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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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 Mahāsi 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.

2022-10-25 (43 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
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2022-10-25 Refuges, precepts, and right view. 59:06
Bhante Buddharakkhita
The cultivation of right view of understanding can pave the way to ultimate happiness.
2022-10-26 Compass of the heart 51:05
Winnie Nazarko
This talk discusses wise intention, the second step on the eightfold path, and why it is essential to liberation
2022-10-27 Instruction – anchoring 44:57
Rebecca Bradshaw
2022-10-27 Intro To Brahmavihara Practice 44:09
Jill Shepherd
A short explanation of how Brahmavihara practice supports insight and vice versa and then a guided meditation easing into cultivating kindness.
2022-10-28 Morning Meditation Instructions 46:25
Winnie Nazarko
2022-10-28 Sense-based reality and relaxing the cognitive grip 1:22
Rebecca Bradshaw
2022-10-29 Instructions: mindfulness of breathing part one 45:02
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with the usual anchors, then exploring physical sensations of breathing, then the whole body, using mental noting
2022-10-29 Offering the gift of our Dharma practice 49:22
Brian Lesage
2022-10-30 Mindfulness of the four elements 42:53
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Mindfulness of the four elements helps to mentally dissect the body and go deeper into a visceral experience of the body
2022-10-30 An overview of the four Brahmavihāra heart qualities 44:02
Jill Shepherd
How the four skillful qualities of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity work together to support balanced practice
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