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James Baraz's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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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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2014-02-23 What Thought Am I Believing Right Now? 63:10	Download Listen
When we believe thoughts coming from a contracted mind we are in dukkha. When we see them clearly as empty and not self, there's wisdom. This talk also explores the 4 Iddhipadas-different temperaments and sources of motivation in practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-17 Contentment 57:29	Download Listen
The Buddha called contentment "our greatest wealth." It's the antidote to the wanting mind and the route that leads us from attachment to freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-16 Morning Instructions: Day 15 2:59	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-15 Trust 60:29	Download Listen
Trust in the Dharma, in the unfolding process of practice and our inner wisdom when we learn to listen with skill.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-13 Morning Instructions Day 12 10:24	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-08 Morning Instructions - Day 7 23:38	Download Listen
A guided meditation using the breath to develop concentration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-07 Wise Effort: Finding Balance and Inclining toward the Wholesome 62:26	Download Listen
Two aspects of Wise Effort are explored: 1) how do we know if we're doing too little, too much or just enough with regard to effort in practice? and 2) the four aspects of wise efforts are discussed with particular emphasis on the importance of cultivating and increasing wholesome states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-02 Morning Instructions - Day 1 10:16	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2013-09-28 Compassion, Equanimity and the Joy of Simply Being 62:29	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Joy Retreat

2013-09-27 Seeing Who You Really Are Beyond the Comparing Mind 63:55	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Joy Retreat

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