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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2020-03-12 The Five Hindrances 59:22
Chas DiCapua
How to cultivate a correct view of the hindrances and how to include them in our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-12 Metta Meditation (for easy person and self) 54:31
Jean Esther
Introduction to the Brahma Viharas and the practice of goodwill.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-11 Concentration, One Pointedness, and Renunciation 46:27
Jean Esther
Exploring renunciation as a practice in support of developing stability of mind through one-pointed attention - when you let go of everything, everything belongs to you.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-11 Meditating With Physical Discomfort 31:38
Chas DiCapua
Establishing a correct attitude towards physical discomfort, and meditation techniques for including it in one's practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-07 Choiceless Awareness 59:38
Chas DiCapua
How to practice with undirected attention and the art of going back and forth between using an anchor and not using one.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-07 Feeling Tone (Vedanā) 44:28
Chas DiCapua
How to practice with feeling tone and why it is important
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-06 Calm, Steadiness, and Balance Of Mind 34:41
Matthew Hepburn
Calm, concentration (samadhi), and equanimity are the tranquilizing qualities which balance the energizing qualities in the factors of enlightenment. How can we practice to strengthen and develop the?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-06 Meditating With Thoughts 60:54
Chas DiCapua
How to include thoughts in meditation practice and explore their nature.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-05 When You Are Struggling And You Need A Friend. 58:50
Matthew Hepburn
The hindrances are motifs of mind that can propel us into suffering or freedom. How can we use loving-kindness (Metta) to let them open the door to wisdom and peace?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-05 Whole Body Breathing 50:46
Chas DiCapua
How to feel the breath throughout the whole body, with a relaxed open awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

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