Jill Shepherd's Dharma Talks
Jill Shepherd
Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.
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2018-05-06
00 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing
2022-01-15
01 instructions: developing mindfulness and steadiness of mind
2022-02-12
01 meditation: arriving and settling in
2021-02-27
01 meditation: arriving together online
2021-05-30
01 meditation: cultivating mudita as a foundation for the day's practice
2020-09-03
01 meditation: impermanence
2020-07-25
01 meditation: intro, mindfulness of breathing
2024-03-31
01 meditation: Settling in, arriving, introduction of Jill
2023-08-12
01 Opening reflections and guided meditation: Establishing awareness of citta
2023-08-19
01 opening talks and guided meditation
2019-06-08
01 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing
2023-06-25
01 short opening talk and guided meditation establishing the theme of exploring…
2018-05-06
01 short talk: context of the three universal characteristics, anicca, dukkha, …
2020-07-02
01 talk intro to insight meditation
2020-07-16
01 talk mindfulness of hearing
2024-07-20
01 talk: An overview of the four brahmavihāra heart qualities
2020-08-06
01 talk: an overview of the Fourth Establishment of Mindfulness
2020-08-10
01 talk: Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path
2020-10-12
01 talk: introduction to mindfulness meditation for beginners
2020-07-30
01 talk: introduction to practising mindfulness of emotions
2021-02-18
01 talk: Living a life of mutual benefit - introduction to the Noble Eightfold …
2020-07-09
01 talk: mindfulness of body
2020-07-23
01 talk: Mindfulness of Mind
2023-02-02
01 talk: overview of the ten pāramī
2018-08-03
01 talk: retreat opening
2017-01-04
01 Talk: Retreat opening - refuges and precepts, metta
2017-02-19
01 talk: retreat opening and introduction of Noble Eightfold Path
2021-12-30
01 talk: retreat opening, dana and sila
2019-06-22
01 talk: Transforming Fear into Fearlessness intro
2024-01-13
01 talk: welcome and introduction to insight meditation
2022-05-22
01 talk: What is Vesak?
2023-02-11
01 talks: Retreat Opening and Orientation
2020-07-02
02 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-07-09
02 guided meditaton: mindfulness of the breath then physical sensations
2019-06-08
02 instructions: befriending the mind
2017-01-04
02 Instructions: Brief overview of insight practice
2024-01-13
02 instructions: mindfulness of the body
2022-02-12
02 instructions: orientation to the retreat
2017-09-24
02 Instructions: practising bare awareness of physical sensations
2019-06-22
02 instructions: written exercises exploring fear
2023-02-12
02 meditation: Arriving, settling in
2020-08-10
02 meditation: contemplating the Four Noble Truths in direct experience
2022-05-22
02 meditation: cultivating gratitude
2024-07-20
02 meditation: mettā for benefactor
2021-10-24
02 meditation: mettā for the benefactor or easy being
2018-08-03
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-10-12
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2021-12-30
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2022-01-15
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-07-16
02 meditation: mindfulness of sounds
2020-07-30
02 meditation: mindfulness of the mind, including emotions
2020-07-23
02 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts
2020-08-06
02 meditation: noticing the presence or absence of the awakening factors
2018-05-06
02 short talk: anatta or not-self
2022-06-05
02 talk: inner and outer supports for being on retreat
2020-09-03
02 talk: insight into impermanence
2021-02-27
02 talk: introduction and orientation to the online retreat form
2017-02-19
02 talk: Refuges and Precepts
2020-07-25
02 talk: Right Effort and the Middle Way
2021-05-30
02 talk: short introduction to celebrating Vesak
2021-03-04
02 Talk: Wise View and Freedom
2019-06-08
03 brief instructions: calming the body, stilling the mind
2020-07-09
03 guided meditation: standing then walking
2017-09-24
03 Guided meditation: working in pairs exploring physical sensations in the body
2020-07-25
03 instructions: finding balance as a process of listening
2018-08-04
03 instructions: introduction of mindfulness and the practice of mindfulness of…
2017-01-05
03 Instructions: Mindfulness of breathing
2017-02-19
03 instructions: mindfulness of breathing
2021-12-31
03 instructions: mindfulness of breathing
2022-06-06
03 instructions: mindfulness of breathing to strengthen sati and samādhi
2022-01-15
03 instructions: mindfulness of the body
2020-01-16
03 instructions: sati and samadhi
2019-06-29
03 meditation: body sitting, breathing
2024-03-31
03 meditation: Exploring our relationship to unpleasantness or unsatisfactorine…
2024-01-13
03 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2022-02-12
03 meditation: orienting to kindness and ease
2018-05-13
03 short guided meditation: mindfulness of the body and physical sensations
2020-10-19
03 short talk: mindfulness of the body
2021-02-27
03 talk: an overview of the four brahmavihara
2024-07-20
03 talk: Exploring mettā as rest
2021-05-30
03 talk: Heavenly Messengers
2020-09-10
03 talk: impermanence and dukkha
2022-05-22
03 talk: introduction to the life of the Buddha
2019-08-24
03 talk: sila or ethical conduct as an aspect of generosity
2021-03-25
03 talk: Wise Intention and the bliss of renunciation
2017-02-19
04 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2019-06-08
04 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body, emphasising ease
2022-08-27
04 instructions: Dana, Sila and Wise Effort
2024-01-13
04 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness itself
2023-08-21
04 instructions: Mindfulness of the body and mindfulness of breathing
2020-01-16
04 meditation: body scan and mindfulness of breathing
2023-08-12
04 meditation: continuing attuning to the quality of the heart-mind
2020-09-10
04 meditation: dukkha and release
2023-06-25
04 meditation: exploring feeling-tone in relation to sounds
2023-02-12
04 meditation: Finding steadiness in the midst of changing conditions
2018-08-04
04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2021-12-31
04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2022-06-06
04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2017-01-05
04 Meditation: Mindfulness of breathing in two ways
2020-07-25
04 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2020-10-19
04 meditation: mindfulness of the body
2021-02-27
04 meditation: orienting to kindness
2024-07-20
04 meditation: Resting into mettā / kindness
2021-04-08
04 meditation: simple mindfulness of the body and breathing, with an orientatio…
2024-05-08
04 Morning reflection and meditation: releasing reactivity
2018-05-13
04 short talk: dukkha and an overview of the five aggregates
2022-05-22
04 talk: awakening mutuality
2021-10-31
04 talk: challenges to mettā practice
2024-03-31
04 talk: Exploring the Wisdom wing in relation to the three universal character…
2019-06-29
04 talk: Fear of Dukkha, and Fear IS Dukkha
2022-01-15
04 talk: Right Effort p1 - the Five Hindrances
2018-05-13
05 guided dyad (pairs) practice exploring the impermanent and not-self nature o…
2022-01-16
05 instructions: cultivating spaciousness and metta
2017-09-25
05 Instructions: different qualities of mindfulness
2022-06-06
05 instructions: feeling tone or vedanā
2017-02-20
05 instructions: mindfulness of breathing for calm and insight
2019-06-08
05 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone or vedana
2017-01-05
05 Instructions: Refining mindfulness of the body
2020-10-19
05 instructions: relational practice exploring mindfulness of the body
2021-12-31
05 instructions: standing and walking meditation
2019-06-29
05 instructions: the anatomy of anxiety
2024-01-13
05 meditation: mindfulness of hearing and physical sensations
2020-10-08
05 meditation: opening to the spaciousness of the body
2018-08-04
05 short instructions: continuity of mindfulness and walking meditation
2024-07-20
05 short talk: Compassion
2022-05-22
05 talk: facing up to impermanence, endings, loss
2022-08-27
05 talk: Refuge, Mindfulness and Investigation
2021-05-30
05 talk: spiritual friendship
2020-07-25
05 talk: the role of pleasant experience in formal and informal practice
2021-04-08
05 talk: Wise Intention p2 - metta, kindness
2018-08-04
06 guided dyad meditation: mindfulness of body
2019-06-29
06 guided meditation: exploring physical sensations of anxiety and the antidote…
2017-02-20
06 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing for calm and insight
2017-09-25
06 Guided meditation: mindfulness of the body, breathing, sounds etc
2022-08-28
06 instructions: mindfulness of breathing
2024-01-13
06 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2021-12-31
06 instructions: mindfulness of the body
2019-06-08
06 instructions: perception and volitional formations
2024-07-20
06 meditation: Compassion for a good friend
2021-02-28
06 meditation: metta for the benefactor
2021-07-04
06 meditation: mindfulness of the body and thinking
2022-01-16
06 meditation: spaciousness and mettā
2018-05-20
06 short talk: three qualities of feeling-tone or vedana, three afflictive ener…
2020-10-08
06 talk: an overview of the five clinging-aggregates
2020-10-11
06 talk: Heavenly Messengers 2 - Ageing
2020-10-26
06 talk: mindfulness recap and introduction to mindfulness of hearing
2020-07-25
06 talk: Right Effort and Mudita or appreciative joy
2024-04-13
06 talk: Right View
2017-01-05
06 Talk: Three Universal Characteristics and the Five Hindrances
2019-07-06
07 guided meditation: body, breathing, choiceless awareness
2020-07-25
07 guided meditation: mudita or appreciative joy
2019-06-08
07 instructions: brief introduction to metta practice
2017-01-06
07 Instructions: Mental Noting and Mindfulness of Hearing
2017-12-29
07 instructions: Mindfulness of the Body and four elements or qualities
2020-01-17
07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualiti…
2022-01-16
07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualiti…
2017-02-20
07 instructions: vedana or feeling-tone
2021-12-31
07 meditation: body scan inviting release of tension
2023-08-12
07 meditation: further development of mettā and muditā as supports for freeing …
2022-08-28
07 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-10-26
07 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2024-01-13
07 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2023-06-25
07 meditation: opening to pleasant feeling-tones
2018-05-27
07 short talk: The aggregates of perception, mental formations, and consciousne…
2019-08-25
07 talk: Befriending the Mind
2018-08-04
07 talk: Four Noble Truths
2020-06-06
07 talk: mindfulness and clear comprehension
2023-02-13
07 talk: The hindrance of aversion and some strategies for working with it
2021-02-28
07 very short instructions: embodied metta
2020-01-17
08 guided meditation: exploring the four elemental qualities
2019-06-08
08 guided metta meditation
2020-10-26
08 instructions and guided walking meditation
2022-08-28
08 instructions: continuity of mindfulness
2018-08-05
08 instructions: different approaches to mindfulness
2024-01-13
08 instructions: proliferation
2021-02-28
08 meditation: embodied metta
2017-12-29
08 meditation: four elements
2017-01-06
08 Meditation: Mindfulness of Hearing
2024-07-21
08 meditation: Settling and stilling the body and mind
2020-10-18
08 meditation: vedana or feeling-tones
2018-06-03
08 short talk: five aggregates, mindfulness and compassion
2017-09-25
08 Talk: Dana - generosity as the foundation of the path to freedom
2017-02-20
08 talk: developing wisdom, the Four Noble Truths and an overview of the Noble …
2023-08-12
08 talk: Q&R and closing reflections
2022-01-16
08 talk: Right Effort p2 - Seven Factors of Awakening
2019-07-06
08 talk: Second Noble Truth, craving for sense pleasures, compassion
2021-03-11
08 talk: six supports for deepening retreat practice
2021-12-31
08 talk: six supports for the retreat container
2023-08-22
08 talk: the four brahmavihāra as supports for releasing the hindrances
2023-06-25
08: Questions and Reflections
2019-06-09
09 guided meditation: mindfulness of body, sounds, thinking
2018-08-05
09 guided meditation: mindfulness of the breath, physical sensations, and sounds
2024-01-13
09 instructions: cultivating skilful mind-states such as mettā or kindness
2017-02-21
09 instructions: five hindrances
2020-01-17
09 instructions: metta
2017-01-06
09 Instructions: Mindfulness of Feeling-tone (Vedana)
2019-07-06
09 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-01-01
09 instructions: sati and samādhi p2
2022-01-17
09 meditation: mindfulness of mind and awakening factors
2018-06-03
09 short guided meditation: self-compassion
2022-06-07
09 talk: Compassion
2017-12-29
09 talk: Dukkha and the Four Noble Truths
2020-10-18
09 talk: exploring vedana or feeling-tone and compassion in relation to illness
2020-11-02
09 talk: mindfulness of mind
2024-07-21
09 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy
2022-06-08
10 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2019-07-06
10 guided meditation: dyad practice, mindfulness of mind
2017-02-21
10 guided meditation: five hindrances
2020-01-17
10 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor
2022-01-01
10 guided meditation: sati and samādhi
2023-08-23
10 instructions and meditation exploring feeling-tone or vedanā
2019-06-09
10 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
2017-09-26
10 Instructions: radiating energy method of metta practice
2021-02-28
10 instructions: radiating metta
2018-08-05
10 instructions: walking rotating through senses
2022-01-17
10 intstructions: mindfulness of mind-states
2020-11-02
10 meditation: beginning mindfulness of mind practice
2024-01-13
10 meditation: cultivating the heart energy of mettā or kindness
2020-10-25
10 meditation: making space for equanimity to arise
2024-07-21
10 meditation: Muditā using the radiating energy method of practice
2023-02-14
10 meditation: Orienting to ease and well-being as an aspect of mettā, kindness
2024-05-22
10 Morning reflection and guided meditation: Muditā
2022-02-13
10 reflections: strengthening steadiness and stability
2018-06-10
10 short talk: Anatta and Nibbana
2020-08-22
10 talk: clinging and release
2021-01-24
10 talk: frameworks for understanding - an overview of the Four Noble Truths an…
2017-01-06
10 Talk: The Five Hindrances part 2
2022-02-13
11 meditation: body, breathing
2019-07-14
11 guided meditation: body and heart-mind
2017-09-26
11 Guided meditation: radiating energy metta
2019-06-09
11 instructions: compassion and self-compassion
2017-01-07
11 Instructions: Mindfulness of Mind
2018-08-05
11 instructions: mindfulness of the body as a collection of anatomical parts
2022-01-01
11 instructions: mindfulness of the body part 2
2024-07-21
11 instructions: Muditā for oneself
2017-02-21
11 instructions: Second Foundation of Mindfulness - vedana or feeling-tone
2020-11-02
11 meditation: kindness
2022-06-08
11 meditation: mindfulness of mind
2021-02-28
11 meditation: radiating metta
2020-01-17
11 talk: befriending the mind
2019-08-26
11 talk: the five hindrances, with a focus on desire for sense pleasures
2022-01-17
11 talk: three characteristics and contemplation of death
2017-02-21
12 guided dyad (pairs) meditation: pleasant and unpleasant feeling-tone (vedana)
2018-08-05
12 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts
2019-06-09
12 guided meditation: self-compassion
2023-08-24
12 instructions and meditation: pleasant unworldly vedanā and mettā
2021-02-28
12 instructions: compassion
2022-01-18
12 instructions: compassion
2020-01-18
12 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-06-08
12 instructions: mindfulness of mind-states
2023-02-14
12 instructions: Mindfulness of thinking
2024-07-21
12 meditation: appreciating one's own strengths
2017-01-07
12 Meditation: Mindfulness of Mind
2019-07-14
12 talk: comparing mind (mana) and appreciative joy (mudita)
2020-11-09
12 talk: mindfulness of mind, including emotions
2017-12-30
12 talk: Right Effort
2022-01-01
12 talk: Wisdom and Compassion
2019-07-14
13 guided meditation: dyad practice, exploring gratitude and mudita for oneself
2022-08-29
13 instructions: feeling-tone or vedanā part 2
2017-01-07
13 Instructions: Metta meditation
2017-12-31
13 instructions: Mindfulness of Mind
2022-01-02
13 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness itself
2019-06-09
13 instructions: mudita or appreciative joy, gladness, including for oneself
2017-09-27
13 Instructions: overview of four foundations, and mental factor of intention
2022-01-18
13 meditation: compassion
2021-02-28
13 meditation: compassion for a good friend then oneself
2020-01-18
13 meditation: mindfulness of mind
2023-02-14
13 meditation: Mindfulness of thinking
2020-11-09
13 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2024-03-04
13 meditation: Standing, tuning in to feeling-tones and cetanā
2024-07-21
13 short talk: Equanimity
2017-02-21
13 talk: Right View and Right Thought
2018-08-05
13 talk: sukha, happiness
2021-03-12
13 talk: the clinging-aggregate of feeling tone or vedana
2017-12-31
14 guided meditation: mindfulness of mind
2019-06-09
14 guided meditation: mudita
2019-07-20
14 guided meditation: relaxing the body, stilling the mind
2017-09-27
14 Guided meditation: standing, exploring four foundations of mindfulness
2018-08-06
14 instructions: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or qualities
2017-02-22
14 instructions: different qualities of mindfulness
2020-01-18
14 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone
2022-01-18
14 instructions: muditā
2020-06-08
14 instructions: opening up the field of awareness to include hearing
2024-07-21
14 meditation: Equanimity
2017-01-07
14 Meditation: Metta for Benefactor
2022-01-02
14 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2020-11-07
14 meditation: recognising skilful states
2022-06-09
14 meditation: spaciousness
2022-08-29
14 meditation: standing, noticing feeling-tones
2022-02-14
14 meditation: Well-being
2020-11-16
14 talk: a short introduction to the five hindrances
2024-04-15
14 talk: Second Noble Truth; craving for sense pleasures, craving for becoming,…
2018-08-06
15 guided meditation: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or quali…
2017-02-22
15 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing, physical sensations, sounds
2020-06-08
15 guided meditation: opening to sounds
2022-01-02
15 instructions: continuity of mindfulness p2
2020-11-16
15 meditation: recognising the hindrances of desire for sense pleasure, and ave…
2022-08-29
15 talk: An overview of the four brahmavihāra heart qualities
2017-09-27
15 Talk: Effort or Energy
2022-01-18
15 talk: equanimity
2020-01-18
15 talk: from dukkha to sukha
2021-02-28
15 talk: mudita / appreciative joy
2023-02-15
15 talk: Restlessness and remorse
2017-01-07
15 Talk: Seven Factors of Awakening, and Energy
2019-07-20
15 talk: wisdom and the three universal characteristics
2021-01-25
15 talk: Wise Effort and the middle way
2019-07-20
16 guided meditation: dyads, exploring fearlessness
2017-02-22
16 instructions: concentration and feeling-tone (vedana) part 2
2018-08-06
16 instructions: feeling tone or vedana
2017-01-08
16 Instructions: Integrating Practice Into Daily Life
2022-01-02
16 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone
2021-08-09
16 instructions: working with pain
2022-08-30
16 instructios: mindfulness of hearing
2022-01-19
16 meditation: equanimity
2021-02-28
16 meditation: mudita for a good friend
2020-06-08
16 talk: befriending the mind
2019-08-27
16 talk: Five Hindrances part 2 - aversion, and the antidote of compassion
2022-06-09
16 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2021-03-13
16 talk: the Two Wings of Awakening, wisdom and compassion
2018-08-06
17 guided dyad meditation: feeling-tone
2017-09-28
17 Instructions: compassion for good friend and oneself
2021-03-01
17 instructions: equanimity as a brahmavihara
2020-06-09
17 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
2022-08-30
17 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2021-08-09
17 meditation: practising with physical discomfort
2023-02-16
17 meditation: spaciousness
2017-12-31
17 talk: Compassion
2019-07-27
17 talk: fear of freedom
2022-01-02
17 talk: feeling-tone or vedanā
2019-08-28
17 talk: impermanence and death
2020-08-23
17 talk: mindfulness of the body and impermanence
2023-08-25
17 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy
2017-02-22
17 talk: Vedana, Right Thought, Metta and Compassion
2020-06-09
18 guided meditation: practising with thoughts and emotions
2022-06-10
18 instructions: equanimity
2017-02-23
18 instructions: Mindfulness of Mind
2022-01-03
18 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-08-30
18 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness
2017-09-28
18 Meditation: compassion for good friend and oneself
2021-03-01
18 meditation: equanimity for a "difficult" person
2022-02-15
18 reflection and standing meditation
2017-02-23
19 guided meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2018-08-07
19 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
2022-06-10
19 meditation: equanimity
2022-01-03
19 meditation: mindfulness of thinking
2021-03-01
19 talk: working with difficult emotions
2018-08-07
20 guided meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2018-01-01
20 instructions: compassion
2022-01-03
20 instructions: continuity of mindfulness p3
2017-02-23
20 instructions: metta practice
2023-08-27
20 instructions: self-compassion
2020-06-09
20 talk: wisdom and compassion
2018-01-01
21 guided meditation: compassion
2017-02-23
21 guided meditation: metta for benefactor
2017-09-29
21 Instructions: equanimity for "difficult" person
2022-01-03
21 instructions: mindfulness of mind-states
2020-06-09
21 instructions: practising compassion
2024-04-17
21 talk: An overview of the brahmavihāra with an emphasis on muditā or apprecia…
2021-03-14
21 talk: the five hindrances
2022-08-30
21 talk: Working with Afflictive Thought Patterns
2020-06-09
22 guided meditation: compassion and self-compassion
2017-09-29
22 Guided meditation: equanimity for difficult person
2022-08-31
22 instructions: mindfulness of mind
2022-01-03
22 talk: Five Hindrances
2017-02-23
22 talk: Right Effort
2018-01-01
22 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2019-08-29
22 talk: sukha and mudita - appreciative joy
2022-01-04
23 instructions: choiceless attention
2022-02-16
23 instructions: different modes of mindfulness
2022-08-31
23 meditation: mindfulness of mind
2017-02-24
23 short instructions: breath-counting
2020-06-10
23 talk: Seven factors of Awakening
2018-08-07
23 talk: the hindrance of aversion and the brahmavihara practices as antidotes
2018-08-08
24 instructions: metta
2020-06-11
24 instructions: mudita practice
2022-01-04
24 meditation: choiceless attention
2022-02-16
24 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2017-02-24
24 short instructions: working with pain
2021-01-27
24 talk: an overview of the four brahmavihara heart qualities
2021-03-15
24 talk: impermanence
2024-04-19
24 talk: The three universal characteristics and anattā
2018-08-08
25 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor
2017-02-24
25 instructions: metta part 2
2022-01-04
25 instructions: metta practice
2023-08-28
25 talk: Exploring the Awakening Factors
2020-08-24
25 talk: the two wings of Wisdom and Compassion
2020-06-11
25: guided meditation cultivating mudita
2017-02-24
26 guided meditation: radiating energy metta practice
2019-08-08
26 instructions: compassion and working with painful emotions
2021-08-11
26 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness
2020-08-24
26 meditation: metta as an inquiry practice
2022-01-04
26 meditation: metta for benefactor
2018-08-08
26 short instructions: radiating energy method of metta practice
2019-08-08
27 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend, and self-compassion
2020-06-11
27 guided meditation: equanimity as spaciousness
2018-08-08
27 guided meditation: metta using the radiating energy method
2022-09-01
27 instructions: compassion
2021-08-11
27 meditation: choiceless attention
2022-02-17
27 meditation: compassion
2023-08-30
27 meditation: exploring the insubstantiality of experience
2021-03-16
27 talk: anatta / not-self and the five clinging-aggregates
2017-02-24
27 talk: Awakening Factors and Joy
2018-01-02
27 talk: Equanimity
2019-08-30
27 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-01-04
27 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2017-02-25
28 instructions: compassion practice
2022-01-04
28 meditation: awakening factors
2022-09-01
28 meditation: compassion and self-compassion
2018-08-08
28 talk: an overview of the brahmaviharas with a focus on compassion
2021-01-28
28 talk: Working with afflictive mind-states, including comparing mind
2017-02-25
29 guided meditation: compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then o…
2018-08-09
29 instructions: compassion
2022-09-01
29 talk: Awakening Factors of Tranquility and Samādhi
2018-08-09
30 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend
2024-01-05
30 instructions: equanimity as a brahmavihāra practice
2020-08-25
30 instructions: the four brahmavihara and compassion practice
2022-09-02
30 meditation: spaciousness
2023-08-31
30 talk: An overview of the Noble Eightfold Path
2017-02-25
30 talk: ethical conduct
2022-01-05
30 talk: working with afflictive thought-patterns
2018-08-09
31 instructions: mudita or appreciative joy practice
2022-01-06
31 instructions: mudita p2
2020-08-25
31 meditation: compassion practice
2017-02-26
31 short talk: Right Speech
2018-08-09
32 guided meditation: practising mudita or appreciative joy for a good friend
2022-01-06
32 meditation: mudita as appreciation for outer conditions and inner qualities
2022-02-18
32 meditation: spaciousness
2021-03-17
32 talk: working with afflictive thought patterns
2022-01-06
33 instructions: equanimity
2022-09-02
33 talk: Anattā and the Five Clinging-Aggregates
2022-09-03
34 instructions: equanimity
2018-08-10
34 instructions: Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-01-06
34 meditation: equanimity
2018-08-10
35 guided meditation: exploring the Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-09-03
35 meditation: equanimity
2020-08-26
36 instructions: the clinging aggregates of perception and mental formations
2018-08-10
37 talk: anatta or not-self and the five clinging-aggregates
2020-08-26
37 talk: common afflictive thought-patterns and some ways to help them release
2018-08-11
38 instructions: equanimity generally, and as a brahmavihara practice
2018-08-11
39 guided meditation: equanimity for a difficult person
2021-08-28
40 instructions: compassion practice
2021-08-28
41 meditation: compassion for a good friend then oneself
2017-03-09
A short introdruction to metta - kindness practice
2022-06-23
A short talk on developing gratitude as a resource for facing up to the climate…
2019-04-18
Afternoon Instructions - Mindfulness of Mind
2019-04-15
Afternoon instructions - Vedena
2019-04-17
Afternoon Instructions - Working with Compassion
2019-09-22
An Overview Of The Four Brahma Viharas
2022-10-30
An overview of the four Brahmavihāra heart qualities
2017-03-09
An overview of the four brahmavihara practices: kindness, compassion, joy and e…
2018-11-04
An Overview Of The Four Brahmaviharas.
2018-11-25
Anatta And Nibbana
2023-05-14
Appreciative Joy – Muditā (Sunday)
2018-03-14
Balancing effort and enjoyment
2021-10-20
Befriending the Mind
2020-03-28
beginning meditation instructions
2023-10-31
Brahmavihara practice: Metta for benefactor and good friend
2023-11-21
Brahmavihara Practice: Mudita
2023-12-03
Celebrating the Parami
2023-10-29
Clinging and release in relation to mindfulness of the body
2023-05-14
Closing Dedication (Sunday)
2022-11-16
Comparing mind
2023-05-13
Compassion (Karuṇā) (Saturday)
2019-04-16
Compassion, Karuna
2022-11-27
Contemplation of impermanence and death
2019-09-05
Cultivating a generous heart as the foundation of the path
2017-11-25
Dana as a Spiritual Practice
2017-03-21
Dharma talk: Mudita/appreciative joy and equanimity
2017-12-03
Dukkha, and the ending of Dukkha ...
2023-11-26
Effortless effort
2019-11-02
Entering into the refuge of the Forest Refuge
2018-02-09
Equanimity
2019-10-13
Equanimity
2023-05-14
Equanimity – Upekkha (Sunday)
2018-12-31
Equanimity and wisdom
2020-04-02
Equanimity as a resource in challenging times
2019-04-19
Equanimity Practice
2019-04-18
Equanimity, Upekkha
2023-11-12
Exploring Vedana
2018-10-28
Fear and Fearlessness
2023-05-17
Finding moments of ease in the midst of it all
2018-02-05
Five Hindrances
2019-09-15
Five Hindrances
2018-12-25
From suffering to ease
2022-12-01
Generosity, appreciation, celebration
2023-05-14
Guided Appreciative Joy Practice (Sunday)
2023-05-13
Guided Compassion Practice (Saturday)
2023-05-14
Guided Equanimity Practice (Sunday)
2018-02-06
Guided Meditation
2019-04-17
Guided Meditation - Compassion
2019-04-19
Guided Meditation - Equanimity
2022-04-28
Guided meditation equanimity P1
2022-04-30
Guided meditation equanimity p2
2022-04-14
Guided meditation exploring balanced energy or effort
2022-04-07
Guided meditation exploring generosity
2022-04-09
Guided meditation exploring mindfulness and investigation
2022-04-16
Guided meditation exploring pleasant feeling-tone
2020-03-28
guided meditation for beginners
2017-09-14
Guided meditation: equanimity for different phases of our lives
2017-09-12
Guided meditation: equanimity for difficult person
2017-09-08
Guided meditation: exploring difficult emotions
2017-03-09
Guided meditation: metta for benefactor
2017-09-10
Guided meditation: mudita for oneself and a good friend
2020-03-26
Guided meditation: orienting to compassion
2017-09-09
Guided meditation: refining mindfulness of breathing, using mental noting
2022-04-23
Guided meditation: samādhi
2022-04-21
Guided meditation: tranquility
2017-11-22
Guided Mudita Meditation
2023-05-13
Guided Practice (Saturday)
2020-02-18
Instructions and guided meditation cultivating equanimity
2020-02-17
Instructions and guided meditation cultivating mudita
2020-02-15
Instructions and guided meditation practicing mindfulness of breathing
2020-02-16
Instructions and guided meditation using the “radiating energy“ method of metta…
2023-10-28
Instructions and practice: mindfulness of emotions
2017-09-12
Instructions: equanimity for difficult person
2017-09-08
Instructions: exploring difficult emotions
2017-09-07
Instructions: four foundations of mindfulness overview and standing meditation
2022-10-29
Instructions: mindfulness of breathing part one
2017-09-10
Instructions: mudita for oneself
2019-04-14
Intentions
2022-10-27
Intro To Brahmavihara Practice
2018-02-04
Introduction and Guided Metta Meditation
2023-05-12
Introduction the retreat (Friday)
2018-02-03
Introduction To Mindfulness Of Breathing
2023-12-17
Introduction to the theme of the day: attending to the Awakening Factors
2017-08-10
Is Auckland Insight a "secular" group? part 1
2017-10-12
Is Auckland Insight a "secular" group? part 2
2022-11-13
Liberation through non-clinging
2022-10-13
meditation: acceptance of what is
2022-08-19
Meditation: accepting, allowing, opening to how it is right now
2021-04-22
meditation: arriving and steadying
2023-12-17
meditation: Awakening Factor of Equanimity
2023-12-17
meditation: Awakening Factor of Pītī, Joy
2020-12-03
meditation: body then mind and mental activity
2022-03-10
meditation: breathing and resilience
2020-12-17
meditation: breathing, then contemplating the benefits of sangha
2021-05-27
meditation: compassion
2022-02-28
meditation: cultivating an attitude of welcome
2020-09-10
meditation: exploring dukkha
2020-10-22
meditation: exploring feeling-tone
2024-08-29
meditation: Mettā for a good friend
2022-02-10
meditation: metta infusion
2024-08-01
meditation: Mindfulness of breathing
2021-10-07
meditation: mindfulness of breathing to develop calm and ease
2020-04-09
meditation: mindfulness of breathing, then gratitude at end
2024-08-15
meditation: Mindfulness of feeling-tone
2024-08-08
meditation: Mindfulness of Hearing
2020-11-05
meditation: mindfulness of mental activity
2020-11-19
meditation: mindfulness of mind
2024-08-22
meditation: Mindfulness of mind
2022-04-10
meditation: mindfulness of mindfulness
2021-07-15
meditation: opening to appreciation and gratitude
2022-02-03
meditation: orienting to ease
2024-07-17
Meditation: resting into mettā / kindness
2020-04-23
meditation: settling in to calm and steadiness
2020-04-30
meditation: slowing, stilling, soothing
2020-04-16
meditation: steadying the body, the heart, the mind
2017-03-19
Metta and the obstacles to cultivating kindness
2017-03-19
Metta for Self
2017-03-21
Metta for the "difficult" person
2017-03-20
Metta instructions and guided meditation using the "radiating energy" method
2023-05-12
Metta Meditation (Friday)
2017-03-18
Mindfulness Of Body and Breathing
2022-11-03
Mindfulness Of Cetana/Intention
2017-10-31
Mindfulness Of Mind
2018-11-11
Mindfulness Of The Body - Part 1
2018-11-18
Mindfulness Of The Body - Part 2
2020-10-11
Monday moring meditation: body, heart and mind coming together
2019-09-14
Morning Instructions
2019-09-19
Morning Instructions
2019-04-16
Morning Instructions - Mindfulness of the Mind
2019-04-18
Morning Instructions - Working with Equanimity
2017-11-05
Morning instructions: Samadhi And Sati
2023-11-09
Morning reflection
2023-11-26
Morning reflection
2018-11-22
Mudita or appreciative joy guided meditation
2021-10-18
Muditā or gladness as a support for samādhi, unification of mind
2020-10-28
no excuses: 10 minute mindfulness meditation
2020-10-28
no excuses: 15 minute mindfulness meditation
2020-10-28
no excuses: 5 minute mindfulness meditation
2017-01-15
Noble Eightfold Path 01 Talk: intro and overview
2017-01-15
Noble Eightfold Path 02 guided meditation: exploring the Four Noble Truths in i…
2017-01-22
Noble Eightfold Path 03 Talk: Right View and Right Thought/Intention
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 04 talk: Right Speech
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 05: instructions Right Speech
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 06: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Speech
2017-01-29
Noble Eightfold Path 07: guided meditation Investigating unskilful speech skilf…
2017-02-05
Noble Eightfold Path 08: Right Action and Right Livelihood
2017-02-05
Noble Eightfold Path 09 Guided meditation: Investigating skillful behaviour ski…
2017-02-12
Noble Eightfold Path 10 talk: Right Effort
2017-02-12
Noble Eightfold Path 11: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Effort
2017-02-19
Noble Eightfold Path 12: Right Mindfulness Right Concentration
2017-02-19
Noble Eightfold Path 13: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Concent…
2017-10-28
Overview Of Brahma Viharas and Introduction to Metta
2020-02-15
Overview of the Four Brahmavihara qualities
2019-11-29
Perception and Volitional Formations
2017-03-22
Practicing metta in daily life
2023-12-17
Q&R session
2019-04-19
Questions and Answers
2019-04-20
Reflection on Universal Well-Being Chant
2023-11-03
Reflections on clinging
2022-11-06
Right effort
2017-11-12
Right Effort - Part 3
2017-11-19
Right Effort - Part 4
2017-11-05
Right Effort - Part Two
2019-10-20
Right Effort and the Middle Way
2022-04-20
Sangha as Refuge
2022-04-15
Seven Factors of Awakening p3: Energy and Joy
2022-04-22
Seven Factors of Awakening p4: Tranquility and Samādhi
2022-04-28
Seven Factors of Awakening p5: Equanimity
2019-12-24
Short guided compassion meditation for the Australian bushfire situation
2017-09-14
Short instructions: equanimity and the eight worldly winds
2024-08-15
short instructions: Exploring feeling tone
2021-04-21
short meditation orienting to mudita, appreciation and gratitude
2024-07-17
short talk: an overview of brahmavihāra practice
2024-03-21
short talk: Changing our relationship to dukkha
2024-01-18
short talk: Exploring freedom as the goal of our practice
2024-08-15
short talk: Exploring the wheel model of experience
2023-06-15
short talk: pāramī of mettā, kindness
2024-08-01
short talk: Refreshing our insight meditation practice
2020-03-26
Short talk: some responses to the coronavirus/karuna-virus situation
2024-04-11
short talk: Tasting freedom
2024-08-08
short talk: the benefits of practising Mindfulness of the Body
2017-09-07
Standing meditation observing all four foundations of mindfulness
2018-12-18
Suffering and self-compassion
2017-09-13
Talk: anatta not-self and the five aggregates subject to clinging
2020-04-23
talk: balancing urgency and trust
2020-05-26
Talk: Coming Home to the Heart - Strengthening Our Natural Resilience to Meet L…
2022-05-19
talk: connecting with the more than human world
2024-02-22
talk: Death contemplation, gratitude and muditā practice
2024-03-28
talk: Exploring the Second Noble Truth - craving for sense pleasures, craving f…
2022-02-03
talk: finding (moments of) ease in the midst of it all
2024-02-01
talk: Freedom and contemplation of death
2024-02-15
talk: Freedom and death contemplation p2
2024-01-25
talk: Freedom and Mindfulness
2017-09-07
Talk: from Aversion to Compassion
2017-09-03
Talk: from greed to freedom
2020-04-16
talk: hope, hopelessness and equanimity
2020-09-10
talk: impermanence and dukkha
2024-08-22
talk: Introduction to Mindfulness of mind
2022-08-18
Talk: introduction to the theme of taking refuge in Dharma
2024-07-25
talk: Maintaining and deepening the practice
2020-07-26
talk: metta and the brahamvihara as a support for resilience
2017-09-09
Talk: mudita - appreciative joy
2020-08-17
talk: Noble Eightfold Path p2 Right View and Right Intention
2023-02-23
talk: pāramī of dāna / generosity
2023-04-13
talk: pāramī of energy
2023-10-19
talk: pāramī of mettā - kindness, good will
2023-04-20
talk: pāramī of patience
2023-03-09
talk: pāramī of renunciation or relinquishment
2023-03-02
talk: pāramī of sīla / ethical conduct
2023-03-16
talk: pāramī of wisdom
2023-09-07
talk: Reviewing all ten pāramī, in conversation with Auckland Insight sangha me…
2020-08-31
talk: Right Livelihood
2022-02-10
talk: Sangha as refuge
2022-06-16
talk: sangha as support for facing in to the climate crisis
2022-03-10
talk: sangha as support for facing the challenges of our time
2020-04-30
talk: seclusion, sangha, samvega (spiritual urgency)
2017-09-11
Talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-04-01
talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
2022-10-13
talk: taking refuge in dharma p2 - dukkha and mettā
2022-03-03
talk: Taking Refuge in Sangha p2 - the support of dāna / generosity
2020-01-30
talk: taking refuges and precepts
2020-11-05
talk: the clinging aggregates of perceptions and volitional mental formations
2020-12-03
talk: the clinging-aggregate of consciousness
2020-11-19
talk: the clinging-aggregates of perceptions and mental formations part 2
2023-08-03
talk: the pāramī of equanimity
2023-10-12
talk: the pāramī of patience and resolve
2023-06-01
talk: the pāramī of resolve
2023-05-18
talk: the pāramī of truthfulness
2020-04-09
talk: the relevance of mudita, gratitude or appreciation during difficult times
2020-07-08
Talk: the role of perceptions and formations in creating identity
2020-10-22
talk: vedana or feeling-tone
2017-09-05
Talk: viriya, energy, effort and balance
2021-05-27
talk: Wise Action
2021-06-03
talk: Wise Action part 2
2021-07-15
talk: Wise Effort p2 - cultivating skilful mind-states
2021-07-01
talk: Wise Effort part 1
2021-06-17
talk: Wise Livelihood
2021-07-29
talk: Wise Mindfulness or sati
2021-10-07
talk: Wise Samadhi
2021-05-06
talk: Wise Speech p2
2021-04-22
tallk: Wise Speech and the power of truth
2022-04-08
The awakening factors of mindfulness and investigation
2019-04-14
The Brahma Viharas for Insight and Wisdom
2023-05-13
The interrelationship between Insight practice and the four heart qualities (Sa…
2023-05-12
The interrelationship between the four heart practices (Friday)
2018-12-02
The Miracle Of Generosity And Gratitude
2018-03-08
The Two Wings to Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2017-09-09
Very short instructions for refining mindfulness of breathing
2017-10-29
Viriya - Energy/Effort
2018-02-08
Wisdom and Compassion
2019-11-08
Wisdom and the Body
2019-11-15
Wisdom and the Body - Part Two
2019-11-22
Wisdom and Vedana / Feeling-tone
2021-11-18
Wise View p2
2019-09-29
Working With Afflictive Thought Patterns 1: Wisdom as antidote
2019-10-06
Working with Afflictive Thought Patterns 2: Compassion
2023-11-19
Working with anxiety and other afflictive states
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2017-01-04
New Year, New Beginnings
2017-02-19
Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2017-03-17
Strengthening the Heart, Cultivating Kindness: Metta Retreat
2017-09-01
Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-23
Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-10-24
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2017-12-28
Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat
2018-02-02
The Path to Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-08-03
Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2018-10-23
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2018-12-05
December 5 - 31, 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-04-13
Finding the Heart of Wisdom
2019-06-08
Befriending the mind
2019-06-22
Transforming Fear into Fearlessness
2019-08-02
Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2019-08-23
Freedom Here and Now
2019-09-10
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2019-11-01
November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2020-01-15
New Year, New Beginnings
2020-02-14
Strengthening the Heart: Lovingkindness Retreat
2020-06-06
Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat
2020-07-02
Foundations of Insight
2020-07-25
Balancing Effort and Enjoyment
2020-08-21
Finding the heart of freedom
2020-09-03
Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight
2020-10-04
Cultivating resilience in challenging times: Learning from the "heavenly messen…
2020-10-12
Introduction to Insight Meditation
2021-01-23
Southern Insight Summer Retreat: Finding the Heart of Wisdom
2021-02-18
Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path
2021-02-26
Coming home to the heart: A Brahmavihara retreat
2021-03-10
Finding the heart of freedom
2021-05-30
one-day celebration of Vesak and the Auckland Insight community
2021-06-20
Right View – Wrong View – Self View – No View
What is the point of view in Bud…
2021-08-06
Finding the Heart of Freedom
2021-08-20
Connecting through silence, solitude, stillness: cultivating the heart of freed…
2021-10-24
Brahmavihāra workshops
2021-12-30
Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-01-14
Deepening into stillness, opening to peace
2022-02-10
Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022
2022-02-12
Cultivation and Insight
2022-04-01
April 2022
2022-05-22
2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight
2022-06-04
Rest, renewal, resilience, release
2022-08-26
Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom
2022-10-25
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-02-02
Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-02-11
Seven-day insight meditation retreat
2023-05-12
Jill Shepherd – Exploring the four brahmavihāra heart qualities in daily life
2023-06-25
Online meditation day: Exploring vedanā or feeling-tone
2023-08-12
Online meditation day: Understanding the citta (heart/mind)
2023-08-19
Two-week insight meditation retreat
2023-10-24
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-12-17
Online meditation day: Seven Awakening Factors
2023-12-29
Nine-day insight meditation retreat
2024-01-13
Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop
2024-01-18
Auckland Insight meetings
2024-03-01
Nine-day insight meditation retreat
2024-03-31
Two Wings of Compassion and Wisdom: a day of online practice
2024-04-12
Together and Alone: Finding freedom individually and collectively
2024-05-01
May 2024
2024-07-20
Rest, resilience, renewal, release:
2019-08-30
27 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening
46:52
An overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening, and how to navigate some of the challenges that can be experienced when we first start to experience these more skilful mental qualities
Te Moata Retreat Center
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Freedom Here and Now
2019-08-29
22 talk: sukha and mudita - appreciative joy
43:01
An exploration of how the overall development of the practice is from dukkha (unsatisfactoriness, stress, distress) to sukha (ease, happiness and contentment) and how the brahmavihara practice of mudita or appreciative joy can support this shift
Te Moata Retreat Center
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Freedom Here and Now
2019-08-28
17 talk: impermanence and death
48:34
Exploring the universal characteristic of anicca-impermanence in terms of the body, and beginning to contemplate our own mortality as a way to gradually release fear of death
Te Moata Retreat Center
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Freedom Here and Now
