Jill Shepherd's Dharma Talks
Jill Shepherd
Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.
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2018-05-06
00 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing
2022-01-15
01 instructions: developing mindfulness and steadiness of mind
2022-02-12
01 meditation: arriving and settling in
2021-02-27
01 meditation: arriving together online
2021-05-30
01 meditation: cultivating mudita as a foundation for the day's practice
2020-09-03
01 meditation: impermanence
2020-07-25
01 meditation: intro, mindfulness of breathing
2024-03-31
01 meditation: Settling in, arriving, introduction of Jill
2023-08-12
01 Opening reflections and guided meditation: Establishing awareness of citta
2023-08-19
01 opening talks and guided meditation
2019-06-08
01 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing
2023-06-25
01 short opening talk and guided meditation establishing the theme of exploring…
2018-05-06
01 short talk: context of the three universal characteristics, anicca, dukkha, …
2020-07-02
01 talk intro to insight meditation
2020-07-16
01 talk mindfulness of hearing
2024-07-20
01 talk: An overview of the four brahmavihāra heart qualities
2020-08-06
01 talk: an overview of the Fourth Establishment of Mindfulness
2020-08-10
01 talk: Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path
2020-10-12
01 talk: introduction to mindfulness meditation for beginners
2020-07-30
01 talk: introduction to practising mindfulness of emotions
2021-02-18
01 talk: Living a life of mutual benefit - introduction to the Noble Eightfold …
2020-07-09
01 talk: mindfulness of body
2020-07-23
01 talk: Mindfulness of Mind
2023-02-02
01 talk: overview of the ten pāramī
2018-08-03
01 talk: retreat opening
2017-01-04
01 Talk: Retreat opening - refuges and precepts, metta
2017-02-19
01 talk: retreat opening and introduction of Noble Eightfold Path
2021-12-30
01 talk: retreat opening, dana and sila
2019-06-22
01 talk: Transforming Fear into Fearlessness intro
2024-01-13
01 talk: welcome and introduction to insight meditation
2022-05-22
01 talk: What is Vesak?
2023-02-11
01 talks: Retreat Opening and Orientation
2020-07-02
02 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-07-09
02 guided meditaton: mindfulness of the breath then physical sensations
2019-06-08
02 instructions: befriending the mind
2017-01-04
02 Instructions: Brief overview of insight practice
2024-01-13
02 instructions: mindfulness of the body
2022-02-12
02 instructions: orientation to the retreat
2017-09-24
02 Instructions: practising bare awareness of physical sensations
2019-06-22
02 instructions: written exercises exploring fear
2023-02-12
02 meditation: Arriving, settling in
2020-08-10
02 meditation: contemplating the Four Noble Truths in direct experience
2022-05-22
02 meditation: cultivating gratitude
2024-07-20
02 meditation: mettā for benefactor
2021-10-24
02 meditation: mettā for the benefactor or easy being
2018-08-03
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-10-12
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2021-12-30
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2022-01-15
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-07-16
02 meditation: mindfulness of sounds
2020-07-30
02 meditation: mindfulness of the mind, including emotions
2020-07-23
02 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts
2020-08-06
02 meditation: noticing the presence or absence of the awakening factors
2018-05-06
02 short talk: anatta or not-self
2022-06-05
02 talk: inner and outer supports for being on retreat
2020-09-03
02 talk: insight into impermanence
2021-02-27
02 talk: introduction and orientation to the online retreat form
2017-02-19
02 talk: Refuges and Precepts
2020-07-25
02 talk: Right Effort and the Middle Way
2021-05-30
02 talk: short introduction to celebrating Vesak
2021-03-04
02 Talk: Wise View and Freedom
2019-06-08
03 brief instructions: calming the body, stilling the mind
2020-07-09
03 guided meditation: standing then walking
2017-09-24
03 Guided meditation: working in pairs exploring physical sensations in the body
2020-07-25
03 instructions: finding balance as a process of listening
2018-08-04
03 instructions: introduction of mindfulness and the practice of mindfulness of…
2017-01-05
03 Instructions: Mindfulness of breathing
2017-02-19
03 instructions: mindfulness of breathing
2021-12-31
03 instructions: mindfulness of breathing
2022-06-06
03 instructions: mindfulness of breathing to strengthen sati and samādhi
2022-01-15
03 instructions: mindfulness of the body
2020-01-16
03 instructions: sati and samadhi
2025-02-22
03 meditation: Arriving more fully here
2019-06-29
03 meditation: body sitting, breathing
2024-03-31
03 meditation: Exploring our relationship to unpleasantness or unsatisfactorine…
2024-01-13
03 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2022-02-12
03 meditation: orienting to kindness and ease
2018-05-13
03 short guided meditation: mindfulness of the body and physical sensations
2020-10-19
03 short talk: mindfulness of the body
2021-02-27
03 talk: an overview of the four brahmavihara
2024-07-20
03 talk: Exploring mettā as rest
2021-05-30
03 talk: Heavenly Messengers
2020-09-10
03 talk: impermanence and dukkha
2022-05-22
03 talk: introduction to the life of the Buddha
2019-08-24
03 talk: sila or ethical conduct as an aspect of generosity
2021-03-25
03 talk: Wise Intention and the bliss of renunciation
2017-02-19
04 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2019-06-08
04 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body, emphasising ease
2022-08-27
04 instructions: Dana, Sila and Wise Effort
2024-01-13
04 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness itself
2023-08-21
04 instructions: Mindfulness of the body and mindfulness of breathing
2020-01-16
04 meditation: body scan and mindfulness of breathing
2023-08-12
04 meditation: continuing attuning to the quality of the heart-mind
2020-09-10
04 meditation: dukkha and release
2023-06-25
04 meditation: exploring feeling-tone in relation to sounds
2023-02-12
04 meditation: Finding steadiness in the midst of changing conditions
2018-08-04
04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2021-12-31
04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2022-06-06
04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2017-01-05
04 Meditation: Mindfulness of breathing in two ways
2020-07-25
04 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2020-10-19
04 meditation: mindfulness of the body
2021-02-27
04 meditation: orienting to kindness
2024-07-20
04 meditation: Resting into mettā / kindness
2021-04-08
04 meditation: simple mindfulness of the body and breathing, with an orientatio…
2024-05-08
04 Morning reflection and meditation: releasing reactivity
2018-05-13
04 short talk: dukkha and an overview of the five aggregates
2022-05-22
04 talk: awakening mutuality
2021-10-31
04 talk: challenges to mettā practice
2024-03-31
04 talk: Exploring the Wisdom wing in relation to the three universal character…
2019-06-29
04 talk: Fear of Dukkha, and Fear IS Dukkha
2022-01-15
04 talk: Right Effort p1 - the Five Hindrances
2025-02-22
04 talk: Taking the Refuges and Precepts
2018-05-13
05 guided dyad (pairs) practice exploring the impermanent and not-self nature o…
2022-01-16
05 instructions: cultivating spaciousness and metta
2017-09-25
05 Instructions: different qualities of mindfulness
2022-06-06
05 instructions: feeling tone or vedanā
2017-02-20
05 instructions: mindfulness of breathing for calm and insight
2019-06-08
05 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone or vedana
2017-01-05
05 Instructions: Refining mindfulness of the body
2020-10-19
05 instructions: relational practice exploring mindfulness of the body
2021-12-31
05 instructions: standing and walking meditation
2019-06-29
05 instructions: the anatomy of anxiety
2024-01-13
05 meditation: mindfulness of hearing and physical sensations
2025-02-23
05 meditation: Mindfulness of the body and physical sensations
2020-10-08
05 meditation: opening to the spaciousness of the body
2018-08-04
05 short instructions: continuity of mindfulness and walking meditation
2024-07-20
05 short talk: Compassion
2022-05-22
05 talk: facing up to impermanence, endings, loss
2022-08-27
05 talk: Refuge, Mindfulness and Investigation
2021-05-30
05 talk: spiritual friendship
2020-07-25
05 talk: the role of pleasant experience in formal and informal practice
2021-04-08
05 talk: Wise Intention p2 - metta, kindness
2018-08-04
06 guided dyad meditation: mindfulness of body
2019-06-29
06 guided meditation: exploring physical sensations of anxiety and the antidote…
2017-02-20
06 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing for calm and insight
2017-09-25
06 Guided meditation: mindfulness of the body, breathing, sounds etc
2022-08-28
06 instructions: mindfulness of breathing
2024-01-13
06 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2021-12-31
06 instructions: mindfulness of the body
2019-06-08
06 instructions: perception and volitional formations
2024-07-20
06 meditation: Compassion for a good friend
2021-02-28
06 meditation: metta for the benefactor
2021-07-04
06 meditation: mindfulness of the body and thinking
2022-01-16
06 meditation: spaciousness and mettā
2018-05-20
06 short talk: three qualities of feeling-tone or vedana, three afflictive ener…
2020-10-08
06 talk: an overview of the five clinging-aggregates
2020-10-11
06 talk: Heavenly Messengers 2 - Ageing
2020-10-26
06 talk: mindfulness recap and introduction to mindfulness of hearing
2020-07-25
06 talk: Right Effort and Mudita or appreciative joy
2024-04-13
06 talk: Right View
2017-01-05
06 Talk: Three Universal Characteristics and the Five Hindrances
2019-07-06
07 guided meditation: body, breathing, choiceless awareness
2020-07-25
07 guided meditation: mudita or appreciative joy
2019-06-08
07 instructions: brief introduction to metta practice
2017-01-06
07 Instructions: Mental Noting and Mindfulness of Hearing
2017-12-29
07 instructions: Mindfulness of the Body and four elements or qualities
2020-01-17
07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualiti…
2022-01-16
07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualiti…
2017-02-20
07 instructions: vedana or feeling-tone
2021-12-31
07 meditation: body scan inviting release of tension
2023-08-12
07 meditation: further development of mettā and muditā as supports for freeing …
2022-08-28
07 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-10-26
07 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2024-01-13
07 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2023-06-25
07 meditation: opening to pleasant feeling-tones
2018-05-27
07 short talk: The aggregates of perception, mental formations, and consciousne…
2019-08-25
07 talk: Befriending the Mind
2018-08-04
07 talk: Four Noble Truths
2020-06-06
07 talk: mindfulness and clear comprehension
2023-02-13
07 talk: The hindrance of aversion and some strategies for working with it
2021-02-28
07 very short instructions: embodied metta
2020-01-17
08 guided meditation: exploring the four elemental qualities
2019-06-08
08 guided metta meditation
2020-10-26
08 instructions and guided walking meditation
2022-08-28
08 instructions: continuity of mindfulness
2018-08-05
08 instructions: different approaches to mindfulness
2024-01-13
08 instructions: proliferation
2021-02-28
08 meditation: embodied metta
2017-12-29
08 meditation: four elements
2017-01-06
08 Meditation: Mindfulness of Hearing
2024-07-21
08 meditation: Settling and stilling the body and mind
2020-10-18
08 meditation: vedana or feeling-tones
2018-06-03
08 short talk: five aggregates, mindfulness and compassion
2017-09-25
08 Talk: Dana - generosity as the foundation of the path to freedom
2017-02-20
08 talk: developing wisdom, the Four Noble Truths and an overview of the Noble …
2023-08-12
08 talk: Q&R and closing reflections
2022-01-16
08 talk: Right Effort p2 - Seven Factors of Awakening
2019-07-06
08 talk: Second Noble Truth, craving for sense pleasures, compassion
2021-03-11
08 talk: six supports for deepening retreat practice
2021-12-31
08 talk: six supports for the retreat container
2023-08-22
08 talk: the four brahmavihāra as supports for releasing the hindrances
2023-06-25
08: Questions and Reflections
2019-06-09
09 guided meditation: mindfulness of body, sounds, thinking
2018-08-05
09 guided meditation: mindfulness of the breath, physical sensations, and sounds
2024-01-13
09 instructions: cultivating skilful mind-states such as mettā or kindness
2017-02-21
09 instructions: five hindrances
2020-01-17
09 instructions: metta
2017-01-06
09 Instructions: Mindfulness of Feeling-tone (Vedana)
2019-07-06
09 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-01-01
09 instructions: sati and samādhi p2
2022-01-17
09 meditation: mindfulness of mind and awakening factors
2025-02-24
09 meditation: Opening to sound
2018-06-03
09 short guided meditation: self-compassion
2022-06-07
09 talk: Compassion
2017-12-29
09 talk: Dukkha and the Four Noble Truths
2020-10-18
09 talk: exploring vedana or feeling-tone and compassion in relation to illness
2020-11-02
09 talk: mindfulness of mind
2024-07-21
09 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy
2022-06-08
10 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2019-07-06
10 guided meditation: dyad practice, mindfulness of mind
2017-02-21
10 guided meditation: five hindrances
2020-01-17
10 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor
2022-01-01
10 guided meditation: sati and samādhi
2023-08-23
10 instructions and meditation exploring feeling-tone or vedanā
2019-06-09
10 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
2017-09-26
10 Instructions: radiating energy method of metta practice
2021-02-28
10 instructions: radiating metta
2018-08-05
10 instructions: walking rotating through senses
2022-01-17
10 intstructions: mindfulness of mind-states
2020-11-02
10 meditation: beginning mindfulness of mind practice
2024-01-13
10 meditation: cultivating the heart energy of mettā or kindness
2020-10-25
10 meditation: making space for equanimity to arise
2024-07-21
10 meditation: Muditā using the radiating energy method of practice
2023-02-14
10 meditation: Orienting to ease and well-being as an aspect of mettā, kindness
2024-05-22
10 Morning reflection and guided meditation: Muditā
2022-02-13
10 reflections: strengthening steadiness and stability
2018-06-10
10 short talk: Anatta and Nibbana
2020-08-22
10 talk: clinging and release
2025-02-24
10 talk: Five Hindrances
2021-01-24
10 talk: frameworks for understanding - an overview of the Four Noble Truths an…
2017-01-06
10 Talk: The Five Hindrances part 2
2022-02-13
11 meditation: body, breathing
2019-07-14
11 guided meditation: body and heart-mind
2017-09-26
11 Guided meditation: radiating energy metta
2025-02-25
11 instructions and meditation: Exploring the presence (and absence) of the hin…
2019-06-09
11 instructions: compassion and self-compassion
2017-01-07
11 Instructions: Mindfulness of Mind
2018-08-05
11 instructions: mindfulness of the body as a collection of anatomical parts
2022-01-01
11 instructions: mindfulness of the body part 2
2024-07-21
11 instructions: Muditā for oneself
2017-02-21
11 instructions: Second Foundation of Mindfulness - vedana or feeling-tone
2020-11-02
11 meditation: kindness
2022-06-08
11 meditation: mindfulness of mind
2021-02-28
11 meditation: radiating metta
2020-01-17
11 talk: befriending the mind
2019-08-26
11 talk: the five hindrances, with a focus on desire for sense pleasures
2022-01-17
11 talk: three characteristics and contemplation of death
2017-02-21
12 guided dyad (pairs) meditation: pleasant and unpleasant feeling-tone (vedana)
2018-08-05
12 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts
2019-06-09
12 guided meditation: self-compassion
2023-08-24
12 instructions and meditation: pleasant unworldly vedanā and mettā
2021-02-28
12 instructions: compassion
2022-01-18
12 instructions: compassion
2020-01-18
12 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-06-08
12 instructions: mindfulness of mind-states
2023-02-14
12 instructions: Mindfulness of thinking
2024-07-21
12 meditation: appreciating one's own strengths
2017-01-07
12 Meditation: Mindfulness of Mind
2019-07-14
12 talk: comparing mind (mana) and appreciative joy (mudita)
2020-11-09
12 talk: mindfulness of mind, including emotions
2017-12-30
12 talk: Right Effort
2022-01-01
12 talk: Wisdom and Compassion
2019-07-14
13 guided meditation: dyad practice, exploring gratitude and mudita for oneself
2022-08-29
13 instructions: feeling-tone or vedanā part 2
2017-01-07
13 Instructions: Metta meditation
2017-12-31
13 instructions: Mindfulness of Mind
2022-01-02
13 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness itself
2019-06-09
13 instructions: mudita or appreciative joy, gladness, including for oneself
2017-09-27
13 Instructions: overview of four foundations, and mental factor of intention
2022-01-18
13 meditation: compassion
2021-02-28
13 meditation: compassion for a good friend then oneself
2020-01-18
13 meditation: mindfulness of mind
2023-02-14
13 meditation: Mindfulness of thinking
2020-11-09
13 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2024-03-04
13 meditation: Standing, tuning in to feeling-tones and cetanā
2024-07-21
13 short talk: Equanimity
2017-02-21
13 talk: Right View and Right Thought
2018-08-05
13 talk: sukha, happiness
2021-03-12
13 talk: the clinging-aggregate of feeling tone or vedana
2017-12-31
14 guided meditation: mindfulness of mind
2019-06-09
14 guided meditation: mudita
2019-07-20
14 guided meditation: relaxing the body, stilling the mind
2017-09-27
14 Guided meditation: standing, exploring four foundations of mindfulness
2018-08-06
14 instructions: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or qualities
2017-02-22
14 instructions: different qualities of mindfulness
2020-01-18
14 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone
2022-01-18
14 instructions: muditā
2020-06-08
14 instructions: opening up the field of awareness to include hearing
2024-07-21
14 meditation: Equanimity
2017-01-07
14 Meditation: Metta for Benefactor
2022-01-02
14 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2020-11-07
14 meditation: recognising skilful states
2022-06-09
14 meditation: spaciousness
2022-08-29
14 meditation: standing, noticing feeling-tones
2022-02-14
14 meditation: Well-being
2020-11-16
14 talk: a short introduction to the five hindrances
2024-04-15
14 talk: Second Noble Truth; craving for sense pleasures, craving for becoming,…
2018-08-06
15 guided meditation: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or quali…
2017-02-22
15 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing, physical sensations, sounds
2020-06-08
15 guided meditation: opening to sounds
2025-02-26
15 instructions and meditation: Bringing awareness to mental activity, includin…
2022-01-02
15 instructions: continuity of mindfulness p2
2020-11-16
15 meditation: recognising the hindrances of desire for sense pleasure, and ave…
2022-08-29
15 talk: An overview of the four brahmavihāra heart qualities
2017-09-27
15 Talk: Effort or Energy
2022-01-18
15 talk: equanimity
2020-01-18
15 talk: from dukkha to sukha
2021-02-28
15 talk: mudita / appreciative joy
2023-02-15
15 talk: Restlessness and remorse
2017-01-07
15 Talk: Seven Factors of Awakening, and Energy
2019-07-20
15 talk: wisdom and the three universal characteristics
2021-01-25
15 talk: Wise Effort and the middle way
2019-07-20
16 guided meditation: dyads, exploring fearlessness
2017-02-22
16 instructions: concentration and feeling-tone (vedana) part 2
2018-08-06
16 instructions: feeling tone or vedana
2017-01-08
16 Instructions: Integrating Practice Into Daily Life
2022-01-02
16 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone
2021-08-09
16 instructions: working with pain
2022-08-30
16 instructios: mindfulness of hearing
2022-01-19
16 meditation: equanimity
2021-02-28
16 meditation: mudita for a good friend
2020-06-08
16 talk: befriending the mind
2019-08-27
16 talk: Five Hindrances part 2 - aversion, and the antidote of compassion
2025-02-26
16 talk: Relating to afflictive mind-states with wisdom and compassion
2022-06-09
16 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2021-03-13
16 talk: the Two Wings of Awakening, wisdom and compassion
2018-08-06
17 guided dyad meditation: feeling-tone
2025-02-27
17 instructions and meditation: Releasing grasping
2017-09-28
17 Instructions: compassion for good friend and oneself
2021-03-01
17 instructions: equanimity as a brahmavihara
2020-06-09
17 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
2022-08-30
17 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2021-08-09
17 meditation: practising with physical discomfort
2023-02-16
17 meditation: spaciousness
2017-12-31
17 talk: Compassion
2019-07-27
17 talk: fear of freedom
2022-01-02
17 talk: feeling-tone or vedanā
2019-08-28
17 talk: impermanence and death
2020-08-23
17 talk: mindfulness of the body and impermanence
2023-08-25
17 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy
2017-02-22
17 talk: Vedana, Right Thought, Metta and Compassion
2020-06-09
18 guided meditation: practising with thoughts and emotions
2022-06-10
18 instructions: equanimity
2017-02-23
18 instructions: Mindfulness of Mind
2022-01-03
18 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-08-30
18 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness
2017-09-28
18 Meditation: compassion for good friend and oneself
2021-03-01
18 meditation: equanimity for a "difficult" person
2022-02-15
18 reflection and standing meditation
2017-02-23
19 guided meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2018-08-07
19 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
2022-06-10
19 meditation: equanimity
2022-01-03
19 meditation: mindfulness of thinking
2021-03-01
19 talk: working with difficult emotions
2018-08-07
20 guided meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2025-02-28
20 instructions and meditation: Opening to gladness
2018-01-01
20 instructions: compassion
2022-01-03
20 instructions: continuity of mindfulness p3
2017-02-23
20 instructions: metta practice
2023-08-27
20 instructions: self-compassion
2020-06-09
20 talk: wisdom and compassion
2018-01-01
21 guided meditation: compassion
2017-02-23
21 guided meditation: metta for benefactor
2017-09-29
21 Instructions: equanimity for "difficult" person
2022-01-03
21 instructions: mindfulness of mind-states
2020-06-09
21 instructions: practising compassion
2024-04-17
21 talk: An overview of the brahmavihāra with an emphasis on muditā or apprecia…
2021-03-14
21 talk: the five hindrances
2022-08-30
21 talk: Working with Afflictive Thought Patterns
2020-06-09
22 guided meditation: compassion and self-compassion
2017-09-29
22 Guided meditation: equanimity for difficult person
2022-08-31
22 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-01-03
22 talk: Five Hindrances
2025-02-28
22 talk: Insight into the impermanent, imperfect and impersonal nature of exper…
2017-02-23
22 talk: Right Effort
2018-01-01
22 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2019-08-29
22 talk: sukha and mudita - appreciative joy
2022-01-04
23 instructions: choiceless attention
2022-02-16
23 instructions: different modes of mindfulness
2022-08-31
23 meditation: mindfulness of mind
2017-02-24
23 short instructions: breath-counting
2020-06-10
23 talk: Seven factors of Awakening
2018-08-07
23 talk: the hindrance of aversion and the brahmavihara practices as antidotes
2018-08-08
24 instructions: metta
2020-06-11
24 instructions: mudita practice
2022-01-04
24 meditation: choiceless attention
2022-02-16
24 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2017-02-24
24 short instructions: working with pain
2021-01-27
24 talk: an overview of the four brahmavihara heart qualities
2021-03-15
24 talk: impermanence
2024-04-19
24 talk: The three universal characteristics and anattā
2018-08-08
25 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor
2017-02-24
25 instructions: metta part 2
2022-01-04
25 instructions: metta practice
2023-08-28
25 talk: Exploring the Awakening Factors
2020-08-24
25 talk: the two wings of Wisdom and Compassion
2020-06-11
25: guided meditation cultivating mudita
2017-02-24
26 guided meditation: radiating energy metta practice
2019-08-08
26 instructions: compassion and working with painful emotions
2021-08-11
26 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness
2020-08-24
26 meditation: metta as an inquiry practice
2022-01-04
26 meditation: metta for benefactor
2018-08-08
26 short instructions: radiating energy method of metta practice
2019-08-08
27 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend, and self-compassion
2020-06-11
27 guided meditation: equanimity as spaciousness
2018-08-08
27 guided meditation: metta using the radiating energy method
2022-09-01
27 instructions: compassion
2021-08-11
27 meditation: choiceless attention
2022-02-17
27 meditation: compassion
2023-08-30
27 meditation: exploring the insubstantiality of experience
2021-03-16
27 talk: anatta / not-self and the five clinging-aggregates
2017-02-24
27 talk: Awakening Factors and Joy
2018-01-02
27 talk: Equanimity
2019-08-30
27 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-01-04
27 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2017-02-25
28 instructions: compassion practice
2022-01-04
28 meditation: awakening factors
2022-09-01
28 meditation: compassion and self-compassion
2018-08-08
28 talk: an overview of the brahmaviharas with a focus on compassion
2021-01-28
28 talk: Working with afflictive mind-states, including comparing mind
2017-02-25
29 guided meditation: compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then o…
2018-08-09
29 instructions: compassion
2022-09-01
29 talk: Awakening Factors of Tranquility and Samādhi
2018-08-09
30 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend
2024-01-05
30 instructions: equanimity as a brahmavihāra practice
2020-08-25
30 instructions: the four brahmavihara and compassion practice
2022-09-02
30 meditation: spaciousness
2023-08-31
30 talk: An overview of the Noble Eightfold Path
2017-02-25
30 talk: ethical conduct
2022-01-05
30 talk: working with afflictive thought-patterns
2018-08-09
31 instructions: mudita or appreciative joy practice
2022-01-06
31 instructions: mudita p2
2020-08-25
31 meditation: compassion practice
2017-02-26
31 short talk: Right Speech
2018-08-09
32 guided meditation: practising mudita or appreciative joy for a good friend
2022-01-06
32 meditation: mudita as appreciation for outer conditions and inner qualities
2022-02-18
32 meditation: spaciousness
2021-03-17
32 talk: working with afflictive thought patterns
2022-01-06
33 instructions: equanimity
2022-09-02
33 talk: Anattā and the Five Clinging-Aggregates
2022-09-03
34 instructions: equanimity
2018-08-10
34 instructions: Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-01-06
34 meditation: equanimity
2018-08-10
35 guided meditation: exploring the Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-09-03
35 meditation: equanimity
2020-08-26
36 instructions: the clinging aggregates of perception and mental formations
2018-08-10
37 talk: anatta or not-self and the five clinging-aggregates
2020-08-26
37 talk: common afflictive thought-patterns and some ways to help them release
2018-08-11
38 instructions: equanimity generally, and as a brahmavihara practice
2018-08-11
39 guided meditation: equanimity for a difficult person
2021-08-28
40 instructions: compassion practice
2021-08-28
41 meditation: compassion for a good friend then oneself
2017-03-09
A short introdruction to metta - kindness practice
2022-06-23
A short talk on developing gratitude as a resource for facing up to the climate…
2019-04-18
Afternoon Instructions - Mindfulness of Mind
2019-04-15
Afternoon instructions - Vedena
2019-04-17
Afternoon Instructions - Working with Compassion
2019-09-22
An Overview Of The Four Brahma Viharas
2022-10-30
An overview of the four Brahmavihāra heart qualities
2017-03-09
An overview of the four brahmavihara practices: kindness, compassion, joy and e…
2018-11-04
An Overview Of The Four Brahmaviharas.
2018-11-25
Anatta And Nibbana
2023-05-14
Appreciative Joy – Muditā (Sunday)
2018-03-14
Balancing effort and enjoyment
2021-10-20
Befriending the Mind
2020-03-28
beginning meditation instructions
2023-10-31
Brahmavihara practice: Metta for benefactor and good friend
2023-11-21
Brahmavihara Practice: Mudita
2023-12-03
Celebrating the Parami
2023-10-29
Clinging and release in relation to mindfulness of the body
2023-05-14
Closing Dedication (Sunday)
2022-11-16
Comparing mind
2023-05-13
Compassion (Karuṇā) (Saturday)
2019-04-16
Compassion, Karuna
2022-11-27
Contemplation of impermanence and death
2019-09-05
Cultivating a generous heart as the foundation of the path
2017-11-25
Dana as a Spiritual Practice
2017-03-21
Dharma talk: Mudita/appreciative joy and equanimity
2017-12-03
Dukkha, and the ending of Dukkha ...
2023-11-26
Effortless effort
2019-11-02
Entering into the refuge of the Forest Refuge
2018-02-09
Equanimity
2019-10-13
Equanimity
2023-05-14
Equanimity – Upekkha (Sunday)
2018-12-31
Equanimity and wisdom
2020-04-02
Equanimity as a resource in challenging times
2019-04-19
Equanimity Practice
2019-04-18
Equanimity, Upekkha
2023-11-12
Exploring Vedana
2018-10-28
Fear and Fearlessness
2023-05-17
Finding moments of ease in the midst of it all
2018-02-05
Five Hindrances
2019-09-15
Five Hindrances
2018-12-25
From suffering to ease
2022-12-01
Generosity, appreciation, celebration
2023-05-14
Guided Appreciative Joy Practice (Sunday)
2023-05-13
Guided Compassion Practice (Saturday)
2023-05-14
Guided Equanimity Practice (Sunday)
2018-02-06
Guided Meditation
2019-04-17
Guided Meditation - Compassion
2019-04-19
Guided Meditation - Equanimity
2022-04-28
Guided meditation equanimity P1
2022-04-30
Guided meditation equanimity p2
2022-04-14
Guided meditation exploring balanced energy or effort
2022-04-07
Guided meditation exploring generosity
2022-04-09
Guided meditation exploring mindfulness and investigation
2022-04-16
Guided meditation exploring pleasant feeling-tone
2020-03-28
guided meditation for beginners
2017-09-14
Guided meditation: equanimity for different phases of our lives
2017-09-12
Guided meditation: equanimity for difficult person
2017-09-08
Guided meditation: exploring difficult emotions
2017-03-09
Guided meditation: metta for benefactor
2017-09-10
Guided meditation: mudita for oneself and a good friend
2020-03-26
Guided meditation: orienting to compassion
2017-09-09
Guided meditation: refining mindfulness of breathing, using mental noting
2022-04-23
Guided meditation: samādhi
2022-04-21
Guided meditation: tranquility
2017-11-22
Guided Mudita Meditation
2023-05-13
Guided Practice (Saturday)
2020-02-18
Instructions and guided meditation cultivating equanimity
2020-02-17
Instructions and guided meditation cultivating mudita
2020-02-15
Instructions and guided meditation practicing mindfulness of breathing
2020-02-16
Instructions and guided meditation using the “radiating energy“ method of metta…
2023-10-28
Instructions and practice: mindfulness of emotions
2017-09-12
Instructions: equanimity for difficult person
2017-09-08
Instructions: exploring difficult emotions
2017-09-07
Instructions: four foundations of mindfulness overview and standing meditation
2022-10-29
Instructions: mindfulness of breathing part one
2017-09-10
Instructions: mudita for oneself
2019-04-14
Intentions
2022-10-27
Intro To Brahmavihara Practice
2018-02-04
Introduction and Guided Metta Meditation
2023-05-12
Introduction the retreat (Friday)
2018-02-03
Introduction To Mindfulness Of Breathing
2023-12-17
Introduction to the theme of the day: attending to the Awakening Factors
2017-08-10
Is Auckland Insight a "secular" group? part 1
2017-10-12
Is Auckland Insight a "secular" group? part 2
2022-11-13
Liberation through non-clinging
2022-10-13
meditation: acceptance of what is
2022-08-19
Meditation: accepting, allowing, opening to how it is right now
2021-04-22
meditation: arriving and steadying
2023-12-17
meditation: Awakening Factor of Equanimity
2023-12-17
meditation: Awakening Factor of Pītī, Joy
2020-12-03
meditation: body then mind and mental activity
2022-03-10
meditation: breathing and resilience
2020-12-17
meditation: breathing, then contemplating the benefits of sangha
2021-05-27
meditation: compassion
2022-02-28
meditation: cultivating an attitude of welcome
2020-09-10
meditation: exploring dukkha
2020-10-22
meditation: exploring feeling-tone
2024-08-29
meditation: Mettā for a good friend
2022-02-10
meditation: metta infusion
2024-08-01
meditation: Mindfulness of breathing
2021-10-07
meditation: mindfulness of breathing to develop calm and ease
2020-04-09
meditation: mindfulness of breathing, then gratitude at end
2024-08-15
meditation: Mindfulness of feeling-tone
2024-08-08
meditation: Mindfulness of Hearing
2020-11-05
meditation: mindfulness of mental activity
2020-11-19
meditation: mindfulness of mind
2024-08-22
meditation: Mindfulness of mind
2022-04-10
meditation: mindfulness of mindfulness
2021-07-15
meditation: opening to appreciation and gratitude
2022-02-03
meditation: orienting to ease
2024-07-17
Meditation: resting into mettā / kindness
2020-04-23
meditation: settling in to calm and steadiness
2020-04-30
meditation: slowing, stilling, soothing
2020-04-16
meditation: steadying the body, the heart, the mind
2017-03-19
Metta and the obstacles to cultivating kindness
2017-03-19
Metta for Self
2017-03-21
Metta for the "difficult" person
2017-03-20
Metta instructions and guided meditation using the "radiating energy" method
2023-05-12
Metta Meditation (Friday)
2017-03-18
Mindfulness Of Body and Breathing
2022-11-03
Mindfulness Of Cetana/Intention
2017-10-31
Mindfulness Of Mind
2018-11-11
Mindfulness Of The Body - Part 1
2018-11-18
Mindfulness Of The Body - Part 2
2020-10-11
Monday moring meditation: body, heart and mind coming together
2019-09-14
Morning Instructions
2019-09-19
Morning Instructions
2019-04-16
Morning Instructions - Mindfulness of the Mind
2019-04-18
Morning Instructions - Working with Equanimity
2017-11-05
Morning instructions: Samadhi And Sati
2023-11-09
Morning reflection
2023-11-26
Morning reflection
2018-11-22
Mudita or appreciative joy guided meditation
2021-10-18
Muditā or gladness as a support for samādhi, unification of mind
2020-10-28
no excuses: 10 minute mindfulness meditation
2020-10-28
no excuses: 15 minute mindfulness meditation
2020-10-28
no excuses: 5 minute mindfulness meditation
2017-01-15
Noble Eightfold Path 01 Talk: intro and overview
2017-01-15
Noble Eightfold Path 02 guided meditation: exploring the Four Noble Truths in i…
2017-01-22
Noble Eightfold Path 03 Talk: Right View and Right Thought/Intention
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 04 talk: Right Speech
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 05: instructions Right Speech
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 06: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Speech
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 07: guided meditation Investigating unskilful speech skilf…
2017-02-05
Noble Eightfold Path 08: Right Action and Right Livelihood
2017-02-05
Noble Eightfold Path 09 Guided meditation: Investigating skillful behaviour ski…
2017-02-12
Noble Eightfold Path 10 talk: Right Effort
2017-02-12
Noble Eightfold Path 11: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Effort
2017-02-19
Noble Eightfold Path 12: Right Mindfulness Right Concentration
2017-02-19
Noble Eightfold Path 13: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Concent…
2017-10-28
Overview Of Brahma Viharas and Introduction to Metta
2020-02-15
Overview of the Four Brahmavihara qualities
2019-11-29
Perception and Volitional Formations
2017-03-22
Practicing metta in daily life
2023-12-17
Q&R session
2019-04-19
Questions and Answers
2019-04-20
Reflection on Universal Well-Being Chant
2023-11-03
Reflections on clinging
2022-11-06
Right effort
2017-11-12
Right Effort - Part 3
2017-11-19
Right Effort - Part 4
2017-11-05
Right Effort - Part Two
2019-10-20
Right Effort and the Middle Way
2022-04-20
Sangha as Refuge
2022-04-15
Seven Factors of Awakening p3: Energy and Joy
2022-04-22
Seven Factors of Awakening p4: Tranquility and Samādhi
2022-04-28
Seven Factors of Awakening p5: Equanimity
2019-12-24
Short guided compassion meditation for the Australian bushfire situation
2017-09-14
Short instructions: equanimity and the eight worldly winds
2024-08-15
short instructions: Exploring feeling tone
2021-04-21
short meditation orienting to mudita, appreciation and gratitude
2024-07-17
short talk: an overview of brahmavihāra practice
2024-03-21
short talk: Changing our relationship to dukkha
2024-01-18
short talk: Exploring freedom as the goal of our practice
2024-11-07
short talk: Exploring the relationship between dharma and politics
2024-08-15
short talk: Exploring the wheel model of experience
2024-10-31
Short talk: Halloween reflections
2023-06-15
short talk: pāramī of mettā, kindness
2024-08-01
short talk: Refreshing our insight meditation practice
2020-03-26
Short talk: some responses to the coronavirus/karuna-virus situation
2024-04-11
short talk: Tasting freedom
2024-08-08
short talk: the benefits of practising Mindfulness of the Body
2017-09-07
Standing meditation observing all four foundations of mindfulness
2018-12-18
Suffering and self-compassion
2017-09-13
Talk: anatta not-self and the five aggregates subject to clinging
2020-04-23
talk: balancing urgency and trust
2020-05-26
Talk: Coming Home to the Heart - Strengthening Our Natural Resilience to Meet L…
2022-05-19
talk: connecting with the more than human world
2024-02-22
talk: Death contemplation, gratitude and muditā practice
2024-03-28
talk: Exploring the Second Noble Truth - craving for sense pleasures, craving f…
2022-02-03
talk: finding (moments of) ease in the midst of it all
2025-03-06
talk: Foundations 2 - Dāna or generosity p2
2025-03-13
talk: Foundations 3 Ethical conduct as a form of generosity
2025-02-13
talk: Foundations of the Path 1 - Generosity / dāna
2024-02-01
talk: Freedom and contemplation of death
2024-02-15
talk: Freedom and death contemplation p2
2024-01-25
talk: Freedom and Mindfulness
2017-09-07
Talk: from Aversion to Compassion
2017-09-03
Talk: from greed to freedom
2020-04-16
talk: hope, hopelessness and equanimity
2020-09-10
talk: impermanence and dukkha
2024-08-22
talk: Introduction to Mindfulness of mind
2022-08-18
Talk: introduction to the theme of taking refuge in Dharma
2024-07-25
talk: Maintaining and deepening the practice
2020-07-26
talk: metta and the brahamvihara as a support for resilience
2017-09-09
Talk: mudita - appreciative joy
2020-08-17
talk: Noble Eightfold Path p2 Right View and Right Intention
2023-02-23
talk: pāramī of dāna / generosity
2023-04-13
talk: pāramī of energy
2023-10-19
talk: pāramī of mettā - kindness, good will
2023-04-20
talk: pāramī of patience
2023-03-09
talk: pāramī of renunciation or relinquishment
2023-03-02
talk: pāramī of sīla / ethical conduct
2023-03-16
talk: pāramī of wisdom
2024-11-21
talk: Pleasure and enjoyment on the path P2
2024-12-05
talk: Pleasure and enjoyment on the path part 3
2023-09-07
talk: Reviewing all ten pāramī, in conversation with Auckland Insight sangha me…
2020-08-31
talk: Right Livelihood
2022-02-10
talk: Sangha as refuge
2022-06-16
talk: sangha as support for facing in to the climate crisis
2022-03-10
talk: sangha as support for facing the challenges of our time
2020-04-30
talk: seclusion, sangha, samvega (spiritual urgency)
2017-09-11
Talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-04-01
talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2025-04-03
talk: Sīla part 2 - the ethical training of refraining from taking what is not …
2022-10-13
talk: taking refuge in dharma p2 - dukkha and mettā
2022-03-03
talk: Taking Refuge in Sangha p2 - the support of dāna / generosity
2020-01-30
talk: taking refuges and precepts
2020-11-05
talk: the clinging aggregates of perceptions and volitional mental formations
2020-12-03
talk: the clinging-aggregate of consciousness
2020-11-19
talk: the clinging-aggregates of perceptions and mental formations part 2
2023-08-03
talk: the pāramī of equanimity
2023-10-12
talk: the pāramī of patience and resolve
2023-06-01
talk: the pāramī of resolve
2023-05-18
talk: the pāramī of truthfulness
2020-04-09
talk: the relevance of mudita, gratitude or appreciation during difficult times
2020-07-08
Talk: the role of perceptions and formations in creating identity
2024-11-14
talk: The role of pleasure and enjoyment on the path to freedom
2020-10-22
talk: vedana or feeling-tone
2017-09-05
Talk: viriya, energy, effort and balance
2021-05-27
talk: Wise Action
2021-06-03
talk: Wise Action part 2
2021-07-15
talk: Wise Effort p2 - cultivating skilful mind-states
2021-07-01
talk: Wise Effort part 1
2021-06-17
talk: Wise Livelihood
2021-07-29
talk: Wise Mindfulness or sati
2021-10-07
talk: Wise Samadhi
2021-05-06
talk: Wise Speech p2
2021-04-22
tallk: Wise Speech and the power of truth
2022-04-08
The awakening factors of mindfulness and investigation
2019-04-14
The Brahma Viharas for Insight and Wisdom
2023-05-13
The interrelationship between Insight practice and the four heart qualities (Sa…
2023-05-12
The interrelationship between the four heart practices (Friday)
2018-12-02
The Miracle Of Generosity And Gratitude
2018-03-08
The Two Wings to Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2017-09-09
Very short instructions for refining mindfulness of breathing
2017-10-29
Viriya - Energy/Effort
2018-02-08
Wisdom and Compassion
2019-11-08
Wisdom and the Body
2019-11-15
Wisdom and the Body - Part Two
2019-11-22
Wisdom and Vedana / Feeling-tone
2021-11-18
Wise View p2
2019-09-29
Working With Afflictive Thought Patterns 1: Wisdom as antidote
2019-10-06
Working with Afflictive Thought Patterns 2: Compassion
2023-11-19
Working with anxiety and other afflictive states
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2017-01-04
New Year, New Beginnings
2017-02-19
Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2017-03-17
Strengthening the Heart, Cultivating Kindness: Metta Retreat
2017-09-01
Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-23
Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-10-24
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2017-12-28
Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat
2018-02-02
The Path to Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-08-03
Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2018-10-23
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2018-12-05
December 5 - 31, 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-04-13
Finding the Heart of Wisdom
2019-06-08
Befriending the mind
2019-06-22
Transforming Fear into Fearlessness
2019-08-02
Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2019-08-23
Freedom Here and Now
2019-09-10
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2019-11-01
November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2020-01-15
New Year, New Beginnings
2020-02-14
Strengthening the Heart: Lovingkindness Retreat
2020-06-06
Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat
2020-07-02
Foundations of Insight
2020-07-25
Balancing Effort and Enjoyment
2020-08-21
Finding the heart of freedom
2020-09-03
Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight
2020-10-04
Cultivating resilience in challenging times: Learning from the "heavenly messen…
2020-10-12
Introduction to Insight Meditation
2021-01-23
Southern Insight Summer Retreat: Finding the Heart of Wisdom
2021-02-18
Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path
2021-02-26
Coming home to the heart: A Brahmavihara retreat
2021-03-10
Finding the heart of freedom
2021-05-30
one-day celebration of Vesak and the Auckland Insight community
2021-06-20
Right View – Wrong View – Self View – No View
What is the point of view in Bud…
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Finding the Heart of Freedom
2021-08-20
Connecting through silence, solitude, stillness: cultivating the heart of freed…
2021-10-24
Brahmavihāra workshops
2021-12-30
Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-01-14
Deepening into stillness, opening to peace
2022-02-10
Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022
2022-02-12
Cultivation and Insight
2022-04-01
April 2022
2022-05-22
2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight
2022-06-04
Rest, renewal, resilience, release
2022-08-26
Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-10-25
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-02-02
Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-02-11
Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2023-05-12
Jill Shepherd – Exploring the four brahmavihāra heart qualities in daily life
2023-06-25
Online meditation day: Exploring vedanā or feeling-tone
2023-08-12
Online meditation day: Understanding the citta (heart/mind)
2023-08-19
Two-week insight meditation retreat
2023-10-24
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-12-17
Online meditation day: Seven Awakening Factors
2023-12-29
Nine-day insight meditation retreat
2024-01-13
Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop
2024-01-18
Auckland Insight meetings 2024
2024-03-01
Nine-day insight meditation retreat
2024-03-31
Two Wings of Compassion and Wisdom: a day of online practice
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Together and Alone: Finding freedom individually and collectively
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