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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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2010-10-22 Kamma - Karma 58:43
Marcia Rose
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Exploring kamma as a very accessible aspect of the Buddha's teaching... kamma as intention or motivation, which includes will, choice and decision... the mental impetus that leads to actions... both creative and destructive actions.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-19 Diligence 57:28
Ariya B. Baumann
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The Buddha rated diligence (appamada) as foremost among all the wholesome qualities.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-15 Metta - The Heart's Release 65:43
Marcia Rose
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This talk explores ways that Metta practice helps to release the contractions of the heart/mind and the tremendous fullness of energy which is constituted by confidence and strength and a clear straight forwardness that comes from a loving heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-12 The Defilements and the Three Trainings - Part 2 63:25
Ariya B. Baumann
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The latent defilements are the base from which they manifest as either obsessive or transgressive defilements. Their abandoning, temporary or complete, can be acheived by the threefold training in virtue, concentration, and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-08 Wise Concentration 62:12
Marcia Rose
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Learning how to properly apply the 3 active forces of purification - sila (virtue), samadhi (concentration), and panna (wisdom) is essential to our practice. this talk explores the active force of samadhi (concentration)... its basis, the process of its development, and the fruits of concentration.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-05 The Defilements and the Three Trainings - Part 1 49:21
Ariya B. Baumann
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The three trainings in virtue, concentration, and wisdom enable a practitioner to suppress or abandon the different levels of defilements. But only the practice of vipassana mediation is able to completely uproot them.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-09-16 So You Like to Think! 51:06
Myoshin Kelley
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An exploration of this natural function and how we can use it as a support for our meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  September 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-09-09 The Open Heart that is Wise 54:16
Myoshin Kelley
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Working at how the qualities of Wisdom and Compassion enrich our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  September 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-09-02 When All Else Fails - Patience 49:12
Myoshin Kelley
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Patience can be difficult to learn and yet brings a grace to the weary heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  September 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-08-09 Cultivating Non-Attachment 52:12
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
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Through practice we learn to relate with non-attachment to the condition of the body and mind as well as the conditions of our lives. We do this through the practice of the four foundations of mindfulness, the cultivation of samadhi, and the gradual eroding of self-view. Then we are well-positioned for insight.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  August 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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