Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Talk titled: "True to Your Deepest Desires (Talk and Short Guided Meditation)", given during the event "Practising the Jhānas". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2019-12-26.
Topics covered: jhana: if you've had piti, all jhanas are possible for you, hindrances, desire affects how and which experiences unfold, guided meditation on desire, dharma talk listening tips: listening structurally, jhana, views/orientations in practice, judgment/inner critic, desire/eros, desire: inquiring into deeper desires
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/60889
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/eb7d5a2949921f08000bfeedeb4a357a/03bd3f3b/2019_1226TruetoYourDeepestDesires-TalkandShortGuidedMeditation.pdf
Talk titled: "True to Your Deepest Desires (Talk and Short Guided Meditation)", given during the event "Practising the Jhānas". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2019-12-26.
Topics covered: jhana: if you've had piti, all jhanas are possible for you, hindrances, desire affects how and which experiences unfold, guided meditation on desire, dharma talk listening tips: listening structurally, jhana, views/orientations in practice, judgment/inner critic, desire/eros, desire: inquiring into deeper desires
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/60889
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/eb7d5a2949921f08000bfeedeb4a357a/03bd3f3b/2019_1226TruetoYourDeepestDesires-TalkandShortGuidedMeditation.pdf
