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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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2024-12-30 Sampajañña: Clearly Knowing 50:41
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Teaching on this key factor in the Satipatthana Sutta, including the four commentarial categories: Clear comprehension of purpose (Pāli: sātthaka) Clear comprehension of suitability (sappāya) Clear comprehension of domain (gocara):[12] Clear comprehension of non-delusion (asammoha)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2024-12-29 Metta for a Benefactor 42:47
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Introduction and teachings on metta followed by a guided practice sending metta to a benefactor.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2024-12-21 Mindfulness of Citta: Third Foundation 64:00
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Teachings on mindfulness of the heart/mind including guided practice recognizing and allowing our emotions, moods, and mindstates.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2024-12-20 How to Work with the Hindrances 57:15
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Stories and teachings on working with Nivaranas - they are not hindrances if we know them with mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2024-12-19 Metta for the Body 42:11
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Introduction to metta meditation practice followed by a gentle body scan.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2024-12-09 Spiritual Power: Growing Strong Through Sangha 1:17:09
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Meditation & Dharma talk Topics: Spiritual power, Community, Belonging, Befriending each moment
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2024-11-21 Awareness Meditation 55:29
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Guided practice on awareness itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness
2024-11-20 Love 49:40
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Homage to the beauty of love in all its forms. Reflections on life-and-death, wonder, and the gift of the dhamma.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness
2024-11-18 Guided Meditation on Body, Vedana, Citta 53:10
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Review of the first three foundations of mindfulness, followed by a guided practice using these different objects.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness
2024-11-17 Refuge in Dhamma 47:06
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Reflections on the qualities of the second refuge. Dhamma as truth, timeless, here and now, leading inwards to the source. Nature stories and Nico stories included.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness

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