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Ep. 142 – Ram Dass Fellowship: Revolution of the Soul with Seane Corn and Jackie Dobrinska Aug 01, 2023

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Activist, writer and yoga teacher Seane Corn joins Jackie Dobrinska, host of the Ram Dass Fellowship, for a conversation about nurturing the soul with love and attention in a way that allows for a ‘revolution of the soul’.

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In this interview for the Ram Dass Fellowship, Jackie speaks with Seane Corn about:

Tapping into our inner strength and pursuing a ‘revolution of the soul’
How the practices of yoga, mindfulness and meditation can offer relief for those who have experienced severe trauma
Learning to befriend ourselves

Today’s episode was recorded as part of the Ram Dass Fellowship’s regular online gatherings. To learn more about the Ram Dass Fellowship and sign up to join a fellowship gathering near you, visit RamDass.org/Fellowship.

“Getting real is recognizing not only the grief and the anger, but the sense of powerlessness that a lot of people feel in this day and age.” – Seane Corn

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Ep. 141 – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Working With Light Jul 14, 2023

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Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee describes the multi-tiered transformations that can come from from working with light.

Be sure to check out his new podcast Working With Oneness for more insightful and flowing wisdom from Llewellyn.

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In this episode Llewellyn explores:

The deep ecology of our consciousness
Developing the light of our divine nature
Inner life and outer service
Bringing primal, spiritual energy into our lives and communities
Individual and societal transformations
The illusion of separateness

“When a human being prays and looks towards God, turns towards the divine inside of them, then that light shines through them. It is the light of pure awareness.” – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

About Llewellyn:

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D. is a Sufi teacher in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order. He is the author of Sufism, the Transformation of the Heart, and the founder of The Golden Sufi Center.

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Ep. 140 - The Backward Step Into Awareness with Trudy Goodman Jul 06, 2023

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Trudy Goodman shares Zen Master Dōgen's method, the Backward Step, for stepping back into awareness and receiving each moment as awakening.

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In this episode, Trudy Goodman lectures on:

Stories about Wonhyo, Bodhidharma, Ajahn Chah, and the Buddha
How to work with what arises when sitting in retreat
Dōgen Zenji’s Backward Step
Dating Jack Kornfield
Being present with different kinds of experiences

"When we have the capacity to be with our own suffering with a more steady presence, what happens is we can help other people with that steady presence. We can be with them through the ups and downs of their lives when we’re called to do that. And so freeing our hearts is a blessing, not just for ourselves, but for our world." – Trudy Goodman

About Trudy Goodman:

Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats and workshops worldwide.

Learn more about Trudy's offerings at trudygoodman.com

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Ep. 139 - Metta to Self, Metta to All w/ JoAnna Hardy Jun 09, 2023

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JoAnna Hardy gives us perspective on the origins of metta and guides us through a gentle meditation to cultivate loving kindness for ourselves and all beings.

“One of my favorite teachings around this idea of metta, or loving kindness, care, friendliness, benevolence, is that naturally from a mind and heart that are at ease, this quality comes alive. So we don't actually have to do anything to make it happen.” - JoAnna Hardy

In this offering from a 2018 Spirit Rock retreat, JoAnna gently guides us through a metta meditation, softly exploring:

Clearing the hindrances of our being through mindfulness practice and allowing our natural state of metta to emerge
The origins of metta
Metta as the antidote to fear, aversion, and hatred
The undefended heart and the undefended mind
How we feel about wishing for the wellbeing of ourselves and of beings who: are easy to love, we feel neutral towards, we have a light agitation towards, feels like a difficult person to love

Explore JoAnna's heartwork here

About JoAnna Hardy:

JoAnna Hardy is an insight meditation (Vipassanā) practitioner and teacher; she is on faculty at the University of Southern California, a meditation trainer at Apple Fitness+, a founding member of the Meditation Coalition, a teacher's council member at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a visiting retreat teacher at Insight Meditation Society, and a collaborator on many online meditation Apps and programs.

Her greatest passion is to teach meditation in communities that are dedicated to seeing the truth of how racism, gender inequality and oppression go hand in hand with the compassionate action teachings in Buddhism and related perspectives to social and racial justice.

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Ep. 138 - Love and Prayer with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee May 24, 2023

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Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan Lee returns with a collection of heartful poetry that touches on nature, soul, prayer, and practices of the heart.

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In this episode, Llewellyn Vaughan Lee recites his writings on:

*Restoring the inner garden of our souls
*Moving into a relational way of being
*The restlessness of our culture and how we can surrender to a more natural rhythm
*Finding belonging within the natural world
*A conscious return to present moment awareness
*The mystery of breath-work and it’s connection between the inner and outer world

Learn more about Llewellyn and find more resources at: The Golden Sufi Center

“We can also re-imagine the inner garden of our soul, create a place protected from the demands of greed and desires. We can work to restore this inner land often polluted by the noise and clutter of today’s world. Returning it to its natural beauty and sense of peace. Through prayer and love we water and nurture the garden until it flowers into our life.” – Llewellyn Vaughan Lee

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Ep. 137 - Quality Of Mind with Gil Fronsdal May 01, 2023

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Gil Fronsdal returns for a guest episode on the importance of our quality of mind and explores self-discovery through our actions.

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In this BHNN Guest Episode, Gil Fronsdal speaks on:

Being still and befriending the self
Self-discovery and our motivations
A story of the Buddha and his son
Actions as a mirror to the self
Learned behavior & conditioning versus the truth

“You study yourself, you study what you do in body, mind, speech, and those actions show you that you know yourself. You know yourself through your actions, through what you do, not by what you are.” – Gil Fronsdal

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Ep. 136 - The Four Immeasurables with Lama Tsomo Apr 13, 2023

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Guiding us through The Four Immeasurables, author and teacher Lama Tsomo lectures about developing deep connections.

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In this episode, Lama Tsomo teaches us about:

Technology as a window to the world
How to have deep, satisfying connection
The four immeasurables
Loving-kindness, compassion, and equanimity
Near and Far Enemies

About Lama Tsomo:

Born Linda Pritzker, Lama Tsomo followed a path of spiritual inquiry and study that ultimately led to her ordination as one of the few American lamas in the Tibetan Buddhism. Today she works to share the teachings of the Namchak tradition, making its time-tested meditation practices accessible to westerners.

“Each of the four boundless qualities gets us past our ego fixations and joins us with another in a way that brings right relationship. We can feel that rightness and joining when it happens. As we know from neuroscience, that feeling registers in that ever-popular left middle pre-frontal lobe — a main locust of positive emotions.” – Lama Tsomo

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Ep. 135 – The True Test of Wisdom with Trudy Goodman Apr 03, 2023

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Learn how to access wisdom through intentional action and radical honesty with Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman.

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"When we're honest we can look at ourselves directly. We can look at our own behavior. We can admit when we made a mistake and we can learn how to change at least some of our ways so that we do not cause that particular kind of harm again." – Trudy Goodman

In this episode, Trudy Goodman lectures on:

Discontinuing harmful activities
Honesty and being direct
The Dharma as our safety
The consequences of our actions
Integrity and looking at our motivations
The coexistence of Love and Hate

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Ep. 134 - Ram Dass Fellowship: Mantra, Music & Meditation w/ Deva Premal, Miten & Jackie Dobrinska Mar 22, 2023

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Spiritual Musicians Deva Premal and Miten serenade us and respond to questions in this magical guest episode with Jackie Dobrinska.

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This episode features:

Beautiful songs from Deva Premal & Miten
Music that explores birth, death, the mother, oneness, etc.
Instruction on mantra, music, and meditation
A description of the Gayatri mantra
Discussions surrounding auspicious moments and tantra

“You make love with yourself. We have to begin inside. Whatever we are feeling is a gift to connect with our inner being. It is a challenge, and if we rise to the challenge there is no heartbreak; there is only bliss and gratitude.” – Miten

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Ep. 133 – Meditation: Silence, Stillness, Spaciousness with Gil Fronsdal Mar 14, 2023

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In this episode, Gil shares a resonant guided meditation helping us into a relaxed state of silence, stillness, and spaciousness.

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“If you hear the sound of the birds, it’s because it’s quiet enough to hear them. Hear the whistling of the birds, and hear the silence that allows us to hear. In the silence, sounds appear. It’s possible to be aware of both the sounds and the silence.” – Gil Fronsdal

More about Gil Fronsdal:

Gil Fronsdal is the co-teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California; he has been teaching since 1990. He has practiced Zen and Vipassana in the U.S. and Asia since 1975. He was a Theravada monk in Burma in 1985, and in 1989 began training with Jack Kornfield to be a Vipassana teacher. Gil teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where he is part of its Teachers Council. Gil was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982, and in 1995 received Dharma Transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. He currently serves on the SF Zen Center Elders’ Council. In 2011 he founded IMC’s Insight Retreat Center. Gil has an undergraduate degree in agriculture from U.C. Davis where he was active in promoting the field of sustainable farming. In 1998 he received a PhD in Religious Studies from Stanford University studying the earliest developments of the bodhisattva ideal. He is the author of The Issue at Hand, essays on mindfulness practice; A Monastery Within; a book on the five hindrances called Unhindered; and the translator of The Dhammapada, published by Shambhala Publications. You may listen to Gil’s talks on Audio Dharma.

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