Tempel Smith's most recent Dharma talks (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

May 02 2024 219 ep. 57 mins 81
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Tempel Smith spent a year ordained as a monk in Burma and teaches Buddhist psychology and social activism in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently part of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program.

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Tempel Smith: DPP7 - Three Nibbanas in Theravada

May 02 2024 96 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Spirit Rock has blessed lineage from both Ven. Ajahn Cha and Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. From our deep connection to these traditional lineages, we can see at least three different kinds of Nibbana: 1. Nibbana for Everyone; 2. Dealthless Awareness; and 3. Complete Zero. As a maturing community of western Insight practitioners rooted in several lineages, we

Tempel Smith: DPP7: Four Stages of Awakening

Apr 30 2024 95 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In the Pali Canon the process of awakening typically passes through four stages of awakening: Stream Entry, Once Returner, Non Returner, and Arhat. For lay people in the west the two most important are experiential Stream Entry and the aspiration of the full awakening of an Arhat. These four stages are most clearly laid out as the breaking of the 10

Tempel Smith: Practical Instructions for Mindfulness of Vedanā (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Mar 02 2023 63 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) With a wise expectation of the three kinds of vedanā, we steady our mindfulness to intimately connect with unpleasantness, pleasantness, and neutral experiences. This is the first step with vedanā. The second is to cool off the old habits of reactivity , and the third is seeing vedanā is not inherent in the objects of our attention. Vedanā arises

Tempel Smith: Vedanā: The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Mar 01 2023 61 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Key to all of our suffering and eventual freedom, mindfulness of vedanā disrupts our unconscious struggle to reject unpleasant experiences, crave pleasant experiences, and ignore neutral experiences. Since vedanā is a tone or aspect of every moment in the stream of our consciousness, it beocmes increasingly clear our agitation with life begins with

Tempel Smith: Instructions for mindfulness of mind

Feb 08 2023 59 mins  
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Exploring the third foundation of mindfulness, including emotions and cognitive activities

Tempel Smith: Third foundation of mindfulness: mind/citta

Feb 07 2023 48 mins  
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) In progressing through the four foundations, we come to my mindfulness of mind (citta). This includes emotions and cognitive states.

Tempel Smith: Breathing In and Out in All Conditions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Aug 23 2022 60 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) At the beginning of breath awareness practice we can feel our attention is either with the breath or distracted. As we deepen out faith and dedication to mindfulness of breathing we learn to breath in and breath out in all conditions. The breath becomes a sanctuary to accompany us in all conditions.

Tempel Smith: Concentration and Insight (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Aug 22 2022 130 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In the detailed description of the 16 steps of anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) the first 12 steps develop samadhi (concentration) as a basis for the last four steps (13-16) of insight practice. These are using in and out breathing to become sensitive to impermanence (anicca), and from impermanence to releasing the agitation (viraga) from tryin

Tempel Smith: Orienting Towards Breath Concentration (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Aug 18 2022 57 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) After our initial work to begin meditation on in and out breathing we can further relax with total faith into immersion with breathing awareness. Some gentle supporting techniques of counting can be helpful, as well as welcoming an attitude of devotion and patience to support breathing as a sanctuary.

Tempel Smith: 12 Steps of Breathing Concentration (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Aug 17 2022 63 mins  
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) When the Buddha taught detailed instructions for breath meditation he often used 16 steps from initial meditation to complete freedom. The first 12 steps on the common meditation guidelines to develop stable concentration and experience a mind temporarily free from inner turmoil.