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Carol Wilson's Dharma Talks

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What I most love in my teaching practice is seeing students become dedicated to their own liberation. As their spiritual practice matures, people light up from within when they begin to understand that personal freedom is possible. This commitment to freedom on the part of the student inspires me to find ways to express my deepest understanding and enthusiasm for liberation.

The mindfulness teachings of the Buddha are among the more direct, practical meditation techiques that we can cultivate. My focus is on sharing these practices in an accessable, down-to-earth way. How can we disengage from our habits of responding to the world through veils of confusion, greed, and hatred?

Mindfulness practice helps us recognize when we are responding to the world from the mental and emotional habits that obscure our true home, our radiant nature, which manifests as compassion and love. The Buddha's teachings show us that we are not isolated individuals who need to live defensive lives. Rather, we can learn to trust and live from our full potential as compassionate members of a connected planet.

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2008-05-05 Perception & Awareness 59:31	Download Listen
The Dalai Lama once said that all of our problems stem from mistaken perception. That is why there is so much emphasis on true knowledge. This talk explores the quality factor of perception, and how when it is colored by unwholesome states of mind we cannot accurately recognize reality, and so respond in ways that only increase our confusion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Yucca Valley Spring Insight Retreat

2008-02-28 Mingling Our Minds With The Dharma 63:31	Download Listen
This talk describes how the journey of our life and practice is to mingle our hearts and minds fully with the Dharma. The eight-fold path is the descriptive template we can use; this talk focuses particularly on wise view and wise intention, the first two steps.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-21 Unity Of Emptiness And Compassion 60:51	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-12 Seclusion 57:07	Download Listen
Seclusion - viveka in Pali - is a theme the Buddha was asked about: "Teach me...release, emancipation, seclusion for beings." This talk explores various aspects of this word viveka: seclusion of body, seclusion of mind, seclusion from suffering - and how these are manifest in the retreat setting and mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-06 Four Noble Truths 60:40	Download Listen
The Buddha said that our path of awakening is like swimming upstream - in relationship to the habits of society and the habits of our own minds. So our deep motivation needs to be supported by accurate information. The 4 Noble Truths is a basic context/description of life, suffering and freedom that serves to support and inform all our various methods of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2007-11-29 Wise Attention 65:43	Download Listen
The Buddha spoke of wise attention as the tool that uproots the underlying tendencies of our minds that cause suffering. This talk discusses various means the Buddha taught for practicing wise attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Path of Engagement, Retreat 2

2007-11-22 Faith/Devotion 61:58	Download Listen
“In the moment of love, the empty nature dawns nakedly” reflections on loving awareness.

2007-11-15 Nature Of Insight 64:25	Download Listen
Nature of Insight
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-11-08 Habits Of Mind 57:36	Download Listen
The practice of mindfulness is like swimming upstream against the habits of mind. We can learn to trust mindfulness rather than the habits.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-10-30 Compassion 59:00	Download Listen
The understanding of emptiness manifests in our experience as the intention of compassion. One way that compassion develops is through meeting our own physical and mental suffering with kind awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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