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Alive in Nature! An Invitation (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 39)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 3 May, 2021 - 23:32

A special episode of the podcast to invite you to Alive In Nature! - a series of live meditations and Dharma adventures from the Scottish Highlands!

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For three Saturdays in spring or autumn - whichever hemisphere you are in, whatever state of lockdown you’re living through - you’re invited to sit with us and the amazing team from the Dhanakosa community in the birch woods of the...

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Sadayasihi

Online Weekend: The Tree, the Snake and the Goddess

Tue, 23 Mar, 2021 - 16:41

Online Weekend: The Tree, the Snake and the Goddess

Tue, 23 Mar, 2021 - 16:41

April 16-18

Exploring the Buddha’s relationship with nature: a study practice weekend with Dhivan

The teaching of the Buddha is practical and concerned with the ending of dukkha or suffering. But the life-story of the Buddha shows him becoming Awakened at the foot of the Bodhi tree, encouraged and sheltered by the nāgas or mythical snakes, and having defeated Māra with the help of the Earth Goddess. These symbols of tree, snake and goddess tell us something on the level of myth...

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Free Buddhist Audio

This Being Day 6, How Everything Ties Together

Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
Dhivan talks about the three marks of existence, the Middle Way and ends with Nibbana.
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Free Buddhist Audio

This Being Led Meditation 5

Thu, 10 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
In this led meditation Nayaka encourages us to find our footing on the spiral path.
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Free Buddhist Audio

This Being Day 5, The Spiral Path

Wed, 9 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
Dhivan talks about the spiral path and emphasises how it naturally unfolds.
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Free Buddhist Audio

This Being Led Meditation 4

Wed, 9 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
Nayaka leads a clear and skilful meditative exploration of the five skandhas.
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Free Buddhist Audio

This Being Day 4, How Views and Emotions Arise

Tue, 8 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
Dhivan explores the underlying tendencies that give shape to our experience. He also goes into the psychology of conceptual and perceptual proliferation and presents a model that explains how views and emotions arise.
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Free Buddhist Audio

This Being Led Meditation 3

Tue, 8 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
Dhivan leads an explorative meditation on the structure of experience.
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Free Buddhist Audio

This Being Day 3, The Structure of Experience

Tue, 8 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
On the third day of the This Being retreat, Dhivan explores the twelve nidanas as a model for how experience arises in the human mind.
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This Being Led Meditation 2

Tue, 8 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
A led meditation investigating rupa, the six senses, contact and vedana in our experience.