Retreat Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
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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 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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2022-11-23
Uplifting the heart
52:22
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Diana Clark
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The Buddha often waited until someone's heart and mind were "uplifted" before giving them transformative teachings. How might we use beauty as a support for our practice towards greater freedom/Nibbana?
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2022-11-27
Contemplation of impermanence and death
54:24
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Jill Shepherd
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Exploring practices from the first establishment of mindfulness that support insight into impermanence of the body, and some of the benefits that come from prractising maranasati, contemplation of our own mortality
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2022-11-28
Forgiveness
50:22
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Winnie Nazarko
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In meditation practice, particular places of hurt me arise repeatedly. These places may be is by mindful reflection on the theme of forgiveness and the wisdom of letting go.
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2022-11-30
Sila and the ending of suffering
54:04
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Diana Clark
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Ethical behavior promotes the ending of greed, hatred, and illusion. Nibbana be described as the ending of greed hatred and delusion. How is ethical behavior an essential an integral part of practice?
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