| This three-month course, including its six-week partials, is a special time for practice. Because of its extended length and ongoing guidance, it is an opportunity for students to deepen the powers of concentration, wisdom and compassion. Based on the meditation instructions of Mahāsi Sayadaw and supplemented by a range of skillful means, this silent retreat will encourage a balanced attitude of relaxation and alertness, and the continuity of practice based on the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness. |
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2023-11-12
Exploring Vedana
53:10
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Jill Shepherd
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Looking at the role of Vedanā in fueling reactivity, and ways to relate more skillfully to it; includes an exploration of worldly and UNworldly feeling-tones
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2023-11-18
Opening to beauty
52:10
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Brian Lesage
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This talk explores opening to beauty through the seven factors of awaking and appreciating own goodness
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2023-11-26
Effortless effort
47:13
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Jill Shepherd
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Exploring refined effort at this stage of the retreat, include some ways to practice with Anatta, how self constructing creates stress
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