(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The field of mental defilements resembles a weed-infested piece of land, and the field of wisdom is likened to a beautiful garden.

Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge: dharma talks and meditation instruction

Sayadaw Vivekananda: The Two Fields

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Sayadaw Vivekananda: Questions and answers and concluding remarks.

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Six kinds of turning away; Benefits in developing intuitive wisdom.

Sayadaw Vivekananda: Turning Away

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Discerning formations as void; key features of the knowledge of equanimity toward formations.

Sayadaw Vivekananda: Knowledge of Equanimity toward Formations

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Equanimity stops the cycle of reactivity; it does not get entangled in formations; it abandons fear and delight.

Sayadaw Vivekananda: How does Equanimity support Wisdom?

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Wisdom is having the characteristic of penetrating the individual essences is of one kind; as mundane and supramundane, it is of two kinds, etc. The breaking up of formations.

Sayadaw Vivekananda: How many kinds of understanding are there?

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Repeated comprehension of materiality; 

* Enlightenment factors promote the growth of wisdom;
* Liberations and hindrances;
* Seeing the breaking up of formations develops wisdom.

Sayadaw Vivekananda: How Wisdom is Developed in Practice

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) General and specific aspects of the unfolding of wisdom.

Sayadaw Vivekananda: How Wisdom Is Developed

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Virtue, concentration, meditation, desire (chanda), striving, faith, approaching a teacher, and more.

Sayadaw Vivekananda: The Acquisition of Insight

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Various definitions of Intuitive Wisdom: controlling faculty of wisdom; wisdom as an enlightenment factor. Differences between perception (saññāṇa), consciousness (viññāṇa), and wisdom (paññā).

Sayadaw Vivekananda: What is Wisdom?

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IMS’s Forest Refuge has  hosted experienced meditators since 2003. Its program is specifically designed to encourage sustained, longer-term retreat practice – a key component in the transmission of Buddhism from Asia to the West. Within a harmonious and secluded environment, meditators can nurture the highest aspiration for liberation. In consultation with visiting insight meditation teachers, a program of training in one or more Early Buddhist practices is created for each participant, allowing the continuing unfolding of deeper levels of wisdom and compassion. A personal retreat here strengthens practice, faith, confidence and self-reliance.