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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2011-10-16 Karma and the End of Karma 64:24
Guy Armstrong
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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
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2011-10-15 Generosity 61:14
Chas DiCapua
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The Buddha's words on the role generosity plays on the path to awakening and how generosity can manifest in out daily lives.
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2011-10-14 Determination: Support for wise seeing 60:06
Carol Wilson
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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.
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2011-10-13 The cycle of suffering 58:44
Andrea Fella
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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.
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2011-10-12 Trusting Your Buddha-Knowing 59:55
James Baraz
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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.
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2011-10-11 Busy Life, No-Self – Introduction & Guided Meditation 25:23
Joseph Goldstein
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2011-10-11 Busy Life, No-Self – Guided Meditation only 19:18
Joseph Goldstein
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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.
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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.
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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.
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