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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2011-11-21 Patterns Of Greed, Aversion and Delusion 54:49
Myoshin Kelley
Understanding our temperament can help to personalize habituated tendencies.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-18 What is insight? 57:40
Greg Scharf
An exploration into the nature of insight and how it unfolds in practice on both personal and more universal levels.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-17 Steadying the Mind, Opening the Heart 50:20
Winnie Nazarko
Equanimity - that quality of mind which is balanced, steady, and non-reactive - is developed by learning to open skillfully to the full range of our experience. It is equanimity which allows the heart to feel safe enough to open to our own difficult states, and the difficult states of others. Deep equanimity is " the peace that passes understanding", a wisdom and equipoise which can hold it all.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-15 Questions and Answers 61:25
Rebecca Bradshaw
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-14 The Joy of Sharing 56:06
Myoshin Kelley
Generosity is a way of working with nonclinging and brings joy to the heart and mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-11 Seeing the Good 55:01
Winnie Nazarko
Wholesome states of mind are often unnoticed, even though they are frequently present. There are reasons to turn the mind toward them, and to acknowledge the goodness they represent. How and why to orient the mind this way, and a discussion of obstacles to this turning.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-09 Five Subjects for Frequent Reflection 58:00
Greg Scharf
Five contemplations recommended by the Buddha that can help us connect with the quality of Samvega or spiritual urgency.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-07 Compassion: As Natural As Our Own Heartbeat 55:40
Myoshin Kelley
Becoming familar with the movement of our hearts to be free from suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-04 Craving - Tanha - Second Noble Truth 59:09
Rebecca Bradshaw
Describes craving and practical ways we can be with it to develop understanding.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-02 Working in the Middle: Effort and Surrender 56:42
Winnie Nazarko
Effort and energy are necessary to liberate the mind, but the effort needs to be wise and the energy calibrated to the task. Often we don't need to "try harder"- we need to learn to let go, to surrender to things as they are.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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