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Retreat Dharma Talks
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2003-03-25
Purity And Purification
52:46
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Guy Armstrong
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A useful way to view the unfolding of practice is through the two truths, conventional and ultimate. The purity of our true nature is revealed until a conditioned pattern of mind is encountered. When met with acceptance, the pattern becomes purified.
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2003-04-11
The Great Heart Of Life
53:00
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Yanai Postelnik
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Our hearts capacity to love all beings and ourselves unconditionally, is discovered through understanding forgiveness, and the truth of interconnectedness. Freeing ourselves from fear, anger and hatred, reveals our life's capacity for a remarkable greatness of heart.
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2003-05-12
Bodhisattva Path: Plus Rigpa & Nirvana
63:51
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Guy Armstrong
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Two talks in one. The first describes my faltering steps in bodhisattva. The second examines different understandings of nirvana in the Buddhist tradition and compares them to the nature of mind described by Dzogchen.
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2003-05-13
Non-Dual Awareness
62:52
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Guy Armstrong
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According to the Dzogchen teachings, an aspect of the nature of mind is non-dual awareness. But the Theravada understanding is that these is a distinction between consciousness and it's objects. How can we reconcile these views?
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2003-05-14
Integrating Vipassana & Dzogchen
48:43
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Guy Armstrong
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This talk is directed to Vipassana practitioners who wish to include in their meditations the dzogchen practice and theory. It explores ways of integrating the understanding and meditation technique of the two traditions.
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2003-05-19
What Do We Really Want?
51:26
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Sylvia Boorstein
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Mindfulness is a collaboration of concentration and awareness, designed to balance the mind. In a context of non-reactivity the three characteristics are clearly seen.
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2003-05-22
Eight Fold Path
56:38
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Sylvia Boorstein
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The goal of practice is peace of mind on behalf of a peaceful world. The eightfold path is presented with stories to illustrate.
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2003-05-30
Bowing As An Act Of Transformation
49:31
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Jose Reissig
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Bowing has two parts: the bowing down in full acceptance of what is, and the coming right up in readiness to do what needs to be done. Each part is incomplete without the other. To realize this non-duality is to open the door for transformation.
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2003-05-31
The Light In The Middle Of The Dark Tunnel
56:37
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Jose Reissig
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In our dark moments we tend to look for "the light at the end of the tunnel." In doing so, we end up constantly trying to be where we are not, and we miss the opportunity to learn from the darkness itself.
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2003-06-01
The Agony Of Alienation
50:10
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Jose Reissig
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Much anguish and insecurity results from a sense of being separated from our fellow beings and from the world. The strategies we use to try to overcome this often involve the fabrication of additional partitions (e.g.; "us vs. them"), and thus backfire. The Noble Eightfold Path offers a better way.
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2003-06-01
Metta Sutta - chanting
14:59
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Dhammaruwan
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Dhammaruwan chants the Metta Sutta, including 'call and response' for learning the chant. Exact date of recording is unknown.
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