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Nikki Mirghafori's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)
Nikki is of Persian heritage, and was introduced to contemplative practices and yoga in the early 1980's, to meditation in 1991, and to Theravada Buddhism in 2003. She has studied with various Western and Eastern teachers, with a keen interest in intensive silent retreats. She studied jhanas and detailed analytical vipassana with the renowned meditation master Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw who instructed her to teach. She is also a Spirit Rock authorized retreat teacher, a Stanford trained compassion cultivation instructor, and a UCLA certified mindfulness facilitator. She teaches Buddhist meditati...
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Episodes
Nikki Mirghafori: Wise Livelihood: Work As Practice - part 2 27.01.2019 2:07:19
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Nikki Mirghafori: Cultivating Compassion: The Art and Science of Kindness - Day 2 of 2 11.11.2018 6:59:52
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Nikki Mirghafori: Cultivating Compassion: The Art and Science of Kindness - Day 1 of 2 10.11.2018 6:48:07
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Nikki Mirghafori: Being a Scientist of your own Mind - Monday night Dharma Talk 15.10.2018 47:17
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Nikki Mirghafori: Day Three, Morning Instructions: Working with Emotions with R.A.I.N. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 04.10.2018 19:08
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Nikki Mirghafori: Being a Scientist of Our Own Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 03.10.2018 51:15
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Our magnificent heart-mind-body is our laboratory. First, a deep respect and humility for how little we know (specifically about the brain) is to be embraced, in order not to reduce the totality of our amazing humanity to materialist neuralism, especially with simplified or outdated models (e.g., the Triune theory with reptilian brain, etc.). Also essential are a sc...
Nikki Mirghafori: Introduction to Metta (loving-kindness) and guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 02.10.2018 42:30
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Metta practice, benefactor.
Nikki Mirghafori: Disenchantment and dispassion --> Knowledge and vision of liberation 23.07.2018 1:01:09
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk discusses the last conditional links described in the Kimatthiya Sutta (“What Purpose?”) (Anguttara Nikaya 10.1), where the Buddha teaches Ananda that wholesome ethical behavior leads to non-regret, which leads to gladness, .... ultimately leading to liberation. The penultimate stage of the list is Nibbida virāgo, which are often translated as...
Nikki Mirghafori: Q/A 18.07.2018 49:11
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Both Sayadaw U Jagara and Nikki Mirghafori share answers and reflections on pre-written questions.
Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Investigating the supporting condition in the links of conditionality (Nissaya) 18.07.2018 26:07
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions 17.07.2018 46:07
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Samadhi (concentration) and seeing things as they are
Nikki Mirghafori: Concentration/Unification of Mind (Samādhi) --> Knowledge and vision of things as they are (Yathā bhūta ñāna dassana) 16.07.2018 1:00:26
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk discusses the sixth and seventh (Samādhi --> Yathā bhūta ñāna dassana) conditional links described in the Kimatthiya Sutta (“What Purpose?”) (Anguttara Nikaya 10.1), where the Buddha teaches Ananda that wholesome ethical behavior leads to non-regret, which leads to gladness, .... ultimately leading to liberation.
Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Exploring gladness, joy, tranquility, and happiness 10.07.2018 33:10
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Nikki Mirghafori: Joy —> Tranquility —> Happiness 09.07.2018 54:44
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk discusses the third, fourth, and fifth (piti —> passadhi —> sukha) conditional links described in the Kimatthiya Sutta (“What Purpose?”) (Anguttara Nikaya 10.1), where the Buddha teaches Ananda that wholesome ethical behavior leads to non regret, which leads to gladness, .... ultimately leading to liberation. Conditionality (root condition and...
Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Investigating the mind and body, and how they condition one another 09.07.2018 36:19
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Investigating conditionality through 1) root condition and 2) object condition 07.07.2018 35:44
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This morning’s instruction is an invitation to investigate the first two (of the twenty-four) conditions outlined in the Patthana, the last section of Abhidhamma. The first is root condition (hetu-paccaya) and the second is object condition (arammana-paccaya). A brief Q/A by both Nikki Mirghafori and Sayadaw U Jagara ends the session.
Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Practicing with the Internal Dimension of Ethics on Retreat 05.07.2018 29:21
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Nikki Mirghafori: Wholesome ethical behavior --> non-regret --> gladness --> .... --> liberation 04.07.2018 57:56
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk discusses the first two conditional links described in the Kimatthiya Sutta (“What Purpose?”) (Anguttara Nikaya 10.1), where the Buddha teaches Ananda that wholesome ethical behavior leads to non-regret, which leads to gladness, .... ultimately leading to liberation. Parallels to Upanisa Sutta and Cetana Sutta are discussed.
Nikki Mirghafori: Keeping Our Hearts Open in the Midst of Suffering in Our Country and the World 25.06.2018 51:54
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Nikki Mirghafori: Day 6 Morning Instructions: Aspirations for living from the perspective of our deathbed. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 11.05.2018 45:02
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this morning's guided meditation, first we settle in with the body, appreciating the intimacy and the impersonality of experience, holding both experiences equally valid. Then, we look at our lives from the vantage point of our deathbed (far in the future, only for the purpose of this thought exercise) and reflect on aspirations that arise for living our life in...
Nikki Mirghafori: Maranasati: "If My Life Is for Rent...Nothing I Have Is Truly Mine." 10.05.2018 57:25
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Three fruits of maranasati practice are discussed: 1) Preparing for our moment of death with fearlessness and peace. Topics of Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and rebirth are presented with a don't know mind. 2) Living THIS limited, precious life fully, with gratitude, forgiveness, generosity and letting go. 3) Awakening, liberation, nibbana -- Maranasati is a practic...
Nikki Mirghafori: Death contemplation awakens us to life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 08.05.2018 56:53
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this talk, Nikki Mirghafori (first ~30 minutes) and Eugene Cash (the rest) discuss how death contemplation helps us awaken to living this life, with embracing letting go and not knowing.
Nikki Mirghafori: This Could Be My Last Breath 08.05.2018 27:37
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Guided meditation from the Maranasati Sutta.
Nikki Mirghafori: Death: "This is Nature, This is Natural" (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 07.05.2018 57:46
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The first part of the talk, the hindrances (Nivarana in Pali), also translated as veils, are discussed through the lens of Maranasati practice. The second part of the talk is devoted to sharing lessons from my mother's recent passing.
Nikki Mirghafori: Day 1 Morning Instructions: Settling in, noticing aliveness. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 06.05.2018 1:13:57
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Settling in with the breath and body. Feeling the aliveness present in this moment.
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