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Dharma Talks
2012-03-13 Freedom of Mind and Heart 57:34
Larry Yang
The Third Foundation of Mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-12 Maranasati 54:11
Eugene Cash
Mindfulness of Life & Death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-11 Maranasati: Mindfulness of Death 47:06
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-03-09 Feeling-Tone and Its Importance for our Practice 58:08
Donald Rothberg
We explore the pivotal practice of mindfulness of feeling-tone (vedana), by 1) understanding feeling-tone in the context of the teaching of dependent arising; 2) examining the nature of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral; and 3) suggesting a number of ways of practicing with feeling-tone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-05 Body as Teacher: First Foundation of Mindfulness 58:04
Heather Sundberg
The central theme of this talk is the Body is the Teacher. Based on the Satipatthana Sutta with First Foundation emphasis, the talk outlines Mindfulness of Breathing, of the four postures, and of full awareness in the continuity of all activities. Offers practical instructions, personal stories, and stories from the time of the Buddha.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-03 Metta and Mindfulness as Aspects of One Another 50:10
Sylvia Boorstein
This talk focuses on mindfulness being about 1) clear seeing - i.e. What do you really want to see? What insight leads to liberation? and 2) progressively cultivating the capacity for unconditional kindness. Metta and mindfulness as inherent in each other.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-02-26 Guided Mindfulness of Breath 14:40
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-02-26 Intro to Mindfulness 55:54
Mark Coleman
On this daylong, Mark gives an overview of Mindfulness teachings and practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-02-25 Mindfulness and Full Awareness 62:00
Carol Wilson
This talk explores the Buddha's teaching on Clear Comprehension also called Full Awareness. The commitment to see our motivation in our mind, moment by moment, without glossing over, leads to happiness and purification. By clarifying our greater aspiration we create a mindful container to see our habitual thinking arise without acting upon it and the result is living of life of non-harming.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-22 Loving One's Enemies I 60:40
Donald Rothberg
We explore the meaning of developing a love or loving kindness toward all, including one's "enemies," using both Christian and Buddhist resources. Four foundational practices are outlined: 1.Ffollowing ethical guidelines 2. Mindfulness 3. Metta, and 4. Wisdom practices to help contemplate emphathically the causes and conditions of difficult interactions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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