(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We gather for two hours together the morning after Election Day, 2024, in large part to ground what we are experiencing in our practice and in community. We begin with

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Moving aside from the notions of a good death or a bad death, we consider an exquisite death. The power of an encounter with mortality can set our lives in motion. How

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Begins with a 30m meditation & is followed by a Dharma Talk. (Group discussion has been removed)

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We begin with a review of last week's talk and exploration, on being a bodhisattva in our times. The theme was inspired by Donald's experience teaching two retreats nor

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Creating barriers around the heart are false refuges. Appreciation, gratitude and joy all serve as powerful elixirs to a depleted heart.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Begins with a 30m meditation & is followed by a Dharma talk. (Group discussion has been removed)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We start with Donald's experience of being at Southern Dharma Retreat Center in North Carolina, north of Asheville, teaching two retreats during Hurricane Helene, some