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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2011-11-23 The Problem With Greed 50:19
Winnie Nazarko
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Our relationship with sense pleasure is complicated. Moving towards what is pleasant is instinctual,and we need to be able to experience what is pleasant without clinging, fear or attachment in order to be whole. Yet pleasant vedana (sensation) is not a reliable goal or guide on the spiritual path. Pleasure - like all conditioned things - has its limitations and does not work well as the orienting principle in our practice and lives. Like the Buddha, we need to be able to swim upstream, and not be limited by our conditioning towards ease.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-21 Patterns Of Greed, Aversion and Delusion 54:49
Myoshin Kelley
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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
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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
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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
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2011-11-14 The Joy of Sharing 56:06
Myoshin Kelley
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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
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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.
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2011-11-09 Five Subjects for Frequent Reflection 58:00
Greg Scharf
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Five contemplations recommended by the Buddha that can help us connect with the quality of Samvega or spiritual urgency.
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2011-11-07 Compassion: As Natural As Our Own Heartbeat 55:40
Myoshin Kelley
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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
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Describes craving and practical ways we can be with it to develop understanding.
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