Finally

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The Five Elements Practice with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche guides a simple meditation practice that can help you to connect intimately with the five natural elements of earth, water, fire, air and space. This webcast was broadcast live at the close of Tenzin Rinpoche's retreat "Connecting With the Living Universe," at the Serenity Ridge Retreat Center in the mountains of central Virginia.

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Simply Put

"Harming anyone – yourself or others – to gain happiness is like eating poison to prolong life… you will not achieve what you seek".

- H.H 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje

 

David Treleaven - Meditation and Trauma

David Treleaven presents his dissertation defense "Meditation and Trauma: A Hermeneutic Study of Somatic Experiencing and the Western Vipassana Movement."

What if, in following basic mediation instructions one was causing more harm than good? This question arises from the dialog between Buddhism and contemporary trauma theory. In a deceptive twist of evolutionary fate, sustained attention on the body can lead to a dissociative, or freeze response. To explore the impact of this dynamic on contemplative practice, this theoretical dissertation uses Somatic Experiencing (SE), a psychotherapeutic approach to healing trauma, as a hermeneutic lens to explore the merits and the shortcomings of meditation practice for individuals with a history of trauma.

David Treleaven - Meditation and Trauma from East-West Psychology on Vimeo.

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"I never saved anything for the swim back"

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Trust

"I prefer to work at the speed of trust".

- Philip Corkill

Mahabharat Episode 1- With English Subtitles

From the cover - "The Mahabharata is one of the longest epic poems in the world and B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat is one of India's most successful TV series in history and has been repeatedly telecast on TV networks worldwide to phenomenal response. B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat boasted a talented set of starcast including Mukesh Khanna, Nitish Bharadwaj, Roopa Ganguly, Puneet Issar, Gufi Paintal, Gufi Paintal, Pankaj Dheer, Dara Singh & many more. Here are the classic series. Click http://www.rajshri.com/TVShow/Mahabharat-English-Subtitles to watch more TV shows".

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On Collecting Books

‎"Even those books that I have not yet opened—unread books are an essential element of a library—were acquired for the further cultivation of a particular admixture of interests and beliefs, and every one of them will have its hour."

- Leon Wieseltier