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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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2016-02-11 Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness 68:27
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The Buddha encouraged cultivating, maintaining and increasing wholesome states in his teaching on Wise Effort. He also said to notice the gladness connected with these states. This helps create the conditions for the highest happiness to be experienced.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Month-long
2016-02-08 Day 9 Brahma Viharas: Dear Friend 49:23
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Month-long
2016-02-07 Day 8 Morning Instructional Sit: Vedana 45:31
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Month-long
2016-02-06 Making Friends with the Judging Mind 59:10
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Most of us have a strong habit of not measuring up to our idealized standards of who we would like to be. Understanding this habit with compassion and learning to skillfully work with it as practice can become a potent doorway to awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Month-long
2016-02-03 Day 4 Brahma Vihara Instructions: Metta for Self and Benefactor 57:48
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Month-long
2015-10-24 2015-10-24 The Magic of Awareness with James Baraz and Anam Thupten 5:06:42
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This daylong explores the magic of awareness as well as how to access it in meditation and outside formal meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-10-04 Closing the Day 14:12
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Naomi Newman and James Baraz close the day with a Kabbalist creation story, and guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World
2015-10-04 Sustained by the Gladness of the Wholesome 28:28
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Wise effort includes developing and maintaining and increasing wholesome states. When anger and outrage are the source of our action we’re headed towards burnout and despair. When we come from caring and love, our actions are not only energizing for us but magnetizing for others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World
2015-10-04 Introduction to A Day of Connectoin 18:43
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World
2015-09-06 Bringing Your Practice into the World 59:56
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How your practice can unfold as you leave retreat includes seeing it as a path of happiness; value of opening to suffering; learning to listen to the truth inside and expressing your caring as compassionate action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Retreat

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