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Dharma Talks given at Auckland Insight Meditation
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2022-05-19 talk: connecting with the more than human world 16:48
Jill Shepherd
Investigating how our sense of community can be expanded to include the more than human world, closing with some relational practice in pairs, exploring our kinship with all beings
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-04-10 meditation: mindfulness of mindfulness 27:17
Jill Shepherd
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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