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Retreat Dharma Talks

Monday and Wednesday Talks

Regular weekly talks given at the lower Spirit Rock meditation hall

Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
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2011-07-06 Freedom in Awareness II-How we can cultivate freedom 45:20
Donald Rothberg
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We continue to look at the cultivation of freedom with "ordinary" mind and "extraordinary" mind, focusing on how we actually practice to cultivate both.
2011-07-11 Sharing Breath Mindfully 60:23
Ayya Anandabodhi
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2011-07-13 Freedom in Awareness III-From ordinary to extraordinary mind 55:57
Donald Rothberg
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We explore the nature of "extraordinary" mind and awareness, an our "ordinary' practice deconstructs ordinary, habitual experience and moves toward extraordinary mind.
2011-07-20 Freedom in Awareness IV--Deconstructing Ordinary Experience 61:55
Donald Rothberg
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We focus on how practice includes that of noting impermanence, suffering, and self/not-self, leads to deconstructing the assumptions of "ordinary mind" opening us up to "extraordinary mind".
2011-07-25 Awareness of the tsunami's of your life 63:59
Steve Armstrong
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2011-07-27 Sylvia's Experience of Kala Chakra 69:01
Sylvia Boorstein
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Sylvia talked about her experience of being at the Dalai Lama's presentation in New York.
2011-08-01 The Spark of Awakening 54:37
Mark Coleman
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The use of wise energy/effort on the path of practice- and an exploration of the Buddha's teaching on the four wise efforts.
2011-08-03 Freedom in Awareness V--Accessing Extraordinary Mind 63:05
Donald Rothberg
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After a review of the material of the last weeks, we explore, partly experientially three methods of accessing extraordinary awareness: 1) dropping ordinary constructions 2) exhausting the ordinary mind 3) touching pure awareness
2011-08-08 Dialogue with Sylvia Boorstein 60:49
Jack Kornfield
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2011-08-10 Reflecting on the Passage of Time 55:10
Sylvia Boorstein
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