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Retreat Dharma Talks
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2009-03-02
Joy
58:43
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Mark Coleman
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The beauty of Joy. How dharma teachings and practice supports the awakening of joy. This talk also explores joy as mudita - the appreciative joy.
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2009-03-09
Equanimity
61:04
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Mark Coleman
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What is Equanimity? Why is it so difficult to be at ease in difficult circumstances. What supports this beautiful quality of the heart and how does it relate to metta (love), compassion and appreciative joy.
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2009-03-11
Practicing Compassion, I
58:28
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Donald Rothberg
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The practice of compassion can occur both as a formal practice - one of the four practices of the Brahmaviharas - and as an everyday practice in the context of our lives. Compassion practice works because it helps us to to open to our deeper being. Yet to do this, we have to learn also to open to pain - and suffering - understood as the reaction to pain.
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2009-03-16
The Wisdom of Insecurity
49:58
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Nina Wise
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In this time of economic uncertainty, how do we cultivate equanimity and well being. Guidance for transforming hard times into good times.
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2009-03-18
Practicing Compassion, pt II
56:58
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Donald Rothberg
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We continue to explore the practices to develop, examining the nature of compassion - its relationship to the other brahmaviharas, the receptive and active dimensions of compassion, the near and far enemies; how we might practice compassion in the world - interpersonally and socially; and the relationship of compassion and wisdom.
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2009-03-25
Cultivating Mudita (Appreciative Joy) pt I
49:16
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Donald Rothberg
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We explore the practice of Mudita in the context of the other three Brahmaviharaas; seeing how it goes again both self-centered joy and tendencies to focus on problems or what is "wrong" in a situation. There is some guidance in the formal mudita practice, as well as more general cultivation of joy.
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2009-03-30
Awake In Nature
58:46
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Mark Coleman
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How does our meditation practice relate to the natural world? How does nature support our awakening. This talk explores how nature supports us to be more aware & develop awe, wonder, love, appreciation, peace and connectedness.
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2009-04-15
Mudita, pt II
63:12
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Donald Rothberg
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Mudita practice both opens us to joy and extends that joy beyond our usual boundaries, transforming our conditions that limit joy to a limited circle and focus on the negative. We explore some of the roots of this personal and social conditioning and end by identifying some of the qualities of mature joy.
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