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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2016-05-28 Cultivating a relationship of wisdom and kindness with whatever is happening 53:16
Michele McDonald
Vipassana is not a state oriented practice as experience isn't reliable
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-24 Embracing it all: taking the practice home with gratitude 58:53
Nikki Mirghafori
What is the role of metta meditation in relationship to the Vipassana practice? How do we take the practice home? On the cushion? Daily he practice? What's the role of gratitude in embracing all of life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-23 Considering forgiveness 68:16
Winnie Nazarko
What forgiveness means, Why it's valuable, And how to go about considering it. At end of talk discussion racism and reconciliation on the collective level
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-23 Guided instructions - Metta for the person with whom we have difficulty. Q/A 56:55
Nikki Mirghafori
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-22 Morning instructions: metta for the neutral person and Q/A 55:20
Nikki Mirghafori
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-21 The heavenly abodes compassion 60:51
Nikki Mirghafori
This talk introduces the four heavenly abodes (Brahma Viharas), their relationship to one another, they're near and far enemies and a range of motivations for practice. The second half of the talk is dedicated to the practice of compassion, the second of the four Brahma Viharas
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-20 Hindrances in metta practice 52:18
Winnie Nazarko
On retreat you don't control what you experience, But you can develop skill in working with what would otherwise derail your practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-19 Guided meditation– First day and Q/A 44:23
Nikki Mirghafori
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-11 Aligning mindfulness, attitude, and effort 44:44
Michael Grady
Unifying attitude, effort with mindfulness practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Kindness and Discovery: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-05-06 Mindfulness and delusion: going beyond the four distortions 64:53
Mark Nunberg
Learning to see and what is changing, suffering in what is suffering, non self in what is without self, and what is un-lovely as such
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom: Insight and Metta Retreat

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