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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2011-10-13 The cycle of suffering 58:44
Andrea Fella
The Buddha's teaching on dependant origination describes how our minds create stuggle and suffering in our lives. This talk explores some practical ways this teaching can help us to break this cycle.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-12 Trusting Your Buddha-Knowing 59:55
James Baraz
The source of our awakening is right inside us. As we learn to listen deeply to the wisdom and purity of heart that is connected to the truth, we are following the Buddha’s instructions to “be a lamp unto yourself.” This talk includes the Buddha’s five methods for dealing with distracting thoughts and how to discern the voice of wisdom from the voices of confusion and fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-11 Busy Life, No-Self – Introduction & Guided Meditation 25:23
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Audio Files

2011-10-11 Busy Life, No-Self – Guided Meditation only 19:18
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Audio Files

2011-10-10 Waking up from delusion 57:42
Sally Armstrong
We often hear about and experience the suffering caused by greed and aversion, yet delusion, the third of the kilesas, or torments of mind, is in some ways a more fundamental cause of suffering, because if we weren’t deluded, we wouldn’t believe that by grasping or pushing away we could avoid suffering. The challenge with delusion is its very definition is that we don’t it is operating. This talk examines the many ways that delusion manifests, so we can begin to bring more clarity and understanding to our experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-09 Metta: Tenderness and Connection 61:11
Guy Armstrong
The practice of lovingkindness makes the heart more sensitive to the joys and sorrows of life. It also reveals a deep sense of connection to all sentient existence that overcomes a painful sense of isolation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-08 The Illusion Of Not Good Enough 66:51
Chas DiCapua
How this particular form of self identify view comes into being. How it can be worked with, and how it can be a vehicle for awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-07 Investigating Personality View 63:30
Carol Wilson
The sense of self as personality view is a construct of mind that arises and poises like any other phenomena - and we can explore it with intent rather than fear it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-06 Awakening Joy: Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness: Part 2 62:01
James Baraz
This talk continues the exploration of how the practice cultivates happiness and joy. Five wholesome states that support true well-being are investigated including practices that help us access them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-05 Aversion and Insight 61:59
Andrea Fella
We sometimes think that if we are experiencing aversion in our practice, that insight must be out of reach. Yet the Buddha teaches us that the path unfolds through understanding suffering. When we bring mindfulness to aversion itself, the understanding that develops can be very freeing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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