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Dharma Talks in English
2022-01-04 25 instructions: metta practice 15:33
Jill Shepherd
Brief instructions for cultivating metta or kindness for a benefactor
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-04 24 meditation: choiceless attention 23:49
Jill Shepherd
Beginning by stabilising awareness on the breath, physical sensations and sounds, then opening to choiceless attention, letting the awareness connect with whatever experience is predominant
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-04 23 instructions: choiceless attention 6:55
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for letting go of having a single meditation object, and moving to choiceless attention, letting the awareness connect with whatever experience is predominant
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-04 28 meditation: awakening factors 25:08
Jill Shepherd
Noticing the presence or absence of each of the seven awakening factors
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-03 22 talk: Five Hindrances 49:33
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the Five Hindrances, afflictive mental states that get in the way of clear seeing
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-03 Hidden Dimensions of Making Change 56:23
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2022-01-03 21 instructions: mindfulness of mind-states 11:54
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to mindfulness of mind-states or mental qualities, practising vipassanā out loud in pairs
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-03 20 instructions: continuity of mindfulness p3 4:15
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for continuing mindfulness through daily activities, includinng mindfulness of eating
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-03 19 meditation: mindfulness of thinking 21:36
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with the breath, physical sensations and sounds, then opening to knowing mental activity, noticing thoughts come and go
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-03 18 instructions: mindfulness of mind 10:44
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to practising mindfulness of the mind by bringing awareness to thoughts
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-02 Reflections 52:13
Kirsten Kratz
The power of intention and honouring our ethical sensitivities.
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2022-01-02 17 talk: feeling-tone or vedanā 41:11
Jill Shepherd
Feeling-tone shapes how we perceive and experience the world, and we can use pleasant feeling-tone skilfully to support balance of heart and mind
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-02 Sunday Night Sit with guest teacher Frank Ostaseski 1:28:05
Frank Ostaseski
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2022-01-02 16 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone 14:16
Jill Shepherd
A brief overview of the role of feeling-tone or vedanā in conditioning reactivity
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-02 Guided Meditation 41:26
Jenny Wilks
Breathing with Kindness
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2022-01-02 Guided Meditation Day Seven 44:20
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2021 - 2022

2022-01-02 Morning Instructions 51:50
Kirsten Kratz
Opening of awareness to meet contraction.
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2022-01-02 Establishing and Trusting Awareness, Part 1 - Meditation 26:58
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-01-02 Establishing and Trusting Awareness, Part 1 - Talk 40:39
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-01-02 15 instructions: continuity of mindfulness p2 6:44
Jill Shepherd
The importance of maintaining light, continuous mindfulness through all activities, and bringing awareness to what gets in the way of doing this
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-02 Morning Reflection 20:59
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2021 - 2022

2022-01-02 14 meditation: mindfulness of hearing 22:24
Jill Shepherd
Beginning by establising the body and breathing as an anchor, then opening to physical sensations through the whole body, then opening to hearing
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-02 13 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness itself 17:03
Jill Shepherd
Exploring different approaches to mindfulness and different styles of practice, including those that are more active and those that are more receptive, then brief instructions for practising mindfulness of hearing
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-02 Beginning Well 65:47
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Jan 2022

2022-01-01 Ways of Practice 1:26:12
Nathan Glyde
Guided meditation and talk about four ways to see our meditation practice: gathering in well-being; radiating beautiful qualities; investigating experience; playing with lenses of perception. Because all things, including meditation, are dependently arising fabrications: there are many ways to meet them, and many (probably endless) ways of practising.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Jan 2022

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