Spirit Rock Meditation Center: dharma talks and meditation instruction
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The teachings of the Buddha (Dharma) and the practices of Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and loving-kindness meditation (metta) are at the heart of all the programs we offer at Spirit Rock. Practicing Insight Meditation develops mindfulness, the capacity to pay attention to each moment of life and to see clearly the truth of our experience. Studying the Dharma provides insights into the conditions that define and limit our experience of life. And cultivating an attitude of loving-kindness allows us to stay present to what's true and what's difficult in our lives with compassion for ourselves and others. Ultimately, our relationship to...
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Anthony "T" Maes: The Nature of Nature & Beyond
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1 h 06
Grace Fisher: Steadying the Body & Mind in the Waves of Uncertainty
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Begins with a meditation & then a Dharma Talk. (Group discussion is omitted.)
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1 h 02
Mark Coleman: Monday Night Talk: The Poignancy and Tenderness of Change
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42 min
Devon Hase: Fourth Foundation in Satipatthana Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teaching and guided meditation on practicing the fourth foundation of mindfulness.
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50 min
Devon Hase: Come and See: The Beauty of the Dhamma (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The second refuge invites us into intimacy with truth: something alive, immediate, and here for us whenever we remember to look. Using the ancient c…
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44 min
Devon Hase: Second and Third Foundations of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on vedana and mindfulness of emotions; guided RAIN practice.
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45 min
Devon Hase: Whatever Arises, Ceases: Impermanence from Stardust to This Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) At the moment of his awakening, Kondañña saw that whatever arises also passes away. This talk explores impermanence at three scales: the vast span o…
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51 min
Devon Hase: Arriving Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Short teaching and guided meditation on arriving, settling, steadying at the beginning of a retreat.
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1 h 36
Carol Cano: Indigenous Peoples' Day Program
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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1 h 30
Gullu Singh: TBA
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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42 min
Kristina Bare: Balancing the Jhana Factors with the 16 Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Ro…
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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57 min
Kristina Bare: Balancing the Five Jhana Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The talk describes the five Jhana factors supporting both momentary and fixed concentration. It explores their function in steadying the mind and ho…
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43 min
Devon Hase: Third Tetrad: Guided Meditation on Experiencing, Gladdening, Gathering, and Liberating the Mind (R…
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings and practice on the third tetrad of Anapana sati.
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53 min
Devon Hase: Temporary Freedoms: The Third Tetrad of the Ānāpānasati Sutta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk follows the breath into the mind itself: experiencing it, gladdening it, gathering it, and liberating it. Along the way we look at how sam…
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1 h 04
Grace Fisher: Maybe So: Staying Open to Life's Changes
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes a 30m meditation and dharma talk. (Group discussion has been omitted).
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46 min
Brian Lesage: The Beauty of Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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24 min
JD Doyle: The Wisdom of the Water Element
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57 min
Eve Decker: Loving Kindness
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44 min
Brian Lesage: Every Place the Wind Carries Me Is Home (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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43 min
Devon Hase: Mindfulness of Breathing - Preliminaries (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on setting the conditions for anapanasati - having gone to the forest, or to the root of a tree, or an empty hut, one sets their body erec…