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Retreat Dharma Talks

May 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-05-01 (31 days) Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge

  
2018-05-01 Refuge As Practice 45:47
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
Going for refuge mirrors the process of waking up. We settle enough to know what we are experiencing (Buddha); we learn to let things be the way are (Dhamma); and we experience directly the happiness and release that comes from skillful behavior (Sangha).
2018-05-04 The Four Sublime Abodes 47:13
Caroline Jones
2018-05-07 Entering the Stream: Overcoming Skeptical Doubt 47:30
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk examines skeptical doubt which, through our training and practice, is overcome at the first stage of awakening.
2018-05-11 Five topics for frequent recollection. 45:31
Caroline Jones
2018-05-14 Entering the Stream: Attachment to Rites and Rituals — Part I 51:29
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk is about sīlabbataparāmāsa—a subtle clinging to rites, rituals, precepts, and practices. We train in order to see and overcome this heady attachment to our practices (dāna, sīla, bhāvanā, mettā bhāvanā).
2018-05-21 Entering the Stream: Attachment to Rites and Rituals —Part II 56:53
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk is about sīlabbataparāmāsa—a subtle clinging to rites, rituals, precepts, and practices. We train in order to see and overcome this heady attachment to our practices (dāna, sīla, bhāvanā, mettā bhāvanā).
2018-05-29 Entering the Stream: Eradicating Self-View 42:34
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk examines sakkāyaditthi or self-view—the subtle way that we relate to experience from the vantage point of self. Through training and insight, sakkāyaditthi is eradicated at the first stage of awakening.
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