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Retreat Dharma Talks

Teen Retreat – 25TR

2025-06-28 (6 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
2025-06-29 Breaking out of Samsara 53:35
Cara Lai
A talk about Samsara and suffering that doesn't bum everybody out
2025-06-30 Loving Kindness Meditation 31:09
Jean Esther
In this 2 part guided meditation, we begin with recieving the loving care from someone who loves us in an uncomplicated way. Which could, include our pets, a spiritual figure, a teacher, etc. The 2nd part is offering love and care to ourselves including what we find difficult in ourselves.
2025-07-01 The Unshareable Liberation of the Heart and Mind 53:20
Jean Esther
What is the state of our current existance? How does Buddhist practice lead us to being fully ourselves with this world while remaining steady and rooted in love and wisdom? This talk includes a brief reflection on the healing power of the 7 factors of awakening and how to identify them.
2025-07-02 Morning Instructions 56:25
Jean Esther
These instructions introduce "thinking" as one of the six sense doors to cultivate mindful awareness of this includes identifying emotions and how to meet them in ones meditation practice. Included in these instructions are a brief introduction to choiceless awareness practice.
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