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: short talk: Ethics and Wise Speech
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Breathing and Thinking
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Compassion as an aspect of Wise Intention
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Mettā and compassion
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 12 meditation: Opening to mudita gladness and upekkha equanimity
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 11 short talk: An overview of Buddhist ethics
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 10 meditation: Choiceless attention
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 09 meditation: Mettā and compassion as expressions of Wise Intention
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 08 meditation: Mindfulness of breathing to develop sati and samādhi
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 07 instructions: Mindfulness of breathing to develop sati and samādhi
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 06 talk: Introduction to the Second Noble Truth
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 05 short talk: First Noble Truth
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 04 short instructions: Continuity of mindfulness
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 03 meditation: Body scan inviting ease
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 02 instructions: Mindfulness
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise Intention p3 - Returning
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Happiness and Contentment as Supports for Equanimity
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Jill Shepherd: Talk: Equanimity as a resource for navigating transitions
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Seeing Self-Constructing
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Jill Shepherd: Wise Effort and Anatta
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Some suggestions for exploring anatta/not-self as a support for bothwise effort and deepening insight.
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Exploring Effort and Ease
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Pleasant Feeling-Tones
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Attuning to pleasant vedana as support for developing skillful mental qualities.
Jill Shepherd: Talk: Faith and Doubt
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Exploring some of the many ways doubt can show up, and how Saddha (faith, trust, confidence) can be actively cultivated as an antidote
Jill Shepherd: Contemplation: Elemental Qualities
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Exploring our experience in relation to the elemental qualities of earth, water, fire, air, and space.
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Connecting to Intention
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Jill Shepherd: Talk: Wise Intention
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Getting clearer about different levels of intention as support for making the most of our time on retreat.
Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise Intention p2 - the intention to cultivate relinquishment / non-addiction
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise Intention part1
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring Greg Kramer's time-based categories of over-arching intention, episodic intention and momentary intention
Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise View and Wise Intention
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring the practices of gratitude-gathering and joy-savouring as supports for staying balanced amidst life's challenges
Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise View part 2 Exploring self-view
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise View
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: ?Joy?
(London Insight Meditation) Joy is an important aspect of the Buddha’s path to freedom, appearing as both an awakening factor and one of the four heart qualities known as the brahmavihāra. However, for many people it can feel elusive - or even irrelevant – in the midst of so much global, societal and individual suffering. For this reason, the word Joy in the title of this talk is accompanied by question marks, as an invitation for us to explore together some common questions and/or doubts that often come up in relation to joy in the context of insight pract...
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Orienting to what's pleasant
(London Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: How we can connect with joy
(London Insight Meditation) In February 2026 London Insight Meditation hosted Jill Shepherd for an online evening on the theme of "Joy".
Jill Shepherd: talk: Introduction to the Noble Eightfold Path
(Auckland Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: talk: Renewing motivation
(Auckland Insight Meditation) How can the dharma help us meet these deeply disturbing times?
Jill Shepherd: 13 meditation: Equanimity for a "difficult" person
(Melbourne Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 12 meditation: Equanimity
(Melbourne Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 11 talk: Equanimity
(Melbourne Insight Meditation)
Jill Shepherd: 10 meditation: Muditā for oneself
(Melbourne Insight Meditation)
