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Talk titled: "Going Forwards", given during the event "Practising the Jhānas". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2020-01-08.
Topics covered: practice schedules / balancing different practices, jhana: finding your learning edge playground, sexuality: does sex negatively affect practice/realization?, guided practice: dedicating the merit, desire affects how and which experiences unfold, jhana, sexuality/romantic relationships
Teacher's note on suitability: suitable both for those who wish to refine, consolidate, and further their practice of the jhanas, and also for those who are not yet familiar with jhana practice, this retreat provided an opportunity to establish the meditative bases for the practice of the jhanas and to support their development. exploring the place of the jhanas in a wider life of practice and particularly in the deepening of insight into emptiness and dependent origination.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/60860
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/e8cb158867ae1cdf669e97022bb818a0/af3bd3e9/2020_0108GoingForwards.pdf
Talk titled: "Going Forwards", given during the event "Practising the Jhānas". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2020-01-08.
Topics covered: practice schedules / balancing different practices, jhana: finding your learning edge playground, sexuality: does sex negatively affect practice/realization?, guided practice: dedicating the merit, desire affects how and which experiences unfold, jhana, sexuality/romantic relationships
Teacher's note on suitability: suitable both for those who wish to refine, consolidate, and further their practice of the jhanas, and also for those who are not yet familiar with jhana practice, this retreat provided an opportunity to establish the meditative bases for the practice of the jhanas and to support their development. exploring the place of the jhanas in a wider life of practice and particularly in the deepening of insight into emptiness and dependent origination.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/60860
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/e8cb158867ae1cdf669e97022bb818a0/af3bd3e9/2020_0108GoingForwards.pdf
