…in this tradition. Please only apply to the program if you are able to commit to the best of your ability for the entire course. You can apply here. Applications due by Thursday, January 18, 2024. Questions? You can email…
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…caught up in the emotional and mental events that pass through us. Repeatedly returning to the sensations of breathingg can be a highly effective training in letting go of the identification and holding which freeze the mind and heart. It…
…compassion, or letting go can be helpful. Tapping into the confidence that comes from whatever faith or trust we have in the practice is another useful mindset. So too is a sense of blamelessness for living a life of ethical…
Registration is now open for the 2024 – 2025 Eightfold Path Program (In-Person and Zoom) Taught by Tanya Wiser, Liz Powell, Chris Clifford, and others One Sunday a month, beginning Sept 2024, 1:00 to 3:30 pm with a concluding Saturday…
…thunderstorms that quickly come along. You might also get very cold and get hypothermia. When you walk in those mountains, the walking is something you do—you are not in the passenger’s seat. In doing the walking, you are actually required…
…» Dharmette: Anukampa (1 of 5) Gil’s Story with Compassion and Care Dharmette: Anukampa (2 of 5) Caring for the Happiness of Others Dharmette: Anukampa (3 of 5) Care as Resonance with Others Dharmette: Anukampa (4 of 5) The Continual…
…is dedicated to purifying the mind and the heart, as opposed to a life that perpetuates greed, hate, and delusion, our fear, our attachments. So the monastic community lives a life that is meant to exemplify freedom from the common…
…self-image will be threatened. Many people can feel shame or guilt without any reason. Strong regret and worry hinder being quiet and focused during meditation. Occasionally they can be powerful enough that meditation is counter-indicated. For example, with some regrets…
…“safe and free from harm and danger” refer to? Does safety mean from bodily and mental harm? Or does it mean free from delusion, free from clinging? Does this mean that you are wishing for another to take right action…
IRC Autumn 2024 Newsletter is available online. You can read past newsletters in both HTML and PDF formats on the Newsletter page of the Insight Retreat Center website….
…are alone. Some people find speaking to be one of the most challenging areas in which to be mindful. The interpersonal concerns, wishes, and feelings that come into play when speaking can be so compelling it is easy to lose…
http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/1/talk/3056/venue/IMC/20120523-Gil_Fronsdal-IMC-online_community_q_a_with_gil_fronsdal_may_2012.mp3 Download Audio Hi, Gil, welcome to the question and answer session from our worldwide online community. I thought that before we begin you might update everyone on what has been happening here at IMC. Thank you, Marguerite, it’s nice…
…compassion, the tendency to lash out subsides. Compassion fails when it causes sorrow. When faced with suffering, if one is overwhelmed by grief or heaviness of heart, then that is not being compassionate. The quality of compassion is then tainted…
I am happy to celebrate the launching of IMC’s new website by expressing much gratitude to all the people who have contributed to our previous website and now to the new one. Our previous website grew gradually in content and…
A Talk by Ines Freedman (IMC, August 28, 2005) (Transcribed and lightly edited by S.C.L. Eiler) http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/57/talk/751/20050828-Ines_Freedman-IMC-noncontentiousness.mp3 Download Gil asked me to give a short talk today and leave plenty of time for discussion; so, I’m going to talk about…
http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/1/talk/2356/venue/IMC/20110316-Gil_Fronsdal-IMC-online_community_q_a_with_gil_fronsdal_march_2011.mp3 Download Audio Hello, Gil, today is the time for the question and answer session for the month of March. You will be answering questions from the IMC Online Community. We have a series of questions. The first one…
http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/1/talk/2516/venue/IMC/20110805-Gil_Fronsdal-IMC-online_community_q_a_with_gil_fronsdal_august_2011.mp3 Download Audio Welcome, Gil, to the question and answer session with the IMC online community. We have had lots of people communicating with us about how interested they are in these sessions. And they are also expressing great gratitude…
Taught by Chris Clifford, Tanya Wiser, Liz Powell and others offered both in-person and on Zoom DATES: One Sunday a month 1:00 to 3:30 pm with a concluding daylong in June, 2024 Sundays 1:00 pm to 3:30 p.m. (Pacific); Sept…
…examine the components of a hindrance, i.e. its physical, energetic, emotional, cognitive and motivational aspects. For example, strong desire may be experienced physically as a leaning forward, a tightening of the solar plexus, or a sense of lightness. Energetically it…
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…her actions impact others. The powers of reflection and compassion do not come only from being told to be reflective or compassionate. They come from seeing these qualities modeled in others, particularly one’s parents. The Buddha also told Rahula to…
…their torso is leaning or their head tilted. Any lean or tilt will build a strain over time. While being comfortable in meditation is useful, it is important to avoid using physical comfort as the only guide for meditation posture….
…steady effort One should do what is to be done Because the lax practitioner stirs up Even more dust. Dhammapada 313 As if one’s head were on fire A practitioner should live mindfully. Theragatha 39 …
…self–identity is hurt or threatened. Hopefully becoming aware of our selfishness doesn’t become an additional reason to be angry. Whether or not it feels like it, such self–understanding is a step toward freedom and greater self–compassion. The E in the…
…a strong enough experience of non-clinging we come to a fork in our path. One direction leads to more clinging, the other to freedom. As practice becomes deeper the path of freedom becomes more obvious. At some point it becomes…
…strengthened the habitual and karmic forces of one’s own anger in the process of escaping an external threat. For the Buddha, even under the threat of death, a monastic must not succumb to hate. Using a dramatic example, the Buddha…
…activities, interactive games, pizza dinner, and opportunities for community service. Please contact Hilary Borison at IMC.familyprogram@gmail.com or 650-575-2052 for more information or to RSVP. Mindful Teens (High School Students) Led by Hilary Borison and Conrad Sherby Second Sunday of the…
…on meditation, although by then I had dropped out of college and was living in a spiritual community where there was almost no sitting. Which community? The Farm in Tennessee. The Farm was a commune of some eight hundred people…
…Sila: Equivalence of Ethics and Enlightenment Program This eight-month program provides experienced practitioners an opportunity to delve into some of the deeper teachings of our Buddhist tradition in a community of other committed practitioners. In this program participants study and…