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The Logistics of Being a Bodhisattva Jul 21, 2015

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Join us as we finish up our dialogue with Venerable Robina Courtin, the highly energetic Tibetan Nun, who some refer to as a “Dharma CEO”. In this episode she continues to share the specific logistics behind her approach to balancing wisdom and compassion in today’s world.
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Venerable Robina Courtin: Bodhisattva CEO.
Episode Links:
Liberation Prison Project ( http://www.liberationprisonproject.org )
Chasing Buddha Pilgrimage ( http://www.chasingbuddhafilm.com )
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Venerable Robina Courtin: Bodhisattva CEO Jul 21, 2015

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Join us this week as we converse with one of the most energetic and high-powered Nuns that we know, Venerable Robina Courtin. A long-time Nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Robina shares with us the importance of approaching work in the world, from the “Bodhisattva perspective” while also maintaining a firm grounding in emptiness.
Listen in to find out more about the work that Robina does, and more importantly, how she approaches her work.
This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, The Logistics of Being a Bodhisattva.
Episode Links:
Liberation Prison Project ( http://www.liberationprisonproject.org )
Chasing Buddha Pilgrimage ( http://www.chasingbuddhafilm.com )
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Technology Makes our Delusion More Functional Jul 21, 2015

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We’re joined again by CEO and Founder of Twine.com, and long-time Dzogchen practitioner, Nova Spivack. In this episode we discuss the short-comings of the Western traditions understanding and pursuit of consciousness, especially with regards to finding an ultimate particle in physics. We also explore the strengths and limitations of technology to aid in the process of awakening.
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Does the Web have Buddha Nature?
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Does the Web have Buddha Nature? Jul 21, 2015

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This week we are joined by CEO and Founder of Twine.com and long-time Dzogchen practitioner Nova Spivack. Nova has been a student of many of the world’s most well-known Rinpoches while simultaneously being one of the first pioneering entrepreneurs on the web.
In this episode Nova shares with us his background as a Buddhist practitioner and launches into a discussion on the intersection between Buddhist practice, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and the future of the world wide web. He shares a unique perspective on the evolution of the web and tackles the question of whether or not the web will ever become sentient.
This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen part 2, Technology Makes our Delusion More Functional.
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How Did Descartes Die? Jul 21, 2015

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Join us this week as we speak with Dr. Peter Grossenbacher, director of the Consciousness Laboratory at Naropa University, about the difference between Eastern and Western modes of inquiry, sensory awareness practice, and of the importance of contemplative education.
Peter ties together the Eastern and Western schools of thought by pointing out that they are both loosely interested in the empirical, or what is observable. He also explains the sensory awareness practice that he guides students through, and in our first guided practice here on Buddhist Geeks, leads us through a few minutes of sensory awareness practice. We finish our discussion with Peter touching briefly on the role of “contemplative education,” or in an education that is attempting to bring together conceptual and non-conceptual modes of learning.
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to Part 1, The Consciousness Laboratory.
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The Naropa University Consciousness Laboratory ( www.naropa.edu/consciousness )
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The Consciousness Labratory Jul 21, 2015

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Join us this week as we speak with Dr. Peter Grossenbacher, director of the Consciousness Laboratory at Naropa University, about his research on meditation and contemplative spirituality.
Along with finding out about the specific work that Dr. Grossenbacher is engaged in in the Consciousness Lab, listen in as we ask we ask such questions as: Can awareness be defined through empirical methods? And if so, what methods might those be? And finally, can the emphasis on objectivity found in much of mainstream science be applied to subjective research?
This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, How Did Descartes Die?
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The Naropa University Consciousness Laboratory ( http://naropa.edu/consciousness )
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Dream Practices: Comparing Dream Yoga and Lucid Dreaming Jul 21, 2015

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B. Alan Wallace joins to us to compare and contrast two fantastic dream practices. One comes from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, going all the way back to India, with the yogi Naropa. This practice, called Dream Yoga, is a type of insight practice which utilizes the dream state in order to wake up. The other practice, called Lucid Dreaming, comes out of the pioneering research of Dr. Stephen LaBerge. Lucid dreaming breaks down the same goals that Dream Yoga aspires to, but into smaller and more attainable goals. It is also firmly grounded in the scientific method.
Listen in to hear Dr. Wallace, who is authorized to teach both of these methods, discuss the similarities and differences in these two different approaches.
Episode Links:
The Lucidity Institute ( http://www.lucidity.com )
Train your Mind, Change your Brain ( http://bit.ly/1RYFWH )
Building the Dream Body ( http://www.wie.org/j39/zane.asp )
Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies ( http://www.sbinstitute.com )
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The Yogas of Dream and Sleep Jul 21, 2015

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Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, an esteemed teacher in the Bon Buddhist tradition of Tibet, joins us again to continue describing the importance of dream yoga as part of the larger system of the 6 yogas of Naropa.
Rinpoche guides us through the three different kinds of dreams that we can have, including samsaric dreams, dreams of clarity, and clear light dreams. He also discusses the importance of dream practice, for those that have a naturally tendency toward being active in their dreams, comments on the methodology of lucid dreaming, that Western dream research Stephen LaBerge has created, and explains the importance of dream yoga in relationship to the process of death and the bardo.
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Sleep as a Spiritual Journey.
Episode Links:
The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep ( http://bit.ly/IjSZC )
Ligmincha Institute ( https://www.ligmincha.org )
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Sleep as a Spiritual Journey Jul 21, 2015

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“Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake.” – Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, an esteemed teacher in the Bon Buddhist tradition of Tibet, joins us to discuss the importance of sleep in relation to the spiritual path. Since we spend nearly a third of our lives asleep, the focus on sleep and dream practice becomes of utmost important for those practitioners that want to make the best of the time they have.
Listen in to find out more about the Bon tradition, the dissolution of the sense of self during sleep, and the way that dream practices can contribute to greater awareness during both sleep and death.
This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, The Yogas of Dream and Sleep.
Episode Links:
The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep ( http://bit.ly/IjSZC )
Ligmincha Institute ( https://www.ligmincha.org )
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The Inevitable Tension: Going Deep vs. Spreading Wide Jul 21, 2015

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Melvin McLeod, Editor-in-Chief of the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma magazines, concludes his conversation with us, this time discussing the inevitable tensions that arise in Buddhist media. These tensions center primarily around going deep vs. spreading wide. Listen in to hear how these magazines find the middle ground between condemning Buddhism to the irrelevant on the one hand (too much depth) and selling out on the other (too much breadth).
Also at the end Melvin shares the specific ways that their publications are looking to integrate new media technologies into their projects. Exciting times!
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Peering Under the Hood of Buddhist Media.
Episode Links:
BuddhaDharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly ( http://www.thebuddhadharma.com )
Shambhala Sun ( http://www.shambhalasun.com )
One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism ( http://bit.ly/dy5egV )
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