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Bonnie Duran's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Bonnie Duran
Bonnie met the Dharma in 1982 at Kopan Monastery and in Bodh Gaya India. Since then she has practiced long and short retreats with Joseph Goldstein and other eastern and western monastics and lay teachers. She is a graduate of the IMS/SRMC teacher training programs and is also involved with Indigenous ceremonies and practices. She is currently a core teacher of the IMS teacher training program and the SRMC Dedicated Practitioners Program. Dr. Duran is a Professor of Social Work and Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle.
2017-07-23 Seven Factors Of Awakening - Guided Meditation 61:46
Guidance with the enlivening and calming factors
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 15th Anniversary People of Color Retreat
2017-07-22 Guided Metta Practice - Benefactor 59:08
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 15th Anniversary People of Color Retreat
2017-07-18 Taking Refuge 7:47
Five precepts and taking refuge.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 15th Anniversary People of Color Retreat
2016-10-21 Sila, Samadhi, Panna: Magga Rocks! 51:19
This talk is about the force of Magga battling defilement's and the path to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1
2016-10-18 Guided meta-meditation– All beings 39:09
This guided metta practice starts with the benefactor sending metta"us" and then radiating to all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1
2016-10-14 Khanti: patience on the path to awakening 47:01
This talk reviews the dimension of the pairing of patience with advice about how to cultivate Khanti.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1
2016-10-06 Vipallasa: Distortions of the Mind 50:06
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-30 A natural unfolding: the seven factors of awakening 62:03
And overview of the seven factors of awakening and Dharma reflections that fuel their arising, are presented
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-24 Morning instructions 44:33
Last instructions for part one. This brief talk reviews the instructions given in the last two weeks
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-16 Hindrances– hindrance to what? Remedies and openings 57:46
This talk provide practical advice for working with hindrances to practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

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