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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

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.

2024-08-15 (8 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
2024-08-16 Metta for the body 29:05
Devon Hase
Short teaching and guided metta meditation cultivating appreciation for the body
2024-08-16 The Confluence of Freedom and Love 49:33
Greg Scharf
A short reflection on the interconnected nature of freedom and love on the Buddha's path of awakening, followed by a guided meditation.
2024-08-17 Mindfulness of body, breath, and sound 44:25
Devon Hase
Introduction to Satipatthana practice and a guided meditation on using body, breath, and sound as primary anchors
2024-08-17 Guided instructions: loving-kindness (Metta) for self 48:18
Matthew Hepburn
2024-08-18 Guided Instructions: Feeling tone (Vedana) 47:41
Matthew Hepburn, Narayan Helen Liebenson
Instructions for bringing the second foundation of mindfulness to secondary objects of attention. Day three of Retreat.
2024-08-18 Instructions for not giving up 48:04
Devon Hase
Reflections on Viriya (energy) and Kanti
2024-08-19 Metta in relationships 43:44
Devon Hase
Teachings on the practice of Metta in relationships – making the world our friend. Guided practice using phrases and categories of self, benefactor, friend, and stranger.
2024-08-19 Truthfulness and resolve – Parami 48:05
Matthew Hepburn
2024-08-20 Mindfulness of thoughts 44:11
Devon Hase, Narayan Helen Liebenson
Teaching in a guided meditation on using thoughts as a meditation object
2024-08-21 Reflections on Generosity 31:50
Devon Hase
"Your liberation is bound up with mine. Let us work together" and other thoughts on reciprocity.
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