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Bob Stahl's Dharma Talks
Bob Stahl
Is a long-time practitioner of insight meditation, lived in a Buddhist monastery for over eight years. He has a PhD in Philosophy and Religion with a specialization in Buddhist Studies, and now directs Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs in six Bay Area medical centers. Bob studied with the renowned Burmese masters Taungpulu Kaba-Aye Sayadaw, Hlaing Tet Sayadaw, Dr. Rina Sircar and Pokokhu Sayadaw, and has experience with 32 parts of the body, 4 elements and charnel ground meditations. Bob has completed training with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a certified mindfulness-based stress reduction teacher having been certified by UMass Medical Center.
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2025-10-14 Lovingkindness and Making Peace with Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:37
As our meditation practice matures, we may recognize the importance of relinquishing opinions, grudges, judgments, and resentments through honest reconciliation. This is the path of the heart that leads to deeper wisdom and peace. We will learn about these 4 important practices of reconciliation: Reconciliation for the times we’ve been hard on ourselves Reconciliation to those we’ve hurt Reconciliation to those who’ve hurt us Reconciliation with the way things are
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration and Insight Meditation Retreat (270R25)
2025-10-12 Afternoon Meditation Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:35
Choiceless or Open Awareness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration and Insight Meditation Retreat (270R25)
2025-10-11 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:49
Bringing awareness to the nature of change with either the breath, sounds or sensations. Transitioning from solely concentration to insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration and Insight Meditation Retreat (270R25)
2025-10-10 Two Wings of a Bird: Concentration and Insight (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:34
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration and Insight Meditation Retreat (270R25)
2025-01-15 That Which Softens the Hardened Heart 61:21
A talk on Metta / Lovingkindness and the power of love
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-01-12 Instructions on Feeling Tones - the 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness 66:48
Learning abut the importance of this 2nd foundation of mindfulness as a gateway to lessen suffering and as a gateway to greater peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-01-11 Working with the 5 Hindrances as a pathway to Wisdom 62:15
No doubt there are challenges that may come up when we practice meditation and so helpful to learn how to work with them wisely so they can transform as gifts of wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2024-05-08 Retreat Zoom talk on Awakening 64:04
Meeting the 4th Heavenly Messenger of Awakening offers us hope. That there is a way to cultivate deeper wisdom and compassion in this very life
Mana Retreat Center :  Meeting the Heavenly Messengers
2024-05-06 Retreat Zoom talk on Illness 57:15
This is an offering to explore how can we meet the messenger of illness in a wise way.
Mana Retreat Center :  Meeting the Heavenly Messengers
2024-02-01 Instructions on Open Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:54
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat: The Direct Path

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