The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2008-11-14 First Noble Truth And Self-Judgment 62:28
Carol Wilson
Aversion, or dosa,of which self-judgment is a form, is basically a function of not understanding the 1st noble truth.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-13 Let The Breath Just Be The Breath 56:04
Sally Armstrong
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.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-12 Big Mind Meditation 60:25
Joseph Goldstein
Guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-09 Working With Difficult Emotions 60:55
Guy Armstrong
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.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-05 Black Lab Consciousness 60:43
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-02 An Attitude Of Mindfulness 54:34
Guy Armstrong
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.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-01 Practice in Unprecedented Times 8:40
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Audio Files

2008-10-30 Forgiveness: A Gift To The World 56:16
Myoshin Kelley
Exploring the process of releasing the heart from held tension, anger, and resentment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2008-10-25 Earth, Wind, And Fire (And Water!) 61:09
Pascal Auclair
4 elements makes nobody
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2008-10-14 Metta For All (No One Excluded) 45:37
Pascal Auclair
A Guided Meditation - Radiating Metta upwards and downwards and in all directions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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