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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2025-03-06 Introductory Instructions to "When Awareness Becomes Natural" 65:18
Alexis Santos
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat - 25UTAS

2025-03-02 Embracing Our Lives Through The 4 Noble Truths 49:35
Jean Esther
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This talk invites the listener to reflect upon the application of the Buddhas teachings on the 4 noble truths on and off the cushion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living Dharma: Infusing Mindfulness Practice with the Spirit of Inquiry - 25MG

2025-03-02 Meeting The Body With Loving Attention 30:30
Jean Esther
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This is a Guided body scan meditation infused with metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living Dharma: Infusing Mindfulness Practice with the Spirit of Inquiry - 25MG

2025-02-27 Loving Letting Go: Metta and Letting it All Be 46:16
Yong Oh
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Renunciation and Refuge - Metta and the path of letting be, of loving. Our ground of liberation is love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

2025-02-26 Mudita and Joy as a Path to Liberation 46:28
Jessica Morey
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This talk explores how mudita deepens connection, strengthens self-confidence, and reveals joy as an essential force in both personal liberation and collective well-being.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

2025-02-26 Freeing the Heart from Enmity: Metta for the Difficult 60:33
Oren Jay Sofer
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Instructions and guided meditation on how to practice metta for those with whom we have conflict, difficulty, or struggle.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

2025-02-25 Beyond Control, Within Our Hands: The Power of Compassion & Equanimity. 42:06
Oren Jay Sofer
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How do we meet suffering—our own and the world’s—without being overwhelmed? Compassion invites us to turn toward pain with an open heart and respond, while equanimity offers balance and perspective. The two work together, allowing us to engage wholeheartedly, without attachment to outcomes, responding with wisdom and care in the face of uncertainty, loss, and change.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

2025-02-24 Metta, Safety, Protection, Care 39:36
Yong Oh
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Exploration of Metta and our relationship to safety, protection and care.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

2025-02-23 Morning Instructions: Metta Practice + Guided Meditation for Benefactor 59:58
Oren Jay Sofer
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This talk introduces formal instructions for metta practice in the traditional form of phrases and categories. After sharing about the spirit and principles behind the practice, we engage in a guided meditation first receiving metta from a benefactor, then offering metta to a benefactor, and finally offering metta to oneself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

2025-02-22 The Transformative Power of Metta 52:44
Oren Jay Sofer
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This talk explores core questions of lovingkindness practice: What is "metta"? What is its relevance in our lives and our world? How does it function to transform our hearts and world? And how do we strengthen metta?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

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