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Sally Armstrong's Dharma Talks
Sally Armstrong
Sally Clough Armstrong began practicing vipassana meditation in India in 1981. She moved to the Bay Area in 1988, and worked at Spirit Rock until 1994 in a number of roles, including executive director. She began teaching in 1996, and is one of the guiding teachers of Spirit Rock's Dedicated Practitioner Program. Sally has always been inspired by the depth and the breadth of the Buddha’s teaching, as presented in the suttas of the Pali Canon, because the truth and power of the Buddha’s words still speak to us today. Her intention in teaching is to make these ancient texts and practices accessible and relevant to all levels of practitioner, from the very new to the dedicated meditator.
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2012-10-28 4th Foundation of Mindfulness, part 5 20:16
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-10-28 4th Foundation of Mindfulness, part 4 35:42
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2012-10-28 4th Foundation of Mindfulness, part 3 35:28
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-10-28 4th Foundation of Mindfulness, part 2 43:49
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-10-28 4th Foundation of Mindfulness, part 1 69:29
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-10-15 Transcendent Dependent Arising: A map of practice 60:13
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This powerful teaching form the Upanisa Sutta shows us how suffering when understood with wisdom leads to faith and is the beginning of a natural unfolding of beautiful qualities of the heart which provide the foundation for the mind to turn to awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2012-09-24 Deepening concentration, developing happiness 56:14
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Any time we practice mindfulness and wise attention, we are weakening the impact of the hindrances, and strengthening what are known as the five jhanic factors: meditative qualities that support the continuity and deepening of our meditation. Each of the jhanic factors actually balances and acts as an antidote to one of the hindrances. This talk looks at how to strengthen the jhanic factors, and use them skillfully as antidotes to the hindrances.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2012-09-18 Guided Metta on self and benefactor 45:34
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2012-09-17 “Am I OK?” 58:10
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Though we receive lots of instructions for our meditation practice on retreats, let’s face it – we spend a lot of time thinking. What do we think about? At the heart of these movements of the mind is answering the questions, “Am I OK?”, “Was I OK?”, and “Will I be OK?” Our obsession with these questions is the cause of a huge amount of restlessness. Restlessness is one of the major hindrances to calming the mind and deepening our meditation, and can be seen as both the cause and the effect of all the other hindrances. The Buddha also talked about this kind of thinking, and called it unwise attention that leads to all kinds of suffering. We need to look at the core issues that lead us to dwell on these questions if we are to create a more skilful relationship to our thoughts.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2012-09-10 Mindfulness Of The body 56:24
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Developing a wise relationship to our body is an important part of our meditation practice. We often have a distorted, even aversive attitude to the body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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