Episode 161: The Dathün Journey

In The Dathün Journey, Reggie offers an overview of the spiritual journey that unfolds in a month long Winter Dathün meditation retreat. He says that when we surrender to the practice forms of a Dathün, impulsiveness and distraction dissolve and we discover a vast inner world.

This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 160: Human Freedom

In meditation retreat we commit to a practice container that is designed to decrease distraction. In this talk, Human Freedom, Reggie discusses the wisdom that awakens when we surrender to sacred forms: we relax, our minds settle, and we discover the river of our true life.

This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 159: Entering Retreat

This is Reggie’s opening talk, Entering Retreat,  to a cohort of meditators at the beginning of month-long meditation retreat. He explains that in retreat we enter a liminal space where conventional logic doesn’t apply. In letting go, we become sensitive to the suffering and magic of the world.

This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 158: Drop to the Depths – Part II

In the second half of this talk, Drop to the Depths,  on the importance of relating to the depths in meditation practice, Reggie explains how our relationship with the earth unlocks the reality of the unseen world. The Vajrayana journey is about becoming intimate with the reality we discover there.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 157: Drop to the Depths – Part I

Vajrayana teachers show us how to drop into the depths of being. In this talk, Drop to the Depths, Reggie talks about the feminine reality that we encounter when we descend into the space of the earth. Through the process of ego dissolution, we arrive at a blissful point of union with the pure love of our true mother.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 156: Thread of Relativity – Part III

This is the third part of Reggie’s talk on the Vajrayana approach to the practice of shamatha and vipashyana, Thread of Relativity. He explains how meditation teaches us to ignore what we think about our life and instead follow the sacred thread of relativity. It’s a very daring approach because we have no idea where the thread might lead.

This talk was given at the 2008 Winter Dathün retreat held at in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 155: Thread of Relativity – Part II

In the second part of this talk on the practice of shamatha and vipashyana, Thread of Relativity, Reggie says that the process of meditation allows us to connect with the vast, empty, boundless quality of awareness. This space compels us to drop preoccupations and connect with our lust for relative experience.

This talk was given at the 2008 Winter Dathün retreat held at in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 154: Thread of Relativity – Part I

In this talk, Thread of Relativity, Reggie discusses the two main aspects of the practice of meditation: shamatha and vipashyana. Through shamatha, we learn to step away from our thinking. Vipashyana is a discovery of how things actually are. This meditative process is the gateway to discovering the dynamic play of relative life.

This talk was given at the 2008 Winter Dathün retreat held at in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 153: Touching the Totality

In this talk, Touching the Totality, Reggie encourages us to use the tools offered in the Tibetan tradition of Vajrayana meditation to receive the message of eternity offered in each moment of experience. The purpose of life is discovered, he says, when we touch the totality.

This talk was given at the 2011 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 152: Fire of Experience – Part II

Today, we listen to the second half of Reggie’s talk Fire of Experience, on how we cultivate an unmediated relationship with experience through the practice of meditation. He says that ego shuts down the life of experiences through judgment. When we stop judging, the life force becomes free.

This talk was given at the 2011 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 151: Fire of Experience – Part I

In the first part of this talk on the transformative power of somatic meditation, Reggie discusses how the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa empowers us to develop a direct relationship with ultimate reality. He says that Buddhist lineages fail us when they manipulate our heartfelt longing for their material gain.

This talk was given at the 2011 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 150: The Purpose of Ritual

Today, we listen to a teaching Reggie offered on the purpose of ritual on the path of meditation, The Purpose of Ritual. The context is a lhasang fire offering, a Vajrayana ritual often engaged at the beginning of retreats. He says that ritual is the primordial language used to communicate with the unseen world.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 149: Dancing with the Unseen World

In this talk, Dancing with the Unseen World, Reggie discusses how the beings of the unseen world protect us when they interrupt the expectations of ego. Our relationship with the unseen world, he says, is essential to the success of retreat.

This talk was given at the 2011 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 148: The Power of Posture

In The Power of Posture, Reggie discusses how we suffer when we freeze against the natural flow and movement of experience. This defensiveness is expressed as holding and tension in the body. In somatic meditation, we release tension and liberate the karma of unlived experiences.

This talk was given at the 2003 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 147: Holding Experience

In this episode, Holding Experience, we listen to a talk Reggie offered on the importance of holding our experience. When we remain rooted in our bodies, no matter the intensity of the energy we feel, we liberate karma from cyclical patterns of existence.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Embodiment and Earth Energy

Alart, host of Dynamic Health, interviews Reggie on Vancouver’s CFRO 102.7 FM.

  1. Embodiment and Earth Energy Reggie Ray 55:21
  2. Embodying Enlightenment Reggie Ray 37:14

Episode 146: Welcoming Confusion

When we open to the depths of space in meditation practice, tremendous energy arises in our state of being. In this talk, Welcoming Confusion, Reggie offers a teaching on how to relate to the intensity of energy in a straightforward way. He says that when we sit with energy, confusion transforms into compassion.

This talk was given at the 2004 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 145: Offering to the Fire

In this talk, Offering to the Fire, Reggie offers a teaching on the practice of lhasang: a ritual in which we offer our ego to a fire. In offering our agendas, ambitions, judgments, and self-importance we become ever more empty, open, and free.

This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 144: The Human Soul

In this talk, The Human Soul, Reggie addresses the conventional Buddhist notion of “no-soul.” He says that, from the perspective of Vajrayana Buddhism, the soul is the essential nature that transcends life and death. It is felt in the constantly unfolding sacredness and individuality of our unique personhood.

This talk was given at the 2011 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 143: When Reality Strikes – Part II

In the second part of this talk on the journey of dharma, When Reality Strikes, Reggie says that fundamental personal transformation involves stripping away ego identifications and opening to vastly different states of being. Like Indra’s net, we discover that our life is a reflection of the entire universe.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 142: When Reality Strikes – Part I

In this talk, When Reality Strikes, Reggie says that the true dharma is always a surprise. When reality strikes, our lives are upended and we are presented with a choice: leap to the groundlessness, or try to shore up the bubble of ego.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 141: We Are All Hard Cases

In today’s episode, We Are All Hard Cases, Reggie acknowledges the bravery and courage we exhibit when we make the journey together as a community of practitioners who love and care for one another. In spite of our fears, we take a chance on love.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 140: Ocean of Love – Part II

In the second part of this talk on love, Ocean of Love, Reggie discusses the ways in which we turn away from the intimacy of space. He says that in retreat, we learn how to open to the fundamental emptiness of our lives. From that emptiness, energy is born. The question is: are we willing to rest in the vastness and relate to the intensity of what arises?

This talk was given at the 2009 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 139: Ocean of Love – Part I

In this talk, Ocean of Love, Reggie says that we are all held in an ocean of love. This love is the fundamental nature of the universe, and within it we progress through our lives, always invited to an experience of open heartedness that connects with all that is.

This talk was given at the 2009 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 138: Healing Beyond Dependency

In Healing Beyond Dependency, Reggie discusses the journey of empowerment that occurs when we work with gifted healers. True healers, he says, enable us to individuate and develop a direct relationship with reality that is free of the trappings of psychological dependency.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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