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Nikki Mirghafori's Dharma Talks
Nikki Mirghafori
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 meditation and contemplation nationally, and in particular, at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, where she also serves on their Board of Directors. Nikki holds a Ph.D. in computer science from UC Berkeley and has had an active career as an Artificial Intelligence scientist in academia and industry for over two decades.
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2023-12-12 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of the Breath in the Body 59:20
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Practicing Peace: Bringing Ease into Every Moment
2023-12-11 Practicing Peace: Making Our Minds & Hearts Safe for Ourselves and Others (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:53
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Practicing Peace: Bringing Ease into Every Moment
2023-12-01 Guided Meditation: Equanimity and the Feeling Tone (Vedana) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:35
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Equanimity: The Happiness of a Heart in Balance and Peace
2023-11-30 What is Equanimity Anyway? And Is It Worth Cultivating? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:43
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Equanimity: The Happiness of a Heart in Balance and Peace
2023-11-28 Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of the Body and the Breath 1:12:56
with Bonnie Duran, Nikki Mirghafori, Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Equanimity: The Happiness of a Heart in Balance and Peace
2023-08-21 Living the Middle Way of Self and Not-Self 1:30:52
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2023-08-20 Meeting the Unexpected 59:20
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series
2023-07-28 Morning Reflections #24: Keeping it Simple 43:10
A guided meditation distilling the simplicity of this practice provided by relinquishment.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2023
2023-07-26 Morning Reflections #22: Fading and Dropping Away 44:15
A gentle guide for settling and quieting the heart by observing the fading away of the enchanment of craving, leading to the dropping away (cessation).
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2023
2023-07-24 Talk #9: Inconstancy ( Step13) 54:16
Many perspectives of impermenance set the tone to present the doorway to freedom it provides through the destruction of craving.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2023

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