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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2001-07-02 Practice Can'T Be Separated From Living, Part 1 52:40
Larry Rosenberg
Recognizing the deep connection between our practice and the way we live our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2001-07-01 Learning To Live In Real Time 49:46
Larry Rosenberg
The mind is dominated by clinging to the past and the imagined future. Even the present is not experienced directly. Why do we so frequently avoid, now? What does it mean to live in real time?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2001-06-24 There Is No Bad Practice 39:21
Michele McDonald
Learning how, when we honor all of our experiences, we shift from an innocent faith to a mature one.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Young Adult Retreat

2001-06-23 Questions We May Ask 29:34
Rebecca Bradshaw
How meditation practice helps us answer the questions, "Who am I?" and, "What brings me happiness?".
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-06-22 Opening Talk Of Young Adults Retreat: Wildness And Kindness 32:25
Michele McDonald
Remembering how to take care of ourselves, each other, and the world. Talk includes saying precepts together and a guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Young Adult Retreat

2001-06-15 Connection And Disentanglement 50:40
Michele McDonald
Finding our balance by connecting with life as it is, even as we release control over the results.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2001-06-14 The Four Noble Truths 53:27
Rebecca Bradshaw
Understanding how the causes of suffering, and the path of purification, can lead us to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-06-13 Transforming Fear 59:17
Tara Brach
When we are identified inside the body of fear, our life contracts and our heart becomes hard. With the practices of mindfulness and compassion, we open our sense of being into the loving awareness that has room for fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-06-13 A Blue Hole In The Heart 53:28
Michele McDonald
Understanding the meaning of wisdom and emptiness. Ignorance can seem like bliss, but learning from life experience brings the happiness of wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2001-06-11 The Secret To Happiness 51:34
Michele McDonald
Cutting through indifference and ignorance so we can live in greater freedom. The secret to happiness is not short-term self-interest, but learning how to liberate ourselves through our life lessons.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

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