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Dharma Talks given at Auckland Insight Meditation
2020-10-11 06 talk: Heavenly Messengers 2 - Ageing 23:05
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to the heavenly messenger of ageing, as an invitation to explore our attitudes to our own ageing
Auckland Insight Meditation Cultivating resilience in challenging times: Learning from the "heavenly messengers"

2020-10-11 Monday moring meditation: body, heart and mind coming together 43:08
Jill Shepherd
Steadying and stilling the body as a support for steadying and stilling the heart-mind
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-10-08 06 talk: an overview of the five clinging-aggregates 36:08
Jill Shepherd
Continuing the exploration of insight into the three universal characteristics, focusing on anatta or not-self and how the aggregates are aspects of experience that we commonly identify with
Auckland Insight Meditation Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-10-08 05 meditation: opening to the spaciousness of the body 26:40
Jill Shepherd
Settling into the body, quieting the mind, and experiencing the body as sensations in space
Auckland Insight Meditation Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-09-10 meditation: exploring dukkha 24:44
Jill Shepherd
Bringing awareness to any dukkha present in the moment, noticing any reactions of clinging or resistance, and using wisdom, compassion and equanimity to help that clinging release
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-09-10 04 meditation: dukkha and release 24:44
Jill Shepherd
Bringing awareness to dukkha or unsatisfactoriness in the moment, and inviting the release of any resistance to it
Auckland Insight Meditation Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-09-10 talk: impermanence and dukkha 30:33
Jill Shepherd
Continuing to explore the three universal characteristics, looking at the relationship between impermanence and unsatisfactoriness, dukkha, and how wisdom and compassion can help release clinging / resistance to dukkha
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-09-10 03 talk: impermanence and dukkha 30:33
Jill Shepherd
Continuing to explore the three universal characteristics, with a focus on the relationship between impermanence and dukkha or unsatisfactoriness
Auckland Insight Meditation Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-09-03 02 talk: insight into impermanence 37:46
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the three universal characteristics of experience, focussing on anicca or impermanence, change, instability
Auckland Insight Meditation Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-09-03 01 meditation: impermanence 30:01
Jill Shepherd
Exploring impermanence through the breath and physical sensations
Auckland Insight Meditation Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

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