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Back to SearchJill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 10 talk: Right Effort
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An exploration of Right Effort in daily life and formal meditation, with an overview of the Four Great Efforts for working skilfully with mental states
Published on 8 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 09 Guided meditation: Investigating skillful behaviour skilfully
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Short guided meditation investigating an example of skilful action of body, speech or mind, based on the Buddha's instructions to Mahanama AN6:10
Published on 8 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 08: Right Action and Right Livelihood
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Continuing to explore the ethical aspects of the Noble Eightfold Path, Right Action and Right Livelihood, expanding livelihood to look more generally at all…
Published on 8 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 07: guided meditation Investigating unskilful speech skilfully
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation investigating an example of unskilful speech, paying attention to sensations in the body and emotions in the heart-mind with the i…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 06: guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring Right Speech
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Guided dyad meditation exploring Right Speech, beginning with separate speaker and listener (allow 3 minutes each) then open dialogue (allow 6-10 minutes)
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 05: instructions Right Speech
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An introduction to the Insight Dialogue guidelines of Pause, Relax and Open as support for exploring Right Speech in dyads (meditating together in pairs)
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 04 talk: Right Speech
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path and ethical conduct, then an exploration of Right Speech
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 03 Talk: Right View and Right Thought/Intention
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A re-cap of Right View, followed by an exploration of Right Thought in terms of the intention towards renunciation, the intention towards good-will or metta…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 02 guided meditation: exploring the Four Noble Truths in immediate experience
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation bringing awareness to dukkha in the moment, and ways of relating to it in light of the Four Noble Truths
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Noble Eightfold Path 02 guided meditation: exploring the Four Noble Truths in immediate experience
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation bringing awareness to dukkha in the moment, and ways of relating to it in light of the Four Noble Truths
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago