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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2025-03-27 Mindfulness of Thoughts 52:48
Kaira Jewel Lingo
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In this talk, we explore mindfulness of thoughts as part of the third foundation of mindfulness—learning to meet thoughts not as distractions or enemies, but as present-moment experiences to observe with curiosity and care. Through guided practice and teachings, we investigate the nature of thinking, including how to relate to repetitive or difficult thoughts with clarity and compassion. By developing this skill, we discover a deeper steadiness and freedom in the midst of the mind’s activity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love - 25DW

2025-03-25 Introduction to the Brahmaviharas and the Practice of Metta 58:28
Kaira Jewel Lingo
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We begin with a song and for the first half hour Kaira Jewel gives a brief overview the Four Brahmaviharas followed by an introduction to the practice of metta: what it is, how it can transform our lives, what some of the challenges are and then how to practice with the categories and the phrases. Then in the second half hour Kaira Jewel leads a guided metta meditation offering metta to ourselves, our benefactor and a dear friend.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love - 25DW

2025-03-24 The Power and Freedom of Equanimity in Polarized Times 60:11
Kaira Jewel Lingo
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In this talk we explore the power of equanimity to help us remain steady and spacious in the face of life's ups and downs. Trusting, relaxing and letting go all help us to see we don't have to hold the challenges of life alone, we can open to the larger mystery holding us all. We also look at how to engage with the suffering and injustice of our world, to practice sacred criticism, and depolarizing ourselves and our communities. We take inspiration from the Civil Rights Movement and their practices of self-emptying and how we can give our whole hearts to the task and then let go of attachment to the outcome. Kaira Jewel ends by singing the poem Recommendation by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love - 25DW

2025-03-24 Mara's Teaching Us to Love More Deeply 36:23
Yong Oh
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Talking about the paradox of perfection and improvement. Loving ourselves to wholeness. Love as the path. Mara as teacher rather than foe or antagonist. Teaching us to love ever more deeply.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love - 25DW

2025-03-12 Closing Day Talk 1:44:03
Alexis Santos
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat - 25UTAS

2025-03-09 Steady recognition of awareness untangles confusion 51:28
Carol Wilson
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat - 25UTAS

2025-03-08 Morning Reflection 51:11
Carol Wilson
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Reflections on being awake and trusting awareness, yet learning not to strive or try to create awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat - 25UTAS

2025-03-06 Liberating Simplicity of Awareness 46:22
Carol Wilson
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat - 25UTAS

2025-03-06 Introductory Instructions to "When Awareness Becomes Natural" 65:18
Alexis Santos
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat - 25UTAS

2025-03-02 Embracing Our Lives Through The 4 Noble Truths 49:35
Jean Esther
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This talk invites the listener to reflect upon the application of the Buddhas teachings on the 4 noble truths on and off the cushion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living Dharma: Infusing Mindfulness Practice with the Spirit of Inquiry - 25MG

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