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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

The Path to Awakening

Insight meditation (vipassana in Pali, the language of the original Buddhist teachings) is the simple and direct practice of moment-to-moment mindfulness. Through careful and sustained observation, we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body process. This awareness leads us to accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and joy, sadness and happiness that life inevitably brings. As insight deepens, we develop greater equanimity and peace in the face of change, and wisdom and compassion increasingly become the guiding principles of our lives.

The Buddha first taught vipassana over 2,500 years ago. The various methods of this practice have been well preserved in the Early Buddhist tradition of Buddhism. This silent retreat, suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators, is rooted in this ancient and well-mapped path to awakening, and draws on the full spectrum of this tradition’s lineages.

2023-05-09 (9 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
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2023-05-12 Liberation teachings for daily life 1:10:42
Joseph Goldstein
The challenge for us as laypeople practicing the dharma is to connect with the depth of the Buddha’s teachings on liberation in the midst of our daily life activities. This talk offers both a theoretical framework and practical exercises for putting these teachings into practice.
2023-05-12 Inviting Kindness 48:03
Bart van Melik
Guided meditation, on inviting, and receiving kindness
2023-05-13 The through line of the eightfold path. 61:58
Winnie Nazarko
2023-05-13 Pack lately – travel with your heart. 28:57
Roxanne Dault
Exploring your practice, with faith and wise effort
2023-05-13 Instructions on working with thoughts 50:18
Joseph Goldstein
Exploring habits of attention; recognizing patterns; investigating the nature of thought itself.
2023-05-13 Me, you, and everyone, we know (boundless metta) 46:15
Cara Lai
A brief talk and guided practice of bringing loving kindness to ourselves and blurring the boundaries between this body and the rest of the world.
2023-05-14 Heck lightly - travel with your heart 55:31
Roxanne Dault
Exploring your practice, with faith and wise effort
2023-05-14 Questions and responses. 62:36
Joseph Goldstein
Discussing a wide variety of topics.
2023-05-15 When it hits the fan. 59:09
Cara Lai
How to practice when things get out of control. This talk was given on a day six of a nine day retreat that got cut short unexpectedly.
2023-05-15 Emergency Metta 46:30
Bart van Melik
Guided meditation, inspired by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on befriending fear
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