Dharma Insight | Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville
Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville (IMCC) is a charitable organization located in central Virginia that offers a full range of Buddhist insight (Vipassana) meditation retreats, courses, and weekly dharma talks. Insight meditation practices have been taught for more than 2500 years as part of a path to liberation of mind and heart from suffering. These practices are dedicated to cultivating awareness, kindness, and compassion to help bring more mindfulness and calm into our daily life. IMCC is delighted to share these recent dharma (teaching) talks from our regular and guest teachers. More details can be found at: http://imeditation.org
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 67
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
On Tuning a Lute
Sharon Beckman-Brindley gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Apr 3, 2018.
During this series on the Brahma Viharas we've explored together the practice of loving kindness and some questions have emerge…
00:45:00 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
Brahma Viharas: Lovingkindness Part 2
Sharon Beckman-Brindley gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Mar 27, 2018.
Sharon guided a discussion about lovingkindness and how to practice so that it becomes a living and deeply meaningful part of …
00:33:52 |
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Real Love and Happiness
Sharon Salzberg gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Mar 20, 2018.
Sharon reflects on real love and true happiness and how it can be cultivated.
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01:06:13 |
Tue 20 Mar 2018
Lovingkindness (Metta) Part I
Susan Stone gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Mar 13, 2018.
This is the 2nd in a ten-part, series focusing on active engagement with the four heart qualities that are a prominent part of the Buddha’…
00:37:21 |
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Brahma Viharas: Overview of the Heart Qualities
Susan Stone gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Mar 6, 2018.
This is the first in a ten-part, series focusing on active engagement with the four heart qualities that are a prominent part of the Buddha…
00:36:44 |
Tue 06 Mar 2018
Guided Meditation with Pat Coffey
Pat Coffey gave this guided meditation at IMCC on Feb 14, 2018.
For more information, please visit the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville website: imeditation.org
00:37:13 |
Wed 14 Feb 2018
Love Is A Big Deal on Valentines Day: But What Are We Really Talking About?
Pat Coffey gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Feb 13, 2018.
Love is a "squirrelly" term that has many connotations and definitions. Throughout the ages poets, artists, writers, musicians, philosopher…
00:28:09 |
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Change Can Be Your Best Friend
Pat Coffey gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Feb 6, 2018.
In a large part your relationship to change determines the amount of joy, ease, happiness, angst and suffering you experience in this life. …
00:30:10 |
Tue 06 Feb 2018
Onward But Not Easy
Susan Stone gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Jan 31, 2018.
Spiritual practice is onward-leading, as teacher Joseph Goldstein observed. However, we each face challenges as we practice, and often the…
00:37:02 |
Wed 31 Jan 2018
True Happiness
Jeff Fracher gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Jan 23, 2018.
What is true happiness and can we ever experience it? How does it differ from transient happiness or joy? This dharma talk explores the p…
00:31:38 |
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Awakening
Teresa Miller gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Jan 16, 2018.
For more information, please visit the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville website: imeditation.org
00:27:18 |
Tue 16 Jan 2018
Five Kinds of Happiness
Sharon Beckman-Brindley gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Jan 09, 2018.
"The purpose of life is to be happy." --Dalai Lama
The Buddha developed and then taught about states of happiness: those that…
00:43:51 |
Tue 09 Jan 2018
Ring the Bells That Still Can Ring
Sharon Beckman-Brindley gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Jan 2, 2018.
“That gladness connected with what is wholesome, I call an equipment of mind for overcoming ill-will and hostility.” --The Budd…
00:37:54 |
Tue 02 Jan 2018
Who are Our People?
Helen Farrar gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Dec 12, 2017.
Not being clear about how who “our people” have been—and are—can be a source of suffering, confusion, and conflict, subtle and not so su…
00:35:45 |
Tue 12 Dec 2017
A Life of Regret?
Jeff Fracher gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Dec 5, 2017.
Regret is central to the human experience, both for things we have done and things we have not done. How does the Dharma address the chall…
00:27:11 |
Tue 05 Dec 2017
Who Do You Think You Are?
Sharon Beckman-Brindley gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Nov 28, 2017.
In our ordinary way of looking at things, we usually see ourselves and others through socially constructed perceptions and lim…
00:37:27 |
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Daring to See
Sharon Beckman-Brindley gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Nov 21, 2017.
Much of the time, we live, not so much in a real world, but in the filtered world made up of all of the perceptions, interpret…
00:40:11 |
Tue 21 Nov 2017
Dodging the Dart: Teaching of the Second Arrow
Laura Good gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Nov 7, 2017.
Laura discusses the teaching of the Second Arrow and how to "dodge the dart" with mindfulness.
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00:34:45 |
Tue 07 Nov 2017
The Tyranny of the Ego
Jeff Fracher gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Oct 3, 2017.
Though the concept of ego has a specific connotation in the West, it has a very different meaning when referenced in Buddhism. We explore t…
00:34:24 |
Tue 03 Oct 2017
What's True for Me? What's True for You?
Susan Stone gave this dharma talk at IMCC on Sep 26, 2017.
Susan Stone reflects on an experience with the negativity bias of the mind and how to work with it compassionately. She will also explore w…
00:32:34 |
Tue 26 Sep 2017
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