The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2003-06-15 Home In The Heart Of Metta 64:37
Steven Smith
A description of the four brahmaviharas and the interconnected nature of things. Good acts of metta especially have far-reaching consequences —changing our patterns, and releasing powerful, previously repressed energy for awareness, love and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2003-06-14 The Power Of Concentration 45:13
Michele McDonald
The unification of the heart. Bringing the Mother Cow within us and Baby Calf within us together in metta or mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2003-06-13 Entering The Center Of Metta 1:14:54
Michele McDonald
Opening of nature of metta retreat, instructions, refuges & precepts.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2003-06-06 Relationship as Practice 39:52
Doug Phillips
Relationship is where we are most fully human and most clearly revealed to ourselves. It is an ever present opportunity for awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2003-06-02 Dana, Generosity and Self-Knowing 33:59
Doug Phillips
Dana as a practice can lead to the opening of generosity while revealing the says of the self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2003-06-01 Learning How To Live (I) 48:28
Larry Rosenberg
Attention and the willingness to learn from what we see and hear in daily life is a major part of dharma practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2003-06-01 Metta Sutta - chanting 14:59
Dhammaruwan
Dhammaruwan chants the Metta Sutta, including 'call and response' for learning the chant. Exact date of recording is unknown.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-05-31 Opening Talk 50:01
Larry Rosenberg
Refuge and Precepts explained (introduction by Doug Phillips).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2003-05-05 Seductions of Mind 61:50
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-05-04 What's The Breath Got To Do With Freedom? 56:08
Carol Wilson
Mindfulness of breath leads to the potential for accurate understanding of mental and physical experience. This simple mindfulness can lead us to the end of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

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