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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.
2017-11-22 Sacred Activism, The Heart Sutra & Standing Rock (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:47
Aligning with the living intelligence of the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2017-11-20 Morning Instruction Day 3: Wise Reflection (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:29
Cultivating Samadhi Noticing non suffering
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2017-11-19 Development of the Path 47:38
Training of Ethics Dimensions of "knowing" Unshakeable deliverance of Heat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2015-11-27 Morning Instructions, Day 7 58:30
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-11-24 Morning Instructions, Day 4 60:54
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-11-23 The Happiness of the Buddha 47:52
Balance between samadhi and vipassana; hindrances as cause for liberation; teachings of Ajahn Chah.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-11-21 Morning Instructions - Day 1 62:51
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2015-10-04 From Separation to Seamless Reality 31:37
At the core of our climate crisis, is the dualistic mind that continually generates an ‘other’ that is ‘out there,’ distorting the reality of deep inter-being. From economic systems founded in colonialism, slavery, and servitude, the mindset of ‘less important lives’ fuels a process of abuse that is now killing our living planet. How can our practice inform us as we stop the madness, and enter the journey of reclamation, healing, resistance and activism.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World
2015-05-05 Reclamation of the Sacred 60:33
Recognizing causes of collective dislocation. Naming colonial devastation. Way of the tender heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of Our Hearts
In collection: Engaged Buddhism
2014-11-28 A Compassionate Training for Our Times 53:36
Quickening awakening to meet the urgency of our times. Moving from Love and Equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

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