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Back to SearchJill Shepherd: Standing meditation observing all four foundations of mindfulness
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Standing meditation exploring all four foundations of mindfulness and the mental factor of intention/volition Interval bells at five minutes with the invita…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Instructions: four foundations of mindfulness overview and standing meditation
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Four foundations of mindfulness overview, the mental factor of intention or volition, and standing meditation
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Talk: viriya, energy, effort and balance
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Exploring how we commonly get off balance, and ways to come back to balance
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Talk: from greed to freedom
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An overview of the three afflictive energies of greed, hatred and ignorance, and how they condition the five hindrances, focusing on greed and desire for se…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Is Auckland Insight a "secular" group? part 1
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring some contemporary definitions of "secular Buddhism" and whether they apply to Auckland Insight
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Practicing metta in daily life
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Suggestions for continuing the Brahma Vihara practices at home
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Dharma talk: Mudita/appreciative joy and equanimity
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An overview of the four Brahma Viharas, focusing on mudita/appreciative joy, and equanimity.
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Metta for the "difficult" person
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Instructions and guided meditation exploring metta for the "difficult" person
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Metta instructions and guided meditation using the "radiating energy" method
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Practising with the "radiating energy" method of extending metta in the four directions, above, below, and all around
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Metta and the obstacles to cultivating kindness
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An overview of the five hindrances, and some tools for working with difficult emotions and mind-states that get in the way of cultivating metta
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago