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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
2013-02-05 Morning Reflection - Mindfulness Practice 44:26
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-04 Morning Reflection: Shuttling: directed and undirected meditation. (On Collected Sayings 47.10 / S v 47) 11:33
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-02 Using Dukkha as a Guide 56:30
Andrea Fella
This talk explores the term "dukkha" (suffering), and the different ways it is used in the Buddha's teachings. The main way that "dukkha" is used is in context of the Four Noble Truths, and in that context, we begin to understand that dukkha is created by processes at work in our own minds. Seeing that, we realize that when we meet suffering, we are simply meeting our own minds, and that dukkha has something to teach us. As we understand dukkha with mindfulness and wisdom, that understanding helps to release us from dukkha and its cause.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-02 Morning Reflection: Relaxed Effort 16:29
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-01-25 Are you trying hard enough? 53:25
Winnie Nazarko
The Buddha clearly taught that effort is necessary to liberate the mind. But we can mix up wise effort with unskillful kinds of striving. This talk is about discerning wise from unwise effort.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-01-18 Reflections on Faith 48:43
Winnie Nazarko
Faith is a loaded word for many Westerners, yet it is a key quality in Buddhist practice. This talk clarifies what faith (saddha) isn't, and what it is, as part of the eight fold path
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-11-30 Renunciation 52:43
Greg Scharf
Renunciation speaks to the very heart of the Buddha's teachings. This talk explores the power of renunciation - the very substance of freedom. Available to the general public with some rights reserved
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-10-30 Self, No Self and The Creative Process 46:14
Marcia Rose
Without a doubt there is an ancient and subconscious urge for creative life and inventiveness in every single one of us from our beginnings. Engaging in the creative process can be a wonderful vehicle towards freeing up honesty and authenticity... all of which helps create the conditions that allow direct revelation of insight into "the way of things"
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-10-23 The Four Great Elements 59:10
Marcia Rose
How intimately and mindfully connected are you too these most basic and universal experiences?... This body in its elemental nature... A composite of the earth, water, Fire and air elements? This talk is an exploration of the Buddha's primary teaching and a guided meditation in conjunction with this teaching.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-10-16 The Liberating Embrace Of Anicca/Impermanence 1:18:12
Marcia Rose
The only thing that we can know for sure is the constancy of chance. It's the most basic fact of our existence. Realization of the truth of impermanence is a gateway out of feeling the separateness - the suffering of self-centered existence. We begin to understand that we are intimately woven into endlessly changing, reflective web of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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