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Anushka Fernandopulle's Dharma Talks
Anushka Fernandopulle
I am a lifelong spiritual practitioner who has trained for over 20 years in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in the U.S., India and Sri Lanka. I live in an urban area and consider how the practices can translate for my fellow citizens with a busy modern life; I am most interested in bringing these ancient teachings to the contemporary world, informed by my love of creative arts, technology, politics and pop culture. I also have an MBA and am particularly interested in the practice as it relates to leadership development -- how we can each see through the things that hold us back from manifesting our unique gifts and talents in the world. I am on the Spirit Rock Teacher's Council and teach at other meditation centers, but also do a lot of teaching & coaching in tech companies, nonprofit organizations, and less overtly spiritual settings. For more information, please visit: www.anushkaf.org
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2013-11-28 Gratitude, Joy & Humility 62:03
Thanksgiving reflections on wholesome qualities including gratitude, generosity, joy humility.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
2013-11-25 Suffering and Kindness 53:55
Facing the truth of Dukkha *(strain, unreliability, stress, unsatisfactoriness, suffering) and how kindness is connected. Developing a gentle continuity of awareness on retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
2013-09-22 Mindfulness and Innovation: Awareness of Thought 9:29
Dealing with criticism and staying open to creative ideas. Avoiding the traps that shut down innovation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2013-09-22 Mindfulness and Innovation 10:46
Intro to daylong on mindfulness and innovation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2013-08-31 Morning Instructions 61:53
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Retreat
2013-07-17 Loving The Enemy 46:45
How metta practice can help us deal with difficult situations and difficult people. Being an activist with love and courage.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Heart of Love Metta Retreat
2013-07-13 Voyage on the Ocean of Metta 47:40
Why we practice metta: connecting to the Eightfold Path, opening insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Heart of Love Metta Retreat
2013-05-21 Developing Our Practice 9:20:03
with Anushka Fernandopulle, Arinna Weisman, Ayya Anandabodhi, Bhante Buddharakkhita, Carol Wilson, Jack Kornfield, James Baraz, Joseph Goldstein, Kittisaro, Thanissara
2013-02-09 Intro to Insight, Practicing in your Life 23:01
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2013-02-09 Intro to Insight, Thoughts and Emotions 21:40
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-10-24 Love, Revolution and Idea of Self 55:45
An exploration of how we construct identity, truth of interconnection, and the power of love. What we learn about dharma from the city, wooly mammoths, and the axial age.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat
2012-09-02 Aligning With Truth 51:23
Description of the three characteristics of existence and living in accord with the truth of the way things are.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2012-09-01 Love For The Body 63:05
Introduction to the heart practice of kindness (metta) guided meditation towards one's own body and Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2012-09-01 Meditation Instruction 59:00
Guided meditation instructions on first day of weekend retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2012-07-19 Catching the Right Thought Trains 55:18
Learning how to work with thoughts and "train" the mind for the benefit of yourself and others. Based on Sutta "Two Kinds of Thought" MN19
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat
2012-07-15 Refuge and Renunciation 64:52
What is true refuge and making the practice of refuge your own.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat
2012-06-30 Walking as Spiritual Practice 52:06
Encouragement about walking meditation as an important aspect of spiritual practice, life, pilgrimage and social change.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma
2012-05-25 Right Action2 - Morning Session 63:22
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path
2012-05-25 Right Action 1 - Morning Session 22:45
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path
2012-05-23 Right Speech and Listening 1:25:29
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path
2012-05-22 An Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path 36:07
Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path during the Living Dharma Study Retreat. Subsequent sessions discuss each step on the path in greater depth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Living Dharma: The Noble Eightfold Path
2012-04-03 Dying to Ideas of the Self and Practicing Resurrection 38:40
Mission Dharma
2012-02-12 Dharma and Technology: Craving and the Arising of Self 45:02
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-02-12 Dharma and Technology: Mindfulness and Focus 35:20
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-01-17 Practicing the Five Recollections 44:38
Mission Dharma
2012-01-15 Wise Mindfulness 54:29
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2012-01-08 Wise Concentration 38:19
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2012-01-01 Wise Livelihood 52:06
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2011-12-18 Wise Effort 52:10
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2011-12-11 Wise Intention 58:26
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2011-11-26 Dharma in the World 57:23
Leaving retreat, what should we pay attention to in our life? How can we continue to cultivate our practice?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2011-11-24 Instructional sit 35:43
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2011-11-22 Buddha's Recipe for Happiness 58:51
There are many levels of happiness and joy available to us on the spiritual path. Here are descriptions of several levels, their relationship to each other, and how to get there.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat
2011-11-06 Wise Action 53:12
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2011-11-01 Occupy the Six Senses 43:03
Mission Dharma
2011-05-12 Finding Refuge As We Leave Retreat 59:52
Review of the 3 characteristics and 5 precepts. Exploration of faith and refuge as we leave retreat. Explanation of 'karooke' as appreciation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) :  Spring Vipassana Retreat
2011-03-14 Watching the News Through the Lens of the Dhamma 68:51
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2010-12-01 Investigating the Dharma: Refuges, Hindrances, Mindfulness 59:33
First night talk on what we are doing on retreat, working with hindrances, mindfulness, connection to refuges and precepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Discovering Presence in Each Moment
2010-11-02 Realms of Consciousness 41:02
Mission Dharma
2010-09-27 Dharma and Technology 68:37
Relates the Buddhist teachings to our use of modern communication technology such as emails, texting, cell phones, etc.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2010-07-08 Mindfulness & Liberation of the Body 50:27
How to practice awareness of the body and why it is helpful.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  People of Color Meditation Retreat
2009-08-01 Metta: Digging A Good Trench In The Heart 54:49
Explains cultivating the heart of well-wishing and other heart practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds
2009-07-23 Metta in the context of spiritual practice. 57:31
Last talk after a week long metta retreat. Puts metta in context of other dharma teachings and mindfulness practice. Some suggestions of practicing metta in daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat
2009-06-17 Mindfulness: Befriending Yourself 50:58
Description of awareness practice and its benefits, including truthfulness with yourself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat
2008-08-02 Guided Meditation - Day 3 with Questions And Answers 41:51
Reflecting on own goodness, forgiveness; benefactor, self and friend.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds
2008-08-01 Top Five Weather Patterns Of Mind 58:37
Buddha’s spiritual quest, three marks of existence and five hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds
2008-05-18 The Dharma of Food 52:52
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

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