HeyJaredInsight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge: dharma talks and meditation instruction
IMS’s Forest Refuge has hosted experienced meditators since 2003. Its program is specifically designed to encourage sustained, longer-term retreat practice – a key component in the transmission of Buddhism from Asia to the West.
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Diana Clark: No Need to Look for Insights (opens the original)
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Looking for insights can subtly pull us away from what is actually happening. Practice is simply to be aware of experience as it is.
Diana Clark: From Judgment to Understanding: A Path to Freedom (opens the original)
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk explores how curiosity, discernment, and seeing conditions clearly can loosen judgment and support greater freedom.
Diana Clark: Morning Reflection: Learning From What is Here (opens the original)
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) When we stop trying to create the "right" meditation, every experience can become something to learn from.
Diana Clark: Morning Reflection: Steady, Not Strained (opens the original)
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(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Right Effort asks for commitment, but not strain. This recording begins with a reflection and guided meditation, followed by silence, with further reflections at the end
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