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Deborah Ratner Helzer's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Deborah Ratner Helzer has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1995, including a year as a nun in Burma. She has been teaching in the Washington, DC area and assisting with retreats around the country since 2001.
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2019-12-08 Helpful Attitudes For Practice 49:21
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Our attitude toward practice is key.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living the Buddha’s Teachings: Insight Meditation Retreat
2019-05-08 Skillful Effort 58:46
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What are the qualities of skillful effort, and how does it cooperate with mindfulness and concentration.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2018-12-20 Closing Meditation And Guidance 39:10
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Suggestions for coming out of retreat and taking the practice home.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living the Buddha’s Teachings: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-12-18 Introduction To Insight 49:21
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Including an overview of the three universal characteristics.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living the Buddha’s Teachings: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-12-16 Beginning Instructions and Guided Meditation 40:19
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Posture, Anchor, General Awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living the Buddha’s Teachings: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-08-10 Walking The Eightfold Path 57:06
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2018-08-09 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 48:26
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Self, benefactor, friend, neutral and difficult person plus a Metta "family portrait"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2018-08-06 The Two Darts 52:31
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Some thoughts on the awareness of empirical reality.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2018-08-05 Guided Metta Meditation 60:34
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Introduction to the practice, working with self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2018-05-02 Insight and Equanimity 54:23
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The Buddha said that the peace of equanimity is the greatest happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Natural Wisdom and Compassion: Insight Meditation Retreat

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