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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2008-11-19 Liberation Through Non-Clinging 61:28
Joseph Goldstein
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2008-11-16 The Five Aggregates Are Not Self 60:42
Guy Armstrong
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This talk looks at the question of not-self using the five aggregates as the Buddha spoke of them in his second discourse, the Characteristic of Not-Self. As we learn to see ourselves simply as an aspect of nature, both physical and mental, the burden of self lifts and life becomes much lighter.
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2008-11-15 Loving Kindness - Cultivating The Wholesome 58:24
Greg Scharf
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Begins with chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta in Pali, followed by a talk on the history of the Metta sutta, the practice, cultivation and benefits of loving kindness meditation.
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2008-11-14 First Noble Truth And Self-Judgment 62:28
Carol Wilson
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Aversion, or dosa,of which self-judgment is a form, is basically a function of not understanding the 1st noble truth.
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2008-11-13 Let The Breath Just Be The Breath 56:04
Sally Armstrong
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The way we experience ourselves and the world is highly conditioned by our perceptions , known as sañña in the Buddhist teachings. Through the process of perception we judge and filter our experience, preventing us from seeing things as they really are. The practice of mindfulness offers the possibility of working directly with our perceptions, and even inclining the mind towards more skillful and pleasant ways of experiencing ourselves and the world.
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2008-11-12 Big Mind Meditation 60:25
Joseph Goldstein
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Guided meditation
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2008-11-09 Working With Difficult Emotions 60:55
Guy Armstrong
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This talk describes the two shifts needed to transform our relationship to afflictive emotions, one of attitude and one of wisdom. We come to understand an emotion by learning to see its expression in mind, in body, and in the thoughts that make up its underlying view or story.
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2008-11-05 Black Lab Consciousness 60:43
Joseph Goldstein
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2008-11-02 An Attitude Of Mindfulness 54:34
Guy Armstrong
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The right attitude for meditation is one free of wanting, resistance or delusion. Then we can achieve the intelligent knowing of experience that mindfulness offers.
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2008-11-01 Practice in Unprecedented Times 8:40
Sharon Salzberg
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