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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

The Buddha taught the Middle Way between the two extremes of indulgence and repression as a means to abide in true peace, clarity and joy. On and off the cushion, living this Middle Way takes us beyond stress and boredom by offering a template to engage from a place of stability and openness. Together we will discover/rediscover how this practice bears fruit in real contexts, enabling us to be present and responsive to the way things are.

The framework of the Eight Precepts (which include abstaining from eating after noon), Noble Silence, chanting and simple ceremonies will provide a monastic container to hold and inspire us during this retreat.

2018-04-03 (10 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
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2018-04-04 Four Postures For Meditation 34:07
Ayya Santacitta
Guidance on mindful sitting, walking, standing and lying down.
2018-04-04 Mindfulness Of Body 45:17
Ayya Santacitta
Guided meditation on mindfulness of the body.
2018-04-04 Reflections On Right View 1:51:04
Ayya Anandabodhi
Reflections on the first fold of the Eightfold Path.
2018-04-05 Unpacking Right Thought 59:50
Ayya Anandabodhi
A look at how we can cultivate Right Thought, the second fold of the Eightfold Path
2018-04-05 Radiating Metta 47:02
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided meditation on Metta practice, based on the Buddha's teaching
2018-04-05 What Is Right Thought/Intention? 1:43:12
Ayya Santacitta
Transforming habitual tendencies with right thought, based on right view and supported by right effort and mindfulness.
2018-04-06 Right Speech 37:10
Ayya Santacitta
The ultimate purpose is not so much ethical as spiritual - an aid to mental purification.
2018-04-06 Radiant Karuma and Mudita Practice 40:16
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided meditation on the radiating practice of compassion and appreciative joy.
2018-04-07 Right Action 47:46
Ayya Santacitta
It is impossible to separate meditation from the ethical foundation that makes it possible.
2018-04-07 Reflections On Right Livelihood 31:02
Ayya Anandabodhi
Reflections and poems on Right Livelihood, the fifth fold of the Eight Fold Path.
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