Spirit Grooves Video Library
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Dharma Grooves Videos
| Learning Meditation | Learning Basic Meditation | A Dharma Story | Dharma Practice |
| Off-the-Cushion Practice | The Self and Dharma | Realization and Experience | The Four Thoughts |
| Climb to Crystal Cave Tibet | Other |
Learning Meditation 4 videos
Learning Meditation Part-1 The Mind is the Heart
17:29 Minutes
Published on Mar 14, 2013
Dharma Grooves and hostt Michael Erlewine present a series of four short videos on learning meditation. The approach is direct and to the point. The four videos may be viewed in any order.
Learning Meditation Part-2 What It Is
12:33 Minutes
Published on Mar 14, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a series of four short videos on learning meditation. The approach is direct and to the point. The four videos may be viewed in any order
Learning Meditation Part-3 The Beauty of It
16:05 Minutes
Published on Mar 14, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a series of four short videos on learning meditation. The approach is direct and to the point. The four videos may be viewed in any order.
Learning Meditation Part-4 Sacred,Sacred, Sacred
8:36 Minutes
Published on Mar 14, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a series of four short videos on learning meditation. The approach is direct and to the point. The four videos may be viewed in any order.
Learning Basic Meditation 8 videos
Learning Basic Meditation Part 1
7:24 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-1..
Learning Basic Meditation Part 2
8;13 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-2.
Learning Basic Meditation Part 3
7:39 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-3.
Learning Basic Meditation Part 4
10:35 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-4.
Learning Basic Meditation Part 5
11:05 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-5.
Learning Basic Meditation Part 6
11:02 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-6.
Learning Basic Meditation Part 7
8:19 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-7
Learning Basic Meditation Part 8 (final part)
9:58 Minutes
Published on Apr 3, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine, co-director of Heart Center Meditation present a series of short videos on basic meditation. This is Part-8
A Dharma Story 5 videos
A Dharma Story Mahamudra Part 1
24:03 Minutes
Published on Feb 11, 2013
"Dharma Grooves" and host Michael Erlewine present, "A Dharma Story," personal experiences with Mahamudra meditation in three parts. This is one person's story of learning to mix meditation technique with day-to-day activities.
A Dharma Story Mahamudra Part 2
24:00 Minutes
Published on Feb 12, 2013
"Dharma Grooves" and host Michael Erlewine present, "A Dharma Story," personal experiences with Mahamudra meditation in three parts. This is one person's story of learning to mix meditation technique with day-to-day activities.
A Dharma Story Mahamudra Part 3
24:02 Minutes
Published on Feb 12, 2013
"Dharma Grooves" and host Michael Erlewine present, "A Dharma Story," personal experiences with Mahamudra meditation in three parts. This is one person's story of learning to mix meditation technique with day-to-day activities.
RINPOCHE: Celebrating Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
12:29 Minutes
Published on Oct 22, 2013
RINPOCHE A short video as a tribute to Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, the abbot of Karma Triyana Monastery located in the mountains above Woodstock, New York, part of a celebration of Khenpo Rinpoche's 90th birthday. Produced and edited by Michael Erlewine for the occasion, with music by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, and others. Created at Heart Center Studios in Big Rapids, Michigan
The Difference Between Realization and Spiritual Experience - Part 2
18:00 Minutes
Published on Oct 23, 2013
What is the difference between spiritual experiences and actual realization? This segment of Dharma Grooves looks at this question, with host Michael Erlewine.
Dharma Practice 6 videos
Minding the View
24:03 Minutes
Published on Feb 6, 2013
"Dharma Grooves" presents "Minding the View," with host Michael Erlewine, a presentation on meditation practice, with an accent on problems and suggestions for increasing awareness.
Awareness of a Self
24:04 Minutes
Published on Feb 7, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine presents "Awareness of a Self" and other topics about becoming more aware through learning to better use our mind.
Mixing the Mind Pointing Out Instructions
24:03 Minutes
Published on Feb 11, 2013
A segment on Mahamudra meditation as regards the Pointing Out Instructions as to the true nature of the mind, what is called "recognition." Not instructions, but the continued story of experiences in learning meditation.
Learning Meditation from Trungpa
6:28 Minutes
Published on Mar 1, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine of the Heart Center Meditation Center tells how he met Chögyam Trungpa in 1974, served briefly as his chauffeur, created the poster for his talk in Ann Arbor, Michigan and was taught basic meditation.
Turning the Mind Toward the Dharma
12:32 Minutes
Published on Feb 25, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a discussion of turning the mind away from day-to-day distractions and toward the dharma, and recognizing the true nature of the mind and how it works.
Practicing Meditation is Not Meditation
9:56 Minutes
Published on Mar 3, 2013
"Dharma Grooves" and host Michael Erlewine present a short video on meditation "practice" and actual meditation, two very different things. Erlewine is the co-director of the Heart Center KKSG, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation center in Big Rapids, Michigan.
Off-the-Cushion Practice 5 videos
Off-the-Cushion Dharma Practice
10:37 Minutes
Published on Apr 4, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present an additional segment on how to combine the techniques of meditation off-the-cushion with whatever work you are already doing.
How to Mix the Mind with Daily Life
10:29 Minutes
Published on Apr 4, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine, a video on mixing meditation off-the-cushion with day-to-day tasks.
More Mixing Meditation Off-the-Cushion
12:27 Minutes
Published on Mar 4, 2013
"Dharma Grooves" and host Michael Erlewine present a segment on combining the techniques of meditation off-the-cushion with whatever work you are already doing.
Off-the-Cushion Dharma Practice
10:37 Minutes
Published on Mar 4, 2013
"Dharma Grooves" and host Michael Erlewine present an additional segment on how to combine the techniques of meditation off-the-cushion with whatever work you are already doing.
Off-the-Cushion Meditation
12:55 Minutes
Published on Apr 4, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine offer a video on practicing meditation off-the-cushion, ways to practice meditation during your regular work day that add up to real results.
The Self and Dharma 6 videos
Mistakes I Made Meditating
14:17 Minutes
Published on Mar 28, 2013
Dharma Grooves with host Michael Erlewine. This segment is on common mistakes that beginning meditators make made clear so others don't have to make them.
Accumulating Dharma Stuff
14:10 Minutes
Published on Mar 28, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine with a segment on accumulating dharma stuff, the trappings of practice while learning meditation. Separating the stuff from the dharma is the theme.
Suffering and Buddhism
9:35 Minutes
Published on Mar 28, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine with a segment on the First Noble Truth of Buddhism, the truth of suffering.
Criticizing Whom?
8:42 Minutes
Published on Mar 28, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine with a segment on personal criticism, criticizing other persons.
Self-Retirement
10:42 Minutes
Published on Mar 28, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine presents a segment on thinning out attachments to the self and learning to transfer your identity to a more stable point of view.
Some of My Meditation History
10:00 Minutes
Published on Mar 28, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine with a segment on Erlewine's own history with learning meditation and the times he came up in, the 1960s and 1970s.
Realization and Experience 1 video
The Difference Between Realization and Spiritual Experience - Part 1
18:00 Minutes
Published on Oct 23, 2013
What is the difference between spiritual experiences and actual realization? This segment of Dharma Grooves looks at this question, with host Michael Erlewine.
The Four Thoughts 2 videos
The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind -- Part One
23:43 Minutes
Published on Oct 23, 2013
There is perhaps no better introduction to Buddhism than then the "Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind to the Dharma," here presented by Spirit Grooves host Michael Erlewine in two parts.
The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind -- Part Two
30:41 Minutes
Published on Oct 23, 2013
There is perhaps no better introduction to Buddhism than then the "Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind to the Dharma," here presented by Spirit Grooves host Michael Erlewine in two parts.
Climb to Crystal Cave Tibet 4 videos
Climb to Crystal Cave in Tibet, Part 1: Dharma Grooves
8:00 Minutes
Published on Apr 22, 2013
One of my trips to Tibet was in the late summer of 1997. One pilgrimage spot that everyone tried to talk me out of going to was the legendary Crystal Cave (Shel Drak) of Guru Rinpoche on Crystal Mountain, a key pilgrimage site for Tibetans, in particular those of the Nyingma Lineage. It is said to represent Guru Rinpoche's Buddha attributes. After all, this was Guru Rinpoche's first meditation cave in Tibet. It was here that he bound the demons and Bön influences under oath. Many termas were hidden and revealed here to practitioners like Orgyen Lingpa and others. I felt I had to go there. This is that story.
Climb to Crystal Cave in Tibet, Part 2: Dharma Grooves
8:00 Minutes
Published on Apr 22, 2013
One of my trips to Tibet was in the late summer of 1997. One pilgrimage spot that everyone tried to talk me out of going to was the legendary Crystal Cave (Shel Drak) of Guru Rinpoche on Crystal Mountain, a key pilgrimage site for Tibetans, in particular those of the Nyingma Lineage. It is said to represent Guru Rinpoche's Buddha attributes. After all, this was Guru Rinpoche's first meditation cave in Tibet. It was here that he bound the demons and Bön influences under oath. Many termas were hidden and revealed here to practitioners like Orgyen Lingpa and others. I felt I had to go there. This is that story.
Climb to Crystal Cave in Tibet, Part 3: Dharma Grooves
8:00 Minutes
Published on Apr 22, 2013
One of my trips to Tibet was in the late summer of 1997. One pilgrimage spot that everyone tried to talk me out of going to was the legendary Crystal Cave (Shel Drak) of Guru Rinpoche on Crystal Mountain, a key pilgrimage site for Tibetans, in particular those of the Nyingma Lineage. It is said to represent Guru Rinpoche's Buddha attributes. After all, this was Guru Rinpoche's first meditation cave in Tibet. It was here that he bound the demons and Bön influences under oath. Many termas were hidden and revealed here to practitioners like Orgyen Lingpa and others. I felt I had to go there. This is that story.
Other 8 videos
Dharma Poems Part 1
30:24 Minutes
Published on Mar 20, 2013
Poems about the dharma and meditation practice, recited by Michael Erlewine, along with some explanation about what the poem is about.
The Feng Shi of Anger
17:36 Minutes
Published on Mar 6, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a video on mental feng-shui, in particular the feng-shui of anger.
More Mixing Meditation Off-the-Cushion
12:27 Minutes
Published on Apr 4, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a segment on combining the techniques of meditation off-the-cushion with whatever work you are already doing.
Mind Treasures and Reading in the Mind
22:52 Minutes
Published on Mar 6, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a video on mind treasures, the Tibetan concept of terma, tertons, and mind terma, finding the treasures of the mind.
Tibetan Prayer Beads and Mantra
28:18 Minutes
Published on Mar 17, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a segment on Tibetan Prayer Beads (malas) and mantra recitation. It includes the types of malas, the kinds of mala practices (pacification, enriching, magnetising, and destroying(, and much more.
Meditation and Practicing Mediation
11:41 Minutes
Published on Feb 25, 2013
Dharma Grooves and host Michael Erlewine present a discussion of practicing meditation and actually meditating, two quite different things.
Mixing the Mind Recognition
24:02 Minutes
Published on Feb 10, 2013
From Dharma Grooves, with host Michael Erlewine, a segment on Mahamudra meditation as regards recognition of the true nature of the mind, what is called "recognition." Not instructions, but the story of experiences in learning meditation.
Teachers and Mentors
18:14 Minutes
Published on Oct 23, 2013
What is the difference between teachers and mentors. Spirit Grooves host Michael Erlewine weighs in on the topic and tells some life stories along the way.