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Back to SearchJill Shepherd: talk: the pāramī of patience and resolve
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Some reflections on how the pāramī of patience and resolve provide crucial support for both regular meditation practice and retreat practice. Includes an exploration of …
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Jill Shepherd: talk: Reviewing all ten pāramī, in conversation with Auckland Insight sangha members
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 30 talk: An overview of the Noble Eightfold Path
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 27 meditation: exploring the insubstantiality of experience
(Te Moata Retreat Center) Beginning with physical sensations, knowing them as impermanent and insubstantial, then opening to sounds and mental activity; simply recognising experiences being known, wi…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 25 talk: An overview of the Seven Awakening Factors
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 25 talk: Exploring the Awakening Factors
(Te Moata Retreat Center) An overview of the seven awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy (pītī), tranquility, samādhi and equanimity, and how these work together to support con…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 20 instructions: self-compassion
(Te Moata Retreat Center) Acknowledging the inevitable ups and downs of being on retreat, making space for those changing conditions and orienting to self-compassion as needed for support to stay ste…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 17 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy
(Te Moata Retreat Center) Exploring different aspects of muditā: as happiness for others' happiness; as appreciation or gratitude; as recognition of our own strengths or good qualities, as in the Bud…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 11 instructions and meditation: pleasant unworldly vedanā and mettā
(Te Moata Retreat Center) Exploring pleasant worldly and unworldly vedanā as a support for mettā; guided meditation orienting to the embodied energy of warmth and kindness, and inviting that energy t…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 12 instructions and meditation: pleasant unworldly vedanā and mettā
(Te Moata Retreat Center) Exploring pleasant worldly and unworldly vedanā as a support for mettā; guided meditation orienting to the embodied energy of warmth and kindness, and inviting that energy t…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago