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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Devon Hase
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.
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2025-10-21 Energy and Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:14
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Reflections on cultivating viriya and piti on the path. How to balance and empower the awakening factors.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-10-20 Receiving Care Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 39:40
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Teachings on compassion emphasizing the ability to receive care. Guided meditation on Circle of Benefactors.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-10-19 Vedana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:19
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Teachings and guided practice using vedana (feeling tone).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-10-18 Suffering and the End of Suffering (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:46
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Reflections on Ajahn Chah, Five Hindrances, and Three Characteristics.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-10-11 Ordinary Love 40:20
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In this evening talk, devon hase reflects on metta as a simple act of caring — the willingness to stay close to our own experience, even when it feels plain or uncertain. Through stories of early practice, pilgrimage, and everyday kindness, she shows how love reveals itself in ordinary moments, asking nothing special of us beyond our presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Remembering Each Other Always (LB1C25)
2025-07-14 Resiliency: Grief, Equanimity, and Joy 1:50:04
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2025-05-28 Sampajanna: The Wisdom That Knows What To Do (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:33
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Reflections on awareness + wisdom and how to bring the practice home.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-05-27 Techniques for Accessing Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:28
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Summary of ways to recognize awareness and guidance on resting practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-05-23 Turn, Recognize, Rest (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:17
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Teachings on using vitakka and vicara to connect with and recognize the nature of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-05-22 Whole-Hearted Response: What Remains In Emptiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:04
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Teachings on emptiness and the love that is waiting for us as we learn to let go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students

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