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The Dharma Ocean podcast was made possible by the generous support of our donors.

The Dharma Ocean podcast began in 2012 and offers hundreds of episodes relating to the path of embodied meditation practice and applying the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism to the unique problems, inspirations, and spiritual imperatives of modern people.

You can subscribe to this podcast through the iTunes app store, or directly through your mobile device.

Episode 7: The Life and Legacy of the Buddha

March 6, 2013

As an historian of religions, Reggie has closely studied early Buddhist texts to better understand the human journey of the Buddha in ancient India. Today, we’ll listen to excerpts from three different talks Reggie has given on the life and legacy of the historical Buddha. He asks us to reconsider our assumptions about who the Buddha was.

This week’s episode features three talks originally recorded at Dharma Ocean community weekends in Boulder, Colorado.

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Episode 6: View of Renunciation

February 28, 2013

Renunciation is an important topic in the traditional teachings of the Buddha, and is commonly misunderstood. In today’s talk, Reggie explains that renunciation is not about turning away from our relative lives, but instead is a natural outgrowth of meditation practice. Renunciation spontaneously occurs when we stop following our habitual impulses and expectations in everyday life and connect with what is called in the Zen tradition “our true life.”

This week’s episode features a talk originally recorded at the 2005-06 Winter Dathün, a 28-day meditation retreat held annually at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To download the complete teachings from this retreat, visit our store.

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Episode 5: Relating to Groundlessness

February 20, 2013

This week, Reggie addresses the experience of groundlessness that often occurs when we engage in intensive meditation practice. He explains how we can trust those moments when we lose our sense of identity and encourages us to open to the uncertainty we feel when we encounter the limitless domain of our being.

This week’s episode features a segment of a talk given at the 2010-11 Winter Dathün, a 28-day meditation retreat held annually at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To download the complete teachings from this retreat, visit our store.

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Episode 4: Journey of Authentic Becoming

February 13, 2013

In this week’s episode Reggie expands on the topic of Buddha Nature offered in last week’s podcast. When we are able to surrender into our own basic nature, we begin to uncover our unique authentic person. Through the practice of meditation, we discover that the imperative of our spiritual journey is to become fully who we are, without reservation.

This talk was taken from a longer teaching Reggie gave at the 2010-11 Winter Dathün, a 28-day meditation retreat held annually at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To download the complete teachings from this retreat, visit our store.

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Episode 3: Finding Purpose in Spirituality

February 6, 2013

Reggie discusses the unique spiritual imperative facing modern people and in particular the state of disconnection that is prevalent in modern society. He explores how invaluable the Buddhist-inspired journey is at this time and how we can discover our own Buddha Nature afresh in each moment through the felt sense of our embodied experience. Wisdom, he offers, “is contained within every cell of our body.”

This episode features a segment of a talk recorded at the April 2009 Meditating with the Body Retreat at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To download the complete teachings from this retreat, visit our store.

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Episode 2: The Embodied Journey

January 18, 2013

Over the last fifteen years, drawing on Tibetan yoga, Reggie has developed a unique system of practices called Meditating with the Body. In this episode Reggie offers an introduction to the view of the body in Vajrayana Buddhism. He discusses the importance of the practice of meditation and the particular role of the body in meditation. Reggie explores how in the Vajrayana, the body is understood as the gateway through which the entire universe is discovered.

Episode 2 features a teaching originally recorded during the 2010-11 Winter Dathün, a 28-day meditation retreat held annually at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To download the complete teachings from this retreat, visit our store.

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Episode 1: River of Life

December 12, 2012

Reggie explores Buddhist tantra as a spiritual path and discusses inspiration in the practice of meditation. He offers guidance for how we develop trust in the magic and perfection of our lives and explores how the practice of meditation is about dismantling our doubt.

This episode features a talk originally recorded during the 2010-11 Winter Dathün, a 28-day meditation retreat held annually at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To download the complete teachings from this retreat, please visit our store.

http://media.blubrry.com/dharma_ocean/p/s3.amazonaws.com/DOPodcast/Pcast-1-River-of-Life.mp3

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