| Opening talk of retreat |
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| Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, February 13, 2005 |
Duration: 0h 37m |
Aim of the retreat, overview of content including levels of practice and meditation methods, initial instruction.
| Releasing through bare attention, part 1 |
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| Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, February 14, 2005 |
Duration: 1h 5m |
Emotional reactions, what they are, why they are problematic, what does releasing mean, difference between releasing and suppression, instruction in five-step method of releasing from Thich Naht Hanh based on bare attention and the four foundations of mindfulness
| Releasing through bare attention, part 2 |
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| Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, February 15, 2005 |
Duration: 0h 58m |
Q&A based on students’ experience with bare attention, common difficulties and how to work with them, additional instruction on the four foundations
| Releasing through taking and sending, part 1 |
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| Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, February 16, 2005 |
Duration: 1h 05m |
Taking emptiness and compassion as the framework, difference between actual and projected experience, working with actual experience, instruction in five-step method that uses taking and sending (tonglen) to release emotional reactions.
| Releasing through taking and sending, part 2 |
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| Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, NM, February 17, 2005 |
Duration: 1h 03m |
Q&A based on the students’ experience with taking and sending, common difficulties and how to work with them, additional instruction on taking and sending
| Releasing through direct awareness, part 1 |
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| Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, NM, February 18, 2005 |
Duration: 1h 08m |
Taking original mind, direct awareness, as the basis, all experience as the expression of awareness, instruction in a five-step process based on direct awareness (mahamudra and dzogchen), cautions and pitfalls.
| Releasing through direct awareness, part 2 |
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| Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, NM, February 19, 2005 |
Duration: 0h 57m |
Q&A based on the students’ experience with direct awareness, simplified instruction in the five steps, common difficulties and how to work with them, connecting the three methods, how to use these in life, the student-teacher relationship, challenges in practice.
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