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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2025-06-24 Morning Instructions: The Un-United Mental States of Emotions 2:55:39
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
2025 E-BIPOC Retreat, day 5 (4th full day): mental states, emotions, sati (to remember), body, breath, hindrances, vedana (feeling tone), train rides.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-23 Karuna: Compassion for the Heart-Body-Mind (Centering You) 61:14
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
2025 E-BIPOC Retreat, day 5 (4th full day): guided meditation centering One’s heart-body-mind. suggested for experienced meditators only.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-23 Vedana: dharmette and guided meditation 52:42
Jeanne Corrigal
This talk overviews the four foundations of mindfulness, and then explores the second foundation of vedana, feeling tone, as a doorway to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-22 Morning Instructions: Empty Nature of Hindrances 50:09
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
2025 E-BIPOC Retreat, day 4 (3rd full day): part 2 of the dharma talk titled: “ The Body of Emptiness, The Wings of Compassion and Wisdom”
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-21 The Body of Emptiness, The Wings of Compassion and Wisdom (Part 1) 54:06
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
2025 E-BIPOC Retreat, day 3 (2nd full day): bhavana, elements, sammā dițți, Cuļa Suññata Suta (MN 121)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-20 The Liberating Wisdom of Equanimity: Dharmette and Guided Meditation 39:25
Jeanne Corrigal
This talk explores two qualities of equanimity - balance, and balance in the midst of change. It also explores the wisdom that builds on these qualities - the wisdom of knowing that it is our response to what is happening, not what is happening, that holds the key to our liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-20 Wisdom of compassion 54:21
Nolitha Tsengiwe
The essence of compassion is honesty about suffering. Compassion is what naturally arises when we turn towards hurts, pain, suffering with love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-20 Instruction: Four Foundations of Mindfulness 63:28
Jeanne Corrigal, DaRa Williams, Shinmu Tamori Gibson
First Foundation Body-teaching and Guided Meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Celebrating Liberation, Love and Joy: A Journey to Freedom through Mind & Heart - 25EBIPOC

2025-06-13 The Five Aggregates of Clinging 55:55
Tara Mulay
With a discussion of how to practice with them in any given moment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Natural Clarity of Awareness: A Two-Week Insight Meditation Retreat - 25WMRT

2025-06-08 Wise Effort and Faith: The Heart of Steady Practice 35:06
Devin Berry
Explores the relationship between wise effort and faith on the path of insight. Through story, sutta, and reflection, this talk offers guidance for navigating striving, doubt, and comparison.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Natural Clarity of Awareness: A Two-Week Insight Meditation Retreat - 25WMRT

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