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Talk titled: "On the Nature of Mind", given during the event "Meditation on Emptiness". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2009-02-13.
Topics covered: emptiness/insight: the nature of mind or awareness, emptiness: dependence on mind, mind's dependence, awakening: necessary elements for liberation, emptiness/insight: picking up and putting down emptiness, mind as a mirror metaphor, practice: spacious or vast awareness, mahamudra, emptiness/insight: dependent arising, mutual dependence, practice: mutual emptiness of consciousness and perception, holy discontent, holy disinterest
Teacher's note on suitability: please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. the talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series
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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/11128
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/8958b946c1bdabed43093e225d520cb3/efddba66/2009_0213OntheNatureofMind.pdf
Talk titled: "On the Nature of Mind", given during the event "Meditation on Emptiness". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2009-02-13.
Topics covered: emptiness/insight: the nature of mind or awareness, emptiness: dependence on mind, mind's dependence, awakening: necessary elements for liberation, emptiness/insight: picking up and putting down emptiness, mind as a mirror metaphor, practice: spacious or vast awareness, mahamudra, emptiness/insight: dependent arising, mutual dependence, practice: mutual emptiness of consciousness and perception, holy discontent, holy disinterest
Teacher's note on suitability: please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. the talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series
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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/11128
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/8958b946c1bdabed43093e225d520cb3/efddba66/2009_0213OntheNatureofMind.pdf
