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Ajahn Viradhammo: Right effort: Cultivating the skillful abandoning the unskillful Sep 11, 2026

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(Tisarana Buddhist Monastery) The theme of this Sunday talk: Right effort, cultivating the skillful, and abandoning the unskillful. Luang Por reflects on right effort, and effort as a skill, rather than wholesome and un-wholesome, as it is sometimes referred to. Everything that arises, is natural, even a "murderous impulse". But whether we follow and cultivate it, is what is important. When the skillful is cultivated, we experience benefit for ourselves, and others, when the unskillful is followed and cultivated, it leads to harm, for ourselves and others. The practice of right effort then, lies, in first recognising fully, and discerning what is arising, and secondly, knowing how to follow the skillful, and abandon the unskillful.

Oren Jay Sofer: Touching Compassion Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Sep 11, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections on compassion, 20 minute guided meditation exploring various methods of compassion, followed by Q&A

Pascal Auclair: Experience is Rainbow-like 🏳‍🌈 Sep 11, 2026

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Kevin Griffin: Right Livelihood Sep 11, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Cara Lai: A Field of Compassion: or How to Not Make War with Your Bushes (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Sep 10, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Pain is unavoidable; suffering is what we add by resisting it. This talk traces that distinction through a rage-filled retreat, an ongoing war with invasive shrubs, and the near enemies — pity, overwhelm, "fierce compassion" — that masquerade as care while keeping suffering at arm's length.

Pascal Auclair: Anicca (Transience) Is so Queer! Sep 10, 2026

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Devon Hase: Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Sep 10, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings and Guided Practice on practicing loving-kindness for oneself.

James Baraz: Letting in Love: The Secret to Metta for Ourselves Sep 10, 2026

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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) For many, wishing well and extending metta to others can come relatively naturally. The hard part is not sending out love, but letting it in. This is one of the most supportive practices for counteracting self-judgment and developing kindness and metta for ourselves. This talk will explore this topic and practice together.

Chas DiCapua: Do Your Best, Be Sincere, And Let That Be Good Enough Sep 09, 2026

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(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

Oren Jay Sofer: The Atmosphere of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Sep 09, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) An introduction to the Brahma Vihāras and to metta as the atmosphere of practice — exploring how kindness gathers us, heals the places where the heart has closed, and liberates.