Polishing the Pāramī An online Insight Dialogue course teachers: Elizabeth Faria, Jill Shepherd, Anita Bermont and occasional guest teachers.The series commences Wed 20 March 2024 (Aust/NZ/Asia) or Tues 19 March (Americas/UK) and runs for eighteen sessions (approx *2 sessions per month of 1.5 hours per session) through to December (*see specific dates below). The ten pāramī are ten noble qualities of character whichContinueContinue reading “NEW! – online Insight Dialogue practice opportunity”
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April 2018 full moon – Retreat and post-retreat practice
Before and after A couple of years ago, I wrote a post titled “Retreat and pre-retreat practice”, which explored ways to navigate some of the anxiety and other challenges that often come up before we go on retreat. This month, I’m writing about another aspect of retreat practice that doesn’t always get a lot ofContinueContinue reading “April 2018 full moon – Retreat and post-retreat practice”
September 2015 full moon – Maintaining Motivation (or finding antidotes to “sloth and torpor”)
The five hindrances I’ve been back in New Zealand for the month of September, and with the Auckland Insight group, we’ve been exploring the Five Hindrances, five particularly unhelpful states of mind that get in the way of clear seeing, of insight. They appear in the Satipatthana Sutta under the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, asContinueContinue reading “September 2015 full moon – Maintaining Motivation (or finding antidotes to “sloth and torpor”)”
Jill Shepherd: insight meditation 