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Tempel Smith
Tempel Smith spent a year ordained as a monk in Burma and teaches Buddhist psychology and social activism in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently part of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program.
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2022-08-17
12 Steps of Breathing Concentration (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-02-07
16 Meditative Steps in Mindfulness of Breathing - Anapanasati (Retreat at Spiri…
2025-07-10
1st Night - Why Come on a Loving Kindness retreat?
2019-02-14
2nd Foundation of Mindfulness - Vedana (Feeling Tone) (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2013-09-29
3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 1 - Introduction of mindfulness of mind
2013-09-29
3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 2 - The language within the satipatthana s…
2013-09-29
3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 3 - Abiding and contemplating within the m…
2013-09-29
3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 4 - Taking the practice home
2019-08-21
5 Jhana Factors and 5 Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-11-01
A New Paradigm
2011-11-01
A New Paradigm
2013-02-15
Afternoon Brahma Vihara Instructions - All Sentient Beings
2013-02-23
Afternoon Brahma Vihara Practice - Mudita
2015-08-04
An Intimate Life
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 1
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 10
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 2
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 3
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 4
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 5
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 6
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 7
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 8
2015-03-28
Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 9
2022-02-13
Arising and Passing in the Stream (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-09-17
Awakening to Impermanence
2019-02-27
Beautiful Qualities of the Free Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-01-24
Becoming Mindful of the Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-08-10
Becoming Mindful of Thought (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2018-08-09
Beginning Insights of Vipassana Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-01-23
Beginning Meditation Instruction (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2013-02-10
Brahma Viharas
2022-08-23
Breathing In and Out in All Conditions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2020-02-28
Building Practice Momentum (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-03-17
Compassion Instruction and Guidance
2022-08-22
Concentration and Insight (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-08-18
Concentration and Purification
2013-02-12
Contentment with Pleasure and Pain
2019-02-20
Cultivating Meditative Absorptions (Jhanas) (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-08-06
Cutting Through Our Stories (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2008-10-28
Cycles Of Awakening
2014-09-20
Dana
2014-04-21
Dana: The Actions of a Caring Heart
2020-02-08
Day Seven Morning Instructions: Resting Wakefully in Breath & Body (Retreat a…
2015-06-09
Day 1 Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions Part 01
2015-06-09
Day 1 Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions Part 02
2015-06-09
Day 1 Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions Part 03
2015-06-09
Day 1 Structure of the Four Noble Truths
2015-06-09
Day 1 The Four Noble Truths and Mindfulness
2015-07-09
Day 1: Afternoon Instructions - Metta for the easy person
2019-07-11
Day 1: Brahma Vihara Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) - Starting the Loving Ki…
2017-07-06
Day 1: Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2020-02-11
Day 10 Afternoon Instructions: Practicing Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-02-13
Day 11 - Instruction for Mindfulness of Vedana (2nd Foundation) (Retreat at Spi…
2019-02-15
Day 13 - Guided Metta (Loving Kindness) for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2020-02-14
Day 13 Morning Meditation Instructions - Mindfulness of Vedana and Intention (R…
2019-02-16
Day 14 Choiceless Awareness: Guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-06-10
Day 2 All Aspects of 1st Foundation Instructions
2015-06-10
Day 2 Discussion on Corpse Reflection
2015-06-10
Day 2 Sutta on 1st Foundation
2017-07-07
Day 2: Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-02-25
Day 23 Equanimity: This is how it is, it is like this...(Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-02-05
Day 3 - Instruction for Loving Kindness for Oneself (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-06-11
Day 3 2nd Foundation Vedana
2016-07-16
Day 3 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Forgiveness
2015-06-11
Day 3 Collective Vedana Managment
2015-06-11
Day 3 Instructions on 2nd Foundation
2015-06-11
Day 3 Morning Q&A
2015-12-03
Day 3: Afternoon Sit with Instruction: Guided Mudita (Empathetic Joy)
2017-07-08
Day 3: Introduction to Compassion Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-06-12
Day 4 1st & 2nd Foundations Q&A
2015-06-12
Day 4 3rd Foundation Mind
2015-06-12
Day 4 3rd Foundation Morning Q&A
2016-08-11
Day 4 Guided Kindness Meditation: Forgiveness
2015-06-12
Day 4 Instructions on 3rd Foundation
2015-06-12
Day 4 Sutta Comments on 3rd Foundation
2019-08-22
Day 4: Guided Meditation on the 5 Jhana Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-07-14
Day 4: Metta and Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-07-12
Day 4: Morning Instructions
2015-06-13
Day 5 4th Foundation Introduction
2019-07-15
Day 5 Brahma Vihara Practice: Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) - Starting th…
2015-06-13
Day 5 Instructions on 4th Foundation
2016-07-18
Day 5 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for Neutral Person
2015-06-13
Day 5 The 5 Aggregates & 6 Sense Spheres
2015-06-13
Day 5 The 7 Factors of Awakening
2019-07-15
Day 5: Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) - Loving Kindness for Unf…
2019-02-08
Day 6 - Morning Instruction on Breath and 4 Elements (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-07-14
Day 6: Afternoon Instructions
2017-07-11
Day 6: Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-07-20
Day 7 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Equanimity
2019-07-18
Day 8: Metta and the Many Beautiful Qualities of Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-06-06
Day Five: Metta for All Beings
2015-06-05
Day Four Morning Instructions: Impermanence and Thought
2018-08-10
Day Four, Guided Kindness Meditation-Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-02-03
Day One - Instructions for Mindfulness of Sound, Body and Breath (Retreat at Sp…
2020-02-02
Day One Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-06-03
Day Two: Beginning Loving Kindness Meditation
2012-08-16
Deepening Concentration Through Contentment
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 1 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 2 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 3 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 4 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 5 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 6 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 7 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 8 of 9
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination 9 of 9
2018-07-05
Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 1
2018-07-06
Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 2
2018-07-07
Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 3
2018-07-16
Developing Inner Sanctuary (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-09-27
Developing Samadhi
2017-07-10
Developing Samadhi/Concentration with Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-07-12
Developing The Love of Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-05-02
DPP7 - Three Nibbanas in Theravada
2024-04-30
DPP7: Four Stages of Awakening
2021-07-08
Equanimity Brahma Vihara
2016-08-09
First Night of Retreat - Why and How We Practice
2020-05-05
Four Brahma Viharas Practice in Daily Life
2020-05-09
Four Brahma Viharas Practice in Daily Life, Part 2 (Online Retreat at Spirit Ro…
2010-06-06
Freedom Through the Body
2014-09-17
Freedom Through Understanding Dukkha
2020-05-07
Guided Equanimity Mindfulness of Emotions and Mental States (Online Retreat at …
2020-05-06
Guided Equanimity Mindfulness of Pleasure, Pain, and Neutrality (Online Retreat…
2022-02-22
Guided Equanimity with Nature
2025-07-14
Guided Forgiveness Practice
2022-02-10
Guided Karuna/Compassion Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-07-14
Guided Meditation
2014-09-29
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Breathing
2022-02-11
Guided Mindfulness of Intentions
2022-02-11
Guided Mindfulness of Intentions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-02-20
Guided Morning Meditation
2022-02-15
Guided: Returning to 1st and 2nd Foundations of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit …
2012-08-20
How Samadhi Supports Insight
2015-06-04
Insight Meditation: The 3 Characteristics
2013-02-20
Insight Ripens Into Wisdom - The Blade & The Bell
2025-03-13
Instructions and Guided Meditation: Choiceless Attention
2025-03-07
Instructions and Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Thought
2016-07-21
Kindness, Harmlessness and Generosity
2015-12-01
Launching your Loving-Kindness Practice
2015-07-15
Love and Wisdom Develop Each Other
2022-02-01
Loving Kindness for Ourselves (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-08-06
Loving Kindness Meditation, Day Three
2021-07-11
Loving-kindness for Difficult Relationships
2022-07-14
Many ways to practice Mettā and Samādhi
2022-07-13
Mettā and Samādhi (Absorbed in Loving Kindness) (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-07-17
Metta and Samadhi: Absorbing in Kindness
2025-07-16
Mettā practice and Wise Speech
2014-08-21
Metta Practice, Day 6
2021-07-10
Metta Samadhi in Daily Life
2016-12-07
Metta: Sanctuary and Service
2015-10-31
Mindfulness of Breathing - Developing Samadhi
2015-10-31
Mindfulness of Breathing - Four Foundations of Mindfulness
2015-10-31
Mindfulness of Breathing - Q&A Session
2015-10-31
Mindfulness of Breathing - Vipassana
2014-07-14
Mindfulness of Emotion and Mental States
2022-02-02
Mindfulness of the Body
2022-02-03
Mindfulness of the Body for Concentration (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-09-27
Morning Instruction
2015-08-05
Morning Instructional Sit, Day Two
2011-09-29
Morning Instructions
2013-02-07
Morning Instructions
2025-07-12
Morning Instructions - Mettā (Loving Kindness) including Dear Friends
2012-08-14
Morning Instructions Day One
2012-08-08
Morning Instructions, 2nd Day
Primary and Secondary Objects
2013-02-13
Morning Instructions, Day 10
2011-09-25
Morning Instructions, Day 2
2014-08-22
Morning Instructions, Day 7
2012-08-18
Morning Instructions: Day Five
2025-07-25
Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Self'ing
2016-08-10
Morning Sitting Meditation with Instructions - Day 3
2017-11-16
Not yet titled
2026-07-08
Opening Night Mettā Retreat (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-08-18
Orienting Towards Breath Concentration (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-07-11
Patience, Courage, Faith and Renunciation
2023-03-02
Practical Instructions for Mindfulness of Vedanā (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-04-18
Purifying the Mind with Metta
2012-05-26
Renunciation as Right Intention
2012-05-24
Right View and Dependent Origination
2019-08-26
Samadhi: A Whole Heart in Daily Life
2017-07-06
Sanctuary and Service (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-01-30
Simple Breath and Body Awareness
2022-07-06
Simple Mettā Breathing and Body Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-07-07
Simple Metta Breathing and Metta Body Scan
2022-07-08
Simple Mettā Meditation
2022-07-08
Simple Mettā Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2020-02-07
Steps in Developing Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2020-02-21
Streaming vs Clinging (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-12-06
Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 1: Morning Sit with Instructions
2016-12-08
Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 3: Metta Practice
2016-12-09
Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 4: Morning Sit with Instructions
2014-09-29
The 16 Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapana-sati Sutta)
2022-02-20
The 3rd and 4th Foundations of Mindfulness
2014-09-20
The 4th Noble Truth: All Factors of the Eightfold Path
2014-09-20
The 4th Noble Truth: Eightfold Path and Wise View
2011-09-24
The Beautiful Breath
2013-02-06
The Five Hindrances
2010-08-23
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
2011-04-08
The Great Way
2011-11-05
The Importance of Equanimity in Action
2013-03-17
The Importance of Vedana, 1 of 2
2013-03-17
The Importance of Vedana, 2 of 2
2013-02-26
The Law of Karma
2025-03-15
The Process and Experience of "Streaming"
2025-07-23
The process of self obsession and how we untangle this very deep habit.
2011-09-29
The Road Ahead
2014-09-18
The Second Noble Truth
2022-02-25
The Three Trainings to be in the Stream of Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2012-12-08
The Wise Heart
2025-03-22
Three kinds of Nibbana in our western Insight traditions
2014-08-05
Three Trainings
2021-07-12
Tuning the Heart with Gratitude
2014-09-18
Vedana
2020-02-14
Vedana-The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-03-08
Vedana: The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness
2023-03-01
Vedanā: The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-12-05
Whole Life Practice
2014-08-21
Wisdom Growing Out of Samadhi
2022-07-07
Working with Hindrances to Mettā Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
2008-10-23
Insight Meditation
2010-06-02
Awakening in the Body: Meditation with Qigong
2011-04-07
Vipassana for the Curious
2011-09-23
Unifying the Practice of Concentration, Mindfulness and Insight
2011-10-30
Towards a Secular Buddhism
2012-05-21
Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path
2012-08-06
Insight Retreat for Young Adults
2012-08-13
Concentration Retreat
2012-12-06
Insight Weekend Retreat
2013-02-03
February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat
2014-04-17
Awakening in Service & Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism
2014-04-17
Loving Awareness: Metta & Qigong Retreat
2014-08-04
Young Adults Retreat
2014-08-15
Concentration Retreat
2014-09-15
The Four Noble Truths: A non-silent Study and Practice Retreat
2014-12-14
Dependent Origination Daylong
2015-06-01
Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening
2015-06-08
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat
2015-07-08
July Metta Retreat
2015-08-03
Insight Meditation Retreat for Young Adults
2015-11-30
In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat
2016-07-13
July Metta Retreat
2016-08-08
Insight Meditation for Young Adults (18 - 32)
2016-12-05
In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat
2017-01-22
Mindfulness of Body, Speech and Mind
2017-07-05
July Metta
2017-08-07
Insight Meditation Retreat for Young Adults
2017-11-09
Dedicated Practitioners Program Six; 2nd Retreat
2018-07-11
July Metta
2018-08-06
Insight for Young Adults
2019-02-02
February Monthlong
2019-07-10
July Metta Retreat
2019-08-05
Young Adult Retreat
2019-08-18
Concentration Retreat
2020-02-01
February Monthlong
2020-05-04
Equanimity Retreat - Online
2021-07-06
"July Lovingkindness Retreat" with Tempel Smith, Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH, John …
2022-01-29
February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat
2022-07-05
July Lovingkindness Retreat
2022-08-14
Cultivating Concentration
2023-02-25
March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2024-04-28
DPP7 Retreat #5
2025-03-01
March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-07-09
Summer Lovingkindness Retreat
2025-07-18
Summer Insight Meditation Retreat
2026-07-08
Summer Lovingkindness Retreat
2014-08-18
Concentration and Purification
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From the point of developing the Five Jhana Factors to establishing absorption in meditation, there are processes of purification. Yet as we purify our hearts and minds, a deeper happiness and contentment arises from within.
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