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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.

I try to use the formal teachings as a doorway for people to see the truth in themselves. I feel I'm doing my job when people look into themselves to come to their own deep understandings of the truth, access their own inner wisdom and trust in their "Buddha-knowing," as Ajahn Chah called it, which is different from their intellectual knowing.

The Buddha-knowing is a deeper place, underneath the concepts, which is in touch with the truth, with our seed of awakening. I want practitioners to have more and more confidence in, and familiarity with, that deeper place of knowing. It is accessing this dimension of our being that becomes the guide to cutting through the confusion caused by greed and fear. We have everything we need inside ourselves. We do not need to look to a teacher when we remember who we really are.

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2024-02-29 Transitions as a Focus of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:30	Download Listen
We can easily lose our mindfulness when we are experiencing a transition from a change of activity in our daily experience to major shifts in our life. In truth we are always in transition. This talk explores the power of bringing consciousness to transition as focal point of our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-22 Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:58	Download Listen
Compassion practice including all categories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-21 Devotion to the Sacred (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:44	Download Listen
Although devotion plays a significant role in Monastic Communities and Tibetan practices it is not something often discussed in lay communities. Yet devotion can be a major source of inspiration which can fuel our practice. How can we access it and have it moisten our sincerity of motivation?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-19 Big Mind Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:37	Download Listen
This guided meditation, originally created by Joseph Goldstein, shifts the subject of attention from objects to the awareness that knows.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-16 Trust (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:47	Download Listen
With so many strategies and messages about how to practice, how do we know the "right" way to practice? The Buddha said ultimately you should "be a lamp onto yourself." This comes down to trusting the wisdom inside. How can we discern the wisdom voice from the voices rooted in fear and confusion? This talk includes the 5 strategies offered by the Buddha to work skillfully with distracting thoughts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-10 Wise Effort: Balance and Cultivating Wholesome States (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:13	Download Listen
Wise Effort points to the importance of balance as well as the weakening unwholesome and cultivating wholesome states. This talk explores both aspects of this key practice issue.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-04 Opening to the Whole Show (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:27	Download Listen
The Journey of Awakening is a process of discovering all the beautiful qualities that are uniquely expressed through you--the Buddha within that you take refuge in. It also involves understanding all the habits of mind that get in the way--including our fears, resistance, and identification with our experience. This talk describes the importance of opening to all of these places we usually hide from and the beneficial qualities that support that journey.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2023-09-04 Closing Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:40:58	Download Listen
with Eve Decker, Howard Cohn, James Baraz, Terry Vandiver, Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Insight Retreat

2023-09-03 Transforming Suffering into Happiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:05	Download Listen
The Buddha said our suffering is caused by three activities of mind: greed, hatred, and delusion. And he said that the source of all happiness is rooted in their opposites: non-greed, non-hatred, non-delusion. This talk explains how our practice transforms that suffering into the true happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Insight Retreat

2023-09-01 Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:13	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Insight Retreat

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