(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation bringing awareness to dukkha in the moment, and ways of relating to it in light of the Four Noble Truths
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An introduction to the Noble Eightfold Path, including the context of the Buddha's teaching on the Middle Way and the Four Noble Truths, followed by a brief overview of the eight path factors
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening: Mindfulness, Investigation, Energy, Joy, Tranquillity, Concentration and Equanimity, then exploring the Factor of Energy in more detail
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An overview of how metta works with insight practice, and how to practice it for the category known as the benefactor
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Learning how to recognise pleasant, unpleasant and neutral feeling-tone at the six sense doors, and guidance for exploring this in pairs, naming pleasant and unpleasant feeling-tone out loud
10 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.