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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.
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2013-03-04 Entering Retreat 27:42
A welcoming talk for retreatants joining an on-going long retreat. Description of the process of forming community, and entering silence. An exploration of the power of motivation as retreatants turn to the Great Task.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat
2013-01-25 Are you trying hard enough? 53:25
The Buddha clearly taught that effort is necessary to liberate the mind. But we can mix up wise effort with unskillful kinds of striving. This talk is about discerning wise from unwise effort.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2013-01-18 Reflections on Faith 48:43
Faith is a loaded word for many Westerners, yet it is a key quality in Buddhist practice. This talk clarifies what faith (saddha) isn't, and what it is, as part of the eight fold path
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2012-11-29 Returning To The Marketplace 63:43
Letting go of the renunciate life at the end of a long meditation retreat. How it is possible to practice as a lay person in the world. Reconnecting to the life left behind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2012-11-22 Seeing Our Goodness 57:49
A discussion of wholesome states, how and why to recognize them. Encouraging the growth of states leading toward liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2012-11-15 Equanimity: Balanced Radiance Of Mind 65:12
A description of what equanimity is, and why it is not indeference/ apathy. How equanimity develops in insight meditation, and what the state of "high equanimity" is like.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2012-11-09 The Ethical Trainings As Skillful Means 67:14
A discussion of the place of moral training in the process of liberation. Exploration of the overlap of sila and what is legal. A story about sila during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2012-11-01 Integrity Of Effort 51:26
Reviews the Buddha's teaching on wise Effort, and explores how personal goals can be aligned with insight meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2012-10-23 Loving Kindness Meditation 42:55
Description of the practice of loving-kindness (Metta) meditation. Brief guided meditation, questions and answers
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2011-11-28 Not Making Two 61:41
At the end of retreat, there are often concerns about how to take "this" back home. If we define "this" too narrowly, with a dualistic mind, we will miss the chance to practice effectively when we return to the conditions of lay life.Lay life is different, and offers the opportunity for practice which is broader, more dynamic, and more relational than that done on retreat. The Buddha himself saw his teachings as useful and beneficial to lay people as well as monastics, sometimes in surprising applications. Some of his teachings for lay people are discussed, clarifying that the 8 Fold Path can be practiced outside of silent retreat, in daily life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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