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Dharma Talks given at Gaia House
2012-04-22 Ignorance 54:00
Caroline Jones
This talk explores what is meant by ignorance (avijja) in the Buddha's teachings and suggests some ways of recognising and undermining its presence and activity in our life.
Gaia House Work Retreat

2012-04-21 Wise Love 38:20
Caroline Jones
When loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity combine with mindfulness, we can meet life with care, sensitivity and wisdom.
Gaia House Work Retreat

2012-04-20 Opening Talk for Work Retreat 32:54
Caroline Jones
Gaia House Work Retreat

2012-04-12 The Four Great Vows 54:24
Martine Batchelor
How to apply the four Zen vows in daily life practice.
Gaia House Zen Retreat

2012-04-10 The Four Stages of Letting Go 58:07
Martine Batchelor
'After, during, at the beginning, before': how meditation and mindfulness can help us to let go of grasping at negative patterns.
Gaia House Zen Retreat

2012-04-09 The Phenomenology of Meditation (Part Two) 62:09
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on "an ordinary person's life," as understood in a passage by the 9th century Chan master Teshan. This idea is related to the Buddha's phenomenological analysis of human experience (the "all") into namarupa and consciousness, a vision of life where there is no transcendent awareness or consciousness "outside" ordinary experience, thereby revealing a common thread between the Pali Canon and early Chan.
Gaia House Zen Retreat

2012-04-08 To Self of Not to Self? 49:19
Martine Batchelor
Exploring selfing and not- selfing through three symbols of awakening. Looking at how we grasp and identify and how meditation can help us to release.
Gaia House Zen Retreat

2012-04-07 The Phenomenology of Meditation (Part One) 59:36
Stephen Batchelor
Buddhist meditation is the refinement of a sensibility rather the gaining of proficiency in a technique. This sensibility is founded on "embracing dukkha", i.e. the totality of one's existential condition, and then cultivating meditation as (a) embodiment, (b) receptivity and (c) wonderment. Such a sensibility can then be further developed through stillness (samatha) and insight (vipassana).
Gaia House Zen Retreat

2012-03-31 Understanding the Way Things Are 56:37
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Happiness

2012-03-30 Opening Talk for A Path of Peace and Happiness 66:59
Kirsten Kratz
This talk also includes Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Happiness

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