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Andrea Fella's Dharma Talks
Andrea Fella
Andrea Fella is the co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center. She has been practicing Insight Meditation since 1996, and teaching Insight Meditation since 2003. She is particularly drawn to intensive retreat practice, and has done a number of long retreats, both in the United States and in Burma. During one long practice period in Burma, she ordained as a nun with Sayadaw U Janaka. Andrea is especially drawn to the wisdom teachings of the Buddha. Her teachings emphasize clarity and practicality. Andrea is a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, and teaches residential retreats for IMC and other retreat centers around the country
2013-09-19 Investigation 57:51
Meditation includes this art of investigating our experience by simply being with it - rather than trying to "figure it out"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1
2013-09-12 Wise Mindfulness 57:55
The Buddha encouraged us to cultivate wise mindfulness, which is more than simply being aware. This talk explores some of the qualities that support wise mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1
2013-08-19 Concentration in the Service of Liberation 62:09
Freedom is described as the absence of greed, aversion and delusion. With wise concentration as a support, we can see into the ways our minds get caught by greed, aversion and delusion and that very seeing allows the mind to let them go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat
2013-08-19 Morning Instruction Day 7 50:15
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat
2013-08-16 Metta Practice Day 4 38:09
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat
2013-08-15 Morning Instructions Day 3 52:36
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat
2013-08-14 Comfortable Breath, Comfortable Mind 62:12
An exploration of how pleasure and comfort support the conditions for concentration, with experiential suggestions for different ways to allow comfort and pleasure in our meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat
2013-02-28 Morning Reflection: Transitions 14:58
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2013-02-23 Morning Reflection: The Path reflects the Goal 12:41
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2013-02-22 Living the Eightfold Path 58:11
Our practice can be understood as living the eightfold path, moment by moment. As we practice ethical conduct, and cultivate our minds in meditation, we deepen in wisdom. This training in Sila, Samadhi and Panna helps to unravel the many layers of greed, aversion and delusion in our minds, leading us to freedom: the absence of greed, aversion and delusion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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