Dharma Talks. Audio | Insight Meditation Society. Talks on the practice of meditation are a vital aspect of the IMS retreat experience and help to bring alive the Buddha's teachings of freedom. At the Retreat Center, teachers offer talks on a daily basis. At the Forest Refuge, talks usually take place twice a week. Podcasts Subscribing to an IMS podcast allows you to automatically receive new talks given either at the Retreat Center or the Forest Refuge, as soon as they are available online. Material courtesy of Dharma Seed. Please support their service! Retreat Center Talks Forest Refuge Talks Download and stream These are the 15 most recent talks available from each center. 2014-04-16 Ajahn Sucitto Where is the Buddha? 2014-03-22 Chas Dicapua Mindfulness Of The Body and Breath (Download, Stream) 2014-03-11 Greg Scharf Equanimity (Download, Stream) 2014-03-02 Larry Yang The Courage to Live - The Practice Of Forgiveness (Download, Stream) 2014-03-01 Larry Yang Forgiveness Meditation (Download, Stream) 2014-01-17 Marcia Rose Metta-?
Meditation Audio Aids. Meditation #1: rising and falling (15 minutes) This easy guided meditation is perfect for those who have never meditated before. While listening to the teacher's instructions and gentle encouragement, you focus on the abdominal movements that occur naturally as you breathe. No prior meditation experience necessary. (To read more detailed instructions or watch a video clip of this exercise, please refer to the link: How to Meditate.) Meditation #2: rising and falling (30 minutes) In this longer guided meditation you observe the rise and fall of the abdomen that happens as you breathe.
Happiness Is in the Middle: Exchanging the Attitudeof the Mind From Suffering to Happiness Before finding happiness, we first have to find out where unhappiness comes from.Through meditation we can discover the cause of unhappiness and eliminate it. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness A Good Dose of Dhamma For Meditators When They Are Ill. Mindful Living — Deer Park Monastery. Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every moment of daily life. To be mindful is to be truly alive and present with those around you and with what you are doing. We bring our body and mind into harmony while we wash the dishes, drive the car or take our morning cup of tea. Here at Deer Park, we do very much the same things as when we are at home--walking, sitting, working, eating, etc.- except now we learn to do them in mindfulness, with an awareness that we are doing it.
Place to another. In practicing together as a Sangha, as a community, our practice of mindfulness becomes more joyful, relaxed, and steady. We can cultivate our solidity and freedom – solid in our deepest aspiration and freedom from our fears, misunderstandings and our suffering. Click here for a four page introduction to our practice of mindfulness here at Deer Park that can easily be printed. Mindfulness In Plain English. A PDF preview from the 20th edition - Click Here Special Offer - 20% Off the latest edition / The 20th Anniversary Edition - eBook or paperback / See Below "Mindfulness in Plain English" has been on UrbanDharma.org a while now for free download, but the edition I posted years ago was the first edition and is now rather dated.
Over the last few months I have been in contact with the publisher at Wisdom Publications about M.I.P.E... I have come to understand any money that would have gone to Wisdom Publications (a non-profit publisher of Buddhist books) and the author Ven. Henepola Gunaratana to support his Buddhist Center the Bhavana Society, is forever lost. I think supporting both Wisdom Publications and Ven. " Wisdom Publications and UrbanDharma.org have joined forces to offer a 20% discount code - UDMIP- on the New Edition of "Mindfulness in Plain English" which can be applied to both the 'paperback and eBook' version at check out, on the Wisdom Publications website... Peace... What to do with your Mind.
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana What To Do With Your Mind The meditation we teach is called Insight Meditation. As we have already said, the variety of possible objects of meditation is nearly unlimited, and human beings have used an enormous number down through the ages. Even within the Vipassana tradition there are variances. There are meditation teachers who teach their students to follow the breath by watching the rise and fall of the abdomen. We sit, watching the air going in and out of our noses. There is a difference between being aware of a thought and thinking a thought. Conscious thought sets up a corresponding tension in the body, such as muscular contraction or a quickening of the heartbeat. Deep concentration has the effect of slowing down the thought process and speeding up the awareness viewing it. We use breath as our focus. Ancient Pali texts liken meditation to the process of taming a wild elephant.
Breath is a phenomenon common to all living things. 10 Day Vipassana Meditation Retreat « Sean Park’s Weblog. Almost two years ago this week, I took my first ten-day silent meditation course north of Toronto .The experience was a gruelling rollercoaster as the particular technique I learned, and the conditions under which one learns it, exposed and had me work through the deep layers of the dynamic between mind and body. My life changed significantly after the course and many of my day-to-day activities, as well as aspects of my emerging career as an educator and scholar, are imbued with the fruits of walking a dharmic path – that is, a path of unfolding the space of the possible.
I returned for another ten-day course at the Vipassana centre and upon my return I am writing this reflection to see what has changed within me, to re-examine my purpose(s), and ask questions that will propel the movement of thought and action. Vipassana means ‘insight’ in Pali, the language in India during the time of Buddha. It means to ‘see things as they are’. The first evening begins with taking five precepts: 1. 10 Days on a Cushion: My Vipassana Meditation Retreat. Late last August, I went to a Vipassana meditation retreat for 10 days (for info on Vipassana meditation, see www.dhamma.org). During nine of those days, no talking/communicating was allowed (this included everything from sign language to eye contact), and I tried to meditate for 10 hours and 45 minutes/day.
You might think just sitting for that long, even with a meditational focus, would get monotonous after awhile, but your brain is more inventive than you'd think. I experienced moments of great peace and moments of "What am I ~doing~ here? " It was really interesting what I learned about myself (I certainly hadn't known, for instance, that left to its own devices my brain is tuned to a country-music station). The way in which the Vipassana meditation course was run was also interesting. Meditators were strictly separated by gender, for instance; we sat together in the same meditation hall but on opposite sides.
A standard day was like this: All of the meals were very simple. The Experience of Jhana at a Goenka Retreat. The Suppression of Jhana at a Goenka Retreat Originally written August 2001, last updated November, 2011 By the contemplative recluse monk Jhanananda (Jeffrey S, Brooks) (copyright 2001 & 2005 all rights reserved) In the three decades that I have endeavored to follow the Nobel Eightfold Path I have attempted to attend at least one 10-day meditation retreat each year. In the summer of 2001 I decided I would try attending a ten-day Goenka retreat, mainly because they are free. That spring I logged onto the website for "Vipassana Meditation As Taught By S. To attend a Goenka retreat I found that I had to log onto their website and fill out a rather elaborate form. I had been introduced to Vipassana 26 years earlier in a ten-day meditation retreat that was led by Robert Hover, a student of U Ba Khin (the same man S.N.
By that summer I had also attended about 30 meditation retreats from a number of other meditation teachers, including those trained at IMS. He said, "Hi my name is Mike. Vipassana. To access the Old Student Regional Site please click A user name and password will be required to access these pages. Questions may be addressed to Email: info@pakasa.dhamma.org All courses are run solely on a donation basis. All expenses are met by donations from those who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the same opportunity. Neither the Teacher nor the assistant teachers receive remuneration; they and those who serve the courses volunteer their time.
Thus Vipassana is offered free from commercialisation. Old students are those who have completed a 10-day Vipassana Meditation course with S.N. Bilingual courses are courses which are taught in two languages. Meditation courses are held at both center and non-center locations. 10-day Courses are an introductory course to Vipassana Meditation where the technique is taught step-by-step each day. My 10 day vipassana meditation experience. I did the Vipassana meditation retreat between 16th july - 26th july. In short, it was a roller-coaster ride. The ride was ofcourse in the mind . It’s interesting to note that as we go about our daily lives, we look at external objects, people and issue out reactions or responses.
But observing your own body, your own mind, can some useful information be gained, can a new perspective be gained, can you actually even go looking for the root cause of misery by looking within? These are some questions that have fascinated me and these 10 days were my time for focused observation of the body and mind to possibly answer these questions or atleast get some perspectives. I have got a few insights and many experiences to reflect on(those I have reflected on, I have applied the lessons learnt with good benefits so far). Talking to different people at the end of the retreat, I realized that everyones’ experience is different and unique. The Setting Boredom “Oh wow, what’s on the menu?” “Oh ok”. Beginning Insight Meditation. And Other Essays by Dorothy Figen Beginning Insight Meditation For the beginning meditator I believe it would be helpful to establish an order in the various steps taken in meditation.
First, then, it would be wise to establish a place of quiet to which one may retire daily and not be interrupted in his endeavors. Then wash carefully face, hands and feet. Better yet, if time permits, take a cleansing shower and put on loose, comfortable clothes. It is wise to meditate at the same time daily to establish a habit. As Sujata states in his little book Beginning to See, "Meditation is the best thing you can do for yourself. " Why meditate? You are seated now, cross-legged on the floor, in a quiet chamber.
The first stages of meditation should be simply observation of breath. The idea is to "empty the mind," to get rid of all "garbage," all fleeting and intruding thoughts. Just allow the mind to feel the "touch" of breath as it flows in and flows out. Other hindrances will obtrude themselves. How to Meditate. Note: These instructions are drawn from the vipassana traditions of Mahasi Sayadaw and Chao Khun Bhavanapirama Thera. It is assumed the reader is familiar with the article, What is Vipassana? Contents This article offers step-by-step instructions for nine insight meditation exercises, as well as a detailed explanation of mindful eating, hints on dealing with problems such as wandering mind, sleepiness, disturbing mental images, unpleasant emotions, and more. The following exercises are not necessarily listed in order of difficulty.
Exercises suitable for beginners are noted. To start, choose one or two exercises and practice them daily. If there's something you don't understand at first, please don't let that daunt you. Although these Buddhist meditation exercises come from the traditions of the Burmese teacher Mahasi Sayadaw and the Thai teacher Chao Khun Bhavanapirama Thera, you don't have to be a Buddhist to practice them. A Suitable Place Clothing Sitting Styles Resolution(Optional) Pain. What is Vipassana? Contents What is Vipassana or Insight Meditation? The Two Kinds of Meditation: Mindfulness and ConcentrationWhat is Mindfulness? / The Country of NowLetting Go of Memory and NamesConventional Truth vs. Ultimate RealityNama and Rupa / The Absence of "I" / Objects / PersistenceSoap BubblesThe Four Foundations of Mindfulness / The Rate of RealityThe Juggler / The Five SensesSeparate YourselfStop the WheelDigging Out the Root What is Vipassana or Insight Meditation?
Vipassana (insight meditation) is the ultimate expression of Socrates' dictum, "know thyself. " The Buddha discovered that the cause of suffering can actually be erased when we see our true nature. Vipassana meditation is a rational method for purifying the mind of the mental factors that cause distress and pain. Vipassana is an insight that cuts through conventional perception to perceive mind and matter as they actually are: impermanent, unsatisfactory, and impersonal. The word "vipassana" has two parts. No. No. The Country of Now.