Dharma Ocean

In this talk, Reggie addresses the pervasive culture of self-hatred that drives aggression and the forces of destruction in our world. He says that when we meditate with a heart of loving-kindness, our defenses soften and we discover an experience of space that is free from the distortions of self-aggression. This talk was given at the 2003 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit our www.dharmaocean.org.

Today we listen to the second part of Reggie’s talk on the practice of developing loving-kindness for the difficult and unwanted aspects of life. He says that when we stop judging ourselves, open to the wisdom of our emotions, and honor the upwelling of the life force within us, there is an opportunity to discover the inherent sacredness of our unique incarnation. This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In today’s episode, Reggie discusses the ways we hold our lives hostage through judgment, self-criticism, and perfectionism. Maitri, he says, employs the inherent power of loving-kindness to naturally shift self-aggressive tendencies. It is a practice that helps us open to the unwanted guests knocking at the door. This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathun retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Today we listen to the second part of Reggie’s talk on the mahasiddhas of ancient India. The spiritual journey of the siddha Naropa, he says, demonstrates the inherent risk associated with the practice of Buddhist tantra: the grittiness of reality challenges our most cherished ideas about spiritual attainment and invites us to meet the outrageous and unbelievable expressions of life. This talk is from Buddhist Tantra, an audio course produced by Sounds True. Reggie’s new audio training program, The Practice of Pure Awareness: Somatic Meditation for Touching Infinity, was recently published by Sounds True.

In this talk, Reggie discusses the mahasiddhas of ancient India: ordinary people who attained realization in the midst of everyday life. Their example, he says, reminds us of how spiritual transformation occurs within the exact circumstances of our unique lives. This talk is from Buddhist Tantra, an audio course produced by Sounds True. Reggie’s new audio training program, The Practice of Pure Awareness: Somatic Meditation for Touching Infinity, was recently published by Sounds True. Both titles are available at www.dharmaocean.org/store.

In today’s episode, we listen to a talk Reggie gave on the bright space of our inner being that we discover through the practice of meditation. Practice, he says, unites our relative life with the freedom of infinity. This talk was given at the 2014 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit www.dharmaocean.org and click on our program calendar.

In today’s talk, Reggie discusses posture, pure awareness, and the history of Tibetan Buddhism. He says that recent scholarship in Tibetan history reveals how Chan Buddhism played a central role in the development of Mahamudra practice. These discoveries demonstrate the flexible dynamism and open-endedness of the Mahamudra tradition. This talk was given at the 2014 Mahamudra for the Modern World retreat held in Crestone, CO. Reggie's new audio training program, The Practice of Pure Awareness, was recently published by Sounds True.

In the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa, we commit to showing up for life through intensive meditation practice. In this talk, Reggie acknowledges that the way of somatic meditation is often very difficult. It’s a warrior’s path. The fruition of which is a capacity to meet the full depth and breadth of our human incarnation. This talk was given at the 2013 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org and click on our program calendar.

This is the second part of the talk we began listening to last week on the importance of authenticity when teaching the dharma. Reggie reflects on lessons learned from his teacher, Chogyam Trungpa. Genuineness, he says, is an expression of one's fundamental non-existence. This talk was given at the 2012 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org and click on our program calendar.

Today, Reggie warns of the dangers of using spiritual language, teachings, and forms to hide our humanity. He says that the dharma is not a commodity. To teach the true dharma, we must practice regularly, speak directly from personal experience, and show up as we are. This talk was given at the 2012 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org and click on our program calendar.

In today’s talk, Reggie discusses the importance of the consort relationship in the vajrayana transmission of the practicing lineage. Consorts, he says, protect the openness of teaching spaces by interrupting attempts at securing territory. This groundlessness allows the lineage to come through. This talk was given at the 2011 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org and click on our program calendar.

In this talk, Reggie discusses the non-theistic view of the spiritual journey. Theism, he says, is an approach to spirituality marked by an allegiance to ideas about purity, brightness, and heavenly perfection. Non-theism, on the other hand, celebrates the cycle life and death, euphoria and depression, clarity and confusion. It is an embrace of life in its totality. This talk was given at a class Reggie taught in 2011 in Boulder, CO. To find out more about the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org and click on our program calendar.

Today, Reggie discusses the claustrophobia we feel when we commit to the tight confines of a retreat environment. A good retreat, he says, is very uncomfortable from the standpoint of ego. There is wisdom in the discomfort: by not getting what we want, we are forced to drop our preoccupations and relax into what is. This talk was given at the at the 2010 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

The Vajrayana tradition of spirituality views the consort relationship as a skillful gateway to non-dual awakening. In this talk, Reggie discusses the consort journey. He says that consorts help liberate one another from fixed points of view by continually challenging each other’s versions of reality. This talk was given at the September 2009 Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

The Vajrayana tradition of spirituality views the consort relationship as a skillful gateway to non-dual awakening. In this talk, Reggie explains how consorts help liberate fixed points of view by continually challenging one another's versions of reality. This talk was given at the September 2009 Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit www.dharmaocean.org