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Caroline Jones's Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones, a member of the Gaia House Teacher Council, has been practicing meditation for 25 years and teaching since 2009. In teaching, she encourages students to discover and deepen ways of engaging with the Dharma to bring healing and liberation.
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2016-10-28
Right speech.
2017-09-01
The five spiritual faculties: Faith
2017-07-21
Wisdom is to be developed.
2024-05-03
3 basic reminders: simplifying, knowing, caring.
2020-04-17
A healing time: practicing with difficult emotions.
2017-04-14
A path of happiness.
2016-01-08
A Path of Healing
2024-05-30
A practice for taking leave of a beloved place.
2022-11-10
A reading of the Buddha’s teachings on the five aggregates. Sutta ref. SN 22:95…
2019-01-25
Affliction, blessing, healing and freedom
2024-02-15
AM morning reflection on vedana.
2018-08-24
Anatta.
2022-09-20
Anatta.
2019-09-20
Anatta. The third in a series of three talks on the three characteristics of e…
2019-09-06
Anicca - Impermanence
2018-08-10
Anicca.
2019-01-18
Big mind meditation
2023-10-06
Brahma vihara practice and its creative potential.
2016-10-07
Caring for the earth.
2018-10-12
Celebrating earth care week.
2016-05-27
Celebrating the brahma viharas.
2016-09-23
Compassion
2021-11-12
Compassion
2025-08-14
Compassion
2026-02-27
Compassion
2024-02-10
Compassion and joy.
2016-05-13
Compassion.
2022-09-13
Compassion.
2023-10-20
Contemplating our mortal fragility.
2018-04-13
Contentment
2022-03-04
Contentment
2025-11-07
Cultivating a wise relationship with thought
2023-11-10
Cultivating a wise relationship with thought.
2020-04-24
Cultivating the perception and understanding of impermanence
2017-08-18
Determination
2019-11-05
Determination
2016-09-09
Determination and patience
2020-02-14
Developing a wise relationship with thoughts
2016-12-30
Dharma practice in difficult times.
2018-07-12
Dharma Talk - Metta
2024-04-19
Dharma talk: equanimity
2025-11-14
Dharma Talk: Four Indispensable Meditative Skills.
2024-04-12
Dharma talk: practicing with thoughts
2024-04-05
Dharma talk: renunciation
2019-09-13
Dukkha - the second in a series of three talks on the three characteristics of …
2018-12-14
Dukkha and disturbance.
2018-08-17
Dukkha.
2016-04-22
Earth Day.
2017-11-03
Entering a time of retreat; some reflections that can help.
2025-12-19
Equanimity
2020-02-07
Equanimity.
2021-11-26
Equanimity.
2022-07-26
Equanimity.
2016-08-26
Equinimity
2022-09-06
Exploring how images and similes can support our dhamma practice.
2016-01-29
Finding kindness
2015-04-28
Five Topics for Frequent Recollection
2023-05-12
Five topics for frequent recollection
2018-05-11
Five topics for frequent recollection.
2024-02-02
Guided body scan
2024-11-07
Guided body scan
2024-05-02
Guided body scan meditation
2021-11-18
Guided Brahma Vihara Meditation
2021-11-11
Guided Compassion Meditation
2024-05-23
Guided meditation on impermanence.
2018-10-19
Guided meditation on Mudita/gladness.
2017-12-15
Guided meditation on the five aggregates.
2018-10-26
Guided meditation on upekkha/equanimity.
2016-10-21
Guided meditation: a guided tour through the brahma viharas.
2024-11-22
Guided meditation: big mind
2024-11-09
Guided meditation: Open Presence
2022-04-05
Guided Metta (loving-kindness) practice
2018-12-21
Guided metta mediation with a brief introduction.
2016-09-16
Guided Metta meditation
2017-12-22
Guided Metta Meditation
2019-11-19
Guided Metta meditation
2020-04-09
Guided metta meditation
2021-11-04
Guided metta meditation
2016-04-29
Guided metta meditation.
2016-12-22
Guided metta meditation.
2018-09-14
Guided Metta meditation.
2023-05-19
Guided metta meditation.
2024-05-24
Guided metta meditation.
2024-02-16
Guided metta/goodwill/loving-kindness meditation.
2022-10-21
Guided metta/kindness meditation.
2022-07-18
Guided metta/loving kindness meditation using a variety of images
2022-11-08
Guided metta/loving-kindness meditation
2024-12-13
Guided Metta/Loving-Kindness meditation
2024-02-02
Helpful themes for entering a time of practice
2016-08-05
Hindrances
2017-11-10
Hindrances are part of the path.
2022-07-12
Hindrances: including similes of the Buddha
2025-12-05
Hindrances: Understanding, recognizing and relating wisely to them.
2023-08-11
Hindrances.
2023-10-13
How does the mind settle?
2015-12-22
Impermanence
2023-04-13
Impermanence.
2016-12-15
Inviting the precepts to tea.
2016-01-15
Kamatanha - craving for sense pleasure.
2016-01-01
Metta
2021-11-05
Metta
2016-05-06
Metta.
2023-11-17
Metta/ loving-kindness
2021-12-02
Mindfulness of body
2023-04-20
Mindfulness of body and the Brahma viharas
2023-02-13
Morning reflection
2024-05-09
Morning Reflection - what is mindfulness?
2024-11-14
Morning reflection on anicca/impermanence
2024-11-16
Morning reflection on gratitude
2023-08-12
Morning reflection on gratitude.
2024-02-22
Morning reflection on impermanence/anicca.
2024-02-17
Morning reflection on the Buddha’s advice to Bahiya.
2023-08-10
Morning reflection on Vedana
2024-11-21
Morning reflection on vedana/feeling tone
2024-04-18
morning reflection: 3rd foundation of mindfulness
2024-11-28
Morning Reflection: Acknowledging and cultivating wholesome qualities
2026-02-19
Morning Reflection: Anicca/Impermanence
2025-12-27
Morning Reflection: Appreciating the Good
2025-08-09
Morning Reflection: Body and brahma viharas
2024-04-13
morning reflection: calming the heart/mind
2024-04-27
morning reflection: compassion
2025-08-14
Morning Reflection: Compassion
2025-11-15
Morning Reflection: Compassion
2024-12-28
Morning Reflection: Conscious leave-taking and tuning in to joy
2023-04-27
Morning reflection: equanimity.
2024-12-26
Morning Reflection: equanimity/upekkha
2025-12-20
Morning Reflection: Generosity
2025-11-27
Morning Reflection: Gratitude
2026-02-05
Morning Reflection: Guided body scan
2024-04-06
morning reflection: guided body scan meditation
2024-12-19
Morning Reflection: How does the mind settle?
2023-05-11
Morning reflection: impermanence
2025-12-25
Morning Reflection: Impermanence/Anicca
2025-11-20
Morning Reflection: Mindfulness directed to the body.
2025-08-02
Morning Reflection: Mindfulness of body
2025-11-06
Morning Reflection: Mindfulness of the body and the four sublime attitudes
2023-05-18
Morning reflection: mindfulness of the body.
2023-05-25
Morning reflection: mindfulness of the six sense bases.
2025-11-13
Morning Reflection: Mindfulness of vedana
2024-04-20
morning reflection: moving towards relinquishment
2024-11-23
Morning reflection: poetry, suffering and non-suffering
2024-04-25
morning reflection: practicing the four noble truths
2024-02-24
Morning reflection: reading of part of a sutta on the 5 aggregates.
2025-12-11
Morning Reflection: Right Effort
2025-11-29
Morning Reflection: Right Speech
2026-02-27
Morning Reflection: Right speech, silence and deep listening
2024-04-04
morning reflection: settling the mind
2025-12-06
Morning Reflection: Simplicity
2025-12-04
Morning Reflection: The Brahma Viharas as Four Friends
2025-12-13
Morning Reflection: The Buddha's advice to Bahiya
2023-05-13
Morning reflection: the Buddha’s advice to Bahiya.
2023-05-27
Morning reflection: the four brahma viharas.
2025-12-18
Morning Reflection: The Four Great Elements
2025-11-08
Morning Reflection: The insubstantiality of the five aggregates
2025-02-27
Morning Reflection: The Seven Awakening Factors: equanimity
2025-02-20
Morning Reflection: The Seven Awakening Factors: passadhi/tranquility
2025-02-15
Morning Reflection: The Seven Awakening Factors: piti/joy
2025-02-22
Morning Reflection: The Seven Awakening Factors: samadhi/concentration
2025-02-13
Morning Reflection: The Seven Awakening Factors: viriya/energy
2024-12-14
Morning Reflection: Two poems and a chant
2024-04-11
morning reflection: Vedana/ feeling tone
2025-08-07
Morning Reflection: Vedana/feeling tone
2023-04-06
Morning reflection: welcoming.
2024-12-21
Morning Reflection: Winter Solstice: Cosmic, elemental, and personal
2024-11-30
Morning Reflection: Wise Speech
2024-12-12
Morning Reflection: Working with the hindrances
2025-02-06
Morning Reflections - Seven Awakening Factors: Sati/Mindfulness
2024-11-02
Morning Reflections: Guided meditation on mindfulness of today
2024-05-11
Morning reflections: knowing how and when to exert, restrain, rest and gladden …
2026-02-26
Morning Reflections: Paramis and practice in daily life
2024-12-07
Morning Reflections: the Buddha's advice to Bahiya
2025-02-08
Morning Reflections: The Seven Awakening Factors: Dhamma Vicaya/Investigation
2024-05-16
Morning reflections: working with difficult mind states.
2022-10-13
Morning reflections. Cultivating samadhi/gathered nests of mind.
2022-10-08
Morning reflections. Cultivating whole body awareness and the Brahma viharas to…
2022-10-20
Morning reflections. Four indispensable meditative skills.
2022-10-06
Morning reflections. guided body scan.
2022-10-27
Morning reflections. Impermanence.
2022-10-29
Morning reflections. Wise speech.
2021-11-19
Mudita - Appreciative Joy
2025-12-12
Mudita: Appreciative Joy
2023-11-24
Opening to impermanence.
2017-11-17
Opening to Metta; a guided meditation
2017-08-04
Patience
2019-01-04
Patience
2019-11-12
Patience
2022-10-07
Patience
2024-12-06
Patience
2024-05-17
Patience.
2024-11-08
Practicing with thoughts
2019-04-12
Practicing with thoughts.
2018-03-23
Q&A
2021-11-13
Reflection on the cultivation of compassion through mindfulness
2023-04-22
Reflections on Earth Day.
2021-11-27
Reflections on equanimity
2021-11-25
Reflections on equanimity.
2021-12-18
Reflections on finding our way in practice.
2021-12-10
Reflections On Impermanence
2022-09-26
Reflections on impermanence.
2021-12-23
Reflections on metta and mindfulness.
2021-12-12
Reflections on mindfulness of mind states.
2020-04-23
Reflections on practice and guided big mind meditation
2021-12-10
Reflections on practicing with Vedana/ feeling tone
2021-12-16
Reflections on the Buddha’s advice to Bahiya
2022-04-06
Reflections on the metta sutta.
2022-11-14
Reflections on the Paramis.
2022-04-11
Reflections on Vedana/feeling tone.
2022-11-09
Reflections on Vedana/feeling tone.
2015-04-07
Refuge
2026-02-06
Refuge
2020-04-03
Refuges and Precepts
2023-11-03
Relating wisely to difficult emotions.
2017-04-07
Relational Dharma practice on retreat.
2017-07-07
Renunciation
2018-03-09
Renunciation
2025-08-07
Renunciation
2018-03-16
Right Speech
2024-02-01
Rigor and gentleness in practice.
2015-12-08
Samadhi
2024-11-29
Strange Happiness
2016-05-20
Strange Happiness.
2019-07-19
The Brahma Viharas
2025-02-27
The Brahma Viharas dispel the hindrances: Part 2
2024-12-20
The Brahma Viharas: The Importance of Joy
2019-12-13
The Brahma Viharas.
2024-05-18
The Buddha's advice to Bahiya.
2024-05-25
The five aggregates.
2017-12-08
The Five Daily Recollections
2024-11-15
The Five Daily Recollections
2019-01-11
The five daily recollections.
2022-10-14
The five daily recollections.
2024-05-10
The five daily recollections.
2022-03-18
The Five Daily Reflections
2026-02-13
The Five Daily Reflections: contemplating our mortality together
2017-09-08
The five spiritual faculties: energy and mindfulness.
2017-09-15
The five spiritual faculties: samadhi/collectedness and wisdom.
2018-09-21
The five topics for frequent recollection.
2025-02-21
The Four Brahma Viharas dispel the hindrances. Part 1.
2019-04-05
The Four Brahma Viharas.
2020-04-10
The four brahma viharas.
2018-05-04
The Four Sublime Abodes
2018-10-05
The four sublime attitudes.
2015-12-01
The Healing Power Of Hospitality
2019-07-12
The Hindrances
2018-04-20
The inner critic revisited.
2016-10-14
The inner critic.
2015-04-14
The practice of contentment
2024-11-01
Touchstones
2025-02-07
Understanding and Relating to the Hindrances
2025-02-14
Understanding and working with the hindrances, Part 2
2017-07-14
Ways of connecting with metta.
2018-12-07
Wise Attention
2017-04-28
Wise relationship to practice
2024-05-30
Wise speech.
2024-02-09
Working with and transforming the hindrances.
2015-12-15
Working with Anger and Aversion
2015-04-21
Working with difficult emotions
2020-04-16
Working with disturbance: reflections and guided meditation.
2019-12-06
Working with disturbance.
2024-02-08
Working with disturbances
2022-03-11
Working with disturbing emotions and mind states.
2018-09-07
Working with the hindrances.
2023-04-14
Working with the hindrances.
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2015-04-01
April 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-12-01
December 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2016-01-01
January 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2016-04-01
April 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2016-05-01
May 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2016-08-01
August 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2016-09-01
September 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2016-10-01
October 1 to November 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2016-12-10
December 10 to 31 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2017-04-01
April 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2017-07-01
July 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2017-08-01
August 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2017-09-01
September 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2017-11-01
November 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2017-12-01
December 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-03-01
March 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge
2018-04-01
April 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge
2018-05-01
May 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge
2018-07-01
July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge
2018-08-01
August 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge
2018-09-01
September 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge
2018-10-01
October 1 - November 5, 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-05
December 5 - 31, 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-01-01
January 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-04-01
April 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-07-01
July 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-09-01
September 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-11-01
November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-12-01
December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2020-02-01
February 2020
2020-04-02
Forest Refuge April Retreat Online
2021-11-01
November 2021
2021-12-01
December 2021
2022-03-01
March 2022
2022-04-01
April 2022
2022-07-01
July 2022
2022-09-01
September 2022
2022-10-01
October 2022
2022-11-01
November 1-15 2022
2023-02-01
February 2023
2023-04-01
April 2023
2023-05-01
May 2023
2023-08-01
August 2023
2023-10-01
October 2023
2023-11-01
November 2023
2024-02-01
February 2024
2024-04-01
April 2024
2024-05-01
May 2024
2024-11-01
November 2024
2024-12-01
December 2024
2025-02-01
February 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2025-08-01
August 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2025-11-01
November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2025-12-01
December 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2026-02-01
February 2026 at IMS Forest Refuge
