The Insight Meditation Society’s Forest Refuge supports the practice of more experienced meditators on personal retreat. Our teachers provide guidance and support in insight and lovingkindness practices drawn from the Buddhist meditative tradition. Please visit dharma.org for more information.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Six kinds of turning away; Benefits in developing intuitive wisdom.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Discerning formations as void; key features of the knowledge of equanimity toward formations.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Equanimity stops the cycle of reactivity; it does not get entangled in formations; it abandons fear and delight.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Wisdom is having the characteristic of penetrating the individual essences is of one kind; as mundane and supramundane, it is of two kinds, etc. The breaking up of formations.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Repeated comprehension of materiality; * Enlightenment factors promote the growth of wisdom; * Liberations and hindrances; * Seeing the breaking up of formations develops wisdom.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) General and specific aspects of the unfolding of wisdom.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The field of mental defilements resembles a weed-infested piece of land, and the field of wisdom is likened to a beautiful garden.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Virtue, concentration, meditation, desire (chanda), striving, faith, approaching a teacher, and more.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Various definitions of Intuitive Wisdom: controlling faculty of wisdom; wisdom as an enlightenment factor. Differences between perception (saññāṇa), consciousness (viññāṇa), and wisdom (paññā).
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Keeping the mind in the present moment, observing what is conspicuous in an effective manner.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Three Poems and a Farewell
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Vedana/Feeling Tone
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Some suggestions for exploring anatta/not-self as a support for bothwise effort and deepening insight.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Patience
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Attuning to pleasant vedana as support for developing skillful mental qualities.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Exploring some of the many ways doubt can show up, and how Saddha (faith, trust, confidence) can be actively cultivated as an antidote
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Exploring our experience in relation to the elemental qualities of earth, water, fire, air, and space.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guidance for Wisdom-Awareness Practice
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Finding Space
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Getting clearer about different levels of intention as support for making the most of our time on retreat.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A Path of Happiness, Part 2
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided body scan
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A progressive release into emptiness, and a return through the four brahmaviharās
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A talk on MN 121: Culasaññata sutta exploring the meaning and experience of emptiness in the Theravada tradition.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided meditation on noticing what isn't here, and thus becoming acquainted with emptiness.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided meditation on gladdening the mind and seeing the good.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Short reflection and poem on how to recognize dukkha and its capacity to grow trust in the moment.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The Buddha's Upanisā Sutta offers one of his most quietly radical teachings: that liberation doesn't begin with getting comfortable, but with honestly meeting what hurts. Drawing on this "proximate cause" discourse from SN 12.23, this talk traces the transcendent sequence of dependent origination — from dukkha through faith, joy, tranquility, and insight, all the way to freedom. We'll explore what it means to stop treating difficulty as an obstacle to practice and start recognizing it as the practice's first gate — on the cushion, in daily life, and in our closest relationships.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided meditation on loving all parts of ourselves and the world.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided practice for contemplating the parts of the body, leading to an attitude to nonattachment and letting go.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Drawing on the wisdom of rivers, forests, and the four elements, this talk explores how the natural world mirrors our own deepest nature - and how turning toward impermanence, non-clinging, and the wildness of our own hearts can become a path to freedom.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Four Great Efforts: Connecting with emotions in an onward leading way.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Stories and humor from beloved teacher Ajahn Brahm.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Stories and humor from beloved teacher Ajahn Brahm.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided practice for directly experiencing the four elements in the body, followed by reading of Mary Oliver's "Humpbacks."
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The Buddha's contemplation of the four elements — earth, water, fire, and air — offers a gentle but radical path: from the conceit of "my body" to the felt sense of being nature itself. A guided exploration of elemental awareness, grounded in retreat experience, Satipatthana practice, and the luminous body-wisdom of beloved poets.
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Deep Welcome, Reflections on Retreat and Metta Practice
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