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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2011-10-19 Crossing the Flood 58:30
Andrea Fella
The Buddha often taught the Dhamma through the use of analogy, which can be a powerful way for the teachings to resonate. This talk explores two famous analogies from the Pali Canon, and how we can understand our practice thorugh the imagery of these analogies.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-17 Practicing Patience 55:54
Sally Armstrong
Patience, one of the paramis, is a quality that we don’t often appreciate, even though it is tremendously important in our practice and our lives. To be patient is to be fully present for what is, to be with difficulty and challenge without resistance. Patience allows mindfulness and wisdom to deepen, as we meet our experience without agendas or expectations.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-16 Karma and the End of Karma 64:24
Guy Armstrong
This talk covers four key areas of the Buddha’s teachings on karma: action, results of action, relation to not-self, and the end of karma. Publishable online for the general public
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-15 Generosity 61:14
Chas DiCapua
The Buddha's words on the role generosity plays on the path to awakening and how generosity can manifest in out daily lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-14 Determination: Support for wise seeing 60:06
Carol Wilson
Determination one of the ten paramis - is a wonderful support for our practice - learning to recognize this quality in our mind is the subject of this talk.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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

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