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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2017 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

Vipassana, or Buddhist Meditation, is a way of opening to life and seeing clearly the totality of one’s being and experience. The practice is based on cultivating a present-centered mindfulness, leading to an unfolding of our natural wisdom and compassion. The focus of this retreat is to enhance intimacy with ourselves and the world. In order to help participants discover a sense of stillness and deep listening, silence will be maintained throughout the retreat except during question/answer periods and interviews with the teachers. In addition to sitting and walking meditation practice, there will be sessions of mindful movement led each day.

2017-10-13 (8 days) Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

  
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2017-10-17 Polishing the Lens of Perception (Retreat Talk) 58:40
Jonathan Foust
This talk explores the lenses through which you view your world. You’ll learn the distinctions between energy and feeling, thoughts and thought-forms as you can expand your capacity to see clearly and with an open heart.
2017-10-18 Meditation: Open Focus and Loving Presence 40:56
Jonathan Foust
After a short introduction on this technique you’ll be guided into an open focus meditation with an invitation to explore loving presence and spacious awareness. This meditation is from the 2017 IMCW Fall Retreat.
2017-10-18 Bridging Separation 65:06
Pat Coffey
Bridging separation is the activity necessary for the survival of our species and the biosphere. Buddhism encourages us to find ways to bridge our internal fragmentation AND bridge all external divides. How can we resist vigorously those we deem involved in causing harm yet not put them out of our hearts? How can we utilize the skills of our practice to bridge the separation we feel with others not like us.
2017-10-19 Qualities of an Awakened Being (Retreat Talk) 60:34
Jonathan Foust
This talk explores how to be awake in the world. You’ll learn how to determine your progress on the path, how an awakened accepts this life with full responsibility, actively investigates the shadows and cultivates a world of new possibility. This talk is from the 2017 IMCW Fall Retreat
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