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Pascal Auclair's Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Pascal Auclair
Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he is now enjoying teaching retreats. Pascal teaches in North America and in Europe. His depth of insight, classical training, and creative expression all combine in a wise and compassionate presence. In addition, his warmth and humour make Pascal a much appreciated teacher.
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2024-12-20
2 Kinds of Wisdom
2009-11-12
6 1/2 Awakening Factors
2007-03-24
7 Little Sayings Can Go A Long Way
2026-09-12
8 Fold Path - Rainbow-Like 🌈
2012-01-02
A Few Metta Stories - and a guided meditation.
2012-11-19
A Few More Steps On The Eight Fold Path (part 2)
2016-01-12
A little Bonfire Of Compassion
2026-09-10
Anicca (Transience) Is so Queer!
2018-09-08
Appearances as Dis-appearances
2018-09-06
Awareness Of Body and Emotions
2025-08-30
Being With Body, Being With Mind
2022-09-03
Being with the difficult
2025-12-15
Believing and not believing.
2021-09-18
Belonging to Earth; Being Earth, Wind and Fire
2023-12-16
Body and mind, that is the whole world
2025-12-16
Bringing curiosity to the state of the mind.
2016-01-11
Can Joy & Sorrow Live Together?
2023-12-15
Candid and curious
2014-01-03
Carefully Extracting Freedom From The Rich Soil Of Experience.
2025-09-04
Chanting and practicing Metta
2016-01-07
Closing Talk and Q&A and Dedication
2015-02-16
Closing Talk Of The Retreat
2016-01-05
Compassion and Joy - A Guided Meditation
2021-09-18
Counteracting Internalized Hatred With Benevolence
2026-09-05
Dhamma Reflections
2018-09-01
Displeasure As A Doorway
2026-09-06
Dukkha, Meeting the Unwanted
2008-10-25
Earth, Wind, And Fire (And Water!)
2025-12-17
Embracing Uncertainty
2019-12-17
Emotional Stability
2017-09-02
Emotions, emotions, emotions :)
2010-04-23
Equanimity and Insight
2025-12-18
Equanimity Practice
2026-09-11
Experience is Rainbow-like 🏳🌈
2024-09-07
Fabrications of Mind – a Refuge?
2022-12-09
Falling into the heart of humanity
2007-10-20
Feeling Tone
2017-09-02
First Morning Instructions
2014-02-07
First morning instructions on metta and guided meditation
2009-11-05
Five Aggregates
2009-10-29
Five Hindrances
2012-01-03
Five Rivers Running Through - The Five Aggregates
2012-11-12
Five Steps On The Eight Fold Path
2012-11-05
Four Attachments
2024-09-01
Four objects worthy of your attention
2011-08-02
Four Ways We Get Too Tight
2025-08-31
Free From Delusion, Free To Engage!
2024-12-18
Freedom From the Known
2022-09-09
Freedom from thoughts
2014-01-01
Guided compassion and Loving Kindness Meditation
2015-09-06
Guided Compassion Meditation
2022-12-10
Guided equanimity.
2015-02-15
Guided Forgiveness and Gratitude
2015-02-14
Guided Meditation - Compassion
2016-01-10
Guided Meditation - Creating A Field Of Friendliness
2019-12-16
Guided Meditation - Love As Renunciation
2012-07-29
Guided Metta (good will) meditation
2010-04-23
Guided Metta Meditation
2025-12-16
Guided Metta Meditation
2026-09-05
High Quality Contact
2018-09-05
How Dharma practice unfolds
2016-01-01
How Letting Go Happens
2016-12-20
How practice developed in this queer body.
2018-06-19
How To Practice Meditation
2025-09-05
How Wisdom Leads To Love
2022-09-04
Humbly and patiently discovering wisdom.
2022-09-07
In the domain of mindfulness.
2014-09-04
In This Fathom Long Body With Its Mind and Perceptions
2018-09-02
Instructions On Emotions And Moods.
2014-01-05
Instructions on Intentions
2012-10-29
Instructions On Intentions and Q&A
2016-12-19
Instructions on working with emotions, moods and mind states
2014-09-05
Introduction On Bring Awareness To Mind States and Guided Meditation
2016-01-09
Introduction talk, first night of the retreat
2025-12-20
Is Consciousness Me?
2013-09-01
It's Only Natural!
2016-01-13
Joy On The Path
2026-09-09
Keeping The Present to Mind
2017-12-16
Kindness
2025-09-06
Last Guided Metta Meditation
2016-01-04
Layers Of Wisdom
2024-09-06
Lessening suffering
2024-12-19
Letting Go of Obstacles to Love
2017-09-08
Loving The Body
2021-09-05
Meditation & Talk
2016-01-06
Meditation Instructions - Intentions
2014-08-30
Metta - Friendliness
2023-12-16
Metta as renunciation
2008-10-14
Metta For All (No One Excluded)
2016-01-02
Metta Practice
2011-08-01
Metta Practice And Stories
2018-06-20
Metta With A Twist
2022-12-11
Mindfulness is highly relational
2010-04-21
Mindfulness Is It!
2025-09-04
Mindfulness of Emotions: A Journey Back Home
2012-07-26
Mindfulness on how to be sensitive.
2024-08-31
Mindfulness: the power of taking care
2024-08-31
Mindfulness: the rules of the game
2012-10-24
Morning Instruction - Body, Mind-states and Q&A
2013-12-30
Morning Instructions
2016-01-10
Morning Instructions
2012-01-04
Morning Instructions - Five Aggregates
2019-12-16
Morning Instructions - What If There Were Only Four Ways
2012-09-02
Morning Instructions on Dealing With Emotions and Q&A
2014-01-02
Morning Instructions On Practicing with Thoughts and Guided Meditation
2016-01-03
Morning Meditation Instructions - Receptivity
2016-01-12
Morning Meditation Instructions On Concentration
2013-12-31
New Year's Eve Talk - From Conventional Reality to Ultimate Reality
2024-12-19
NO SAMES
2023-12-17
Not the objects, it's nature
2025-09-06
Nourished When Encountering Pleasure. Resourced When Facing Displeasure
2017-09-06
On Being
2017-09-07
On Being - Part 2
2014-08-30
Opening Meditation Instructions and Guided Meditation
2018-06-18
Opening Night Of Retreat
2015-09-04
Opening Night Welcome Talk
2025-12-20
Playing with Metta
2018-06-20
Practice Reflections: The Dream Is Free, The Hustle is Sold Separately.
2016-12-19
Q&A
2016-12-21
Q&A
2018-09-06
Reflections on Metta.
2024-09-05
Relating to strong emotions
2022-09-08
Releasing you from my expectations
2008-09-27
Seven Ways To Hack Your Brain
2013-08-31
Some Ways This Practice Works
2025-08-31
Specific and Universal Characteristics of Existence
2012-11-27
Speech - Wise And Not So Wise
2024-09-04
Starting from scratch
2022-12-10
Taking the middle path with mind states
2017-12-17
Tender Balance - Courageous Vulnerability
2022-09-09
The monkey and the three questions
2008-10-04
The Noble 8 Fold Path
2018-09-02
The Poignancy Of Ephemerality.
2025-12-19
The second sharing of the Buddha in his small group meeting
2018-06-19
The Way Of Wisdom Emerges
2018-09-08
The Winds of Pleasure and Of Pain
2021-09-19
There Must Be an Other Way
2017-09-03
Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts :)
2022-12-12
Three questions that mindfulness answers
2008-10-11
Vivid, Vibrant Vedana
2012-10-22
What Are We Doing Here
2022-09-04
What is freedom?
2019-12-15
What We Attend To And How
2025-12-18
Where Curiosity Leads
2012-09-01
Why Would You Sit Like This For A Whole Weekend?
2014-08-31
Wisely Attending To Your Nose and Other Things
2015-09-05
Words On Practice
2016-12-21
Words on the qualities of the heart and a guided reflection
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Select one of Pascal Auclair's 40 retreats
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2007-03-18
Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds
2007-09-20
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2008-09-20
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2009-09-26
Two-Month Retreat
2010-04-20
The Power of Presence: Insight Meditation Retreat
2011-07-27
Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds
2011-12-28
Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat
2012-07-25
Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds
2012-08-31
Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2012-10-20
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2013-08-30
Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2013-12-28
Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat
2014-08-29
Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2014-09-02
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community
2015-02-12
Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Retreat
2015-09-04
Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2015-12-29
Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat
2016-01-09
Joy on the Path: Insight Meditation Retreat
2016-12-18
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community
2017-09-01
Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2017-09-05
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community
2017-12-15
Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Retreat
2018-06-18
Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-08-31
Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2018-09-04
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community
2019-12-13
Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat
2021-09-03
Discovering Freedom: Online Weekend
2021-09-17
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI+ Community
2022-09-02
Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2022-09-06
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI+ Community
2022-12-08
Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-14
Heartfelt Wisdom
2024-08-30
Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend
2024-09-03
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI+ Community
2024-12-17
Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-08-29
Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend – 25WLD
2025-09-02
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI+ Community – 25…
2025-12-14
Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25PA
2026-09-04
Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend – 26WLD
2026-09-08
Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI+ Community – 26…
