(Auckland Insight Meditation) Returning to the First Noble Truth and the five clinging-aggregates, exploring clinging to the body as a source of dukkha and opening to impermanence as an antidote
(Sydney Insight Meditators) Looking at the Wisdom factors of the Noble Eightfold Path, exploring Right View in terms of understanding kamma, and Right Intention in terms of renunciation or relinquishment
(Sydney Insight Meditators) A contemplation of each of the Four Noble Truths arising in immediate experience, touching in to the factors of the Noble Eightfold Path as support for releasing dukkha
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Short meditation using the checklist of the seven factors of awakening, to notice which ones are present and which absent
(Auckland Insight Meditation) An overview of how the four brahmavihara - kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity - work together to support resilience; focuses on metta and a way of practice that doesn't use phrases
40 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.