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Ep. 112 - Letting Go & Picking Up with Gil Fronsdal Aug 05, 2022

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Gil Fronsdal returns to the BHNN Guest Podcast to discuss letting go, the truth, and the retreat experience.

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“I have been (on retreats) reduced to falling on my knees as the truth has seeped in gradually, dawned on me, or hit me over the head with a sledge-hammer” – Gil Fronsdal

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Ep. 111 - A Bridge To The Other Shore with Trudy Goodman Jul 28, 2022

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Using the experience of her mother’s recent death, Trudy talks about ways to practice with emotional reactivity and pure strong emotion.

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Originally recorded in 2008 by the Insight Meditation Society.

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Ep. 110 – Love, Care & Community w/ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (Micro-Episode) Jul 19, 2022

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In this poetic micro-episode, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee offers perspective on how friendship and community can help us move towards a brighter future in these rapidly changing times.

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Ep. 109 - The Heart's Compassion w/ Gil Fronsdal Jul 14, 2022

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Welcome to this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast where Gil Fronsdal evokes the compassionate heart within us all.

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“Compassion of the heart does not involve fixation, compassion of the heart comes when we are relaxed.” – Gil Fronsdal

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Ep. 108 - Ram Dass Fellowship: The Mystical Nature of Psychedelics with Madison Margolin & Jackie Dobrinska Jul 08, 2022

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Madison Margolin discusses mysticism, psychedelics, and religion in this segment of the Ram Dass Fellowship on the BHNN Guest Podcast.

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For those of you who do not know Madison Margolin, she is the host of the Set and Setting podcast on Be Here Now Network. She grew up in the Maharaj-ji Satsang and her father was a close friend of Ram Dass. Her father also legally represented Timothy Leary and campaigned to legalize cannabis. Madison is the founder of DoubleBlind, a publication highlighting stories about psychedelics, spirituality, environmentalism, and more. Learn more at: madisonmargolin.com

Jackie Dobrinska is a beloved holistic health educator, wise woman pracitioner, yoga therapist, minister and author. Jackie has mentored with some of the world's preeminent teachers, scholars and visionaries in mind-body health, weaving together wisdom traditions from around the world. She teaches regionally at universities, hospitals, studios, businesses, and national conferences and festival, passing on the tools that empower individuals in their own health and transformation. In addition to her her wellness programs in wellness, yoga, herbs, healthy eating and women's health, she is the founding director of the Greater Asheville Yoga Association and core staff for SE Wise Women. Learn more at: A Simple Vibrant Life

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Ep. 107 - Historical Aspects Of The Four Noble Truths with JoAnna Hardy Jun 29, 2022

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This episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast features JoAnna Hardy in a discussion of suffering, control, and The Four Noble Truths at the Insight Meditation Society.

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“It is kind of interesting to push the edge of our practice a little bit and engage with instead of always backing down too [that which we are not comfortable with].” – JoAnna Hardy

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Ep. 106 - Ram Dass Fellowship: Wisdom, Compassion, Strength & Courage with Spring Washam & Raghu Markus Jun 11, 2022

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This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, we commune with Spring Washam in a discussion of wisdom, compassion, strength, and courage. This recording is from the 2022 live-streamed Ram Dass Fellowship.

Join Spring along with a collection of BHNN dharma teachers and guests in exploring the intersection of Buddhism & Bhakti at the inaugural Love Serve Remember Summer Mountain Retreat August 25th - 29th in Boone, NC!

Spring Washam is a healer, writer, facilitator, spiritual activist, and dharma teacher. Spring has studied indigenous healing practices and works with students individually from around the world. She is currently based in California but she teaches workshops, large groups, compassion meditation and loving-kindness retreats throughout the country. Her work includes earth-based practices, awakening in the body, movement, dance, and yoga. Spring is a founding member and core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center and has practiced and studied under meditation masters in both the Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism. She is on the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based healing practices to diverse communities.

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Ep. 105 - The Light That is Left with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (Micro-Episode) May 31, 2022

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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee offers a short reflection on how we can maintain community in uncertain times and hold onto the light that is left.

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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, PhD 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.

“The primal knowing that one is part of a living community founded on love and service, true companionship, is like a caravan traveling the desert of our increasingly soulless world.” – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

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Ep. 104 - Ram Dass Fellowship: Hungry Ghosts with John Lockley & Jackie Dobrinska May 28, 2022

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In this BHNN Guest Podcast, get ready for some spiritual nourishment from John Lockley as he guides us in healing our hungry ghosts and discusses devotion, ancestors, and other audience questions with Jackie Dobrinska.

Join Spring and a collection of dharma teachers in exploring the intersection of Buddhism & Bhakti at the inaugural Love Serve Remember Summer Mountain Retreat August 25th - 29th in Boone, NC!

John Lockley is an international speaker, teacher, and healer. He runs shamanic retreats and uses the techniques of prayer, dream work and connection to nature to help people connect with their own ancestors and spiritual traditions. He is one of the first white men, in recent history, to become a fully initiated sangoma in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa. Find out more about John’s work by reading about his Mentoring, Zoom Sessions, In-Person Divinations, Plant Healing and Monthly Webinars.

“This is what I am offering to all of us, to become aware of the craving inside of us, and then to replace it with some kind of spiritual practice and then that in itself is going to make a huge difference on the world.” – John Lockley

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Ep. 103 – A Better Way of Being with Gil Fronsdal May 19, 2022

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Inviting you on a 'Three Breath Journey,' Gil explores mindfulness from the perspectives of wellbeing, somatic inquiry, relaxation, and as a wellspring of dharmic pleasure.

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In this Dharma Talk stemming from Auckland Insight Meditation's Cultivation and Insight Retreat livestream on 2/14/2022, Gil Fronsdal shares his non-meditation, the 'Three Breath Journey,' before diving into topics like: when to be mindful, mindfulness as relaxation and wellbeing, mindfulness of the body, and how to tap into the Buddha's inner wellspring of dharmic pleasure.

This talk from Gil Fronsdal was originally published on DharmaSeed.org

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