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Dharma Talks Access for Retreatants
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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| Regular weekly talks given at the lower Spirit Rock meditation hall |
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2007-04-23
Responding To Violence
56:21
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Nina Wise
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| How do we respond to violence? What is the root of violence? How do we address our self-loathing? Metta, Karuna, Sangha. |
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2007-05-02
Right Livelihood And Vocation
55:33
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Donald Rothberg
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| Right livelihood, one of the factors of the Eightfold Path, is primarily focused on the ethical qualities of our work. We explore this factor, as well as the related sense of vocation or calling – to have one’s life and work express one’s gifts while contributing and providing a path to universal Dharma. |
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2007-05-23
Attending To Beauty
58:34
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Donald Rothberg
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| Beth Gendler, author of Notes On The Need For Beauty, reflects in dialogue with Donald Rothberg and the Sanga, on the nature of beauty, “cleansing the doors of perception, and the place of beauty in transformative practice.” |
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2007-05-30
Inquiry And Investigation - part 1
59:16
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Donald Rothberg
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| Because we live in such a mental culture, we sometimes interpret meditation as getting rid of all thinking. But inquiry and investigation, often aided by language are crucial to Buddhist practice. We look at three practical methods of inquiry, using (1) mindfulness (2) deep listening, and (3) the lens of particular teachings. |
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2007-06-06
Inquiry And Investigation - part 2
36:22
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Donald Rothberg
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| In this second talk on inquiry, we review some of the material from last time, including the Kalama Sutta, inquiry as a factor of awakening, and the inquiry methods of (1) mindfulness, (2) deep listening and (3) working with teachings to help inquiry. Then we explore (4) radical questions and (5) deconstruction of fixed beliefs. |
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