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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.

2019-08-02 (10 days) Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

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2019-08-09 32 guided meditation: mudita for a good friend 18:45 RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
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Practising mudita, appreciative joy, for a good friend whose life is currently going well

2019-08-09 33 talk: the five aggregates subject to clinging 52:01 RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
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An overview of anatta or not-self and the five clinging-aggregates: physical form, feeling-tone, perception, volitional formations and consciousness, and how - when there's no mindfulness - these are used to construct a fixed and solid sense of self, which creates suffering.

2019-08-10 34 instructions: equanimity as a brahmavihara practice 16:50 RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
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A short overview of equanimity, focusing on equanimity as a brahmavihara practice, working with the category of "difficult" person

2019-08-10 35 guided meditation: equanimity as a brahmavihara practice, working with the category of "difficult" person 19:57 RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
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Equanimity as a brahmavihara practice, working with the category of "difficult" person

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