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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2011-10-10 Waking up from delusion 57:42
Sally Armstrong
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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2011-10-05 Aversion and Insight 61:59
Andrea Fella
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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

2011-10-03 Unentangled Knowing 59:49
Guy Armstrong
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The talk explores how the sense of self is created through the links in dependent origination. “Unentangled knowing” describes how a meditator can be in a state of full awareness of things coming and going at the sense doors without being caught in them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-02 The Four Noble Truths As Practice 56:51
Sally Armstrong
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The Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths – the truths of suffering, the cause of suffering , the end of suffering and the path to the end of suffering – not as a philosophy, but as practices that we can use here and now to understand why we suffer and how to find release. Using this template to gain insight into our lives can bring a radical shift to the way we relate to our experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-09-30 Awakening Joy: Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness: Part 1 64:23
James Baraz
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The Buddha was called The Happy One. With the emphasis on suffering, its cause and it’s end, we can forget that this path is really a path of cultivating true happiness. In this talk we look at three principles of the teaching that can be the foundation for true well-being and how it can be cultivated both on and off the cushion.
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2011-09-29 Emptiness And Wisdom 58:03
Carol Wilson
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Exploring how the wisdom of emptiness manifests as compassion and how both are developed in our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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