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Dharma Talks given at Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
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2017-09-07 Instructions: four foundations of mindfulness overview and standing meditation 9:26
Jill Shepherd
Four foundations of mindfulness overview, the mental factor of intention or volition, and standing meditation
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-06 The Four Noble Truths and the end of dukkha 52:37
Greg Scharf
The dukkha that leads to the end of dukkha, through the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-05 Talk: viriya, energy, effort and balance 37:48
Jill Shepherd
Exploring how we commonly get off balance, and ways to come back to balance
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-03 Talk: from greed to freedom 54:29
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the three afflictive energies of greed, hatred and ignorance, and how they condition the five hindrances, focusing on greed and desire for sense pleasure. Exploring ways to work skilfully with this energy to move towards increasing freedom.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-02-26 31 short talk: Right Speech 14:47
Jill Shepherd
A brief overview of Right Speech and the qualities that support it: mindfulness and the brahma vihara practices
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-25 30 talk: ethical conduct 27:21
Jill Shepherd
Overview of the ethical factors of Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-25 29 guided meditation: compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then oneself 23:21
Jill Shepherd
Practising compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then oneself, mostly using the reciting-phrases method
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-25 28 instructions: compassion practice 13:26
Jill Shepherd
A brief overview of the brahma vihara practices, then introduction to compassion practice, acknowledging the challenges of practising for oneself
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-24 27 talk: Awakening Factors and Joy 40:16
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening, with a focus on Joy
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-24 26 guided meditation: radiating energy metta practice 17:12
Jill Shepherd
A short guided metta meditation using the radiating-energy method, pervading metta in the four directions, above, below, and all around
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

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