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In Memoriam: Rick Woudenberg


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Michele McDonald's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Michele McDonald
Because I've been teaching in Burma the last three years, I've been able to see how mindfulness can be nourished by a culture that supports the ancient liberation teachings and by daily experiences of happiness arising from acts of generosity, morality and renunciation. Thus the practice of Buddhism and the living of Buddhism are woven together in a seamless tapestry.
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2004-06-05 Basics Of Lovingkindness Practice 52:39
Humans are human - we are not perfect. Unconditional love as the antidote for idealistic perfectionism.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat
2003-10-26 Inevitability Of Groundlessness & Love 69:55
Valuing healthy connection and detachment while facing our inloveability fear of nothingness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2003-10-19 Comparing, Compassion And Gratitude 60:19
Perfectionism, self-judgement, self-hatred, our eating habits and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2003-10-14 The Roots Of War And The Roots Of Peace - Seven Factors Of Enlightenment - II 61:07
How calm concentration and equanimity help us uproot the causes of war and develop the roots of peace within us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2003-10-05 Any Moment Of Our Lives Is The Doorway To Enlightenment 59:55
What are the qualities of awakening that allow us to open, awaken to any moment of our lives and be truly liberated: with boredom, with rage, with hopelessness, with the breath, with any experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2003-09-28 Loving Our Meditation Practice 58:18
Loving the purifying aspect of mindfulness practice and loving pure exploration.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2003-09-23 Finding Balance By Being Comfortable With Losing Balance 53:39
Maintaining continuity of mindfulness in our moment-to-moment experience is a tightrope of continual re-balancing as life changes. Surrendering to this process strengthens wisdom and love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2003-09-20 Renunciation (Dhammaruwan Chant) 49:55
Facing the roots of suffering by developing kindness for ourselves and others through the practice of renunciation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2003-06-25 No Part Left Out 53:06
Relief, mystery and unexpected joy: living the paradox of stillness and movement, love and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat
2003-06-21 On Being Free From Conditioning 49:49
Developing curiosity and the light within us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

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