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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2025-10-28 Instructions: practising with thinking 1:19:50
Jill Shepherd
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-10-27 The Second Music 49:24
Devon Hase
Stories and Teachings on Wise Attitude and Devotion on the Path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-10-26 Using Sound As Anchor 51:13
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Mindfulness of hearing is one of five practices of mindfulness of Six Sense base. This practice can ground us by anchoring our attention apart from preventing unskillful states of mind from arising.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-10-25 Instructions and guided meditation: Body as anchor 52:33
Jill Shepherd
Establishing a felt sense of the body as anchor; orienting to ease and calm in knowing the body sitting, breathing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-10-24 Theory and Practice of 3 Refuges and 5 precepts 61:37
Bhante Buddharakkhita
By reflecting qualities of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha along with the reflection on our ethical conduct, we experience peace, happiness and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-10-24 Mindfulness of Breathing 56:41
Devon Hase
Instructions and Guided Meditation on Mindfulness of Breathing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-10-22 Be a Lamp Unto Yourselves 30:28
Devin Berry
Final reflections of the first six weeks of the three-month retreat. It explores how refuge becomes internal rather than conditional, using the Buddha’s final instruction, the Bhaddiya narrative, and the lion’s roar to illuminate belonging, continuity of practice, and the transmission of Dhamma at transition points: for those staying for part 2 and those re-entering the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 25PT1

2025-10-20 The Third Noble Truth: Awakening in This Very Life 51:34
Marjolein Janssen
The Third Noble Truth is about the cessation of dukkha (unsatisfactoriness) and the realization of Nibbāna (awakening). Through inspiring stories of modern-day figures like Mae Chee Kaew and Dipa Ma, we see that awakening is possible in this very life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 25PT1

2025-10-18 Guided Meditation: Equanimity for difficult being, self, and all beings 55:56
Marjolein Janssen
After a brief overview of the four Bbrahmavihāras and their interconnections, the session continues with a brief reflection on upekkhā (equanimity), followed by a guided equanimity meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 25PT1

2025-10-11 Morning Questions and Reflections 18:02
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 25PT1

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