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February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

An extended period of retreat offers the rare opportunity for sustained and dedicated practice. This retreat emphasizes quieting the mind, opening the heart, and developing profound clarity and depth of Insight practice. Instruction will follow the traditional four foundations of mindfulness, combined with training in lovingkindness and compassion, through a daily schedule of silent sitting, walking, Dharma talks, and practice meetings with teachers.

2024-02-03 (29 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
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2024-02-23 The Four Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:40
Jaya Rudgard
Reflections on the four noble truths, particularly on craving (tanha) and its abandoning.
2024-02-24 Liberative Dependent Arising (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:28
Kim Allen
Liberative, or Transcendent, Dependent Arising describes an arc that runs from suffering (dukkha) to liberation, including many beautiful qualities like faith, joy, and tranquility. It shows how the mind gradually untangles through a lawful process.
2024-02-25 Wisdom and Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:09
Andrea Fella
2024-02-26 Morning Questions and Reflections (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 15:05
Andrea Fella
2024-02-26 Mudita - Sympathetic or Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:49
Jaya Rudgard
Introduction and lightly guided meditation.
2024-02-28 What Makes the World Spin? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:09
Jaya Rudgard
The eight conditions or worldly winds (gain, loss, status, disrepute, praise, censure, pleasure, pain) that blow on everyone and how to find an unshakeability in their midst.
2024-02-29 Transitions as a Focus of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:30
James Baraz
We can easily lose our mindfulness when we are experiencing a transition from a change of activity in our daily experience to major shifts in our life. In truth we are always in transition. This talk explores the power of bringing consciousness to transition as focal point of our practice.
2024-03-01 The Harmonizing of the Brahmaviharas 53:54
John Martin
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