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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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2019-08-02 01 opening talk and practice: generosity 33:37  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Retreat opening talk, focusing on dana or generosity as the foundation of our practice, followed by a guided meditation working together in pairs, exploring our experience of generosity as a support for being on retreat.
2019-08-02 02 meditation: breath-counting 15:00  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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A short guided meditation, practising mindfulness of breathing through the technique of breath-counting
2019-08-03 03 talk: an overview of mindfulness in insight practice 11:59  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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An overview of what mindfulness is, its role in developing wisdom, and the importance of continuity of mindfulness through all activities
2019-08-03 04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 19:57  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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A short guided meditation, beginning with steadying the body then bringing awareness to the breath, using mental noting to stay connected with each in-breath and each out-breath
2019-08-03 05 guided meditation: body scan, orienting to relaxation 30:43  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Starting at the top of the head, bringing awareness to areas of the body that tend to typically hold tension, and inviting that tension to soften, release, relax ...
2019-08-03 06 talk: refuges and precepts, and ethical conduct as an expression of generosity 27:52  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Ethical conduct as an aspect of dana, generosity: the gift of fearlessness. Reviewing the five training precepts and how they can be refined from simply refraining from unethical conduct, to cultivating positive conduct.
2019-08-04 07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of physical sensations 11:08  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Short instructions for practising the bare awareness aspect of mindfulness of the body, staying out of mental reactions to physical sensations that might ordinarily be thought of as "pain"
2019-08-04 08 guided meditation: mindfulness of physical sensations 21:17  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
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Starting with the breath, bringing awareness to the physical sensations of the breath then opening out to include physical sensations throughout the whole body
2019-08-04 10 talk: the two wings of awakening, wisdom and compassion 45:49  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Emphasising the need for balance in our meditation practice, with an overview of all four brahmavihara practices: kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity
2019-08-05 11 instructions: sati - mindfulness and samadhi - stability of mind 10:02  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
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Exploring the relationship between sati and samadhi, and different modes of mindfulness
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