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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

The annual three-month course, including its six-week partials, is a special time for practice. Because of its extended length and ongoing guidance, it is a rare opportunity for students to deepen the powers of concentration, wisdom and compassion. Based on the meditation instructions of Mahasi Sayadaw and supplemented by a range of skillful means, this retreat will encourage a balanced attitude of relaxation and alertness, and the continuity of practice based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. 07PT2 073MO

2007-11-01 (42 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

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2007-11-10 What Versus Why 53:58
Andrea Fella	Download Listen Order
As human beings, we often try to understand our experience by asking the question “why”. But instead exploring “what” is happening, we can come to know the “why” of the present moment which opens to an understanding of the cause and effect nature of experience, and points towards to freedom.

2007-11-09 Working With The Judging Mind 55:46
Sally Clough Armstrong	Download Listen Order
The voice of the inner critic is a huge source of suffering for many people. Learning to work skillfully with this voice allows us to develop an sense of respect and trust in ourselves that is essential for the deepening of our spiritual practice.

2007-11-08 Habits Of Mind 57:36
Carol Wilson	Download Listen Order
The practice of mindfulness is like swimming upstream against the habits of mind. We can learn to trust mindfulness rather than the habits.

2007-11-04 First Noble Truth: Suffering 56:12
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen Order
Suffering becomes a noble truth when it is fully understood. Then it is seen as a universal experience that connects us through compassion with all beings.

2007-11-03 Becoming Unhindered: The Five Difficult Mind States 57:04
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen Order
When we are identified with these five mind states they are called hindrances to seeing the way things actually are. Each one is explored along with skillful antidotes to overcome them.

2007-11-02 What Are We Doing Here And Why? 53:03
Sally Clough Armstrong	Download Listen Order
This talk is about understanding what mindfulness is and why it is helpful to practice it

2007-11-01 Right Attitude 31:28
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen Order
As we develop awareness of the objects of our experience, it is also important to be aware of our attitude to them. Is there greed, aversion or delusion; or is there non-greed, non-aversion or non-delusion?

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