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This Being retreat day 6, How everything ties together

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 13:50
In the last session of the This Being retreat, Dhivan moves from the three marks of existence to the Middle Way and ends with Nibbana. The latter he beautifully translates as blowing out the flame of compulsion, hostility and confusion. He also addresses the issue of not-self. This is the last full day of the retreat and nearly the end of the uploads here from this retreat. I will hopefully post the This Being That Becomes round chant we have...
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This being, led meditation 5

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 09:57
Yesterday afternoon Nayaka led a meditation on the spiral path. Most important fact is that it unfolds naturally. ie without wilfulness. In this recording Nayaka gently shows where there could be an opening to the spiral path in our experience.
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Shrine with 24 nidanas

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 09:47

Shrine with 24 nidanas

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 09:47
Dhivan has added the spiral path to the shrine. It is complete. Only nirvana remains.
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This Being Led Meditation 5

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
In this led meditation Nayaka encourages us to find our footing on the spiral path.
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This Being Day 6, How Everything Ties Together

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
Dhivan talks about the three marks of existence, the Middle Way and ends with Nibbana.
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Triratna Day - Dhardo Rinpoche, Stupa Building and Sangha

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 00:00
A lovely talk given by Nagabodhi on Triratna Day at Aryaloka Buddhist Center, with an introduction by Dayalocana. Here, Nagabodhi recounts his favorite memories of his time with Dhardo Rinpoche in Kalimpong, expresses his feelings about the strengthening power of stupa building for centers, and ties it all together with a reminder of the central role of sangha in the Triratna Community. Talk given on Triratna Day 2014 at Aryaloka Buddhist Center.
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Triratna Day - Dhardo Rinpoche, Stupa Building and Sangha

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 00:00
A lovely talk given by Nagabodhi on Triratna Day at Aryaloka Buddhist Center, with an introduction by Dayalocana. Here, Nagabodhi recounts his favorite memories of his time with Dhardo Rinpoche in Kalimpong, expresses his feelings about the strengthening power of stupa building for centers, and ties it all together with a reminder of the central role of sangha in the Triratna Community. Talk given on Triratna Day 2014 at Aryaloka Buddhist Center.
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This Being retreat day 5, The Spiral Path

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Wed, 9 Apr, 2014 - 13:53
This session started with the word joy on the flipchart. After that Dhivan asked us to name something that had come up for us with the retreat as condition. As we went round, it was very moving to hear how the retreat was supporting people to work with past and current situations and helping them to set up more conducive conditions for the future.
In this sessioin Dhivan emphasised the natural unfolding of the different steps on the spiral...
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This Being, led meditation 4

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Wed, 9 Apr, 2014 - 09:57
Yesterday afternoon, Nayaka led a beautiful reflection on the five kandhas (or skandhas in Sanskrit). I thought his exploration was very clear, interesting and insightful.. A particular interesting part for me was that he had us playing with the skandha of cogntion, saññā. Thoroughly recommended.
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