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The Principles and Practices of Shamatha Vipassana

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Led by meditation teacher Narayan Helen Liebenson, this Dharma Talk investigates how shamatha (calming the mind) and vipassana (inquiring into the true nature of phenomena) fit together. Liebenson also covers some of the methods of practice and teachings from the Anguttara Nikaya.

Narayan Helen Liebenson is a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, where she has taught since 1985, and at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS). She is the author of The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation.