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Retreat Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
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| The annual three-month course, including its six-week partials, is a special time for practice. Because of its extended length and ongoing guidance, it is a rare 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 retreat will encourage a balanced attitude of relaxation and alertness, and the continuity of practice based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
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2007-11-01 (43 days)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2007-11-01
Right Attitude
31:28
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Guy Armstrong
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As we develop awareness of the objects of our experience, it is also important to be aware of our attitude to them. Is there greed, aversion or delusion; or is there non-greed, non-aversion or non-delusion?
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2007-11-04
First Noble Truth: Suffering
56:12
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Guy Armstrong
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Suffering becomes a noble truth when it is fully understood. Then it is seen as a universal experience that connects us through compassion with all beings.
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2007-11-08
Habits Of Mind
57:36
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Carol Wilson
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The practice of mindfulness is like swimming upstream against the habits of mind. We can learn to trust mindfulness rather than the habits.
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2007-11-09
Working With The Judging Mind
55:46
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Sally Armstrong
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The voice of the inner critic is a huge source of suffering for many people. Learning to work skillfully with this voice allows us to develop an sense of respect and trust in ourselves that is essential for the deepening of our spiritual practice.
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2007-11-10
What Versus Why
53:58
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Andrea Fella
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As human beings, we often try to understand our experience by asking the question “why”. But instead exploring “what” is happening, we can come to know the “why” of the present moment which opens to an understanding of the cause and effect nature of experience, and points towards to freedom.
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2007-11-11
Leaving Your Comfort Zone
55:22
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Sharda Rogell
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Conditions in our life are always changing and out of our control. We search for peace in the conditions rather than realizing peace comes from accepting that they change and ultimately, we cannot control the way things are.
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2007-11-12
Working With Difficult Emotions
61:10
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Guy Armstrong
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Emotions are expressed through a mood, body sensation, and thoughts. Mindfulness of these aspects is illustrated in the talk for desire, anger, sadness, and fear.
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