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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
Devon Hase
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.
2025-03-08 Dharma Reflection - Beautiful Qualities of the Heart 20:38
Guided practice on the five jhana factors and how they antidote the hindrances.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2025-03-06 Dharma Reflection - To Be a Person 12:46
Short reflection on metta and the human condition, inspired by Jane Hirshfield's poetry.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2024-03-30 Tattoos on the Heart 17:57
Stories from Father Gregory Boyle, reflections on love
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024
2024-03-29 Untangling the Tangle: On Dependent Co-Arising and Freedom 49:06
Teachings on the 12 links of dependent origination, including chanting and stories. Description of how we get off the chain, dukkha and the end of dukkha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024
2024-03-29 To Be a Person 12:11
Introduction to paticcasamuppada and Jane Hirshfield's reflection on the human condition.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024
2024-03-28 Like a Flower in the Sky 13:57
Reflections on emptiness and the unfabricated.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024
2024-03-22 Counting, This Morning, What Powers Still Remain to Me 12:19
Homage to Jane Hirshfield and reflections on how the path grows our equanimity, and also our humanity
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024
2024-03-21 Equanimity is a Superpower 56:13
How equanimity helps us navigate life in retreat and in the world
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024
2024-03-09 Miguel's Dignity 7:02
Reading from Father Gregory Boyle's "Tattoos on the Heart." Learning our own loveliness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024
2024-03-08 Karaniya Metta Sutta 11:51
Short intro and chanting of Karaniya Metta Sutta in Pali and in English
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2024

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