Insight Meditation Center
Monday, October 02, 2023 to
Saturday, May 04, 2024
Course code: TVJM
Zoom link:
Donations for Course
This eight-month program provides experienced practitioners an opportunity to delve into some of the deeper teachings of our Buddhist tradition in a community of other committed practitioners. We will discuss core principles and insights including aspects of liberation and awakening. Includes required monthly readings and short reflective essays. This is the “wisdom program” of a three year cycle of programs for experienced practitioners focused on the three trainings of Ethics, Samadhi, and Wisdom.
Welcome and logistics
Session 1
| ETS Assignment 1 |
| 1. Growing in Wisdom.pdf Audio reading: |
| 2. Profound Contemplation of the Dharma Audio reading: |
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| 1 Guided Meditation: Wholesome vs. Unwholesome | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 25:42 | 25:42 2023.10.02 |
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| 2 Program introduction | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 27:56 | 27:56 2023.10.02 |
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| 3 Profound Contemplation of the Dharma: Yoniso Manasikāra | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 29:57 | 29:57 2023.10.02 |
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| 4 Guided Meditation: What Dharma question is alive in you? | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 23:18 | 23:18 2023.10.02 |
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| 5 Breakout Session Debrief & Logistics | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 29:13 | 29:13 2023.10.02 |
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| 6 Gil’s Orientation for Interpreting the Buddha’s Teachings and Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 1:23:25 | 1:23:25 2023.10.02 |
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| 7 Meditation: An Auspicious Day | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 14:00 | 14:00 2023.10.02 |
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| 8 Future Readings: What is the Dharma & Direct Experience | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 14:02 | 14:02 2023.10.02 |
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| 9 Breakout Session Debrief and Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.02 | 39:03 | 39:03 2023.10.02 |
| ETS Assignment 2.pdf |
| 3. Naturalistic Buddhism.pdf Audio reading: |
| 4. What is the Dharma.pdf Audio reading: |
| 5. DIrect Experience.pdf |
| 6. An Auspicious Day.pdf Audio reading: |
Session 2
| ETS Assignments 3.pdf |
| 7. Impermanence.pdf |
| 8. The Buddhas Teachings on inconstancy.pdf Audio reading: |
| 9. Developing the Mind Supports Insight.docx |
| 9. Developing the Mind Supports Insight.pdf |
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| 1 Inconstancy & Meditation: Stability, Wellbeing & Confidence | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 42:39 | 42:39 2023.10.27 |
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| 2 Breakout Session Debrief | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 12:25 | 12:25 2023.10.27 |
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| 3 Impermanence Poems | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 28:41 | 28:41 2023.10.27 |
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| 4 Breakout Session Debrief & Inconstant Nature of Experience | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 33:21 | 33:21 2023.10.27 |
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| 5 Interfering with the Experience of Impermanence, Conditionality and Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 31:48 | 31:48 2023.10.27 |
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| 6 Conditions vs. Cause & Guided Contemplation | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 44:43 | 44:43 2023.10.27 |
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| 7 Breakout Session Debrief | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 22:50 | 22:50 2023.10.27 |
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| 8 Dependent Arising and Dependent Ceasing- Quarrels and Dispute and Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.10.27 | 56:56 | 56:56 2023.10.27 |
Session 3
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| 7 Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.12.08 | 43:53 | 43:53 2023.12.08 |
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| 6 Breakout Session Debrief | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.12.08 | 29:00 | 29:00 2023.12.08 |
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| 5 Dependent Arising of Liberation | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.12.08 | 29:04 | 29:04 2023.12.08 |
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| 4 Breakout Session Debrief and Dependent Arising as an Alternative to Unhelpful Beliefs and Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.12.08 | 1:14:35 | 1:14:35 2023.12.08 |
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| 3 Q&A and Conditioned Arising of Suffering | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.12.08 | 19:13 | 19:13 2023.12.08 |
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| 2 Meditation on Conditionality | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.12.08 | 29:00 | 29:00 2023.12.08 |
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| 1 Introduction & Reflections on the Readings | Gil Fronsdal | 2023.12.08 | 30:01 | 30:01 2023.12.08 |
session 4
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| 1 Narrative of what we have done so far | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 21:32 | 21:32 2024.01.19 |
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| 2 Meditation: Happiness | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 24:47 | 24:47 2024.01.19 |
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| 3 Breakout Session Debrief | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 16:02 | 16:02 2024.01.19 |
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| 4 Breakout Session Debrief (see uploaded docs 22a & 22b) & Letting go vs. Mindfulness | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 27:48 | 27:48 2024.01.19 |
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| 5 Mindfulness as Safety and Protection | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 09:56 | 09:56 2024.01.19 |
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| 6 The Five Bundles (Aggregates) | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 20:38 | 20:38 2024.01.19 |
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| 7 Meditation: Resting in Wholeness | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 17:53 | 17:53 2024.01.19 |
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| 8 Concept of the Organic Whole | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 09:12 | 09:12 2024.01.19 |
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| 9 Breakout Session Debrief | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 22:10 | 22:10 2024.01.19 |
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| 10 Not Self and Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.01.19 | 43:21 | 43:21 2024.01.19 |
Session 5
| ETS Assignments 9.pdf |
| 27. Faith on the Path of Liberation.pdf |
| 28. Ripe for Liberation.pdf |
| 29. Listening.pdf |
| 30. DMP February Rettreat Schedules.pdf |
session 6
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| 1_Introduction Nibbāna & Meditation | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.03.29 | 48:40 | 48:40 2024.03.29 |
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| 2_Breakout Session Debrief & Poem: She Let Go | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.03.29 | 18:05 | 18:05 2024.03.29 |
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| 3_Meditation: The Light Went Out | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.03.29 | 17:06 | 17:06 2024.03.29 |
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| 4_Breakout Session Debrief | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.03.29 | 22:20 | 22:20 2024.03.29 |
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| 5_Poems & Meditation | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.03.29 | 39:06 | 39:06 2024.03.29 |
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| 6_Breakout Session Debrief & Stream Entry | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.03.29 | 27:03 | 27:03 2024.03.29 |
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| 7_Stages of Awakening and Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.03.29 | 57:41 | 57:41 2024.03.29 |
Session 7
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| 1_Introduction & Meditation: Deep Contemplation | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.05.04 | 41:27 | 41:27 2024.05.04 |
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| 2_Breakout Session Debrief & Meditation: Deep Contemplation as a nonverbal Knowing | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.05.04 | 22:16 | 22:16 2024.05.04 |
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| 3_Counseling Practice: Yasa's Stream-entry Experience | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.05.04 | 1:19:49 | 1:19:49 2024.05.04 |
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| 4_Talk: I'm just thus & Meditation & Talk: Stream-entry | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.05.04 | 47:07 | 47:07 2024.05.04 |
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| 5_Q&A | Gil Fronsdal | 2024.05.04 | 59:49 | 59:49 2024.05.04 |