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Dharma Talks given at Auckland Insight Meditation
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2022-04-10 meditation: mindfulness of mindfulness 27:17
Jill Shepherd
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Bringing awareness to the quality of mindfulness itself, and as needed, infusing it with kindness, compassion, appreciation or equanimity
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-03-10 talk: sangha as support for facing the challenges of our time 26:28
Jill Shepherd
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Exploring sangha as an expression of interconnectedness and how this can be an antidote to mainstream values of individualism; includes perspectives from indigenous climate activists from around the world (Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Bayo Akomolafe, India Logan-Riley)
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-03-10 meditation: breathing and resilience 28:35
Jill Shepherd
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Short instructions for orienting to the body then breathing, and how returning to the breath can support more resilience
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-03-03 talk: Taking Refuge in Sangha p2 - the support of dāna / generosity 26:26
Jill Shepherd
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Exploring how generosity is the life-blood of sangha, and how taking refuge in sangha can help strengthen generosity and provide an antidote to some of the toxic effects of capitalism
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-02-28 meditation: cultivating an attitude of welcome 44:16
Jill Shepherd
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Monday morning "start your week well" meditation: cultivating an attitude of welcome to whatever our experience is right now
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-02-19 34 talk: Anukampa as caring 43:01
Gil Fronsdal
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Anukampa as the capacity to care is a natural expression of our practice deepening
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Cultivation and Insight

2022-02-19 33 meditation: practice review 49:42
Gil Fronsdal
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Beginning with the body and breathing, opening to emotions and thoughts then awareness itself
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Cultivation and Insight

2022-02-18 32 meditation: spaciousness 30:12
Jill Shepherd
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Beginning with the body, then gradually opening up awareness to include the space beyond the body
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Cultivation and Insight

2022-02-18 31 talk: insight into not-self 46:08
Gil Fronsdal
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Learning to see more clearly what takes us out of the stream of the present moment, and how preoccupation with self-referencing keeps us stuck
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Cultivation and Insight

2022-02-18 30 instructions: awareness of awareness p2 5:45
Gil Fronsdal
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Simplicity of awareness highlights what is extra and not needed, for example ideas of me, my and mine
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