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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2008-07-02 Equanimity - The Ocean Of Experience 50:22
Larry Yang
The last of the seven factors of awakening. What is equanimity as a practice and how does it impact communities who have experienced trauma.
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2008-07-01 Tranquility And Concentration 53:07
Gina Sharpe
Two necessary factors in realizing the already awakened mind.
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2008-06-30 Energy And Joy 62:39
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Energy is a factor that is useful for preventing or overcoming unwholesome states of mind and for cultivating wholesome states of mind. A joyful mind is a natural outcome of this unfolding prcess that leads to freedom and enlightenment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2008-06-27 Taking A Fresh Look At Life On Retreat - part 4 68:28
Larry Rosenberg
Life on retreat; life back home. The same? Different? Perhaps there is just life- always. Leaving the retreat; going home.
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2008-06-26 Reflections On Thinking 60:31
Doug Phillips
How does thought operate as a system driving our minds and actions towards incoherence and suffering.
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2008-06-25 Taking A Fresh Look At Life On Retreat - part 3 59:54
Larry Rosenberg
Life on retreat; life back home. The same? Different? Perhaps there is just life- always. The Buddha’s onapalda sutta (King Pasensadi goes on a diet) will be explored in detail regarding mindful eating as a wisdom practice.
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2008-06-24 Whole Dharma 60:18
Matthew Daniell
Lessons from the Buddha and nature. An approach to practice where how we relate to every living system we inhabit matters
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2008-06-23 Taking A Fresh Look At Life On Retreat - part 2 53:55
Larry Rosenberg
Life on retreat; life back home. The same? Different? Perhaps there is just life- always. The Buddha’s onapalda sutta (King Pasensadi goes on a diet) will be explored in detail regarding mindful eating as a wisdom practice.
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2008-06-22 Exploring Effort 35:01
Doug Phillips
What is the role of effort in the life of awareness? When and how is it useful? When is it a hindrance?
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2008-06-21 Refuges And Precepts 52:13
Matthew Daniell
Opening talk by Mathew Daniell with comments by Doug Phillips and meditation instruction by Larry Rosenberg.
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