Sylvia Boorstein's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)

Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein: Monday Night Mediation - Sylvia's 90th Birthday Celebration 27.07.2026 1:53:53 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: Everything I Know: Reflections on the Path and the Goal of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 12.01.2025 1:02:30 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Donald Rothberg, Sylvia Boorstein: Post-Election Day Community Gathering 06.11.2024 1:59:46 ↓

(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 short reflections from Sylvia and Donald, followed by short periods of meditation and then sharing from many of those present at the gathering, with intermittent reflections from Sylvia and Donald. We...

Sylvia Boorstein: What’s supposed to happen? What is the goal of practice? (Part 2) 02.10.2024 1:44:44 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes meditation, dharma talk and group discussion

Sylvia Boorstein: What’s supposed to happen? What is the goal of practice? (Part 1) 25.09.2024 1:58:02 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes meditation, dharma talk and group discussion

Sylvia Boorstein: What Are We Doing Here, Really?: The Point of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 11.09.2024 59:00 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Eve Decker, Howard Cohn, Jack Kornfield, James Baraz, Jane Baraz, Stephanie Antoine, Sylvia Boorstein: Spirit Rock Founders Remember the Early Days (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 09.09.2024 1:45:10 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This opening night "Founders Retreat" talk includes Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein, Howie Cohn, Jane Baraz and Jane Baraz reminiscing about the early days of Spirit Rock.

Sylvia Boorstein: Freeing the Mind that is Held Hostage in Tight Places:The Keys to Liberation 24.04.2024 1:33:02 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes guided meditation, dharmettes, & select moments of group discussion

Sylvia Boorstein: Instructions for Everything (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 02.12.2023 55:43 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: How Wisdom Grows (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 01.12.2023 56:55 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: Developing Peace in the Breath and the Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 29.11.2023 59:13 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: The Evolution of Intention: The Buddha, Maha Ghosananda and All of Us (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 28.11.2023 1:03:13 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Bonnie Duran, Nikki Mirghafori, Sylvia Boorstein: Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of the Body and the Breath 28.11.2023 1:12:56 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: There's Nothing Left to Do But... Be Kind to Yourself and Everyone Else You Meet 01.11.2023 1:12:41 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes meditation & dharma talk (Group Q/A has been removed)

Sylvia Boorstein: Taking Your Mind to the Laundry: How Wisdom Accumulates 04.10.2023 1:35:31 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes meditation, dharma talk & some discussion.

Sylvia Boorstein: "Neighbor is not a geographic term. It's a moral imperative." 13.09.2023 1:17:03 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) (Title is inspired by Joachim Prinz, President of the American Jewish Congress, who spoke at the March on Washington in 1963.) Includes meditation & dharma talk. (Group Q/A has been removed). Poem Reference: “Could Have” by Wislawa Szymborskas

Sylvia Boorstein: "Everything Passes? That's Terrible!" ~ Barbie (2023) 06.09.2023 1:36:51 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes meditation, dharma talk & interwoven discussion. (Group Q/A has been removed)

Sylvia Boorstein: My Heart Goes Out to You 21.06.2023 1:30:42 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: What is the Key to Open the Heart 26.04.2023 1:53:48 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: What Lifts up your Heart? 19.04.2023 1:52:07 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Sylvia Boorstein: Listen to the Rain & Knit 25.01.2023 1:47:26 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Short meditation, dharma talk, and group discussion

Sylvia Boorstein: The Only Response to Suffering is Compassion 13.01.2023 41:43 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The first noble truth is really true, or the principal beneficiary of well wishing is the wisher. Or the only response to suffering is compassion!

Sylvia Boorstein: Nothing but Kindness 04.01.2023 1:44:44 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A mixture of meditation, a dharma talk, and group discussion

Sylvia Boorstein: Building a Mind One Story at a Time 02.11.2022 1:50:25 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Dharma talk interspersed with group discussion

Sylvia Boorstein: Helping is Happening in the World 26.10.2022 1:50:21 ↓

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)