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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2025-07-27 Mindfulness of Body 48:09
Chas DiCapua
Exploring mindfulness of the body in the Satipatthana Sutta. Including how mindfulness of the body interfaces and supports other aspects of the practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds – 25YA

2025-07-27 Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of Body 61:04
Matthew Hepburn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds – 25YA

2025-07-19 What is Insight? 43:44
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Deepening into the Dharma: A Meditation Retreat for Experienced Practitioners - 25EBL

2025-07-17 Morning Instructions for Arriving into Retreat 30:50
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Deepening into the Dharma: A Meditation Retreat for Experienced Practitioners - 25EBL

2025-07-11 Deepening Samadhi 56:35
Kristina Bare
An exploration of Samadhi and its role on the overall path of Liberation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Unification of Mind: Concentration Retreat – 25CWN

2025-07-09 Wise Effort 56:00
Winnie Nazarko
A description of the Wise Effort step of the 8 Fold Path, how it fits into the Buddha's teachings, and examples of how to specifically apply it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Unification of Mind: Concentration Retreat – 25CWN

2025-07-08 Harmonizing With The Hindrances 59:51
Kristina Bare
How to skillfully work with the 5 Hindrances in concentration practice. Threee Strategies are discussed: Ignoring, anti-dotes, mindfulness/inquiry
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Unification of Mind: Concentration Retreat – 25CWN

2025-07-06 The Buddha's Path 42:48
Winnie Nazarko
This talk explores various points of the Buddha's schema as they relate to a practice at a concentration retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Unification of Mind: Concentration Retreat – 25CWN

2025-07-02 Morning Instructions 56:25
Jean Esther
These instructions introduce "thinking" as one of the six sense doors to cultivate mindful awareness of this includes identifying emotions and how to meet them in ones meditation practice. Included in these instructions are a brief introduction to choiceless awareness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat – 25TR

2025-07-01 The Unshareable Liberation of the Heart and Mind 53:20
Jean Esther
What is the state of our current existance? How does Buddhist practice lead us to being fully ourselves with this world while remaining steady and rooted in love and wisdom? This talk includes a brief reflection on the healing power of the 7 factors of awakening and how to identify them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat – 25TR

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