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: 24 instructions and meditation: choiceless attention
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 22 meditation: opening to what's pleasant to support gladness and muditā
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 21 meditation: mindfulness of mind
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 20 instructions: mindfulness of mental activity
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 18 meditation: compassion
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 17 instructions: compassion
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 15 meditation: mindfulness of hearing
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 14 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness, and opening to hearing
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 13 meditation: mindfulness of the body in terms of its elemental qualities
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 12 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of its elemental qualities
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 10 meditation: mindfulness of breathing to develop sati and samadhi p2
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 09 instructions: mindfulness of breathing to develop sati and samadhi p2
(Te Moata Retreat Center) 09 instructions: mindfulness of breathing to develop sati samadhi p2
Jill Shepherd: 08 meditation: cultivating sati and samadhi through mindfulness of breathing
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 07 instructions: cultivating sati and samadhi through mindfulness of breathing
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 05 short instructions: continuity of mindfulness
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: 04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing
(Te Moata Retreat Center)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Reflections on retreat practice and the cultivation of muditā: gladness and appreciative joy
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Settling into muditā / gladness
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Compassion p2
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring the "near and far enemies" of compassion, and the practice of bearing witness when facing overwhelming suffering
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Compassion for oneself
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Compassion p1
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Compassion
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: meditation: compassion for a good friend
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Exploring some of the obstacles that can get in the way of mettā practice
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Radiating energy method of mettā practice
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: An overview of the four brahmavihāra and introduction to mettā practice
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Mettā for someone we care about
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 10 talk: The brahmavihāra heart practices as support for ethical living
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Sīla part 7 Fifth Training Precept
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring the training to refrain from misusing intoxicants and broadening it to investigate other aspects of our lives where there can be a more compulsive or addictive relationship, for example in how we relate to our phones and technology
Jill Shepherd: 09 talk: Sīla part 7 Fifth Training Precept
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring the training to refrain from misusing intoxicants and broadening it to investigate other aspects of our lives where there can be a more compulsive or addictive relationship, for example in how we relate to our phones and technology
Jill Shepherd: talk: Sīla part 6 Mindful listening as a support for Wise Speech
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Continuing to explore the fourth precept, the commitment to refrain from false and harsh speech, by looking at mindful listening as a support for skilful speech
Jill Shepherd: 08 talk: Sīla part 6 Mindful listening as a support for Wise Speech
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Continuing to explore the fourth precept, the commitment to refrain from false and harsh speech, by looking at mindful listening as a support for skilful speech
Jill Shepherd: 29 talk: Equanimity as an awakening factor
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre)
Jill Shepherd: 26 talk: Right Effort and Anattā
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Exploring the four aspects of Right Effort, and how investigating anattā or not-self support the shift into more effortless effort
Jill Shepherd: 23 talk: Third Noble Truth and the role of joy on the path to freedom
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre)
Jill Shepherd: 20 talk: Second Noble Truth; craving for becoming and non-becoming
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Exploring comparing mind and the inner critic as aspects of clinging to self-view
Jill Shepherd: 15 talk: Exploring the Second Noble Truth and the Second Establishment of Mindfulness
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre)
Jill Shepherd: 10 talk: An overview of the four Brahmavihāra heart practices
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre)
Jill Shepherd: 05 talk: Dukkha in the context of the First Noble Truth and the three characteristics
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Sīla part 5 - Exploring the fourth training precept to refrain from false speech
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
