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Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

This nine-day insight meditation retreat offers an opportunity to strengthen both the wisdom and the compassion wings of awakening. We will explore a variety of different practices taken from the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, alongside the four brahma-vihara heart practices of kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

2018-08-03 (10 days) Te Moata Retreat Center

  
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2018-08-07 21 instructions: volition or intention 10:01  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Looking at the mental factor of volition or intention
2018-08-07 22 guided meditation: standing, paying attention to volition 20:14  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Guided meditation exploring all four establishments of mindfulness while standing, and noticing the mental factor of intention when changing posture
2018-08-07 23 talk: the hindrance of aversion and the brahmavihara practices as antidotes 53:43
Jill Shepherd
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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
2018-08-08 24 instructions: metta 16:21
Jill Shepherd
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How physical and mental seclusion supports samadhi, stability of mind or concentration, and how the reciting phrases method of metta practice also helps strengthen samadhi
2018-08-08 25 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor 27:30
Jill Shepherd
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Guided meditation practising metta for the benefactor, using the reciting phrases method
2018-08-08 26 short instructions: radiating energy method of metta practice 6:55
Jill Shepherd
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Very short instructions for practising metta using the radiating energy method
2018-08-08 27 guided meditation: metta using the radiating energy method 19:49
Jill Shepherd
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Guided metta meditation using the radiating energy method, without reciting phrases or in relation to categories of people
2018-08-08 28 talk: an overview of the brahmaviharas with a focus on compassion 42:17
Jill Shepherd
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Exploring how all four brahmavihara practices strengthen and support each other, then focusing on compassion and self-compassion as antidotes to afflictive mental states
2018-08-09 29 instructions: compassion 12:36
Jill Shepherd
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Instructions for practising compassion for a good friend who is currently experiencing challenges
2018-08-09 30 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend 28:58
Jill Shepherd
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Guided compassion meditation for a good friend, using the reciting phrases method of practice
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