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Dharma Talks
2018-08-07 23 talk: the hindrance of aversion and the brahmavihara practices as antidotes 53:43
Jill Shepherd
Ways of working with the hindrance of ill will or aversion, including an overview of the four brahmavihara practices of kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity as antidotes to ill will
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-07 20 guided meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions 26:08
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with mindfulness of breathing, then including physical sensations, sounds, thoughts and emotions, knowing their impermanent nature, then opening up to choiceless awareness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-07 19 instructions: mindfulness of the mind 28:46
Jill Shepherd
Ways to practice mindfulness of thoughts, emotions, moods and mind-states
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-07 Right Concentration and Steadiness: Support on the Way to Liberation 50:39
Fred Von Allmen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2018-08-06 The Two Darts 52:31
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Some thoughts on the awareness of empirical reality.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-06 Metta in Deed, Speech, and Thought 53:25
Ariya B. Baumann
Metta is not only a sublime state of heart & mind, but it must be manifested in all our actions throughout the day.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-06 Binary Thinking and the Limits of Language 28:14
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on going beyond the limits of language.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2018-08-06 17 guided dyad meditation: feeling-tone 17:16
Jill Shepherd
Guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring unpleasant then pleasant feeling-tone
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-06 16 instructions: feeling tone or vedana 27:22
Jill Shepherd
Exploring vedana or feeling-tone as the Second Establishment of Mindfulness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-06 Monday Night Dharma Talk 2:14:48
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-08-06 15 guided meditation: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or qualities 14:25
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation exploring the qualities of earth, water, fire and air or wind within the body, and also externally
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-06 14 instructions: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or qualities 11:45
Jill Shepherd
An introduction to mindfulness of the body in terms of the four qualities of earth, water, fire, and air or wind, as a way of gaining insight into the body's impermanence and interconnectedness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 Learning to be a Friend and an Ally 50:08
Oren Jay Sofer
When we slow down and look at our own mind things aren't always so pretty. We often find self-judgment, criticism, harshness. One way to understand this path is that we are learning to be a good friend to ourselves, and to others.
Springboard Meditation Sangha (St. Francis Renewal Center) :  The Way of Insight

2018-08-05 13 talk: sukha, happiness 42:00
Jill Shepherd
Exploring the role of sukha, happiness, in the Buddha's teachings, and how the silence, solitude, simplicity, slowing down and stillness of being on retreat support the development of that happiness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 Metta as a Brahmavihara 51:05
Ariya B. Baumann
Metta and the other Brahmaviharas are skilful and wholesome responses to whatever happens in our life.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-05 Guided Metta Meditation 60:34
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Introduction to the practice, working with self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-05 12 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts 29:03
Jill Shepherd
Guided meditation beginning with a reading from the Satipatthana Sutta on the anatomical parts of the body, followed by reciting of the 32 parts then body scans knowing the body in terms of its skin, flesh, and bones
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 11 instructions: mindfulness of the body as a collection of anatomical parts 8:35
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for exploring the body in terms of its anatomical parts
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 10 instructions: walking rotating through senses 7:59
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for a variation of walking meditation, tuning in to physical sensations, then seeing, then hearing
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 09 guided meditation: mindfulness of the breath, physical sensations, and sounds 28:39
Jill Shepherd
Using the breath as home base, then gradually opening up the field of awareness to include physical sensations throughout the body, then sounds
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 08 instructions: different approaches to mindfulness 15:38
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of mindfulness as a way of relating to experience, and understanding when and how to apply different approaches to help keep the mind balanced
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 Day Two Meditation Instructions and Q&A 61:28
Mark Nunberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-04 Recalling the Buddha's Great Compassion 43:15
Dhammadīpā
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2018-08-04 Three Aspects Of Mindfulness 58:16
Mark Nunberg
Developing skill and confidence in kind relaxation, interest and wise view.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-04 Cultivating and Liberating Citta 52:02
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Journeying the Landscape of Body, Heart and Mind

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