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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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2023-05-12 Introduction the retreat (Friday) 4:35
London Insight Meditation Jill Shepherd – Exploring the four brahmavihāra heart qualities in daily life
2023-04-20 talk: pāramī of patience 29:23
Patience is a quality that is undervalued in mainstream society with its emphasis on instant gratification, but in the Buddha's teachings, it's seen as the foremost of all the pāramī. Fortunately, it's something that can be trained in, initially by recognising where we're IMpatient, then making the effort to orient to steadiness and non-resistance.
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-04-13 talk: pāramī of energy 28:47
Exploring how energy needs to be guided by the previous pāramī, wisdom, to make sure that our energy is put to best use. Individually and collectively, we tend to use the resource of our own energy in the same way that we relate to other resources:over-exploiting it, until we’re depleted, exhausted, on the verge of burn-out. A wise relationship to energy includes paying attention to how we renew, refresh and resource ourselves, so that energy is available when we most need it.
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-03-16 talk: pāramī of wisdom 26:35
How wisdom supports all the other pāramī, and how it can be cultivated on different levels, corresponding with the head, heart, and gut
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-03-09 talk: pāramī of renunciation or relinquishment 29:23
How the pāramī of nekhamma or renunciation/relinquishing invites us to explore our relationship to wanting, and how the societal-wide craving for comfort helps fuel the climate crisis
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-03-02 talk: pāramī of sīla / ethical conduct 25:57
Exploring the pāramī of sila or ethical conduct, looking at some of the main differences between Buddhist ethics and mainstream Western ethics
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-02-23 talk: pāramī of dāna / generosity 30:41
Exploring generosity as a spiritual practice by bringing more refined awareness to how we give, and the benefits that come from the reciprocal flow of giving and receiving
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-02-16 17 meditation: spaciousness 42:57
Orienting to spaciousness and ease, opening to the full range of experiences including the rain
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2023-02-15 15 talk: Restlessness and remorse 38:36
An exploration of physical and mental restlessness, anxiety and remorse, and some ways to help these afflictive energies release
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2023-02-14 10 meditation: Orienting to ease and well-being as an aspect of mettā, kindness 45:04
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Seven-day insight meditation retreat

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