A look at mind and experience from the Heart Sutra Workshop retreat Mind and Experience Download A look at mind and experience from the Heart Sutra Workshop retreat … [Read more...] about Mind and Experience
Awareness
Emotions and energy
A discussion of energy transformation practices Emotions and energy Download Questions on the four immeasurables, experiencing regret. and loss of energy during meditation … [Read more...] about Emotions and energy
Anything Is Possible
A conversation on the Heart Sutra with Bill Porter (Red Pine).Appearances and reality; what life is and staying present in it; the world in which we think we live and the world in which we actually live; where does Buddhism and politics come together; how does one work with psychological trauma in practice; working with fear; how does … [Read more...] about Anything Is Possible
Ganges Mahamudra – class
A comprehensive commentary on Tilopa’s Mahamudra instructions to Naropa. Introduction DownloadIntroduction to text; historical context; Tilopa and Naropa; three doors to practice; Mahamudra as a way of experiencing; metaphors of space; letting experience be just as it is; meditation instruction for the next week: rest in experience of breathing, … [Read more...] about Ganges Mahamudra – class
Heart Sutra Workshop
Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other than form. Form is not other than emptiness. IntroductionDownloadNaropa’s meeting with Tilopa’s sister; introduction to Heart Sutra; guided primary practice meditation; participant’s experience; willingness, know-how, capacity; guided meditation with resting in experience and … [Read more...] about Heart Sutra Workshop
Mahamudra – class
A detailed commentary on Tilopa's song about Mahamudra. Recorded in Los Angeles, 2006. Mahamudra Class 1 - 6 MAH 1 MAH 2 MAH 3 MAH 4 MAH 5 MAH 6 IntroductionDownload Discussion of the View section from The Lamp of Mahamudra by Tselek Rangdrol and the Shamatha section from Clarifying the Natural State by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal). Sketch of history … [Read more...] about Mahamudra – class