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Carol Wilson's Dharma Talks

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What I most love in my teaching practice is seeing students become dedicated to their own liberation. As their spiritual practice matures, people light up from within when they begin to understand that personal freedom is possible. This commitment to freedom on the part of the student inspires me to find ways to express my deepest understanding and enthusiasm for liberation.

The mindfulness teachings of the Buddha are among the more direct, practical meditation techiques that we can cultivate. My focus is on sharing these practices in an accessable, down-to-earth way. How can we disengage from our habits of responding to the world through veils of confusion, greed, and hatred?

Mindfulness practice helps us recognize when we are responding to the world from the mental and emotional habits that obscure our true home, our radiant nature, which manifests as compassion and love. The Buddha's teachings show us that we are not isolated individuals who need to live defensive lives. Rather, we can learn to trust and live from our full potential as compassionate members of a connected planet.

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2007-03-31 Seeing Through Our Mental Habits 56:27	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2007-03-30 Opening Talk 1:11:00	Download Listen
with Guy and Rodney
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-12-31 The Stories and Poems of the early Buddhist and Nuns 63:58	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-12-26 Ceaselessly Responsive 59:00	Download Listen
When the heart/mind is free from the narrowness of self-clinging, the natural response to beings and the world is that of metta/karuna: friendliness & compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-12-18 Investigating Anatta: Power Of Renuniciation 59:38	Download Listen
Even when sakhaya ditthi is seen through, subtle clinging gives rise to a sense of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-12-11 Investigating Anatta: Personality View 60:45	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-12-04 Investigation Anatta: Clinging 60:24	Download Listen
The self is merely a condition that arises when there is grasping or clinging in the mind--when investigated it is seen not to exist.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-25 Practicing Mudita 54:40	Download Listen
Mudita or appreciative joy
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-22 Perception Of Impermanence 59:20	Download Listen
The Buddha stated that the cultivation of the perception of impermanence could lead the mind to freedom: why is it so difficult for us to perceive?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-04-21 Happiness and Harmlessness 61:40	Download Listen
date uncertain

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