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Donald Rothberg's Dharma Talks
Donald Rothberg
Donald Rothberg, PhD, has practiced Insight Meditation since 1976, and has also received training in Tibetan Dzogchen and Mahamudra practice and the Hakomi approach to body-based psychotherapy. Formerly on the faculties of the University of Kentucky, Kenyon College, and Saybrook Graduate School, he currently writes and teaches classes, groups and retreats on meditation, daily life practice, spirituality and psychology, and socially engaged Buddhism. An organizer, teacher, and former board member for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Donald has helped to guide three six-month to two-year training programs in socially engaged spirituality through Buddhist Peace Fellowship (the BASE Program), Saybrook (the Socially Engaged Spirituality Program), and Spirit Rock (the Path of Engagement Program). He is the author of The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World and the co-editor of Ken Wilber in Dialogue: Conversations with Leading Transpersonal Thinkers.
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2013-04-17 Dharma practice and the climate Crisis 61:12
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At the time of Earth Day, we pose a a dilemma and challenge. Dharma practice is so compelling. The climate crisis is so compelling. Which do we choose? Both, in our own ways. We look at the ways that our practice (and principles of generosity, compassion, ethics, interdependence, and wisdom) call us to regard and that those responding deeply need spiritual practices and principles to meet the great need.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
In collection: One Earth Sangha
2013-04-10 May Practice and One's Life Be one--Reflections on Four weeks of Retreat 52:28
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Reflections after just having returned from retreat, on (1) the nature and beauty of retreat, (2) the range of practices done---concentration, insight, metta, and open awareness; and (3) the deep intention to connect retreat and daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2013-02-23 Cultivating Wise Speech 62:30
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This is the first segment of a daylong on cultivating wise or "right" speech, including when there are difficult speech situations. There is a general introduction to speech and communication practice and an overview of the basic guidelines for speech given by the Buddha.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2013-01-30 Four Foundations of Mindfulness XI - Fourth Foundation 5 - Four Ways of Practicing with the Aggregates (Khandhas) 53:00
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After a brief overview of the Foundations, we explore both experientially and through teachings four ways of practicing with the aggregates: 1.) Recognizing when they are present 2.) Tracking their arising and passing away 3.) Noting when a thick sense of self is present and opening to experience without such a sense of self 4.) Noting when suffering or dukkha appears and responding skillfully
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2013-01-20 Metta into the World 61:59
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Our inner practice of metta and our practice of metta in the world are interwoven as we come more and more to practice in all activities and all parts of our lives. We explore this interconnection in terms of metta as a formal practice, challenges in metta and ways of bringing metta into the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat
2013-01-15 The Unfolding of Metta Practice 56:31
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Weaving in the views and voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday with the teachings of the Buddha on metta, and with observations of how metta practice develops, we explore the spirit of metta practice and themes of living from the awakened heart; developing concentration, purifying and eventually unifying mind, heart and body and opening to our radiant depths, we bring metta to the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat
2013-01-09 Four Foundations of Mindfulness IX: Fourth Foundation III 56:21
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We continue to explore the Fourth Foundation, particularly through the frameworks of the Five Hindrances and The Four Noble Truths.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2013-01-01 A New Year's Day of Practice: Talk and Guided Visualization 31:07
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For "A New Year's Day of Practice: Resting and Re-Visioning," this talk in the afternoon pointed to ways that our practice can work with the three aspects of time: with training in present-centeredness, with studying and eventually letting go of the negative patterns from the past, and with aspiring in the future (in this New Year) to develop in ways that are helpful for both the personal and universal dimensions of awakening. A guided visualization helps us particularly with letting go and being in touch with what calls us from our depths for the next period of time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth - pt 2 2:32
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This is a short wrap up of this talk. A few minutes between parts 1 and 2 were missed.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Introduction to Insight Meditation
2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth 50:13
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We review the Four Foundations with continued emphasis on the Fourth, including attention to a number of practical situations. Pt 1 of 2. *There are a few minutes missed between pt 1 and 2. Part 2 is the wrap up of the talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

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