The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
James Baraz's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
James Baraz
I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.
‹‹ previous      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 35 36 37 38
2025-12-16 Embodying Equanimity: Implications and Applications in Daily Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:16
Download Listen
A look at how Equanimity can be applied to oneself, help in our relationships and support active engagement in a troubled world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Equanimity: Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
2025-12-15 Cultivating Mudita (Sympathetic Joy) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:11
Download Listen
An overview of the importance of cultivating Mudita or happiness at the happiness of others with instructions for practicing with various categories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Equanimity: Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
2025-12-14 Breath and Body with an Emphasis on Impermanence (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:58
Download Listen
In this Equanimity retreat, instructions are given to include the breath and body with a special focus on seeing the impermanent nature of experience as a support for cultivating Equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Equanimity: Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
2025-12-13 The Power of Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:17
Download Listen
An overview of Equanimity: why it holds a special place in all the qualities of mind, its relationship to the other 3 Brahma Viharas and how it is cultivated.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Equanimity: Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
2025-09-28 Devotion to the Sacred (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2:06:47
Download Listen
This talk explores the place of Devotion in practice and what it means to look at reality through the lens of Sacred Perception.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Devotion to the Sacred (262R25)
2025-08-31 Your Practice is Not Just for You (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:18
Download Listen
Your practice affects everyone around you. When you see your practice in this wider context, it evokes a whole dimension of inspiration and “joyful responsibility“ to cultivate wisdom and compassion within us. In this world with so much suffering—including the climate crisis and injustice in the world—more than ever we need to keep this in mind and see ourselves as “bodhisattvas in training“.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-08-30 Loving the Whole Package: Self-Compassion and Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 31:50
Download Listen
Practices to hold our suffering and to see our innate goodness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-08-29 Intrusctions: Opening to the Breath, Body and Physical Realm of Experience (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:37
Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-05-22 Awareness Doesn't Care: Mindfulness, the Equal Opportunity Liberator 45:25
Download Listen
We may think some experiences are better than others to support awakening, but the Buddha said otherwise. This talk explores the liberative quality of mindfulness and the implications of this understanding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2025-05-15 Anguttara Nikaya 1.483 48:04
Download Listen
The Anguttara Nikaya is one of the five Nikayas (collections) that constitute the Sutta Pitaka, which is part of the Pali Tipitaka, the Theravada Buddhist canon. It is also known as the "Numerical Discourses" or "Gradual Collection". The Anguttara Nikaya is organized numerically, with suttas grouped into eleven books (nipatas) based on the number of items discussed within them. For example, the "Book of the Ones" contains suttas about a single topic, the "Book of the Twos" contains suttas about pairs of things, and so on
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Retreat

‹‹ previous      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 35 36 37 38
Creative Commons License Content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Dharma Seed is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization. email: contact@dharmaseed.org