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Retreat Dharma Talks
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June 2023
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2023-06-01 (30 days)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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2023-06-02
Fundamentals of Satipatthana
1:21:41
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Sayadaw Vivekananda
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After laying down the scriptural foundations for this talk, Sayadaw explains that mindfulness does not occur alone: it has companions, namely, ardent effort & clear comprehension, as well as concentration.
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2023-06-07
How does one gain wisdom?
49:01
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Sayadaw Vivekananda
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We learned last night that two factors are the proximate causes for wisdom to arise, namely, wise consideration, (yoniso manasikara), and concentration. This talk further examines the factors which contribute to the arising of wisdom.
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2023-06-12
A Further Exploration of Wisdom
57:26
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Sayadaw Vivekananda
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After recapping the previous day's discussion of factors which promote wisdom, Sayadaw illuminted the way that wisdom knows, by comparing it with perception and conciousness, which also have the quality of understanding, and how wisdom unfolds in the early days of one's practice.
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2023-06-13
The Unfolding of Wisdom, continued
54:11
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Sayadaw Vivekananda
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Sayadaw discusses the gradual nature of the development of wisdom, beginning with a description of physical and mental "symptoms" which can coincide with specific stages of knowledge. Wisdom unfolds gradually and systematically. When conditions are complete, then realization occurs suddenly.
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2023-06-15
Further Aspects of Wisdom
61:16
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Sayadaw Vivekananda
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Sayadaw first discusses the four modes of practice and then explains how the development of intuitive wisdom functions to purify the yogi's view, perception and mind.
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2023-06-19
The Enlightenment Factors
65:02
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Sayadaw Vivekananda
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This talk introduces the seven Enlightenment Factors, (bojjhangas), and gives an explanation of the enlightenment factor of Investigation of States, Dhamma Vicaya Sambojjhanga.
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