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Retreat Dharma Talks
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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| Regular weekly talks given at the lower Spirit Rock meditation hall |
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2011-01-03
Mindfulness When It Matters
61:40
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Sally Armstrong
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Rather than making New Year’s resolutions that often end in a sense of failure, it is more helpful to look at our life and practice in terms of aspirations, and to ask what do we need to cultivate and what can we let go of in order to support those aspirations? Using mindfulness, we can become more in tune with what really matters to us and also begin to notice the many subtle and even unconscious influences on our choices and behavior.
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2011-01-10
Meeting What is with Love & Awareness
58:54
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Mark Coleman
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How do we bring a loving presence to all of our experience- especially to our humanness, failed intentions. Cultivating mindfulness & kindness with our own experience becomes the template for living a wise life.
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2011-02-02
Introduction to Concentration Practice
57:36
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Donald Rothberg
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We begin four weeks of attention to the three meditative factors of the Eightfold Path, starting with concentration, and including a concentrative exercise and attention to wise effort in concentraton.
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2011-02-16
Concentration Practice III
55:28
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Donald Rothberg
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We review our previous exploration of concentration practices with further treatment of 1) wise effort, 2) how concentration deepens toward the Jhanas, and 3) the relationship of concentration and insight practice.
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2011-03-04
Heartwood
57:04
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Kittisaro,
Thanissara
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Entering the retreat vehicle; not stopping at the initial benefits of practice; journey to the innermost heart.
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2011-04-27
Equanimity in Action- Part I
61:54
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Donald Rothberg
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We explore how mature equanimity is expressed through wisdom, the open heart, and the body. We examine some of the qualities of equanimity and how we develop it in the midst of action, as well as on the cushion.
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2011-05-04
Equanimity in Action II
63:07
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Donald Rothberg
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A continued exploration of the nature of equanimity, how we cultivate it in formal practice and in action. with a particular focus in the last part of the talk on "The Eight Worldly Winds"
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2011-05-09
Mudita - Joy
55:16
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Nina Wise
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Joy as a rigorous practice - that changes the world. Ending with a chant by Jennifer Berezan
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2011-05-16
Faith
56:31
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Mark Coleman
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What is faith? What role does faith play in Dharma practice? This talk explored levels of faith and how essential it is in guiding our practice.
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2011-05-30
Wisdom
55:37
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Mark Coleman
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What is wisdom - How do we cultivate an experiential, lived wisdom in our lives, so we live wisely in our relationships with ourselves, each other and the world...
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