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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.
2017-09-03 Talk: from greed to freedom 54:29
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2017-02-24 25 instructions: metta part 2 15:30
Metta as a purification practice, and instructions for practicing the radiating-energy method of metta
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2017-02-24 24 short instructions: working with pain 7:38
Various suggestions for working with "pain," to help maintain a balanced relationship to physical discomfort
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2017-02-24 23 short instructions: breath-counting 4:12
Introduction of the technique of breath-counting in sets of ten, as a support for concentration
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Seven-day insight meditation retreat

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