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Retreat Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
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| This six-week partial of the three-month course is a special time for practice. Because of its extended length and ongoing guidance, it is an opportunity for students to deepen the powers of concentration, wisdom and compassion. Based on the meditation instructions of Mahasi Sayadaw and supplemented by a range of skillful means, this silent retreat will encourage a balanced attitude of relaxation and alertness, and the continuity of practice based on the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness. |
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2015-09-12 (43 days)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2015-09-13
Finding Refuge
52:45
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Greg Scharf
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An exploration of the subject of talking refuge - includes chanting of the refuges and precepts in Pali
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2015-09-14
What is Mindfulness?
55:38
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Sally Armstrong
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Mindfulness is becoming very popular in many areas of modern life: as a stress reduction, in schools, prisons, hospitals, in the workplace and so on. But what is mindfulness, and what was the Buddha talking about when he encouraged us to practice it? Right mindfulness, or Samma Sati, develops wisdom and understanding, decreasing unwholesome states of mind, increasing wholesome ones and leading us to more freedom and clarity.
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2015-09-20
Walking The Path
49:34
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Greg Scharf
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An exploration of the 4 Noble Truths using the 8 -Fold Path as a framework for understanding how practice unfolds.
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2015-09-21
Bringing wisdom and compassion to the judging mind
59:30
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Sally Armstrong
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Many of us have a tendency to be critical and judgmental of ourselves and others. In meditation, this habit can seem quite strong and can create a lot of suffering. But mindfulness is a wonderful tool to enable us to see these thoughts for what they are, so we can begin to bring wisdom and understanding to them. they then no longer dominate our heart and mind.
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2015-09-25
Working With Fear
61:13
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Guy Armstrong
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Finding greater freedom in seeing the impermanent nature of fear. Softening the associated sensations, mood, and thoughts.
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2015-09-28
Satipatthana Series - The first foundation of mindfulness: the body
59:36
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Sally Armstrong
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In the Satipatthana sutta on the foundations of mindfulness, the first area of practice is the body. The Buddha gives us many different practices and ways to investigate the body. This talk explores these practices, beginning with the breath, but going on to other practices that we don't often teach, such as the four elements, the 32 parts of the body, and corpse contemplations. Each of these practices can be a powerful doorway to wise seeing and freedom. This talk is the first of a series of four on each foundation of mindfulness.
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