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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.

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Episode 235: The Spiritual Journey of Intimate Relationship

October 16, 2018

Today, we listen to Reggie’s opening talk from an online course he taught on meditation and the journey of intimate relationship. He says that the tantric consort tradition shows us how to discover ever deeper levels of love and relationality with our partner.

This excerpt is from a talk given in The Tantric Consort: Awakening Through Relationship, an audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store.

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Episode 234: Form Holds Freedom – Part II

October 5, 2018

In the second part of this talk on container principle, Reggie offers pith meditation instruction: let form hold experience. Using the example of ballet dancers doing plies, he says that fidelity to form in meditation practice allows us to discover true freedom.

This talk was given in 2016 at the November Meditating with the Body retreat held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England.

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Episode 233: Form Holds Freedom – Part I

September 28, 2018

In the first part of this talk on container principle, Reggie says that mindfulness meditation is often used as a technique to try to stabilize the ego by creating a sense of control, perfectionism, and safety. True meditation holds and protects the raw, rugged, messy unfolding of the totality within us.

This talk was given in 2016 at the November Meditating with the Body retreat held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England.

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Episode 232: Heart of Awakening – Part II

September 21, 2018

In the second part of this talk on bodhicitta, Reggie says that after his enlightenment, the Buddha heard the cries of suffering in the world and felt a welling of compassion that compelled him to help free sentient beings from samsara through teaching the dharma.

This excerpt is from a talk given in Awakening the Heart: A Somatic Training in Bodhicitta, an intensive audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store.

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Episode 231: Heart of Awakening – Part I

September 14, 2018

In the first part of this talk on the experience of bodhicitta as related to trauma, Reggie tells the story of how the Buddha’s experience unfolded on the night of his enlightenment, and describes his ultimate realization of Life in its totality.

This excerpt is from a talk given in Awakening the Heart: A Somatic Training in Bodhicitta, an intensive audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store.

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Episode 230: A Living Lineage

September 4, 2018

As a scholar of the history of religions, Reggie has a unique perspective on the way spirituality becomes codified by religious institutions. In this talk, he describes the historical development of orthodox structures in conventional Buddhism and discusses how the tradition is evolving as a living force in the modern world.

This talk is excerpted from Reggie’s online course, Awakening the Body: The Way of Somatic Meditation.

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Episode 229: Esoteric Tradition of the Body

August 31, 2018

Reggie comments on the tradition of Vajrayana meditation that he was trained in by his teacher, Chögyam Trungpa. He says that, even though the teachings of the practicing lineage are widely offered, few people choose to make the full tantric journey.

This talk is excerpted from Reggie’s online course, Awakening the Body: The Way of Somatic Meditation.

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Episode 228: Karma and the Body – Part II

August 24, 2018

In the second part of this talk on karma and the body, Reggie describes how the ego freezes the natural flow of experience in the body through physical tensing. This tension is stored in our cells as condensed karma.

This excerpt is taken from Meditating with the Body, a 5-month training program that included two residential retreats and a twelve unit at-home curriculum.

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Episode 227: Karma and the Body – Part I

August 20, 2018

In this talk, Reggie describes how traditional Buddhist teachings on karma relate to the process of liberation that unfolds in somatic meditation. The wisdom of the body, he says, leads us back to the natural state.

This excerpt is taken from Meditating with the Body, a 5-month training program that included two residential retreats and a twelve unit at-home curriculum.

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Episode 226: Interconnection

August 17, 2018

In this talk, Reggie reflects on the joyful experience of interconnection we feel when we practice tonglen in an embodied way. In resting with the space of the earth, compassion emerges, and our connection with others becomes apparent.

This talk was given at the 2007 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO.

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