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Akincano Marc Weber's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
Akincano Marc Weber
Akincano Marc Weber (Switzerland) is a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. He learned to sit still in the early eighties as a Zen practitioner and later joined monastic life in Ajahn Chah’s tradition where he studied and practiced for 20 years in the Forest monasteries of Thailand and Europe. He has studied Pali and scriptures, holds a a degree in Buddhist psychotherapy and lives with his wife in Cologne, Germany from where he teaches Dhamma and meditation internationally.
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2015-07-14 Alice and the Four Ennobling Tasks – an appeal. 57:23
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The Buddha as a healer: the ariyasacca as formula rather than as doctrine; perspectives on a tentative history of "The Four Noble Truths" and how to take their medicine, rather than just believing in its efficacy.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-14 Reflection: Breath and it's centrality in life and contemplative life 27:49
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Breathing and its symbolism - breathing and the lakkhanā - breathing and samatha & vipassanā
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-13 Stilling of distracting thoughts – strategies from the Suttas. (M 20) 60:01
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5 Ways of dealing with tenacious unwholesome thought from the Vitakkasaṇṭhāna-Sutta: Analogie, description, pragmatics of going about it.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-13 Reflection - what the body can reveal 41:39
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On retreat of the effect of how we live our life can reveal itself
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-12 Intro-bhāvanā & setting up mindfulness (welcome to the last group) 49:05
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3 dimensions of changing dukkha through mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-12 Friendship with the Noble (kalyānamittatā) Qualities of the admirable companion (Goodbye to ten participants) 39:42
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Two sets of 7 qualities of a kalyānamitta. The inner friend through the practice of Refuge. Noble Friendship at the heart of Sangha and Learning.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-11 Four Roads to empowerment (iddhipāda) 65:54
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The empowerment won by ardency, perseverance and focusing of (i) zeal (ii) energy (iii) consciousness (iv) investigation/discernment
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-10 Dhammānupassanā–2 - Approaches to the last of the Satipaṭṭhātthana-s. Tools for formal practice. 37:28
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Examples; Reading of the Kaccānagotta-Sutta (SN 12.15)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-09 Middle Ways: Four interpretations of how to understand the metaphor of the Middle Way 62:26
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(i) between sensory indulgence and self-mortification; (ii) between being and non-being (iii) the monks' and nuns' lifestyle between brahminical family ideals and that of ascetic religious seekers (iv) between shame (hīri - based on self-respect) and fear of social consequences (ottappa - based on understanding good morals)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-07-09 Reflection: Dhammānupassanā-1–The concept of dhammā – a practical interpretation 52:16
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Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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