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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks
Devon Hase
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.
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2025-03-06 Dharma Reflection - To Be a Person 12:46
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Short reflection on metta and the human condition, inspired by Jane Hirshfield's poetry.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2025-02-24 How Emptiness Reveals Love 60:21
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Reflections on emptiness as taught by the Buddha (Bahiya, Rohitassa, Rahula). And how this reveals a deep and abiding compassionate kind of love for ourselves, all beings, and the world. Invitation to the Devas paritta chant with Dawn Scott at the beginning.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-17 Short Satipatthana Reflection 57:27
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Teachings on all Four Foundations of the Satipatthana Sutta leading into a silent sit.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-16 Piti and Passaddhi 55:50
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Teachings on Liberative Dependent Co-Arising, with a focus on Piti leading into Passaddhi. References to Joseph Goldstein, Mingyur Rinpoche, and Disney's Sword in the Stone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-12 Mindfulness of Strong Emotions 58:57
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Instructions and guided practice on meditating with strong emotions - light RAIN with somatic experiencing using orienting, titrating, and pendulating.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-09 Doubt and Delusion 65:25
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Teachings on how to recognize delusion and its sub-category of doubt.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-09 Teachings on Second and Third Foundations of Mindfulness 58:55
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Short talk followed by a guided meditation on working with vedana in the mind. How to practice with thoughts and their machinations in the third foundation of mindfulness from the Satipatthana Sutta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-08 Sīla as a Path of Meaningful Connection 30:37
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This talk explores sīla (moral conduct) as both foundation and ongoing practice in Buddhism. Devon emphasizes the paradox of sīla—it's both a starting point and something continuously cultivated in each moment. She discusses how integrity requires balancing self-compassion with engagement in the world, using the metaphor of mountain wildflowers that are both tender and strong. The talk highlights how sīla provides resilience during difficult times, allowing practitioners to remain connected to goodness while confronting suffering without bypassing or burning out.
Refuge of Belonging
2025-02-06 Metta for Yourself (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:26
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Teachings on how to practice metta for ourselves, including poetry by Jane Hirshfield and a story by Father Gregory Boyle. Guided practice in receiving care and sending love to our younger self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-05 Instructions on Noting (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:18
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A brief overview of noting practice as done using sounds, body, or breath as our primary anchor. Description of how to use perception (sañña) as the proximate cause for a moment of mindfulness to arise, followed by a silent 30 min meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

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