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Tina Rasmussen's Dharma Talks
Tina Rasmussen
Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D., began meditating at age 13, and has practiced in the Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist traditions for 30+ years. In 2003, she completed a year-long solo retreat, and was later ordained as a Buddhist nun and authorized to teach by Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw. Tina has been studied by Yale Neuroscience Lab, and is the co-author of Practicing the Jhanas, as well as several books on human potential, and works with students worldwide. For more info visit LuminousMindSangha.com.
2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 4 1:12:16
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2014-10-01 Chanting--Homage to the Buddha, Refuges, Precepts 5:23
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cloud Mountain Month-long Samatha Retreat Sept. 6 - Oct. 3, 2014
2014-03-01 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 37:50
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2014-03-01 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 50:06
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2013-02-02 What is Purification of Mind? 1:15:05
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Concentration Meditation
2013-02-02 What is the Samatha Practice (Concentration Meditation)? 39:42
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Concentration Meditation
2012-01-14 Differences Between Samatha and Vipassana 28:36
This talk given by Tina Rasmussen and Stephen Snyder includes: differences between the practices, useful ways to work with hindrances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2012-01-14 What is Samatha / Concentration Meditation? 39:57
This talk includes: The three stages of Buddhist practice, what is samatha, which is concentration.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
2012-01-14 What's Compelling about the Concentration / Samatha Practice? 40:20
This talk given by Tina Rasmussen and Stephen Snyder includes: what is compelling about this practice, reasons to do the practice, meditation instructions.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
2009-05-21 2009 Monthly Sitting Group, Month 5: Actions that Support Practice; The Five Jhana Masteries; “Psychic Powers” 68:55
Includes: silence, breathing, timing, resolves; the masteries required in completing a jhana and moving on to the next; and what is meant by “psychic powers” and whether they are necessary; meditation instructions; and Q&A
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