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Jill Shepherd's Dharma Talks
at Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
Jill Shepherd
Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.
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2018-05-06
00 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing
2022-01-15
01 instructions: developing mindfulness and steadiness of mind
2026-08-02
01 meditation: Establishing mindfulness of the body, breathing
2018-05-06
01 short talk: context of the three universal characteristics, anicca, dukkha, …
2019-06-22
01 talk: Transforming Fear into Fearlessness intro
2026-08-02
02 instructions and meditation: Mindfulness of breathing 2
2019-06-22
02 instructions: written exercises exploring fear
2022-01-15
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2018-05-06
02 short talk: anatta or not-self
2022-01-15
03 instructions: mindfulness of the body
2020-01-16
03 instructions: sati and samadhi
2019-06-29
03 meditation: body sitting, breathing
2018-05-13
03 short guided meditation: mindfulness of the body and physical sensations
2026-08-02
03 talk: Hindrances of Sense Desire and Aversion
2020-01-16
04 meditation: body scan and mindfulness of breathing
2026-08-03
04 meditation: Mindfulness of breathing in long and short
2018-05-13
04 short talk: dukkha and an overview of the five aggregates
2019-06-29
04 talk: Fear of Dukkha, and Fear IS Dukkha
2022-01-15
04 talk: Right Effort p1 - the Five Hindrances
2018-05-13
05 guided dyad (pairs) practice exploring the impermanent and not-self nature o…
2022-01-16
05 instructions: cultivating spaciousness and metta
2019-06-29
05 instructions: the anatomy of anxiety
2026-08-03
05 meditation: Mindfulness of the body in relation to the four elemental qualit…
2025-05-10
05 talk: Dukkha in the context of the First Noble Truth and the three character…
2019-06-29
06 guided meditation: exploring physical sensations of anxiety and the antidote…
2022-01-16
06 meditation: spaciousness and mettā
2018-05-20
06 short talk: three qualities of feeling-tone or vedana, three afflictive ener…
2026-08-03
06 talk: Supportive conditions
2019-07-06
07 guided meditation: body, breathing, choiceless awareness
2022-01-16
07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualiti…
2020-01-17
07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualiti…
2026-08-04
07 meditation: Mental noting of physical sensations
2018-05-27
07 short talk: The aggregates of perception, mental formations, and consciousne…
2020-01-17
08 guided meditation: exploring the four elemental qualities
2026-08-04
08 meditation: Mostly silent, with suggestions at the start for choosing which …
2018-06-03
08 short talk: five aggregates, mindfulness and compassion
2022-01-16
08 talk: Right Effort p2 - Seven Factors of Awakening
2019-07-06
08 talk: Second Noble Truth, craving for sense pleasures, compassion
2020-01-17
09 instructions: metta
2019-07-06
09 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-01-17
09 meditation: mindfulness of mind and awakening factors
2018-06-03
09 short guided meditation: self-compassion
2026-08-04
09 talk: The five hindrances part 2 - sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry,…
2019-07-06
10 guided meditation: dyad practice, mindfulness of mind
2020-01-17
10 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor
2022-01-17
10 intstructions: mindfulness of mind-states
2026-08-05
10 meditation: Mindfulness of feeling-tones / vedanā
2018-06-10
10 short talk: Anatta and Nibbana
2025-05-11
10 talk: An overview of the four Brahmavihāra heart practices
2019-07-14
11 guided meditation: body and heart-mind
2026-08-05
11 meditation: Exploring cetana or intention, the about-to moment
2020-01-17
11 talk: befriending the mind
2022-01-17
11 talk: three characteristics and contemplation of death
2022-01-18
12 instructions: compassion
2020-01-18
12 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2019-07-14
12 talk: comparing mind (mana) and appreciative joy (mudita)
2026-08-05
12 talk: Dāna and Mettā as supportive conditions for the development of the awa…
2019-07-14
13 guided meditation: dyad practice, exploring gratitude and mudita for oneself
2022-01-18
13 meditation: compassion
2026-08-06
13 meditation: Mettā for oneself
2020-01-18
13 meditation: mindfulness of mind
2024-03-04
13 meditation: Standing, tuning in to feeling-tones and cetanā
2019-07-20
14 guided meditation: relaxing the body, stilling the mind
2020-01-18
14 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone
2022-01-18
14 instructions: muditā
2026-08-06
14 meditation: Mindfulness of hearing
2026-08-06
15 talk: An Overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening, with a focus on Mindful…
2022-01-18
15 talk: equanimity
2025-05-12
15 talk: Exploring the Second Noble Truth and the Second Establishment of Mindf…
2020-01-18
15 talk: from dukkha to sukha
2019-07-20
15 talk: wisdom and the three universal characteristics
2019-07-20
16 guided meditation: dyads, exploring fearlessness
2026-08-07
16 instructions: Mindfulness of mind
2021-08-09
16 instructions: working with pain
2022-01-19
16 meditation: equanimity
2026-08-07
17 meditation: Mindfulness of mental activity
2021-08-09
17 meditation: practising with physical discomfort
2019-07-27
17 talk: fear of freedom
2026-08-07
18 talk: The awakening factor of investigation and its connection to insight in…
2026-08-08
19 meditation: Choiceless attention
2025-05-13
20 talk: Second Noble Truth; craving for becoming and non-becoming
2026-08-08
20 talk: The Awakening Factor of Viriya, Unshakeable Energy
2026-08-09
21 meditation: Self-compassion
2026-08-09
22 talk: Wisdom and Compassion
2026-08-10
23 short instructions: Exploring the self-constructing process
2025-05-14
23 talk: Third Noble Truth and the role of joy on the path to freedom
2026-08-10
24 meditation: Exploring the self-constructing process
2026-08-10
25 talk: The Awakening Factor of Joy
2019-08-08
26 instructions: compassion and working with painful emotions
2021-08-11
26 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness
2026-08-11
26 meditation: Gladdening the Mind
2025-05-15
26 talk: Right Effort and Anattā
2019-08-08
27 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend, and self-compassion
2021-08-11
27 meditation: choiceless attention
2026-08-11
27 talk: The Awakening Factor of Tranquility
2026-08-12
28 meditation: Calming the body-mind
2025-05-16
29 talk: Equanimity as an awakening factor
2026-08-12
29 talk: The awakening factor of Samādhi
2026-08-13
30 meditation: Spacious awareness
2026-08-13
31 talk: The Awakening Factor of Equanimity
2026-08-14
32 meditation: Awakening Factors review
2019-12-24
Short guided compassion meditation for the Australian bushfire situation
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Select one of Jill Shepherd's 8 retreats
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2019-06-22
Transforming Fear into Fearlessness
2019-08-02
Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2020-01-15
New Year, New Beginnings
2021-08-06
Finding the Heart of Freedom
2022-01-14
Deepening into stillness, opening to peace
2024-03-01
Nine-day insight meditation retreat
2025-05-09
Nine-day retreat: Seeing clearly, finding freedom
2026-08-01
Two-week retreat
