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I have always enjoyed working with practitioners who are continuing to deepen their practice. In the many long retreats I teach at both IMS and Spirit Rock, I feel free to pass on the deepest pointings I’ve found in the teachings of the Buddha in the Pali Canon. Those are my guiding lights in practice and understanding.

It is fun for me to take the most difficult concepts and put them into accessible language, to unwrap the mystery. So I try to find ways to explore the breadth of concepts like "emptiness" -- to see how the entire path can be explained in terms of this synonym for nibbana. One of my aims is to bring the goal of freedom into the here and now. This way practitioners get a taste of freedom, so they know what they are heading toward on their journey to liberation.

The tools of mindfulness and lovingkindness can be picked up by anyone. They are easy to understand and they bring immediate benefit to our lives. The essence of vipassana is ideally suited to western society, especially to the resonance between our psychological turn of mind and our quest for spiritual understanding.

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2019-06-15 An Appropriate Response 60:53	Download Listen
The four brahma viharas with their near and far enemies form a complete map of our emotional responses to the joys and sorrows of life. This talk focuses primarily on the qualities of compassion and mudita.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-14 Morning Instructions: Practice of Mudita 43:40	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-13 Morning Instructions: The Practice of Compassion 47:35	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-11 Morning Instructions: On Metta Practice 40:51	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-10 The Power of Lovingkindness 61:03	Download Listen
There are five key benefits of Metta practice: making the heart more tender, purifying the mind, concentration, connection to all of life, and real happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-09 Chanting And Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Breathing 45:25	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-10-19 Transcendent Dependent Origination 62:36	Download Listen
Traces the path from suffering to liberation through the twelve causal links that emphasize positive states like joy, happiness, and faith.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-10-12 The Third Noble Truth and Nibbana 65:16	Download Listen
The end of suffering can be understood as either permanent or temporary. In both cases, it is closely tied to the absence of selfing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-10-05 The Five Aggregates Are Not Self 62:23	Download Listen
The five aggregates describe our whole human experience without reference to an "I" or "my". It is freeing to see in this way without the burden of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-28 First and Second Noble Truths 60:17	Download Listen
The First Noble Truth of suffering is to be fully understood. The Second Noble Truth says that the origin of suffering is craving, which is to be abandoned.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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