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Retreat Dharma Talks

June 2026 at IMS Forest Refuge

2026-06-01 (30 days) Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge

  
2026-06-03 Fundamentals of Satipatthana 64:26
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Keeping the mind in the present moment, observing what is conspicuous in an effective manner.
2026-06-04 What is Wisdom? 55:18
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Various definitions of Intuitive Wisdom: controlling faculty of wisdom; wisdom as an enlightenment factor. Differences between perception (saññāṇa), consciousness (viññāṇa), and wisdom (paññā).
2026-06-08 The Acquisition of Insight 58:01
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Virtue, concentration, meditation, desire (chanda), striving, faith, approaching a teacher, and more.
2026-06-10 The Two Fields 50:36
Sayadaw Vivekananda
The field of mental defilements resembles a weed-infested piece of land, and the field of wisdom is likened to a beautiful garden.
2026-06-11 How Wisdom Is Developed 62:12
Sayadaw Vivekananda
General and specific aspects of the unfolding of wisdom.
2026-06-15 How Wisdom is Developed in Practice 58:13
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Repeated comprehension of materiality; * Enlightenment factors promote the growth of wisdom; * Liberations and hindrances; * Seeing the breaking up of formations develops wisdom.
2026-06-17 How many kinds of understanding are there? 57:11
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Wisdom is having the characteristic of penetrating the individual essences is of one kind; as mundane and supramundane, it is of two kinds, etc. The breaking up of formations.
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