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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
2011-01-21 Contemplating the Aggregates, Part 1 59:09
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk looks at experience through the lens of the Buddha's teaching on the five aggregates. We take a close look at the ways we cling to the body, feeling and consciousness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-14 How Did I Get Here? 48:18
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
When we snap out of states we often ask: how did I get here? How we answer depends on our levels of non-attachment and insight.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-07 The Way We Are... and The Way We Want To Be 47:13
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk address the apparent conflict in practice between opening to the way we are and, at the same time, aspiring towards freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-27 Faith and Inspiration 59:42
Greg Scharf
A discussion of the factor of Faith and its importance in meditation, followed by a look at ways we can draw inspiration from those who have walked the path and show us the way - stories and poems from the Therigatha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-23 Karaniya Metta Sutta - chanting 15:28
Greg Scharf
Chanting the Karaniya Metta Sutta. Starts with an invocation to the devas, and then leads the Karaniya Metta Sutta - once through as call-and-response, and once through all together.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-13 The Five Hindrances 54:22
Greg Scharf
A discussion of the difficulties we encounter in our practice and some suggestions for how to work with them skillfully.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-11-09 Reflections on Death 49:04
Susan O'Brien
How reflecting on our own impermanence can be a support in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-11-02 Aspiration, Expectation, Acceptance 46:27
Susan O'Brien
What inspires our practice, what obstructs it and the role of acceptance in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-29 Through The Looking Glass - The Reality Of Not-Self 1:10:40
Marcia Rose
This talk points out in a number of ways, that what is asked of us in practice is to simply recognize that everything we think of as 'our self', everything we believe to be 'our self'; everything we think of and believe to be other 'selves' simply just doesn't exist in any independent, permanent, unchanging, solid or substantial way.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-26 The Essence Of Life 64:49
Ariya B. Baumann
Generosity, virtue and meditation are the essences that we can extract from our life.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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