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Dharma Talks given at Gaia House
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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

2013-04-08 Freedom and Compassion - The Fruition of Practice 52:05
Yanai Postelnik
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Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga

2013-04-07 Yoga - A Simple Way, No Acrobatics Needed 48:20
Helen Stephenson
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Yoga should not get confused with the circus like postures we see today. It is meditation in movement, slow and inward focused. The quietening of the mind, until it can experience the silence within and around us, is what we are looking for. The practice is one of simplicity and kindness, no striving.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga

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