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Dharma Talks given at Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
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2017-02-19 02 talk: Refuges and Precepts 28:41
Jill Shepherd
introduction of the Refuges and Precepts, noble silence, metta, and supports for the retreat "container"
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-19 01 talk: retreat opening and introduction of Noble Eightfold Path 9:40
Jill Shepherd
Retreat opening talk and introduction of Noble Eightfold Path theme
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-19 Noble Eightfold Path 13: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Concentration 7:53
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for exploring Right Concentration in dyad practice, 3 minutes each separate speaker and listener then 12 minutes free-flow dialogue
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-02-19 Noble Eightfold Path 12: Right Mindfulness Right Concentration 32:23
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration, including an overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-02-12 Noble Eightfold Path 11: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Effort 12:57
Jill Shepherd
Guided dyad meditation exploring Right Effort, beginning with separate speaker and listener (allow 3 minutes each) then open dialogue (allow 6-10 minutes)
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-02-12 Noble Eightfold Path 10 talk: Right Effort 34:04
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of Right Effort in daily life and formal meditation, with an overview of the Four Great Efforts for working skilfully with mental states
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-02-05 Noble Eightfold Path 09 Guided meditation: Investigating skillful behaviour skilfully 13:24
Jill Shepherd
Short guided meditation investigating an example of skilful action of body, speech or mind, based on the Buddha's instructions to Mahanama AN6:10
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-02-05 Noble Eightfold Path 08: Right Action and Right Livelihood 31:40
Jill Shepherd
Continuing to explore the ethical aspects of the Noble Eightfold Path, Right Action and Right Livelihood, expanding livelihood to look more generally at all aspects of how we live our lives
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-01-29 Noble Eightfold Path 07: guided meditation Investigating unskilful speech skilfully 14:43
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation investigating an example of unskilful speech, paying attention to sensations in the body and emotions in the heart-mind with the intention of gaining clarity about what happened
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-01-29 Noble Eightfold Path 06: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Speech 14:40
Jill Shepherd
Guided dyad meditation exploring Right Speech, beginning with separate speaker and listener (allow 3 minutes each) then open dialogue (allow 6-10 minutes)
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

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