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Dharma Talks
2004-12-02 Opening To Our Essential Goodness, Part 2 1:14:44
Gavin Harrison
Hawai’i, exact date unknown

2004-12-02 The Activity Of Rejecting Ourselves 50:19
Sharda Rogell
We often compare where we are now to some ideal state and get caught in the painful habit of rejecting our experience. How do we transform this habit in order to come into connection with the truth of the way things are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-12-01 Spiritual Urgency - Samvega 41:25
Amita Schmidt
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2004-12-01 Going Into the Dark 1 50:43
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-12-01 Going Into the Dark, Part 1 55:04
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-12-01 Opening To Our Essential Goodness, Part 1 1:17:36
Gavin Harrison
Hawai’i, exact date unknown

2004-11-29 Return to the Sacred 54:03
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-11-27 Working with Hindrances through Concentration and Mindfulness 52:05
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2004-11-27 The Seasons Of The Heart 39:49
Anna Douglas
Relating to the gifts and challenges of the changing seasons of spiritual practice. This talk gives an overview of the continually changing terrain of practice-- the various seasons of the heart, which expose us to all sides of human experience. A question is then explored: where is progress on the path to be found if we keep cycling through the same seasons of the heart?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-11-27 Working With Hindrance Through Concentration And Mindfulness 52:09
Sharon Salzberg
This teaching begins with an overview of the Five Hindrances: Desire, Aversion, Sloth and Torpor, Restlessness, and Doubt and continues with a thorough discussion of the Five Jhanic Factors: Aiming one’s mind, Investigation, Raptness, Comfort in Being, and One-pointedness which the meditator uses to effectively deal with and utilize the Five Hindrances in deepening her/his practice. The meditator gains perspective, alertness, connection, caring, and energy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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