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Winnie Nazarko's Dharma Talks
Winnie Nazarko
Our potential as humans is vast and deep, and can be intentionally developed. There is a way that we can learn to open to all of our experience with kindness and clarity. As we begin to find this stability of heart and mind, wisdom will emerge.This emergence of wisdom, and strengthening of compassion, are the road to our individual and collective happiness and well-being.
2016-02-08 Getting Equinimity 57:06
This is a very important quality in Buddhism. The questions are: what is this exactly, and how can it be developed
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Wisdom of Equanimity: Insight Meditation Retreat
2015-11-24 Practice Tips 62:59
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-11-17 What's Going On In The Teacher Meetings? 57:56
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-11-10 Practical Concentration 68:25
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-11-03 The Creativity Of The Spiritual Path 39:08
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-08-28 The Progress Of Insight - Part 3 62:05
The last talk of a series of three, this discusses practicing in the "Dukkha Nanas". stages of distress and difficulty which arise before equanimity emerges.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-08-21 The Progress Of Insight - Part 2 58:50
A brief review of the previous talk (The Progress Of Insight - Part 1) followed by a discussion of what is called "The Arising and Passing Away Of Phenomena" stge. The "Ten corruptions Of Insight" are described, and how to relate to these with skill.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-08-14 The Progress Of Insight - Part 1 1:13:59
What are the "insights" which Insight Meditation cultivates? This talk, first of three on "The Progress Of Insight" teachings, explains what the practice discovers, and what needs to be in place for these discoveries to be possible. Review of the first three insights.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-08-07 When You Can't Get There From Here 53:13
Motivation is the key to practice. As we actually do practice, our initial hopes, desires and questions may deepen, be replaced, or be refined in light of emerging understanding
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2015-06-20 The importance of mindfulness to liberation 53:34
A description of the nature of mindfulness (sati), why it is key in Buddhist practice and how it's trained in meditation practice. Given at short IMS retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Letting Go of Distraction: Insight and Metta Weekend

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