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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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2022-08-30 16 instructios: mindfulness of hearing 11:45
Opening up the field of awareness from breathing, to physical sensations to receiving sounds
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-29 15 talk: An overview of the four brahmavihāra heart qualities 40:37
kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-29 14 meditation: standing, noticing feeling-tones 24:23
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-29 13 instructions: feeling-tone or vedanā part 2 20:54
Beginning to deconstruct our experience into its component parts, beginning with sense contacts and feeling-tones, and seeing how these condition reactivity when there's no mindfulness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-28 08 instructions: continuity of mindfulness 8:24
How continuity of mindfulness supports deepening awareness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-28 07 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 27:24
Beginning by steadying awareness on the simple rhythm of breathing, then refining mindfulness on the details of the breath
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-28 06 instructions: mindfulness of breathing 18:32
Exploring different approaches to mindfulness of breathing, to support stability of mind (samādhi) or more refined awareness (sati)
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-27 05 talk: Refuge, Mindfulness and Investigation 39:41
How taking refuge in the natural environment of Te Moata, together with the support of sangha, helps strengthen mindfulness and investigation, which lead to freedom of heart and mind
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-27 04 instructions: Dana, Sila and Wise Effort 28:10
with Di Robertson, Jill Shepherd
Beginning with a brief overview of the five training precepts (Di), then connecting to our retreat aspirations, relinquishment of mobile phones and some relational practice exploring dāna as a support for Wise Effort (Jill)
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-08-19 Meditation: accepting, allowing, opening to how it is right now 27:00
Settling in and making space for whatever our experience is in this moment, meeting it with acceptance and kindness
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

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