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Guy Armstrong's Dharma Talks
Guy Armstrong
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.
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2016-10-09 The five aggregates are empty. 61:06
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Our experience, as described by the five aggregates, is empty in two ways. There is no self at the center of them, and every aggregate– Form, feeling, perception, formations and consciousness–is insubstantial.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Part 1
2016-10-02 The power of lovingkindness 61:55
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The practice of metta-brings five powerful benefits. It makes the heart more responsive, purifies the mind, leads to concentration, connects us to all sentient life, and brings happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-25 The five aggregates are not self 62:33
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The Buddha used the description of human experience in terms of the five aggregates–form, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness– To develop the understanding that there is no ongoing essence or self within them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-23 Morning instructions: choiceless attention 46:32
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-18 Working with difficult emotions. 62:07
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This talk describes how to find greater freedom in relation to the emotions that are usually the greatest source of suffering, desire, fear, sadness and anger
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-17 Morning instructions–mindfulness of moods and emotions 46:25
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Part 1
2016-09-11 Entering the retreat: refuges and precepts 56:38
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This talk gives an overview of the three refuges and the five precepts in retreat practice, as well as chanting them. It gives particular emphasis to the wholesome qualities of the historical Buddha
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Part 1
2016-06-21 Third Noble Truth & NIbbana 57:49
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Explores the relationship of the Third Noble Truth to Nibbana. Describes the traditional understanding of Nibbana in Theravada and the stages of enlightenment. Suggests some classical approaches on meditation practice.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  The Four Noble Truths: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2016-06-18 Four Noble Truths: An Overview 55:56
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Based on the Buddha's first discourse, the talk examines the twelve aspects of the truths with an emphasis on the call to action for each one.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  The Four Noble Truths: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2016-02-20 Big Mind Meditation 42:15
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Month-long

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