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Talk titled: "What is Awakening? (Part 1)", given during the event "The Mirrored Gates". Held on 2018-01-05.
Topics covered: conceptions of dukkha and the four noble truths, awakening as open-ended, awakening: influence of tradition and ego-measuring, awakening: stream-entry, stages of awakening, jhana, inquiring, judgment/inner critic, awakening, four noble truths, motivation, soulmaking and emptiness
Teacher's note on suitability: please note: 'the mirrored gates' is a set of talks (recorded by rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
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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/50500
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/6dd7e0457c50a2894f14e665dacfc22f/dc16fafe/2018_0105WhatisAwakeningPart1.pdf
Talk titled: "What is Awakening? (Part 1)", given during the event "The Mirrored Gates". Held on 2018-01-05.
Topics covered: conceptions of dukkha and the four noble truths, awakening as open-ended, awakening: influence of tradition and ego-measuring, awakening: stream-entry, stages of awakening, jhana, inquiring, judgment/inner critic, awakening, four noble truths, motivation, soulmaking and emptiness
Teacher's note on suitability: please note: 'the mirrored gates' is a set of talks (recorded by rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
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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/50500
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/6dd7e0457c50a2894f14e665dacfc22f/dc16fafe/2018_0105WhatisAwakeningPart1.pdf
