Jill Shepherd's Dharma Talks
at Auckland Insight Meditation
Jill Shepherd
Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.
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2022-02-12
01 meditation: arriving and settling in
2021-05-30
01 meditation: cultivating mudita as a foundation for the day's practice
2020-09-03
01 meditation: impermanence
2020-07-25
01 meditation: intro, mindfulness of breathing
2024-03-31
01 meditation: Settling in, arriving, introduction of Jill
2023-08-12
01 Opening reflections and guided meditation: Establishing awareness of citta
2023-06-25
01 short opening talk and guided meditation establishing the theme of exploring…
2020-07-02
01 talk intro to insight meditation
2020-07-16
01 talk mindfulness of hearing
2020-08-06
01 talk: an overview of the Fourth Establishment of Mindfulness
2020-10-12
01 talk: introduction to mindfulness meditation for beginners
2020-07-30
01 talk: introduction to practising mindfulness of emotions
2021-02-18
01 talk: Living a life of mutual benefit - introduction to the Noble Eightfold …
2020-07-09
01 talk: mindfulness of body
2020-07-23
01 talk: Mindfulness of Mind
2023-02-02
01 talk: overview of the ten pāramī
2022-05-22
01 talk: What is Vesak?
2020-07-02
02 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-07-09
02 guided meditaton: mindfulness of the breath then physical sensations
2022-02-12
02 instructions: orientation to the retreat
2022-05-22
02 meditation: cultivating gratitude
2021-10-24
02 meditation: mettā for the benefactor or easy being
2020-10-12
02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
2020-07-16
02 meditation: mindfulness of sounds
2020-07-30
02 meditation: mindfulness of the mind, including emotions
2020-07-23
02 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts
2020-08-06
02 meditation: noticing the presence or absence of the awakening factors
2020-09-03
02 talk: insight into impermanence
2020-07-25
02 talk: Right Effort and the Middle Way
2021-05-30
02 talk: short introduction to celebrating Vesak
2021-03-04
02 Talk: Wise View and Freedom
2020-07-09
03 guided meditation: standing then walking
2020-07-25
03 instructions: finding balance as a process of listening
2024-03-31
03 meditation: Exploring our relationship to unpleasantness or unsatisfactorine…
2022-02-12
03 meditation: orienting to kindness and ease
2020-10-19
03 short talk: mindfulness of the body
2021-05-30
03 talk: Heavenly Messengers
2020-09-10
03 talk: impermanence and dukkha
2022-05-22
03 talk: introduction to the life of the Buddha
2021-03-25
03 talk: Wise Intention and the bliss of renunciation
2023-08-12
04 meditation: continuing attuning to the quality of the heart-mind
2020-09-10
04 meditation: dukkha and release
2023-06-25
04 meditation: exploring feeling-tone in relation to sounds
2020-07-25
04 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2020-10-19
04 meditation: mindfulness of the body
2021-04-08
04 meditation: simple mindfulness of the body and breathing, with an orientatio…
2022-05-22
04 talk: awakening mutuality
2021-10-31
04 talk: challenges to mettā practice
2024-03-31
04 talk: Exploring the Wisdom wing in relation to the three universal character…
2020-10-19
05 instructions: relational practice exploring mindfulness of the body
2020-10-08
05 meditation: opening to the spaciousness of the body
2022-05-22
05 talk: facing up to impermanence, endings, loss
2021-05-30
05 talk: spiritual friendship
2020-07-25
05 talk: the role of pleasant experience in formal and informal practice
2021-04-08
05 talk: Wise Intention p2 - metta, kindness
2021-07-04
06 meditation: mindfulness of the body and thinking
2020-10-08
06 talk: an overview of the five clinging-aggregates
2020-10-11
06 talk: Heavenly Messengers 2 - Ageing
2020-10-26
06 talk: mindfulness recap and introduction to mindfulness of hearing
2020-07-25
06 talk: Right Effort and Mudita or appreciative joy
2020-07-25
07 guided meditation: mudita or appreciative joy
2023-08-12
07 meditation: further development of mettā and muditā as supports for freeing …
2020-10-26
07 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2023-06-25
07 meditation: opening to pleasant feeling-tones
2020-06-06
07 talk: mindfulness and clear comprehension
2020-10-26
08 instructions and guided walking meditation
2020-10-18
08 meditation: vedana or feeling-tones
2023-08-12
08 talk: Q&R and closing reflections
2025-06-05
08 talk: Sīla part 6 Mindful listening as a support for Wise Speech
2023-06-25
08: Questions and Reflections
2020-10-18
09 talk: exploring vedana or feeling-tone and compassion in relation to illness
2020-11-02
09 talk: mindfulness of mind
2025-06-12
09 talk: Sīla part 7 Fifth Training Precept
2020-11-02
10 meditation: beginning mindfulness of mind practice
2020-10-25
10 meditation: making space for equanimity to arise
2022-02-13
10 reflections: strengthening steadiness and stability
2020-08-22
10 talk: clinging and release
2025-06-19
10 talk: The brahmavihāra heart practices as support for ethical living
2022-02-13
11 meditation: body, breathing
2020-11-02
11 meditation: kindness
2020-11-09
12 talk: mindfulness of mind, including emotions
2020-11-09
13 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
2020-06-08
14 instructions: opening up the field of awareness to include hearing
2020-11-07
14 meditation: recognising skilful states
2022-02-14
14 meditation: Well-being
2020-11-16
14 talk: a short introduction to the five hindrances
2020-06-08
15 guided meditation: opening to sounds
2020-11-16
15 meditation: recognising the hindrances of desire for sense pleasure, and ave…
2020-06-08
16 talk: befriending the mind
2020-06-09
17 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
2020-08-23
17 talk: mindfulness of the body and impermanence
2020-06-09
18 guided meditation: practising with thoughts and emotions
2022-02-15
18 reflection and standing meditation
2020-06-09
20 talk: wisdom and compassion
2020-06-09
21 instructions: practising compassion
2020-06-09
22 guided meditation: compassion and self-compassion
2022-02-16
23 instructions: different modes of mindfulness
2020-06-10
23 talk: Seven factors of Awakening
2020-06-11
24 instructions: mudita practice
2022-02-16
24 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
2020-08-24
25 talk: the two wings of Wisdom and Compassion
2020-06-11
25: guided meditation cultivating mudita
2020-08-24
26 meditation: metta as an inquiry practice
2020-06-11
27 guided meditation: equanimity as spaciousness
2022-02-17
27 meditation: compassion
2020-08-25
30 instructions: the four brahmavihara and compassion practice
2020-08-25
31 meditation: compassion practice
2022-02-18
32 meditation: spaciousness
2020-08-26
36 instructions: the clinging aggregates of perception and mental formations
2020-08-26
37 talk: common afflictive thought-patterns and some ways to help them release
2017-03-09
A short introdruction to metta - kindness practice
2022-06-23
A short talk on developing gratitude as a resource for facing up to the climate…
2017-03-09
An overview of the four brahmavihara practices: kindness, compassion, joy and e…
2020-03-28
beginning meditation instructions
2019-09-05
Cultivating a generous heart as the foundation of the path
2020-04-02
Equanimity as a resource in challenging times
2020-03-28
guided meditation for beginners
2017-03-09
Guided meditation: metta for benefactor
2020-03-26
Guided meditation: orienting to compassion
2023-12-17
Introduction to the theme of the day: attending to the Awakening Factors
2017-08-10
Is Auckland Insight a "secular" group? part 1
2017-10-12
Is Auckland Insight a "secular" group? part 2
2022-10-13
meditation: acceptance of what is
2022-08-19
Meditation: accepting, allowing, opening to how it is right now
2021-04-22
meditation: arriving and steadying
2023-12-17
meditation: Awakening Factor of Equanimity
2023-12-17
meditation: Awakening Factor of Pītī, Joy
2020-12-03
meditation: body then mind and mental activity
2022-03-10
meditation: breathing and resilience
2020-12-17
meditation: breathing, then contemplating the benefits of sangha
2021-05-27
meditation: compassion
2022-02-28
meditation: cultivating an attitude of welcome
2020-09-10
meditation: exploring dukkha
2020-10-22
meditation: exploring feeling-tone
2024-08-29
meditation: Mettā for a good friend
2022-02-10
meditation: metta infusion
2024-08-01
meditation: Mindfulness of breathing
2021-10-07
meditation: mindfulness of breathing to develop calm and ease
2020-04-09
meditation: mindfulness of breathing, then gratitude at end
2024-08-15
meditation: Mindfulness of feeling-tone
2024-08-08
meditation: Mindfulness of Hearing
2020-11-05
meditation: mindfulness of mental activity
2020-11-19
meditation: mindfulness of mind
2024-08-22
meditation: Mindfulness of mind
2022-04-10
meditation: mindfulness of mindfulness
2021-07-15
meditation: opening to appreciation and gratitude
2020-04-23
meditation: settling in to calm and steadiness
2020-04-30
meditation: slowing, stilling, soothing
2020-04-16
meditation: steadying the body, the heart, the mind
2020-10-11
Monday moring meditation: body, heart and mind coming together
2020-10-28
no excuses: 10 minute mindfulness meditation
2020-10-28
no excuses: 15 minute mindfulness meditation
2020-10-28
no excuses: 5 minute mindfulness meditation
2023-12-17
Q&R session
2024-08-15
short instructions: Exploring feeling tone
2021-04-21
short meditation orienting to mudita, appreciation and gratitude
2024-03-21
short talk: Changing our relationship to dukkha
2024-01-18
short talk: Exploring freedom as the goal of our practice
2024-11-07
short talk: Exploring the relationship between dharma and politics
2024-08-15
short talk: Exploring the wheel model of experience
2024-10-31
Short talk: Halloween reflections
2023-06-15
short talk: pāramī of mettā, kindness
2024-08-01
short talk: Refreshing our insight meditation practice
2020-03-26
Short talk: some responses to the coronavirus/karuna-virus situation
2024-04-11
short talk: Tasting freedom
2024-08-08
short talk: the benefits of practising Mindfulness of the Body
2020-04-23
talk: balancing urgency and trust
2022-05-19
talk: connecting with the more than human world
2024-02-22
talk: Death contemplation, gratitude and muditā practice
2024-03-28
talk: Exploring the Second Noble Truth - craving for sense pleasures, craving f…
2025-03-06
talk: Foundations 2 - Dāna or generosity p2
2025-03-13
talk: Foundations 3 Ethical conduct as a form of generosity
2025-02-13
talk: Foundations of the Path 1 - Generosity / dāna
2024-02-01
talk: Freedom and contemplation of death
2024-02-15
talk: Freedom and death contemplation p2
2024-01-25
talk: Freedom and Mindfulness
2020-04-16
talk: hope, hopelessness and equanimity
2020-09-10
talk: impermanence and dukkha
2024-08-22
talk: Introduction to Mindfulness of mind
2022-08-18
Talk: introduction to the theme of taking refuge in Dharma
2024-07-25
talk: Maintaining and deepening the practice
2020-07-26
talk: metta and the brahamvihara as a support for resilience
2023-02-23
talk: pāramī of dāna / generosity
2023-04-13
talk: pāramī of energy
2023-10-19
talk: pāramī of mettā - kindness, good will
2023-04-20
talk: pāramī of patience
2023-03-09
talk: pāramī of renunciation or relinquishment
2023-03-02
talk: pāramī of sīla / ethical conduct
2023-03-16
talk: pāramī of wisdom
2024-11-21
talk: Pleasure and enjoyment on the path P2
2024-12-05
talk: Pleasure and enjoyment on the path part 3
2023-09-07
talk: Reviewing all ten pāramī, in conversation with Auckland Insight sangha me…
2022-02-10
talk: Sangha as refuge
2022-06-16
talk: sangha as support for facing in to the climate crisis
2022-03-10
talk: sangha as support for facing the challenges of our time
2020-04-30
talk: seclusion, sangha, samvega (spiritual urgency)
2025-04-03
talk: Sīla part 2 - the ethical training of refraining from taking what is not …
2025-04-10
talk: Sīla part 3 - Exploring the second training precept to abstain from takin…
2025-04-17
talk: Sīla part 4 - Exploring the third precept in relation to desire for intim…
2025-04-24
talk: Sīla part 5 - Exploring the fourth training precept to refrain from false…
2022-10-13
talk: taking refuge in dharma p2 - dukkha and mettā
2022-03-03
talk: Taking Refuge in Sangha p2 - the support of dāna / generosity
2020-01-30
talk: taking refuges and precepts
2020-11-05
talk: the clinging aggregates of perceptions and volitional mental formations
2020-12-03
talk: the clinging-aggregate of consciousness
2020-11-19
talk: the clinging-aggregates of perceptions and mental formations part 2
2023-08-03
talk: the pāramī of equanimity
2023-10-12
talk: the pāramī of patience and resolve
2023-06-01
talk: the pāramī of resolve
2023-05-18
talk: the pāramī of truthfulness
2020-04-09
talk: the relevance of mudita, gratitude or appreciation during difficult times
2024-11-14
talk: The role of pleasure and enjoyment on the path to freedom
2020-10-22
talk: vedana or feeling-tone
2021-05-27
talk: Wise Action
2021-06-03
talk: Wise Action part 2
2021-07-15
talk: Wise Effort p2 - cultivating skilful mind-states
2021-07-01
talk: Wise Effort part 1
2021-06-17
talk: Wise Livelihood
2021-07-29
talk: Wise Mindfulness or sati
2021-10-07
talk: Wise Samadhi
2021-05-06
talk: Wise Speech p2
2021-04-22
tallk: Wise Speech and the power of truth
2018-03-08
The Two Wings to Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion
2021-11-18
Wise View p2
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Select one of Jill Shepherd's 21 retreats
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2020-06-06
Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat
2020-07-02
Foundations of Insight
2020-07-25
Balancing Effort and Enjoyment
2020-08-21
Finding the heart of freedom
2020-09-03
Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight
2020-10-04
Cultivating resilience in challenging times: Learning from the "heavenly messen…
2020-10-12
Introduction to Insight Meditation
2021-02-18
Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path
2021-05-30
one-day celebration of Vesak and the Auckland Insight community
2021-06-20
Right View – Wrong View – Self View – No View
What is the point of view in Bud…
2021-10-24
Brahmavihāra workshops
2022-02-10
Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022
2022-02-12
Cultivation and Insight
2022-05-22
2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight
2023-02-02
Auckland Insight weekly talks 2023
2023-06-25
Online meditation day: Exploring vedanā or feeling-tone
2023-08-12
Online meditation day: Understanding the citta (heart/mind)
2023-12-17
Online meditation day: Seven Awakening Factors
2024-01-18
Auckland Insight meetings 2024
2024-03-31
Two Wings of Compassion and Wisdom: a day of online practice
2025-02-13
Auckland Insight meetings 2025
2024-01-18
short talk: Exploring freedom as the goal of our practice
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A short talk introducing a new theme for the start of the new year
The Way to Freedom: what hinders, and what helps
Each week we'll be looking at some of the common obstacles that cause stress, distress and suffering in our lives, and what we can do to support experiencing more ease, happiness and peace, instead
Focusing on what freedom means to each of us with a written contemplation, then looking briefly at the three core afflictive energies of greed or compulsion, hatred or aversion,, and ignorance or delusion
Auckland Insight Meditation
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Auckland Insight meetings 2024
