Spirit Rock Meditation Center

10 Ways Meditation Can Change Your Life

MeiMei Fox | Posted 05.05.2012

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MeiMei Fox

I'm just an ordinary person who couldn't sit still for an hour when she first signed up for a Vipassana retreat yet has benefitted tremendously from the simple and challenging practice.

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Jaweed Kaleem

What Is The Future Buddhism In America?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 02.21.2012

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GARRISON, N.Y. -- Backed by the nation’s largest Buddhist magazines and meditation centers, a recent invite-only gathering at an old monastery in th...

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Religious Retreats To Recharge The Spirit This Summer (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.06.2011

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HuffPost Religion contributors and editors selected some of our favorite religious retreat destinations just in time for summer vacation. From denomin...

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Summer Vacation? 'Nothing' Doing

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michael Sigman

Having just attended a silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Spirit Rock in woodsy Woodacre, I can report that sitting still and doing nothing was, in fact, the primary activity on my summer vacation.

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The Four Noble Truths

Noah Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Noah Levine

The Buddha taught that life by its very nature is unsatisfactory, that some level of difficulty exists for all unenlightened beings in creation.

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The Four Noble Truths of the Revolutionary Path to Freedom

Noah Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Noah Levine

The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. This giving of the truths is often referred to as the setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma.

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