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Retreat Dharma Talks

Awakening the Pure Heart

This retreat invites you to explore insight and the awakening of the heart. Drawing on a traditional image of the mind being gently cleansed and brightened, we will learn to recognize and release difficult mindstates so that qualities like clarity, confidence, and kindness can naturally arise.

2026-05-26 (6 days) Insight Meditation Community of Richmond

  
2026-05-26 The Simile of the Cloth 11:50
Kim Allen
An introduction to the retreat theme of Awakening the Pure Heart.
2026-05-27 The Stained Mind and the Path to Clarity 43:24
Marjolein Janssen
Drawing on the Buddha's Simile of the Cloth (MN7), this talk explores how greed, aversion, and delusion stain the mind and obscure clear seeing. We look at how these defilements manifest in meditation and everyday experience, and how to meet them with awareness rather than resistance.
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