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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.
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2015-10-04 From Separation to Seamless Reality 31:37
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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
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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
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Quickening awakening to meet the urgency of our times. Moving from Love and Equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
2014-11-25 The Flickering Play of the Mind 54:00
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Investigation of mind. Patterning of the mind. Going Beyond of the mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
2014-11-22 Putting Down the Burden 49:52
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"Regardless of time and place, Dharma practice comes to completion at the place of laying down the burden" Ajahn Chah
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
2013-08-23 Practice in a Burning World 52:28
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Cultivation of presence. It's only this much, burning world, let the silence in.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Touching the Earth
2011-12-03 Nothing is Outside the Heart 57:15
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The three motivations for practice, and reflections on compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Being Dharma
2011-03-04 Heartwood 57:04
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with Kittisaro, Thanissara
Entering the retreat vehicle; not stopping at the initial benefits of practice; journey to the innermost heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2007-12-03 Prajna Paramita In The Dragon Mountains 61:01
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2007-11-29 The Dharma Is Not The Dharma 60:04
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Buddhism + the Dharma is the peel left behind. The immediacy of here and now Dharma. Disenchantment as a doorway is the transcendent. The irritation that rubs to the pearl. The immovable suchness of Being.
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