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Retreat Dharma Talks at Big Bear Retreat Center

The Dharma of Desire

On the path of awakening, sometimes we may believe desire is a problem to be eradicated. Yet when we get curious about desire and look at our relationship to it, we can enter more deeply into the fertile ground of our own being and move closer to the heart. In this retreat we will have the opportunity to explore desire in a supportive, non-judgmental space that allows us to open our hearts and meet desire with compassion and insight. When we hold desire in the crucible of wisdom and understanding, it transforms into loving presence.

2024-11-13 (5 days) Big Bear Retreat Center

  
2024-11-14 Breath as Loving Partner: Instruction & Meditation 41:14
Trudy Goodman
Beginning with the Buddha’s teaching of Anapanasati, a general guidance on mindfulness with the breath & how it carries mettā
2024-11-14 How do You Handle Craving & Desire in Buddhist Practice? 38:46
Lisa Ernst
In this talk, Lisa unpacks the difference between unwholesome & wholesome desire, tanha & chanda, including some personal stories
2024-11-15 Feeling Tone: a Guided Vedana Practice 53:06
Lisa Ernst
2024-11-15 The Dance of Dharma & Desire 43:41
Trudy Goodman
How to untangle the threads of intense desire, sexual or other & meet the Dharma
2024-11-16 Sky-Like Awareness: Instruction & Meditation 55:07
Catherine Shaddix
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