(Southern Insight Meditation (Staveley Camp)) Exploring different aspects of the "retreat container" that support the deepening of our meditation practice: the schedule, sangha, safety, silence, solitude, slowing down and stillness
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Following a reading on the passing of the Buddha, reflecting on the truth of impermanence and how none of us are immune to it; moving into a ritual to acknowledge recent losses, and strengthen inner qualities to be able to navigate change with more ease
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring what Awakening or Nibbāna means, then exploring some words by Thomas Hubl to explore how sangha or community can develop mindfulness, mutuality and mirroring as a support for insight
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Finding points of commonality in our own lives with the life of the Buddha, then moving into relational practice exploring what motivated us to step out of the "palace of delusion"
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Investigating how our sense of community can be expanded to include the more than human world, closing with some relational practice in pairs, exploring our kinship with all beings
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Based on the Buddha's instructions to Rahula, using the space elemental quality to find spaciousness and non-reactivity in the body, heart and mind
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Looking at the final awakening factor, what gets in the way, what helps it to arise and strengthen, and the insights into anicca - dukkha - anatta that it supports
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Based on the Buddha's instructions to Rahula, using the earth's elemental quality to orient to steadiness and non-reactivity
47 min
About Jill Shepherd's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
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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.