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Mary Grace Orr's Dharma Talks

Mary Grace Orr

Lately, my own practice is moving more and more into the monastic world. As I teach out of that nourishment, I find people hungry for the traditional, solid forms of the Dharma. I see people's lives changing when they engage in these forms. Certainly, as I deepen my own Sutta study, I find the traditional ideas so helpful it encourages me to delve further.

In this, I am learning how to ride the edge of a question, instead of reaching for answers. When I let the question hang there, as a living presence, its very aliveness stimulates movement toward an answer, an opening.

Some key factors imprint my teaching. The fact that I'm a purely Western-produced Dharma teacher, without the influence of Eastern traveling, and that I'm a middle-aged Western woman with a psychological background. Also, my years in a Christian practice now translate into my engagement with such ideas as embodiment: how do we take the practice and live it? What is practical in the Dharma, a sort of Buddhist Householder Hints.

From my perspective, the world is in serious trouble. We have separated ourselves from all other beings, and in the process do a lot that keeps us from being present. It is so urgent that we learn to be present and see what is true about our being here, that we live with kindness and compassion for all beings. Vipassana supports these intentions and helps us all heal, no matter what the eventual outcome may be.

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2011-09-29 Still Seeking Refuge: 6 Places to Rest the Mind and Heart 54:22	Download Listen
We all need places of rest and refuge, always. This teaching of the Buddha discusses six dwelling places for heart and mind, useful in our daily lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-29 Morning Instructions 42:43	Download Listen
Instructions, Meditation, Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-27 Meditation on the last group (6th) of the 32 Parts of the Body 43:37	Download Listen
Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine (assu, Vasa, Kelo, Singhanika, Lasika, Muttam)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-27 Morning Instructions 41:50	Download Listen
The invitation not to know.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-26 Equanimity Practice 31:35	Download Listen
Allowing things to be just as they are
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-26 32 Body Parts Meditation Group 4 42:03	Download Listen
Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brains
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-26 Day 3 Morning Instructions 28:43	Download Listen
Instructions, meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-25 Tending the Garden of the Heart and Mind 56:09	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-25 32 Parts of the Body Meditation, Group 2 44:17	Download Listen
Flesh, Sinews, Bones, Bone Marrow, Kidneys (Masam, Naharu, ATthi, Atthiminjam, Vakkam)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-24 First Day Morning Instructions 46:19	Download Listen
Instruction, Meditation and Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

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