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Dharma Talks given at Gaia House
2008-07-05 Opening Talk for the Meditation and Study Retreat 38:25
Martine Batchelor
This is the opening talk for a retreat that aims to integrate the practice of meditation with the ideas and doctrines that support and illuminate such practice. This talk also includes Stephen Batchelor.
Gaia House Meditation And Study Retreat

2008-06-28 Releasing, Receiving and Awakening Our Life - A Dana Retreat 48:48
Yanai Postelnik
This is the opening talk for a retreat that aims to integrate the practice of meditation with the ideas and doctrines that support and illuminate such practice. This talk also includes Stephen Batchelor.
Gaia House Releasing Receiving And Awakening Our Life A Dana Retreat

2008-06-28 Releasing, Receiving and Awakening Our Life - A Dana Retreat 54:55
Yanai Postelnik
Through meditation practice we can learn to release the pressure and demands we place on our experience to be different, and receive life just as it is. Unconditionally engaging with each moment we can awaken to innate peace and freedom.
Gaia House Releasing Receiving And Awakening Our Life A Dana Retreat

2008-06-24 Nirvana and Transcendence 65:01
Rob Burbea
Is this it? Or has transcendence gone out of fashion? An exploration of the Buddha's radical teachings on transcendence and their implications for our practices and for our lives.
Gaia House Tuesday Evening Talks

2008-06-19 Transforming Suffering into Happiness 64:54
Sharda Rogell
The Buddha's main instruction to us is how to 'turn our mind' toward that which is good and wholesome and brings the deepest happiness and peace. How do we do that?
Gaia House Insight Meditation And Contemplative Inquiry

2008-06-17 Guided Meditation on Equanimity 31:00
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Insight Meditation And Contemplative Inquiry

2008-06-16 Being Embodied with Mindfulness 53:30
Sharda Rogell
When awareness mingles with sensations in the body, it is like returning home after a long journey. So why is it so hard to rest in the immediacy of our experience called 'body'?
Gaia House Insight Meditation And Contemplative Inquiry

2008-06-14 Leaving Your Comfort Zone 47:30
Sharda Rogell
To live freshly we will need to go beyond all that is known and familiar to us, which we avoid at all costs. Why do we hold on so tightly when what we are longing for is in the relaxation and letting go?
Gaia House Insight Meditation And Contemplative Inquiry

2008-06-13 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Contemplative Inquiry 1:10:13
Sharda Rogell
This talk also includes Catherine McGee
Gaia House Insight Meditation And Contemplative Inquiry

2008-06-10 The Mind Body Connection 46:46
Helen Stephenson
Gaia House Insight Meditation And Yoga

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