IMS’s Retreat Center first opened its doors in 1976. It offers a yearly schedule of meditation courses, lasting from a weekend to three months. Most retreats are designed for both new and experienced meditators. Recognized insight meditation teachers from all over the world offer daily instruction and guidance in Buddhist meditations known as vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness). While the context is the Buddha’s teachings, these practices are universal and help us to deepen awareness and compassion.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) With all sensory and mental experience-body sensations, hearing , seeing, tasting, smelling, thinking emotions and moods.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A discussion of Equanimity and confidence and Mindfulness
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Metta as renunciation and chanting to end the evening.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores how spiritual friendship encompasses the entirety of Buddhist practice, examining how we become intimate with ourselves, others, and the world through connection and accompaniment. Drawing on suttas, poetry, and personal stories, it reveals how talking about the dharma, offering presence to one another, and cultivating tenderness through difficulty are essential paths to awakening.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflecting on the rewards of this retreat, using the framework of some of the ten pāramī, specifically generosity, ethics, and equanimity
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Concluding remarks on the Satipatthana--for the growth of our practice (bhavana) and the aspiration to be carried by the stream of wholesomeness.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Silent sit followed by teachings on clear understanding: Sampajañña.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Equanimity is the final quality in many Buddhist lists: awakening factors, paramis, brahma viharas, and jhana factors. And, it's the starting point for skillful action in the world.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Cultivating muditā for oneself and an easy being
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A discussion of the fourth foundation as a progression within the discourse on "The Four Foundations of Establishing Awareness".
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Teachings on Dependent Co-Arising (Paticca-Sammupadda).
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Cessation of Suffering coincides the realization of the end of suffering with the elimination of craving for sense pleasures, craving for existence and craving for non-existence. This is the practice toward ultimate final peace, Nibbana.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections and guided practice on cultivating karuna (compassion) for a friend and a stranger.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Meditate like chicken! A meditator should focus on skillful intention and right effort (both of which) are under one's control. However the result are beyond one's control.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Poems, stories, and reflections on taking refuge in the truth of the dharma.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Includes suggestions for practicing with comparing mind and the inner critic
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Forty-five minute silent meditation followed by the story of Philippe Petit, a high wire artist that trained intensively to master his art.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Understanding Suffering and abandoning the cause of suffering (craving for sense pleasures, craving for existence and craving for non-existence) can lead to peace, happiness and freedom.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Teachings on wise discernment and how to skillfully respond to what arises in retreat practice.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Buddha emphasized the importance of seeing impermanence in many of his teachings. Reflections on the three wisdoms and how they relate to insight into change.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Mindfulness practice helps us to prevent and overcome unskillful states of mind and develop and maintain wholesome states of mind.
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Understanding the 11 benefits of practicing Metta along with mindfulness of the loveability of the difficult person and all beings can lead to happiness and freedom of the mind from annoyance.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Teachings and Guided Practice on working with Intention
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The arising of the 5-hindrances is beyond our control. However mindfulness and wisdom applied to these hindrances can make a difference between being caught up in them and being free from them.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Use the acronym of M.A.I.N. (Mindfulness, Attitude, Insight and non-clinging) towards mindfulness of wholesome emotion can lead to development and maintain these beautiful states of mind such as generosity, lovingkindness, compassion, joy, happiness and wisdom.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on working with our "beautiful monsters" and guided meditation on RAINN
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