# James Baraz

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James Baraz: Wise Effort in Practice

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Wise Effort as an important issue in practice. This talk explores finding the balance between too much and too little as well as understanding the four classical Wise Efforts described in the teachings.

James Baraz: Instruction on Grounding with anchor

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Using primary object of breath, body or sound to stabilize the attention

James Baraz: Working with the Comparing and Judging Mind

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) How to skillfully incorporate the tendency to judge and compare into our practice.

James Baraz: Heart Ptactice: Forgiveness

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Guided meditation on forgiveness towards our body, mind, heart and relations with others

James Baraz: Working with the Comparing and Judging Mind

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) How to skillfully incorporate the tendency to judge and compare into our practice.

James Baraz: Heart Ptactice: Forgiveness

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Guided meditation on forgiveness towards our body, mind, heart and relations with others

James Baraz: Instructions: Vedana

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Including pleasant, unpleasant and neutral in the meditation field

James Baraz: Cultivating Wholesome States

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Wise Effort includes not only weakening unwholesome states but strengthening wholesome states. This talk explores how to do the latter.

James Baraz: Instructions: including Mind States wholesome and unwholesome in the meditation field

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Buddha recommended mindfulness of difficult states but also beautiful states such as peace joy as objects of meditation

James Baraz: Variations on Five Hindrances

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The five common difficulties for meditators and the courage and trust needed to transform our relationship to them