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John Martin teaches Vipassana (Insight) and Metta (Loving Kindness) meditation retreats. He leads an on-going weekly Monday evening meditation group in San Francisco, and an Advanced Practitioners Program group. He serves as Co-Chair of the Guiding Teachers Committee for Spirit Rock, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. John is also the co-guiding teacher for the LGBTQueer Sangha at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City. John is currently leading a year long Satipitthana Intensive Practice program and will be on the teaching team for the two year Spirit Rock Dedicated Practitioners Program that will begin in the Spring of 2022.In his prior work life, John served as Airport Director of SFO for over twenty years. He had a career committed to public service.His practice has been supported by twelve years as a hospice volunteer: including five years at Shanti Project during the AIDS crisis, and seven years with the Zen Hospice projects.

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Episodes

  1. John Martin: Wednesday Meditation

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  2. John Martin: Metta Instructions & Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  3. John Martin: First Morning Instructions: Breath & Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  4. John Martin: Mudita Tone for Meditation Practice: Introduction and Guided Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  5. John Martin: Morning Instructions: Feeling Tone (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  6. John Martin: Mindfulness of the Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  7. John Martin: Metta For All Beings, Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  8. John Martin: Equanimity Practice Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Inviting a tone of equanimity to the practice of metta.

  9. John Martin: Morning Instructions: Metta for the Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  10. John Martin: The Heart of Generosity

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  11. John Martin: Maranasati Practice Instructions, Arising & Passing (Day 3) (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  12. John Martin: Letting Go to Befriend Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  13. John Martin: Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  14. John Martin: Metta for Neutral Being: Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  15. John Martin: Metta Easy Being: Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This is a first day instruction for metta practice, and emphasizes the mechanics of the practice.

  16. John Martin: Mudita Talk and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) With Mudita we celebrate the happiness of others and wish it to continue.

  17. John Martin: Day 3 Instructions: Feeling Tone (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  18. John Martin: The Harmonizing of the Brahmaviharas

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  19. John Martin: The Six Sense Spheres (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes a reading of the Bahiya Sutta.

  20. John Martin: Seven Factors of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  21. John Martin: Wholesome Mind States (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  22. John Martin: The Hindrances of Sense Desire & Ill-Will (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  23. John Martin: Brahmaviharas for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  24. John Martin: Letting Go of Attachments-Brings Happiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  25. John Martin: Guided Meditation: Hearing, Sensing, Breathing-Aware of Arising & Passing (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  26. John Martin: Brahmavihārās, Coming into Harmony (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  27. John Martin: Metta Instructions and Guided Meditation: Easy Being (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  28. John Martin: Cultivating Metta in Our Hearts and in the World

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  29. John Martin: Monday Night Dharma Talk - Gratitude and Generosity

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Including reflections on the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

  30. John Martin: Metta for All Beings: Instructions & Guided Meditation

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  31. John Martin: Metta and Equanimity: A Balanced, Spacious and Responsive Heart

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  32. John Martin: Compassion Practice: Introduction & Guided Meditation

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  33. John Martin: Metta for Easy Being & Self: Instructions & Guided Meditation

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  34. John Martin: What We're Doing with Our Metta Practice and Why It Matters

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  35. John Martin: Wise Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk emphasizes Wise Intention in the context of a long retreat: Wise Intention includes the three aspects of renunciation (letting go of the sense desire), loving kindness and compassion.

  36. John Martin: Six Sense Spheres/Bahiya Sutta

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The Buddha taught that the six sense spheres of hearing, seeing, sensing, smelling, tasting and cognizing represent "the all". The Bahiya Sutta points directly to the sense spheres as not-self.

  37. John Martin: Day 16 Afternoon Instructions: Metta Instructions for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  38. John Martin: Day 11 Morning Instructions: Feeling Tone

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  39. John Martin: Four Noble Truths & Mindfulness of Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk provides an overview of the Four Noble Truths, with primary focus on the Noble Truth of Dukkha and the Noble Truth of the Cause of Dukkha. Mindfulness of death is reviewed as a support for practice.

  40. John Martin: Day Five Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mind States, Moods and Emotions

  41. John Martin: Gratitude, Generosity and Sila: Foundational Supports for Practice

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Gratitude, Generosity and Sila support happiness, joy, a sense of enoughness and renunciation. The practice of Sila is conducive to liberation.

  42. John Martin: Day Two Afternoon Instructions - Opening Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes beginning instructions for Metta practice and instructions for "Easy Being".

  43. John Martin: Metta (Loving Kindness) in the World

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  44. John Martin: Cultivating the Beautiful Heart Qualities (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The cultivation of the divine abodes of loving kindness, compassion, supportive joy and equanimity are a practice for the whole of our lives.

  45. John Martin: Metta, Near and Far Enemies (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  46. John Martin: The Noble Eightfold Path for the Whole of our Lives (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  47. John Martin: The Six Sense Spheres & The Bahiya Sutta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The six sense spheres are the basis by which we experience the world. The Buddha provides a concise and liberating teaching in the Bahiya Sutta on these six sense spheres. The talk outlines the practice, the benefits and the power of this practice to free the heart...

  48. John Martin: Compassion: The Wise Response of the Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  49. John Martin: Day 7 Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  50. John Martin: Day 6 Brahma Vihara Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

About this show

John Martin teaches Vipassana (Insight) and Metta (Loving Kindness) meditation retreats. He leads an on-going weekly Monday evening meditation group in San Francisco, and an Advanced Practitioners Program group. He serves as Co-Chair of the Guiding Teachers Committee for Spirit Rock, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. John is also the co-guiding teacher for the LGBTQueer Sangha at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City. John is currently leading a year long Satipitthana Intensive Practice program and will be on the teaching team for the two year Spirit Rock Dedicated Practitioners Program that will begin in the Spring of 2022.In his prior work life, John served as Airport Director of SFO for over twenty years. He had a career committed to public service.His practice has been supported by twelve years as a hospice volunteer: including five years at Shanti Project during the AIDS crisis, and seven years with the Zen Hospice projects.

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John Martin teaches Vipassana (Insight) and Metta (Loving Kindness) meditation retreats. He leads an on-going weekly Monday evening meditation group in San Francisco, and an Advanced Practitioners Program group. He serves as Co-Chair of the Guiding Teachers Committee for Spirit Rock, and serves on...

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