Dharma Talk: Beyond Separative Consciousness in These Times (Retreat at Spirit …
2023-11-20
Dharma Talk: The Taste of Peace (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-11-28
Dissolving the Colonial Mind in the Heart Sutra
2018-04-25
Engaged Dharma Part 2
2018-04-20
Evening Session Day 1: Generosity/Renunciation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2020-12-04
Friday Afternoon Session
2020-12-04
Friday Morning Session
2015-10-04
From Separation to Seamless Reality
2019-11-26
From Suffering to Compassion(Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2004-01-01
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha
2004-01-01
Great Compassion Mantra
2023-11-25
Guided Quan Yin Compassion Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-03-04
Heartwood
2021-11-23
Inner Peace is Not Apart from Activism
2004-01-01
Itipi So Bhagava Araham Sammasambuddho
2021-11-27
Kuan Yin Compassion Ceremony (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-11-28
Kuan Yin: Bestower of Fearlessness: Dharma Medicine for These Times (Retreat at…
2019-02-11
Monday Night Dharma Talk
2021-11-08
Monday Night Dharma Talk - Climate Code Red: A Needed Shift to Meet These Times
2017-11-20
Morning Instruction Day 3: Wise Reflection (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-11-21
Morning Instructions - Day 1
2015-11-24
Morning Instructions, Day 4
2015-11-27
Morning Instructions, Day 7
2017-11-24
Morning Instructions, Day 7: Jeanie Daskais (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2004-01-01
Na Mo Ban Shr Shr Jya Mo Ni Fo
2004-01-01
Na Mwo Da Bei Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa
2004-01-01
Na Mwo Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa
2004-01-01
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhassa
2004-01-01
Om Mani Padme Hum
2002-06-14
Opening Kwan Yin Dharmas
2013-08-23
Practice in a Burning World
2007-12-03
Prajna Paramita In The Dragon Mountains
2014-11-22
Putting Down the Burden
2018-11-03
Reclamation of the Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-05-05
Reclamation of the Sacred
2022-11-24
Return to Earth: Dharma in Times of Dismemberment
2022-11-22
Reverence: Opening the Door to the Deathless (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-11-22
Sacred Activism, The Heart Sutra & Standing Rock (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-11-19
Samadhi: Cultivating a Gathered Heart & Mind
2022-11-13
Samadhi: Training, Benefits, Healing, Pitfalls (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-11-23
Samatha Meditation: A Training for Focusing Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2020-12-05
Saturday Afternoon Session
2020-12-05
Saturday Morning Session
2020-12-06
Sunday Afternoon Session
2020-12-06
Sunday Morning Session
2017-11-25
Taking the Practice to Mordor: Yong Oh and Thanissara (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2004-01-01
Tayata Om Muni Muni Mahamunaye Soha
2007-11-29
The Dharma Is Not The Dharma
2023-12-04
The Dharma of Engaging These Times
2014-11-25
The Flickering Play of the Mind
2015-11-23
The Happiness of the Buddha
2024-11-27
The Inner Meditation Practice of Kuan Yin (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-11-25
The Power of Dharma in Groundless Times.
2020-12-03
Thursday Afternoon Session
2020-12-03
Thursday Morning Session
2021-11-26
Transforming Unwholesome Karma Through Compassion
2004-09-17
Unfolding into the Awakened Heart
2020-12-02
Wednesday Afternoon Session
2020-12-02
Wednesday Morning Session (Part 1)
2020-12-02
Wednesday Morning Session (Part 2)
2021-11-24
Yin Meditation - Depth receptivity to internal experience.
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1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
2011-11-29
Being Dharma
2013-08-22
Touching the Earth
2014-11-21
Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
2015-05-01
Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts
2015-10-04
A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World
2015-11-20
Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2017-11-17
Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gra…
2018-04-19
Dedicated Practitioners Program Six; Retreat #3
2018-10-31
Reclamation of the Sacred: A Journey of Healing and Reconnection Through Insigh…
2019-11-22
November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude
2020-12-02
"Essence: Accessing Peace Within Uncertain Times" with Kittisaro and Thanissara
2021-11-19
Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
2022-11-11
DPP7#2
2022-11-18
Journey Into Refuge, Presence, and Love
2023-11-18
Refuge, Resilience, Presence, and Love In Our Times
2024-11-22
Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
