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2026-01-14 Equanimity Seeing with Patience (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:26
Beth Sternlieb
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The protector of Loving kindness and compassion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Teachings and Practices to Cultivate a Wise, Compassionate, and Responsive Heart

2026-01-14 Working with Hindrances 24:28
Dawn Neal
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Insight Santa Cruz

2026-01-14 Creative Ways to do Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:06
Diana Winston
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This guided session explores multiple ways to send metta to self: From a benefactor, through our body, to different times in our life, and to aspects of ourselves.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Teachings and Practices to Cultivate a Wise, Compassionate, and Responsive Heart

2026-01-14 Instructions and Guided Meditation: Open Awareness 46:23
Jeanne Corrigal
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Instructions and Guided Meditation in Open Awareness as a practice we do naturally, when we spend time connecting with nature externally.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat - 26FMBA

2026-01-13 The Three Marks of Existence as a Nature Liberation Practice 62:20
Jeanne Corrigal
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The image of a bird flying is offered as a way of bringing together the big picture of the Satipatthana Sutta teachings, with the three characteristics as the environment the bird is flying in. The three characteristics are then situated in the refrain of the Satipatthana Sutta, which is seen as a practice from nature, to reveal our inner nature. This teaching is applied to our lives through exploring how to work with self judgement. The talk ends exploring this practice in the world, for the benefit of all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat - 26FMBA

2026-01-13 Self Compassion: Mindfulness, Metta, and Shared Humanity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:49
Diana Winston
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In this talk we explore the roots of self-judgment, and the ways in which mindfulness, loving kindness, and the recognition of our shared humanity and inner goodness can work together to alleviate the critical mind. This talk was given at a metta retreat so it pays particular attention to using metta to heal the inner critic when obstacles arise .
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Teachings and Practices to Cultivate a Wise, Compassionate, and Responsive Heart

2026-01-13 Guided Compassion (Karuna) Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:16
Gullu Singh
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This talk explores karuṇā as the heart that meets suffering with kindness and the sincere wish for its relief, without attachment to outcome. Compassion is not kind behavior but a wholesome state of mind from which wise action naturally flows. The talk distinguishes karuṇā from empathy: affective empathy can lead to exhaustion by taking on others’ pain, while compassion is “feeling for,” supported by warmth and equanimity. Rather than merging with suffering, we attune to the care already present within it. Karuṇā is a brahmavihāra—abundant, immeasurable, and energizing—capable of meeting personal and global pain with clarity and agency. Practical guidance is offered: begin with manageable suffering, pair compassion with balance, use simple phrases, and end with spaciousness for all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat: Teachings and Practices to Cultivate a Wise, Compassionate, and Responsive Heart

2026-01-13 Speak and Act with a Peaceful Mind 10:23
Dawn Neal
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Insight Santa Cruz

2026-01-13 Aligning with Truth: A Refuge for These Times, Part 2 of 2 - Meditation 30:17
Mark Nunberg
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Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2026-01-13 Aligning with Truth: A Refuge for These Times, Part 2 of 2 - Talk 57:20
Mark Nunberg
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Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

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