Greg Scharf's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on loving kindness, forgiveness and Bodhicitta on New Years Eve.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Meditation as the science and practice of happiness.

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Renunciation speaks to the very heart of the Buddha's teachings. This talk explores the power of renunciation - the very substance of freedom.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of the Buddha's teachings on Karma and rebirth with an emphasis on the power of intention in the mind.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores the way that deeply opening to the noble truth of Dukka can lead to the arising of faith and confidence.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The poet John Ciardi described patience as the art of caring slowly. This talk examines the quality of patience in terms of its essential role in our practice.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of the seven factors of enlightenment and the way they naturally arise and develop in our practice.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of the 1st foundation of mindfulness with an empahasis on the four elements. Includes a short guided meditation.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on impermanence and the truth of our own mortality can lead us to a sense of spiritual urgency.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A discussion of the refuges and precepts (including chanting them at the start of the IMS 3 month retreat) and some reflections regarding useful attitudes when beginning a retreat.