(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk by Jason Murphy is the sixth in the speaker series Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts.The five training precepts are not commandments nor are they a list of “don’t dos.” Instead, they
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This is the second talk in a speaker series titled Ethics, Action, and the Five Precepts. This talk by Shaila Catherine explores kamma (karma) and the training precept to refrain from killing. Th
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk by Shaila Catherine is the first in a speaker series titled Ethics, Action, and the Five Precepts. It offers an over view of the five precepts (sila) as training tools for bringing mindf
(Insight Santa Cruz (Insight Retreat Center)) Destroy, Greed , Hatred and Ignorance by cultivating there opposite.This is not a passive practice. It takes rebellious effort.
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk was given as part of the series "Eight Great Thoughts" (Anguttara Nikaya 8:30). Can we be at ease with whatever the situation is, whether it is pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral? In this
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk was given as a part of the series "Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living." A real place for us to check our practice is in our relationships. After all, we are deeply
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk was given as a part of the series "Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living." When we start to meditate, we notice how much our body and mind influence each other. In th
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk was given as a part of the series "Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living." Vipassana takes our untrained mind as a starting point -- with its unruliness, hindrances, c
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk was given as a part of the series "Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living." We live in a world that requires a diversity of relationships. How do you choose your friend