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Nikki Mirghafori's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Nikki Mirghafori
Nikki is of Persian heritage, and was introduced to contemplative practices and yoga in the early 1980's, to meditation in 1991, and to Theravada Buddhism in 2003. She has studied with various Western and Eastern teachers, with a keen interest in intensive silent retreats. She studied jhanas and detailed analytical vipassana with the renowned meditation master Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw who instructed her to teach. She is also a Spirit Rock authorized retreat teacher, a Stanford trained compassion cultivation instructor, and a UCLA certified mindfulness facilitator. She teaches Buddhist meditation and contemplation nationally, and in particular, at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, where she also serves on their Board of Directors. Nikki holds a Ph.D. in computer science from UC Berkeley and has had an active career as an Artificial Intelligence scientist in academia and industry for over two decades.
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2024-11-18 Coming Home to the H.E.A.R.T.H. in “Interesting” Times 1:37:16
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2024-11-01 Three Dharmettes: The 5 Daily Reflections, Supports for Maranasati, and Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:17
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with John Martin, Kodo Conlin, Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)
2024-11-01 Morning Instructions: Releasing into peace and intention setting through deathbed visualization. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:01
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)
2024-10-29 Morning Instructions: If this were my last breath, what would I want the state of my mind-heart to be? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:30
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)
2024-10-28 Did you ever forget that you were alive and suddenly you remembered? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:44
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Mindfulness of Death practice supports us facing fear of death, living with intention and aligned with our values, avoiding common regrets at the end of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)
2024-09-04 Coming H.O.M.E. to Ourselves (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:07
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This talk is structured around the acronym H.O.M.E. which stands for: Honoring our true nature, Opening to embodied awareness, Mindfully letting go, and Engaging with wholesome habits, all of which guide us to come home to ourselves in a way that benefits both our own lives and those of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Coming Home to Ourselves
2024-09-02 Opening Night - Coming Home to Ourselves (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:22:47
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with Andrea Castillo, Diana Clark, Nikki Mirghafori, Tanya Wiser
Coming Home to Ourselves is about orienting towards our experience and then meeting our experience with an warm heart. To be "at home," means to be here, at ease, in the present moment. Often we're "not at home" because we are experiencing difficulties and feel like we have to go outside of ourselves to figure it out or perhaps we have patterns of avoiding or distracting ourselves. The journey of coming home and connecting with ourselves in a friendly way might be a radical one because it requires letting of the idea that what the heart is yearning for can be found outside of ourselves.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Coming Home to Ourselves
2024-03-04 In the Footsteps of the Buddha 1:44:56
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2024-01-14 The Dharma of Martin Luther King Jr. 1:16:26
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  BIPOC Voices - Series
2023-12-16 Closing Ceremony (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:17:31
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with Kim Allen, Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Practicing Peace: Bringing Ease into Every Moment

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