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Retreat Dharma Talks at Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

Seven-day insight meditation retreat

Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path

2017-02-19 (8 days) Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

  
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2017-02-23 21 guided meditation: metta for benefactor 27:37
Jill Shepherd
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Guided meditation beginning with connection to one's own well-being, then metta for the benefactor using the reciting phrases method of practice
2017-02-23 22 talk: Right Effort 31:37
Jill Shepherd
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Right Effort as the sixth factor of the Noble Eightfold Path, with an overview of the Four Great Efforts
2017-02-24 23 short instructions: breath-counting 4:12
Jill Shepherd
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Introduction of the technique of breath-counting in sets of ten, as a support for concentration
2017-02-24 24 short instructions: working with pain 7:38
Jill Shepherd
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Various suggestions for working with "pain," to help maintain a balanced relationship to physical discomfort
2017-02-24 25 instructions: metta part 2 15:30
Jill Shepherd
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Metta as a purification practice, and instructions for practicing the radiating-energy method of metta
2017-02-24 26 guided meditation: radiating energy metta practice 17:12
Jill Shepherd
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A short guided metta meditation using the radiating-energy method, pervading metta in the four directions, above, below, and all around
2017-02-24 27 talk: Awakening Factors and Joy 40:16
Jill Shepherd
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An overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening, with a focus on Joy
2017-02-25 28 instructions: compassion practice 13:26
Jill Shepherd
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A brief overview of the brahma vihara practices, then introduction to compassion practice, acknowledging the challenges of practising for oneself
2017-02-25 29 guided meditation: compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then oneself 23:21
Jill Shepherd
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Practising compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then oneself, mostly using the reciting-phrases method
2017-02-25 30 talk: ethical conduct 27:21
Jill Shepherd
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Overview of the ethical factors of Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood
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