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Retreat Dharma Talks

Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

This three-month course, including its six-week partials, is a special time for practice. Because of its extended length and ongoing guidance, it is an opportunity for students to deepen the powers of concentration, wisdom and compassion. Based on the meditation instructions of Mahāsi Sayadaw and supplemented by a range of skillful means, this silent retreat will encourage a balanced attitude of relaxation and alertness, and the continuity of practice based on the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

2023-10-24 (43 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
2023-11-18 Morning reflection, getting lost 57:22  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Rebecca Bradshaw
2023-11-18 Meditation on appreciative joy - Mudita 57:45
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Practicing appreciative joy towards oneself and sentient beings, can overcome env, jealousy, aversion and lead to peace and happiness
2023-11-18 Opening to beauty 52:10
Brian Lesage
This talk explores opening to beauty through the seven factors of awaking and appreciating own goodness
2023-11-19 Just sit and know that you are sitting 57:43  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
DaRa Williams
Poem and synthesis #4. mostly silent. Poem how to fall in love
2023-11-19 Working with anxiety and other afflictive states 44:50
Jill Shepherd
Some suggestions for navigating difficult mental states
2023-11-20 Sitting Without Instuctions 62:39
Bhante Buddharakkhita
2023-11-21 Brahmavihara Practice: Mudita 43:34
Jill Shepherd
Some short reflections on Muditā, then a guided meditation cultivating appreciative joy for oneself and an "easy being"
2023-11-21 Forgiveness and gratitude: touching into the heart 53:26
DaRa Williams
2023-11-22 Mindfulness of six senses and ten fetters 58:10
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Mindfulness of the six senses, and removing the fetters can lead to various stages of enlightenment
2023-11-22 Hiri and Ottappa 58:01  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Shelly Graf
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