Dharma Ocean

In this talk, Caroline discusses the true nature of reality—the Dharmakaya—that we experience when we rest in the space of the lower belly in the practice of yin breathing. She says that this space is open, free, and not constrained by conditioned “parts.” This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming 10-week Awakening the Body online program, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the second part of this talk, Reggie asks: where does the Life Force come from? He says that the empty nothingness of space gives birth to the primordial isness and rabid passion we feel when we rest with the raw energy that emerges from the emptiness of being. This talk was given at the 2009 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming 10-week Awakening the Body online program, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Episode 267: Life Force – Part II

Here, Reggie speaks to the utter power of the Life Force that courses through our body as pure unadulterated love. This force, he says, speaks the message of this lineage: to trust our uncompromising, wild, reckless, implacable lust for being alive. This talk was given at the 2009 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming 10-week Awakening the Body online program, please visit dharmaocean.org.

Episode 266: Life Force – Part I

In today’s episode, Reggie discusses the meditative journey of individuation. He acknowledges societal obstacles, such as institutional bureaucracies, that can undermine inspiration and waylay personal development. True freedom requires taking responsibility for our life and completely trusting the inner voice of our body. This talk was given in 2009 at the September Meditating with the […]

Episode 265: Journey of Individuation

In today’s episode, Caroline asks a shrine hall of retreatants: what are we doing here? The answer: letting be. In this process, we discover the felt sense, or non-conceptual awareness of the body, which has distinct qualities: loving presence, attentiveness, attunement, responsiveness, and reliability. This talk was given at the 2014 Winter Dathün retreat held at Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To find out about the upcoming online courses The Boundless Heart and Awakening the Body, please visit our program calendar at dharmaocean.org

In this teaching, Reggie discusses the experience of pain as understood in the Vajrayana tradition of meditation. When we let go of judging and rejecting, moments of pain are experienced as sacred ornaments of tenderness that connect us to Life in all of its depth, power, and beauty. This talk was given at the 2011 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held at The Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. To find out about the annual Meditating with the Body residential retreat and upcoming online courses please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In this talk, Caroline teaches on bodhicitta, the wakeful intelligence of the body that is concentrated in the heart. She says that the essence of bodhicitta is space, the manifestation is love, and the activity is connection. This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. To find out about our two upcoming online courses The Boundless Heart and Loving the Self and Awakening the Body please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Here, Reggie points to the often hidden and unrecognized dimensions in the life journey of the Buddha. He says that Thich Nhat Hahn’s book Old Path White Clouds shows how the Buddha’s renunciation of conventional norms was quite radical and threatening to the cultural establishment of his day. This talk was offered at a Dhyanasangha Weekend and shared with the Public Broadcasting Service in support of the film The Buddha. To explore more of Reggie's teachings on the Buddhist tradition, please visit dharmaocean.org.

In today’s episode, we listen to a talk Caroline offered on the power of encountering the natural state in childhood. She offers a Vajrayana account of the story of the Buddha who, at age 9, recognized rigpa while sitting under a rose apple tree. This talk was given in 2016 at the November Meditating with the Body retreat held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat led by Gaia Mika and Jeff Gonzalez, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Here, Reggie teaches on experiences of pain that we encounter on the path of meditation. He says that people often judge pain as a bad thing, but the foundation of Buddhist practice is the First Noble Truth: the more we try to avoid pain, the more we suffer. This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. To find out about upcoming residential retreats and online programs please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Going deeper into the theme of refuge, Reggie teaches on the difference between the inner view and the outer view of taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Inner refuge ultimately means that we are committing to: our non-existence, the nature of reality, and relationships of integrity. This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. To find out about upcoming residential retreats and online programs please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In this talk on refuge, Reggie discusses the history of refuge in the Buddhist tradition and describes the different styles of “emergency ego” that arise when we find ourselves challenged by reality. Surrendering ego is the basis for the practice of refuge. This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. To find out about the upcoming residential retreats and online programs please visit dharmaocean.org.