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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.
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2015-11-22 Distortions of the Mind and Retreat Practice 51:23
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This talks covers the Vipallasa and what distortions retreats are likely to trigger.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2015-11-16 Forgiveness 52:59
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2015-11-16 Identities And Forgiveness 46:30
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This talk reviews the purification of victim and perpetrator identities in formal and informal forgiveness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2015-11-09 Mana/Conceit and Skillful Means 48:58
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This talk discusses the three kinds of mana in the four domains and the skillful means of practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2015-11-03 Generosity: A key element at all stages for the practice 54:50
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This talk covers the importance of generosity as a preliminary practice and as an approach to uprooting defilements
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2015-10-28 First Two Foundations of Mindfulness 43:23
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2015-10-25 Mindfulness: Why we Practice 46:34
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This talk discusses perceptual distortions and how mindfulness can help us to see clearly
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2014-11-29 Practice As Ceremony 55:00
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The parallels between retreat practice and native ceremony and the strengthening of the five spiritual powers
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three Month - Part 2
2014-11-22 Wise Clarity About The Causes Of Happiness 57:04
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This talk reviews the core elements of mindfulness and how we use it to uncover our intentions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three Month - Part 2
2014-11-18 Guided Compassion Meditation 54:50
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This talk takes the "self" or yogi as the recipient of compassion from a benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three Month - Part 2

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