Shows
Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Day 7 Brahma Vihara Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Metta for difficult person
2020-03-061h 04Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Cultivation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-03-0249 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Motivation, Disillusionment, and Release(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The motivation for practice changes as our initial ideas about what we "get" out of it, meet frustration. As delusion is exposed and let go of, real practice begins.
2020-02-1845 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Cultivation(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The idea of cultivation (Bhavana) is the key to Buddhism. This talk relates this concept to the development of the four foundations of mindfulness, especially the first.
2020-02-1152 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Motivation and Mainstream(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Motivations powers dharma practice. Its depth and purity determine what other mental factors and paramis are brought forward in meditation. This talk contrasts what "mainstream" motivations provide, contrasted with a deeper drive to understand.
2020-02-0441 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Wisdom In Action(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk discusses how to practice mindfulness externally as a participant in the world. Buddhist principles for social engagement are reviewed
2019-11-261h 03Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Samadhi - Concentration(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk discusses the role of concentration in meditation, and how to skillfully cultivate it
2019-11-1954 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Sila(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The 8 fold path emphasis moral restraint. This talk discusses the hows and whys of this set of practices.
2019-11-1244 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Working With Developing The Wholesome(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Two of the great endeavors involve foreclosing and abandoning unwholesome states. But the other two efforts involve the less discussed summoning and developing of the wholesome.
2019-11-051h 02Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Continuity Of Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk reviews the role continuity of practice has in strengthing mindfulness. The practice day is reviewed, with specific places of opportunity identified.
2019-10-2955 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Orientation To Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An opening talk for a 6-week retreat. This discusses four qualities necessary for success in practice. These are: strong motivation, renunciation, metta/compassion, and patience.
2019-10-2347 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Gladding The Mind(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk discusses sources of non-sensual happiness including the wholesome state of gratitude. A guided gratitude reflection concludes this talk.
2019-09-0555 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Morning Meditation Instructions(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Day 1 sitting and walking instructions
2019-09-041h 10Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Journey To Awakening(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A discussion of the reasons people come to practice and how "mindfulness" turns into insight.
2019-09-0157 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Forgiveness And Compassion(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk discusses the nature of the heart practices of metta, karuna, mudita and upekkha and how they support wise response. The heart of the talk explains forgiveness as a manifestation of wisdom and compassion.
2019-05-191h 08Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Feeding What Feeds Us(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Buddha says that clarity about what is "wholesome" and what is unwholesome" is important. We are encouraged to cultivate qualities like Metta (loving kindness) for our own benefit and that of others.
2019-05-1656 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Equanimity(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk is about how what upekkha (equanimity) is, and how it is developed in practice.
2019-03-1355 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Wise Intention(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The role of renunciation, compassion, and goodwill in practice is explored in this talk.
2019-03-1156 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Establishing Presence(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk describes how meditation lets us connect more fully with our lived experience.
2019-03-0946 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Learning(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk was offered during a month-long concentration retreat. It summarizes some area of retreatant learning during this extended practice period.
2019-02-2154 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Five Spiritual Faculties In Concentration Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk was offered at the month-long concentration retreat. It discusses how faith, effort/energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom develop and support each other.
2019-02-0954 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Opening Evening for Forest Refuge Wise Concentration Retreat(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Welcome, Introductions, Winnie and Marcia: opening remarks/short Dharma talk, Winnie: Refuges and Precepts discussion and offering
2019-02-021h 13Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Buddha's Teaching On Social and Communal Harmony(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Buddha lived and taught in a time of violence and strife. His teachings offer some ky advise for our own social development.
2018-11-261h 07Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Moral Restraint and Non-harming.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Buddha says to develop goodwill and compassion as the second step of the 8-fold path. Steps 3-4-5 show specific ways to practice this.
2018-11-1953 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Morning Reflections On The Death Of A Benefactor(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A friend who sat the 3-month retreat 17 times, has passed away. As she was preparing, this talk by Ajahn Chaah was offered to her.
2018-11-1917 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The 7 Factors of Awakening.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk describes how one can develop certain "mental factors" which lead to awakening. Mindfulness initiates a beneficial cycle which does so.
2018-11-121h 02Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Mixing Things In(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Buddha describes Wise Effort in specific ways. But we have our own particular ideas of what we want to accomplish. How to practice"when worlds collide?"
2018-11-0554 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Rest Of The Retreat(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Our schedule alternates walking and sitting meditation practices periods which take up many hours. But there are still many other times in the day to practice mindfulness in activities.
2018-10-2957 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Practicing The Whole Path.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The schedule on retreat emphasizes walking and sitting meditation. But we also practice all the other parts of the 8 fold path. The talk describes how.
2018-10-2332 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Three Temperaments(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Our minds all manifest craving, aversion, and delusion but we tend to specialize in one. This talk describes the tendencies of each type and how to practice with each.
2018-09-251h 00Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Self-View and Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) We often practice from self-view and this can limit our development. Yet, we cannot just drop it. This talk discusses how to practice with self-view to remove it as an obstacle.
2018-09-1858 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Happiness Of Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Buddhism talks a lot about suffering, so the question arises: "Where is there happiness on the path?" This topic is explored from various perspectives
2018-09-111h 06Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Role of Sila (Ethical training) in the Buddha's path.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk discusses how sila is linked to liberation and to human happiness. Discusses how sila is part of Wise View and Wise Intention, steps on the 8 fold path.
2018-02-1757 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: What meditation are you doing?(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk clarifies the differences between concentration meditation and insight meditation, their different instructions, and overlap.
2018-02-1500 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Meditation Instructions On Working With With Emotions(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
2018-01-0148 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Equanimity(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk describes the quality of equanimity (upekkha) and how it can be developed in practice.
2017-11-281h 02Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Guided Forgiveness Meditation(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Some comments about forgiveness, followed by a guided meditation.
2017-11-1538 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Practicing With The Difficult and Painful.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Both "untrained worldings" and the "well trained noble disciple" experience both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. But how they relate to these differs greatly.
2017-10-311h 06Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Welcoming Talk - Refuges and Precepts - Practice Comments(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This is the opening talk for a six week practice period at Insight Meditation Scoiety
2017-10-2456 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Forgiveness(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk discusses what forgiveness actually is, and what it is not. It also reviews why one might move towards forgiveness, which is an intentional process.
2017-07-1848 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Other Retreat(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A typical meditation retreat consists of a schedule of alternating sitting and walking periods.But there are other meditation practice opportunities during the day, in informal activities.This talk discusses how to see these opportunities, and practice with them.
2017-07-111h 10Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Independence Day(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Describes how meditation practice addresses our fundamental human delusions, and puts us in wise connection with reality.
2017-07-0451 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The arc of practice.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) How meditation practice transforms the minds relationship to its experience. Explains how we can tell whether we have "good practice"
2017-03-061h 00Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The five spiritual faculties.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk describes how faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom function in anapanna practice.
2017-03-041h 00Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Establishing presence.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Duet by Winnie and Anushka on the retreat theme of establishing presence.
2017-02-2752 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Feeling your breath and how feeling helps.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A consideration of the how/why of meditation instructions
2017-02-2540 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Reflections on the practice of forgiveness(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
2016-10-1843 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Investigation of states(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk discusses what is meant by the "Enlightenment factor" investigation. How does one use mindfulness to "investigate"? How is this different from psychotherapy?
2016-10-1059 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The truth of Dukka(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk was call by a retreatant "an evenings tour through Dukkha" "Dukkha" has many meanings and implications: this talk explores these.
2016-10-0348 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Integrity of effort(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) How personal agendas and motivations can be reframed as part of the practice path.
2016-09-2652 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Perspectives on practice meetings(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk being held by the community nothing I got my iPhone
2016-09-121h 01Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Considering forgiveness(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) What forgiveness means, Why it's valuable, And how to go about considering it. At end of talk discussion racism and reconciliation on the collective level
2016-05-231h 08Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Hindrances in metta practice(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) On retreat you don't control what you experience, But you can develop skill in working with what would otherwise derail your practice
2016-05-2052 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Working on Motivation for Practice(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)
2016-03-161h 09Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: How To Establish Presence(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A description of what embodied mindful presence actually looks like, and how one can cultivate this presence
2016-02-2121 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Getting Equinimity(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This is a very important quality in Buddhism. The questions are: what is this exactly, and how can it be developed
2016-02-0857 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Practice Tips(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
2015-11-241h 02Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: What's Going On In The Teacher Meetings?(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
2015-11-1757 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Practical Concentration(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
2015-11-101h 08Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Creativity Of The Spiritual Path(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
2015-11-0339 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Progress Of Insight - Part 3(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The last talk of a series of three, this discusses practicing in the "Dukkha Nanas". stages of distress and difficulty which arise before equanimity emerges.
2015-08-281h 02Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Progress Of Insight - Part 2(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A brief review of the previous talk (The Progress Of Insight - Part 1) followed by a discussion of what is called "The Arising and Passing Away Of Phenomena" stge. The "Ten corruptions Of Insight" are described, and how to relate to these with skill.
2015-08-2158 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Progress Of Insight - Part 1(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) What are the "insights" which Insight Meditation cultivates? This talk, first of three on "The Progress Of Insight" teachings, explains what the practice discovers, and what needs to be in place for these discoveries to be possible. Review of the first three insights.
2015-08-141h 13Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: When You Can't Get There From Here(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Motivation is the key to practice. As we actually do practice, our initial hopes, desires and questions may deepen, be replaced, or be refined in light of emerging understanding
2015-08-0753 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The importance of mindfulness to liberation(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A description of the nature of mindfulness (sati), why it is key in Buddhist practice and how it's trained in meditation practice. Given at short IMS retreat
2015-06-2053 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Metta chant in Pali(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A version of the Metta Chant, by the retreatants at a June 2015 IMS retreat
2015-06-1603 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: A taste Of Truth(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Comments about our hopes before going on retreat, and how we tend to evaluate what happens. The usefulness of wise reflection and what it is - in reviewing the retreat.
2015-06-1649 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Guided metta meditation and chant(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
2015-06-1542 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Being fully in(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A discussion of the quality of faith is a necessary ingredient for spiritual opening. And a discussion of what faith (saddha) is not what we may think it is
2015-06-1354 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Forgiveness: An Exploration of Letting Go(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
2015-04-2452 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Path To An Open Heart(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) In loving-kindness practice, we learn to gradually extend goodwill to those we don't organically like. Insight (vipassana) practice follows a parallel progression, as we learn to include more of our "stuff" as meditation objects.
2015-04-1746 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Working With Thought(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) This talk reviews how "thought" fits into meditation practice. It also examines why it is skillful to learn to practice with thought, and not attempt to cut it off completely
2015-04-1058 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Metta Chant (call & response)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Metta chant using five traditional ways of describing "all beings." Done call and response style at the end of a one month practice period.
2015-03-2609 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: How To Describe It?(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How people coming to the end of a long meditation retreat describe their experience to others, and to themselves.
2015-03-2538 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Brahma Vihara Day 21 Equanimity(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2015-03-2138 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: How Practice Creates Happiness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Buddhism describes conditioned experience as being dukkha (unsatisfying/suffering) in the First Noble Truth. Yet practice leads to happiness - how does this paradox resolve? This talk describes how happiness arises in/through the Eightfold Path of practice.
2015-03-1852 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Brahma Vihara Day 17 Mudita(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2015-03-1736 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Brahma Vihara Day 15 Compassion(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2015-03-1541 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Sharing the Happiness of Others(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The practice of cultivating mudita (empathetic joy) helps us share in the happiness and well-being of others. It counteracts envy, jealousy and the tendency to compare self to others. This moves us away from resentment and feelings of scarcity towards gratitude and generosity.
2015-03-1446 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Morning Instructions Day 9 Third Foundation of Mindfulness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2015-03-0906 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: The Third Foundation: Knowing theMind(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk discusses how to apply mindfulness to the mind and body. Clarifies what kind of attention is called for in working with thoughts/emotions. Distinguishes mindfulness meditation from psychotherapy, and discusses the relationship between them. Explores "which tool is right for the task."
2015-03-081h 03Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Brahma Vihara Day 7(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Difficult Person
2015-03-0733 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Morning Instructions Day 4(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) From Mindfulness of the Breath to Mindfulness of the Body
2015-03-0444 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Metta In Practice(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How the quality of metta (goodwill) is core to the Buddhist practice in general, and how it supports and empowers insight meditation.
2015-03-0357 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Brahma Vihara Day 2(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Metta for yourself, someone close
2015-03-0233 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Working Smart(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The Buddha speaks of the need to apply oneself, in order to wake up. But doing this wisely is key - not all effort is skillful. This talk discusses Wise Effort, and how to discern it.
2015-02-1754 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Equanimity(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The "Peace That Passes Understanding" is a hallmark of many spiritual traditions, when they are practiced in depth. This talk discusses what equanimity is and how it is utilized in meditation practice.
2015-02-1355 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Investigation(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Mindfulness used investigatively leads to insight. Insight leads to liberation/freedom of mind and heart. this talk describes how to "investigate" in meditation practice.
2015-02-061h 08Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Second Guessing The Universe(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The role of specific delusions arising regarding meditations practice and how they can be disabled
2014-11-2959 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: How Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom Open(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A reflection on the "five Spiritual faculties", intrinsic capacities of the human mind, open and are known in spiritual practice. Howe the relate to balance and balance each other.
2014-11-2154 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Breaking The chain Of Suffeering(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A reflection on the topic of forgiveness: what it is, why it is wise, what it involves and what ti doesn't.
2014-11-1445 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Metta In Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The role of Metta (good will) in successful insight/vipassana practice. This talk explains how this quality of mind facilitates opening to all phenomena.
2014-11-0756 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Winnie Nazarko's most recent Dharma talksWinnie Nazarko: Happiness At the Happiness Of Others(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A description of the beautiful quality of Mudita (appreciative joy) and how it can be developed
2014-10-2349 min
Mountain Hermitage PodcastWinnie Nazarko: Closing Talk 2/13/2014The post Winnie Nazarko: Closing Talk 2/13/2014 appeared first on The Mountain Hermitage.
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2014-02-1206 minMountain Hermitage PodcastWinnie Nazarko: Instructions 2/13/14 amThe post Winnie Nazarko: Instructions 2/13/14 am appeared first on The Mountain Hermitage.
2014-02-1221 minMountain Hermitage PodcastWinnie Nazarko: Instructions 2/11/2014 amThe post Winnie Nazarko: Instructions 2/11/2014 am appeared first on The Mountain Hermitage.
2014-02-1121 minMountain Hermitage PodcastWinnie Nazarko: Mudita 2/11/2014The post Winnie Nazarko: Mudita 2/11/2014 appeared first on The Mountain Hermitage.
2014-02-111h 09Mountain Hermitage PodcastWinnie Nazarko: Instructions 2/10/2014 pmThe post Winnie Nazarko: Instructions 2/10/2014 pm appeared first on The Mountain Hermitage.
2014-02-1009 min
Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Marcia Rose's most recent Dharma talksMarcia Rose: Marcia Rose and Winnie Nazarko: Opening Talk(Mountain Hermitage)
2014-02-071h 14