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Dharma Talks given at Gaia House
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2013-04-24 Spiralling 54:15
Martine Batchelor
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Presenting the different stages of the path and the process of meditation.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2013-04-23 Your Original Face 61:24
Stephen Batchelor
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How the grounds of nirvana and conditionality to which the Buddha awoke can be understood in terms of the Zen image of ones original face.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2013-04-22 Smelling the Roses 55:45
Martine Batchelor
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Exploring how we come into contact through our senses and can creatively engage with our environment.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2013-04-21 Clearly Visible but Hard to See 51:21
Stephen Batchelor
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How the term Dharma as defined in the Pali Canon might be considered from a Zen Buddhist perspective.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2013-04-20 Exploring Awakening and the Three Refuges 50:11
Martine Batchelor
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Looking at the meaning of selflessness and what would support our practice.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2013-04-19 Opening Talk 55:50
Stephen Batchelor
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This talk also includes Martine Batchelor
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2013-04-14 Strange Happiness 39:33
Caroline Jones
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The Buddha's teachings point us to the kinds of happiness that are not dependent on having things go our way, and so are, from that perspective, very strange.
Gaia House :  Work Retreat

2013-04-13 Practicing with Difficult Emotions 41:34
Caroline Jones
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Learning to recognise,accept, investigate and dis-identify from afflictive emotions cultivates wisdom and compassion and increases our capacity for joy.
Gaia House :  Work Retreat

2013-04-12 Opening Talk 52:34
Caroline Jones
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2013-04-09 Yoga, Self-Study and Surrender 46:53
Helen Stephenson
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For those, who struggle with the advaita/ non-duality teachings, the yoga also offers the alternative and/or additional practice of "surrender to God", a devotional practice. Readings of the mystic Kabir are used to illustrate the devotional aspects of the yoga practice as lied down in the Patanjali Sutras.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga

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