The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
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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2002-06-05 The Essence Of Love And Wisdom 59:42
What do our hearts truly need and want? How does loving ourselves and others happen? How does the heart open the essence of love and wisdom?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat
2002-06-01 Giving Birth To Lovingkindness 54:07
Different ways that Lovingkindness practice offers us levels of protection, concentration and deep understanding.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat
2002-04-29 Trusting Our Practice Of Awakening Wisdom 45:13
Practicing choosing to "show up" for our experience because we are aware that we are here to learn as much as we can spiritually. This leads to trusting our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2001-10-29 Our Next Breath 53:48
Understanding the multidimensional layers of reality: the relative and absolute levels of existence where freedom can happen in any moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2001-10-22 Feeding Our Hearts With Love And Wisdom 59:07
Recognizing how love purifies understanding and how understanding purifies love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1
2001-06-24 There Is No Bad Practice 39:21
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
2001-06-22 Opening Talk Of Young Adults Retreat: Wildness And Kindness 32:25
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
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
2001-06-13 A Blue Hole In The Heart 53:28
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
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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