(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A description of the Wise Effort step of the 8 Fold Path, how it fits into the Buddha's teachings, and examples of how to specifically apply it.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores various points of the Buddha's schema as they relate to a practice at a concentration retreat.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talks describes the Buddha's realization that all things arise and pass away because of causes and conditions. He saw specifically how suffering/dukkha came to be. Once he understood the causes of the arising of suffering, he was able to "reverse engineer" the process, and see how suffering could be brought to an end. He specifically pointed to the vedana (feeling tone) of experience as a specific arising to relate to wisely. On a larger scale, his teachings on the 8 Fold Path to end the clinging which causes dukkha to arise.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores how retreatants practice the whole of the 8-Fold Path while on a 3-month retreat

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores what the Buddha meant by "renunciation" why its important, and how it can be practiced.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk discusses some of the motivations which can present in meditation practice, and encourages wisdom about which to act on.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Finding inner resources to strengthen the mind/heart when it is challenging. The uses of reflection for self-support.

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Half of the sixth step of the eightfold path deals with unwholesome states, but the other half relates to the less discussed practice with the wholesome