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Dharma Talks
2008-02-14 Meaning 34:28
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-02-14 Compassion And Appreciative Joy 59:30
Mark Coleman
What is the experience of compassion, how does it arise, what are it’s obstacles. This talk also discusses the Bhrama Vihara of mudita, appreciative joy and how we cultivate this rare and beautiful quality of gladness and celebrating the joys of others.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-02-14 At The Still Point Of The Turning World 61:06
Howard Cohn
Exploring the concept of time and the way our reality is colored by the views of time that obscure the inexhaustible resource of the present moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-13 Qualities To Be Cultivated In Metta Practice 55:07
Gina Sharpe
Metta – Its value, and bring precision, gentleness and the ability to let go, to practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-02-13 Essential Dharma - part 1, week 7 - part 1 of 3 30:15
Richard Shankman
Part 1 of 3
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma: Core Buddhist Teachings

2008-02-13 Metta, Tenderness And Connection 60:06
Guy Armstrong
Metta practice makes the heart more sensitive. This tenderness becomes the avenue for us to discover our deep connectedness to all of life and end a sense of isolation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-13 The Ethics of Sunyata 1:31:39
John Peacock
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-12 Morning Instructions 52:49
Sharon Salzberg
Morning Instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-02-12 The Five Hindrances 55:02
Sharon Salzberg
The Five Hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-02-12 Seclusion 57:07
Carol Wilson
Seclusion - viveka in Pali - is a theme the Buddha was asked about: "Teach me...release, emancipation, seclusion for beings." This talk explores various aspects of this word viveka: seclusion of body, seclusion of mind, seclusion from suffering - and how these are manifest in the retreat setting and mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

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