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Retreat Dharma Talks

July Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-07-14 (10 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
2017-07-15 First Day Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:41
Joseph Goldstein
Explaining four aspects of meditation practice: "sit and know you're sitting"; "there is a body"; "simply begin again"; "relaxed but not casual."
2017-07-15 Entering Retreat: Dharma as Nature (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:41
Anushka Fernandopulle
Advice on entering retreat, and dharma practice as recognizing yourself as part of nature.
2017-07-16 Introduction to Metta Meditation and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:36
Greg Scharf
2017-07-16 Deepening Insight into Impermanence (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:31
Joseph Goldstein
What we learn from being mindful.
2017-07-17 Forgiveness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:26
JoAnna Hardy
How a forgiveness practice can open the way for Metta.
2017-07-17 The Power of Patience (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:40
Kamala Masters
2017-07-18 Fourth Day Morning Instructions-The Sixth Sense Door: Working with Thoughts (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:58
Anushka Fernandopulle
Guided meditation on working with mind-objects. Morning Instructions, Q&A
2017-07-18 Metta Instructions: Dear Friend (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:02
Kamala Masters
2017-07-18 The Suffering that Leads to the End of Suffering (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:23
Greg Scharf
An exploration of our search for happiness and contentment and the way that opening to, and developing a wise relationship with dukkha is an essential aspect of that search.
2017-07-19 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:45
Joseph Goldstein
Review of body, breath, feeling tones, thoughts and working with emotion.
2017-07-19 Shifting Perspective towards Freedom 54:29
Anushka Fernandopulle
Sakkayaditthi (identity view) and five aggregates. Understanding how our experience as humans gets created. Exploring the illusion of continuity of self.
In collection: Developing Our Practice
2017-07-20 Guided Instructions - Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:17
Kamala Masters
2017-07-20 Metta for a Difficult Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:27
JoAnna Hardy
How to work with those who might be difficult in our lives.
2017-07-20 Collage (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:36
Joseph Goldstein
Last hold-out of self; not leaning into practice; can the mind be found?; dreaming oneself into existence.
2017-07-21 Cultivating Goodwill towards All (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:37
Anushka Fernandopulle
Metta to all beings in different ways: in earth, air, ground, water; in all directions.
2017-07-21 The Integration of Wisdom and Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:33
Kamala Masters
2017-07-22 Morning Instructions: Things are as they are (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:34
Anushka Fernandopulle
Bahia Sutta: Multiple choice Vipassana
2017-07-22 Introduction to Meditation (Daylong at Spirit Rock) part 2 2:55:11
Howard Cohn
2017-07-22 Stories and Poems from the Therigatha (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:57
Greg Scharf
This talk looks at the lives and practice of the first Buddhist nuns through the verses in the Therigatha.
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