Jill Shepherd's most recent Dharma talks (Common Ground Meditation Center)
Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.
Jill Shepherd: 04 talk: Establishing, maintaining and deepening your practice
(Melbourne Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 03 meditation: Settling into ease
(Melbourne Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 02 talk: Inspiration for the New Year
(Melbourne Insight Meditation) Exploring the difference between inspiration and expectation, and the shift from will-driven practice to trusting the dharma's natural development
Jill Shepherd: 01 meditation: Finding ease in the body, breathing
(Melbourne Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 27 talk: Overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening
(Sydney Insight Meditators)
Jill Shepherd: 22 talk: Wise Effort and the three universal characteristics, with a focus on anattā or not self
(Sydney Insight Meditators)
Jill Shepherd: 17 talk: From dukkha to sukha - the role of pleasure and joy on the path to freedom
(Sydney Insight Meditators)
Jill Shepherd: 12 talk: Wise Effort and the Five Hindrances
(Sydney Insight Meditators)
Jill Shepherd: 07 talk: Wise View and Wise Mindfulness
(Sydney Insight Meditators)
Jill Shepherd: Generosity As a Radical Dharma Practice
(London Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: Guided meditation on resting in the present
(London Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: Celebrating the good
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflecting on the rewards of this retreat, using the framework of some of the ten pāramī, specifically generosity, ethics, and equanimity
Jill Shepherd: Wise Effort Part 2
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: Muditā meditation
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Cultivating muditā for oneself and an easy being
Jill Shepherd: The Third Noble Truth and the Seven Factors of Awakening
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: Compassion for the "difficult" person and all beings
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)