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Dharma Talks
2017-01-29 Wise retreat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:49
Sally Armstrong
For some people, the idea of retreat implies some form of escape or avoidance. But actually, meditation retreats, especially long ones, are deep dive into our direct experience, both individual and collective. Though we disengage from the busyness and distractions of our daily life, we are still deeply engaged in understanding the world and our place in it, and can return from retreat more balanced and compassionate, ready to engage wisely with our lives and the issues of our time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long Retreat

2017-01-30 The Generous Heart (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) 62:10
Jack Kornfield
Monday Night Dharma Talk at Spirit Rock
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2017-01-30 Wisdom, Art, Balance (Part 3) 53:39
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: This series of talks is intended for experienced practitioners who have already developed some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. In particular, it is strongly recommended that before approaching this set you study and work with the material from the following talks and series: The Theatre of Selves (Parts 1 - 3); Approaching the Dharma, Part 1 (Unbinding the World), and Part 2 (Liberating Ways of Looking); the three-part series Questioning Awakening, Buddhism Beyond Modernism, In Praise of Restlessness; Image, Mythos, Dharma (Parts 1 - 3); An Ecology of Love (Parts 1 - 4); The Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course); and Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception. Integrating that previous material and also taking the talks in this new set in their intended order will, for most, support a better and fuller understanding of the teachings from this course.
Gaia House Eros Unfettered - Opening the Dharma of Desire

2017-01-30 Buddhist Studies Course - Seven Factors of Awakening - Week 4 - Energy / Effort 62:42
Mark Nunberg
3rd Factor of Awakening: Energy / Effort
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Seven Factors of Awakening (2017)

2017-01-30 10) Talk by Ariya Baumann 56:15
Ariya B. Baumann
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre 3rd Annual Metta Retreat: 1st Session

2017-01-30 Words of Encouragement 53:22
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk addresses several potential difficulties in practice – attaching to ideas about mindfulness and concentration, thinking that nothing is happening in practice, feeling half here and half not, and the tendency to “do” the practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-01-30 Five Spiritual Faculties: Understanding how Intensive Practice Works (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:46
James Baraz
The list of the Five Spiritual Faculties provides a good explanation of how the process of intensive retreat practice unfolds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long Retreat

2017-01-31 Wisdom, Art, Balance (Part 4) 1:18:51
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: This series of talks is intended for experienced practitioners who have already developed some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. In particular, it is strongly recommended that before approaching this set you study and work with the material from the following talks and series: The Theatre of Selves (Parts 1 - 3); Approaching the Dharma, Part 1 (Unbinding the World), and Part 2 (Liberating Ways of Looking); the three-part series Questioning Awakening, Buddhism Beyond Modernism, In Praise of Restlessness; Image, Mythos, Dharma (Parts 1 - 3); An Ecology of Love (Parts 1 - 4); The Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course); and Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception. Integrating that previous material and also taking the talks in this new set in their intended order will, for most, support a better and fuller understanding of the teachings from this course.
Gaia House Eros Unfettered - Opening the Dharma of Desire

2017-01-31 Tuesday Night Teacher-Led Sit With Mark Coleman 63:22
Mark Coleman
Guest teacher Mark Coleman will begin with a guided meditation, followed dharma talk on his new book Make Peace With your Mind – How Mindfulness And Compassion Can Help Free You From The Inner Critic, then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-01-31 Gain and Loss 36:41
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

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