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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.
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2019-02-03 Five Spiritual Faculties (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:41
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The list of the Five spiritual Faculties - Faith, Energy, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom - is a helpful way to understand the unfolding of practice. Each of these are important issues of practice and each can be seen to build on the next for the full flowering of the awakened heart/mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong
2019-01-31 The Refinement of Mind Part 2 0:00
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In this teaching the Buddha speaks of three different qualities that need to be in balance for development of the awakened mind and that there is no right way to do the practice.
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2018-09-29 James Baraz and Adam Baraz - Embodying Presence: Relaxing the Body into Being 5:13:27
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2018-09-02 Transforming Suffering Into Happiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:22
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Every moment of mindfulness we are weakening the forces of greed, hatred & delusion (roots of suffering) and strengthening the forces of non-greed (letting go & generosity), non-hatred (loving-kindness) and non-delusion (wisdom). This talk explains how that works.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-08-31 Metta 33:21
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-08-30 The Journey to Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:13
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The course of practice is explored: how mindfulness works, willingness to open to our suffering, discovering our wholesome qualities & the Buddha within, dealing with forgetting who we are, then sharing our love & wisdom with the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-07-19 Metta to all 28:24
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Metta for everybody
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta
2018-06-02 Transforming Suffering into Happiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:24
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When you understand the law of karma you realize that each moment we are sowing the seeds for more suffering or more happiness depending on your response to experience. This talk explains how that works and how to choose wisely for a life of true happiness and inner peace.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Connecting Heart & Mind
2018-06-01 Day 3: Morning Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:18
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Connecting Heart & Mind
2018-05-31 Working with the Judging Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:14
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Believing our judging thoughts is not only suffering it is a misunderstanding of reality. This talk explores how the mind gets caught in judgments and how to skillfully work with them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Connecting Heart & Mind

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