Buddhist Psychology: Jan 2025

Quiet your mind.
Open your heart.

Rooted in the teachings of Insight Meditation (vipassanā), Spirit Rock Meditation Center offers a range of retreats, classes, and workshops on-land and online that support both beginners and experienced practitioners in deepening their meditation practice. Located 45 minutes north of San Francisco.

Through practice, we can learn to make our own hearts a place of peace and integrity. With a quiet mind and an open heart we can sense the reality of interdependence. Inner and outer are not separate. Once we see this clearly, we can extend the same principles of love and mindfulness to every area.

 
Jack Kornfield, Spirit Rock Founder

Dharma Library

Supporting practitioners worldwide, our new online Dharma Library offers meditations, talks, audio, video, articles, courses, and more from our 30-year archive of teachings, as well as newly-recorded material designed specifically for self-paced study and practice.

Featured On-Demand Courses

Picks from the Library

Dharma Training Programs

Our Dharma Training Programs offer in-depth study of the teachings and practices of the Buddha and the Insight Meditation lineage, professional trainings, and continuing education, both online and on our campus.

Drop-in Groups

Explore weekly ongoing meditation groups and programs for beginning to experienced practitioners, including affinity groups for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, women, and those in recovery. All drop-in groups are donation-based (by dāna), and meet online, with select Monday Night gatherings taking place on the Spirit Rock land.

* Please note that our campus is closed to the public and only accessible to retreatants attending residential retreats or CMC events.
All drop-ins are online unless specifically noted. Thank you.

Monday Night Meditation & Talk

Mondays | 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm

For over 35 years, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha, and practice Insight Meditation together as a community. The program includes a 30-40 min guided meditation, a short break, and a Dharma talk.

Upcoming:
Nov 25: Ayya Santacitta

Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk

Wednesdays | 10 am - 12 pm

Our Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk is led by Sylvia Boorstein, Donald Rothberg, Heidi Bourne, or other guest teachers. This group welcomes beginners and experienced practitioners to explore the Dharma.

Upcoming:
Nov 20: Heidi Bourne

Rainbow Saṅgha

Wednesdays | 6 pm – 7:30 pm

Our Rainbow Saṅgha is a weekly gathering of self-identified practitioners within marginalized gender and sexuality groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and gender non-conforming.

Upcoming:
Nov 20: JD Doyle

Thursday Morning Women’s Group

Thursdays | 10 am - 12 pm

This drop-in group offers self-identified women a place to come together in community to share our wisdom and strengthen our sense of belonging in the world. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome.

Upcoming:
Nov 21: Grace Fisher

BIPOC Voices: Weekly Sunday Saṅgha

Sundays | 9:00am - 10:30 am

The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Saṅgha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore the Dharma in light of our experiences. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome.

Upcoming:

Dharma and Recovery Group

2nd Friday per Month | 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm

Our Dharma & Recovery group explores the intersection of recovery with Buddhist teachings and practices. We welcome all people who identify with any of the full range of addictions, from substances to behaviors, as well as habitual thought and emotional patterns. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome.

Upcoming:
Dec 13: Kevin Griffin