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This being, led meditation 5

By Yashobodhi 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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This Being, led meditation 4

By Yashobodhi 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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This Being, led meditation 3

By Yashobodhi on Tue, 8 Apr, 2014 - 14:32

In a led meditation Dhivan guides us along some aspects of the structure of our experience.

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This Being, led meditation 2

By Yashobodhi on Tue, 8 Apr, 2014 - 14:07

A meditation led by myself investigating body, the six senses, contact and feeling in our experience.

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This Being, led meditation 1

By Yashobodhi on Tue, 8 Apr, 2014 - 10:24

A led reflection by Dhivan on the first day of the retreat.

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Taraloka Retreat Centre

Tonglen Retreat, Day 6, Being Present

By Yashobodhi on Thu, 27 Mar, 2014 - 13:27

On the last full day of the Tonglen order retreat, Saddhanandi talks about being present as a ground for deepening understanding and as an incentive to deepen our motivation.

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Taraloka Retreat Centre

Tonglen retreat day 5: Remembering the bodhichitta in everyday life

By Yashobodhi on Wed, 26 Mar, 2014 - 14:59

This is a talk Yashobodhi gave on day five of the Order Tonglen Retreat at Taraloka. She talks about her personal connection to the tonglen practice and the seven point mind-training and about practising tonglen in the moment. She also addresses the issue of difficulties with people, tying it in with the mind-training slogan of ‘be grateful to everyone and everything’, as other people provide you with the opportunity to go beyond ego. After the talk Yashobodhi led the tonglen...

Taraloka Retreat Centre

Tonglen retreat, day 4: Tonglen for Others

By Yashobodhi on Tue, 25 Mar, 2014 - 14:26

On day four of the Spring Tonglen Retreat at Taraloka Saddhanandi talks about tonglen for others. She describes how the breath helps us to breathe in and turn towards what we usually ignore, resist or block to defend ourselves from the suffering we see in others. When we’re breathing out we’re offering something we usually protect or isolate for our own use. So on the out-breath we’re sharing our resources in response to the suffering we encounter in our lives.
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Taraloka Retreat Centre

Tonglen retreat, day 3: self-tonglen

By Yashobodhi on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 14:42

On day three of the tonglen retreat here at Taraloka, self-tonglen takes centre stage.

At the start of her talk Saddhanandi refers to one of the seven point mind training slogans: ‘begin the sequence of sending and taking with yourself’. We start by turning towards what’s going on in our experience right now.

Here’s a link to download the talk on Free Buddhist Audio: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1952

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