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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.
2017-08-11 Morning Q&A 17:21
Awareness of awareness, noting and impermanence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Insight and Liberation
2017-08-10 The Simile of the Heartwood. 61:05
The many benefits of practice are like the deepening rings of a great tree.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Insight and Liberation
2017-08-09 Q&A Metta Practice 9:04
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Insight and Liberation
2017-08-07 Morning Q&A 16:04
"chipmunk practice"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Insight and Liberation
2017-08-07 Morning Instructions 46:12
Awareness Of hinderances.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Insight and Liberation
2017-05-08 Q&A on taking the practice home. 1:23:44
Awareness of mental and physical phenomena.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2017-05-06 Awareness Of Please And Pain 63:52
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2017-05-05 Suffering and Its Causes 58:53
The first and second noble truths: the three flavors of dukkha and the three varieties of craving.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2017-05-04 Guided Loving Kindness Practice 59:23
Working with dear friends and neutral beings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat
2017-03-11 Morning instructions 8:27
Working with hindrances and Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivating a Wise Heart: Insight Meditation Retreat

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