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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge

February 2024

2024-02-01 (29 days) Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge

  
2024-02-12 Joy: An Inner Wellspring 44:52
Jeanne Corrigal
This talk explores accessible and reliable sources of joy, and explores the role of joy in awakening.
2024-02-15 AM morning reflection on vedana. 19:55
Caroline Jones
2024-02-16 Guided metta/goodwill/loving-kindness meditation. 41:38
Caroline Jones
2024-02-17 Morning reflection on the Buddha’s advice to Bahiya. 13:07
Caroline Jones
2024-02-19 Morning Reflection: The Four Elements 30:42
Jeanne Corrigal
2024-02-19 Nature as a Teacher of Awakening 50:03
Jeanne Corrigal
The Buddha touched the earth and asked for help to awaken, and this can be seen as a template for us, even in difficult times. This talk begins with our own embodied experience, reflects on the Satipatthana sutta refrain as a description of how nature supports awakening, and closes with Ajahn Chah, who said that we can learn from Nature enough to be enlightened.
2024-02-22 Morning reflection on impermanence/anicca. 21:04
Caroline Jones
2024-02-24 Morning reflection: reading of part of a sutta on the 5 aggregates. 21:33
Caroline Jones
2024-02-26 Abiding Practice 8:48
Jeanne Corrigal
2024-02-26 Metta and Liberation 56:52
Jeanne Corrigal
This talk explores metta and mindfulness as partners in liberation. It describes the abiding practice in 5 steps, and closes with 3 sacred going home stories.
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