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Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

This nine-day insight meditation retreat offers an opportunity to strengthen both the wisdom and the compassion wings of awakening. We will explore a variety of different practices taken from the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, alongside the four brahma-vihara heart practices of kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

2018-08-03 (10 days) Te Moata Retreat Center

  
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2018-08-08 24 instructions: metta 16:21
Jill Shepherd
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How physical and mental seclusion supports samadhi, stability of mind or concentration, and how the reciting phrases method of metta practice also helps strengthen samadhi
2018-08-08 25 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor 27:30
Jill Shepherd
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Guided meditation practising metta for the benefactor, using the reciting phrases method
2018-08-08 26 short instructions: radiating energy method of metta practice 6:55
Jill Shepherd
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Very short instructions for practising metta using the radiating energy method
2018-08-08 27 guided meditation: metta using the radiating energy method 19:49
Jill Shepherd
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Guided metta meditation using the radiating energy method, without reciting phrases or in relation to categories of people
2018-08-08 28 talk: an overview of the brahmaviharas with a focus on compassion 42:17
Jill Shepherd
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Exploring how all four brahmavihara practices strengthen and support each other, then focusing on compassion and self-compassion as antidotes to afflictive mental states
2018-08-09 29 instructions: compassion 12:36
Jill Shepherd
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Instructions for practising compassion for a good friend who is currently experiencing challenges
2018-08-09 30 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend 28:58
Jill Shepherd
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Guided compassion meditation for a good friend, using the reciting phrases method of practice
2018-08-09 31 instructions: mudita or appreciative joy practice 14:53
Jill Shepherd
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An overview of mudita, appreciative joy, as one of the four brahmavihara practices, and how to practice it for a good friend
2018-08-09 32 guided meditation: practising mudita or appreciative joy for a good friend 21:19
Jill Shepherd
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Starting with metta practice, then turning it towards what's going well in a good friend's life, and offering them mudita or appreciative joy using the reciting phrases method of practice
2018-08-10 34 instructions: Seven Factors of Awakening 16:50
Jill Shepherd
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An overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening, their relationship to the five hindrances, and their role in supporting insight
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