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Retreat Dharma Talks

Monday and Wednesday Talks

Regular weekly talks given at the lower Spirit Rock meditation hall

Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
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2015-08-03 Waking up and Meeting Life with Awareness 44:06
Mark Coleman
2015-08-05 The Mind Heart & Emotional Heart 59:26
Sylvia Boorstein
The Mind Heart & Emotional Heart
2015-08-10 How Did We Get Here? 53:37
Wes Nisker
How Did We Get Here?- Monday Night Talk
2015-08-12 Liberation is the Whole of the Dharma 58:15
Sylvia Boorstein
Liberation is the Whole of the Dharma
2015-08-19 Practicing the Middle Way 65:27
Donald Rothberg
We explore the balance of active and receptive effort and letting go and other expressions of the middle way--as a general principle in concentration and insight practice in everyday action and in accessing the depths of our being.
2015-09-23 New Beginnings: Falling Short, Re-Connecting 60:47
Donald Rothberg
At this time of year (Harvest Festival, Yom Kippur etc.) of new beginnings and seeing where we have "fallen short" or want to forgive in some part of our lives, we go through a series of reflections, traditional and contemporary, leading to a re-dedication to our deeper intentions.
2015-09-30 Practicing with Anger 64:39
Donald Rothberg
After looking at the multiple sources of confusion about anger for western Buddhist practitioners, we examine a number of perspectives and ways of practicing with anger.
2015-10-07 The Urgency of Now - Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation 66:23
Donald Rothberg
As we face multiple crises, yet also open to new transformations - inner and outer- a new type of spiritual practitioner is needed, who is able to connect inner and outer transformation. Echoing the Buddhist bodhisattvas, Jewish prophets, Jesus, many indigenous leaders, Gandhi, King, and Dorothy Day, among others, the "new bodhisattva" follows a new kind of training which is outlined.
2015-10-14 Buddhist Wisdom Part 1 - Being there is the same as not being there. 58:34
Sylvia Boorstein
Seeing & living our lives in the context of the Eight-fold Path duration: 59 minutes
2015-10-21 Dharma Wisdom Part 2 of 3 64:02
Sylvia Boorstein
Reviewing the faith verses of the Third Zen Patriarch
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