Westchester Buddhist Center’s seventh annual meditation retreat on Emotions at Garrison Institute, NY was held from February 17 - 24, 2019. Led by senior Buddhist teachers John Baker, Jane Kolleeny & Derek Kolleeny.
MEDITATION READINGS
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Talk 1: Introduction
Competing with our Projections – Excerpt on Emotions – The Lions Roar
Where Your Body ‘Feels’ Emotions
Making Friends with Emotion from Toward a Psychology of Awakening by John Welwood
Talk 2: Dark Emotions
The Wisdom in Dark Emotions by Miriam Greenspan – Lion's Roar
Talk 3: Working With Emotions
Emotions from How to Meditate by Pema Chödrön (corrected)
Touch and Go and The Fringe of Emotions and The Heart of Emotions from Mindfulness in Action by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The Dualistic Barrier from The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Talk 4: The Six Realms
Styles of Imprisonment from The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The Six Realms from The Sanity We Are Born With - A Buddhist Approach to Psychology by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The Six Realms of Being from Transcending Madness - The Experience of the Six Bardos by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Talk 5: The Shadow
A Complete Guide to Working with your Shadow by Scott Jeffrey
Acknowledging the Shadow from Awake at the Bedside by Rodney Smith
Excerpt from the Persona Level from No Boundary by Ken Wilbur
Talk 6: Fear and Fearlessness
Conquering Fear from The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa Volume 8
The Lion's Roar from The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa Volume 2
The Other Side of Fear from Smile at Fear by Chögyam Trungpa
The Path of Fearlessness from Smile at Fear by Chögyam Trungpa
Talk 7: The Five Buddha Families
The Five Buddha Families from Journey Without Goal - The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha by Chögyam Trungpa
The Five Buddha Families from Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa
The Five Buddha Families from The Sanity We Are Born With - A Buddhist Approach to Psychology by Chögyam Trungpa
Talk 8: Four Karmas
The Four Karmas from Secret beyond Thought from The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa Volume 6
Working with Negativity from The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation by Chögyam Trungpa
Working with Reactive Emotions, Wake Up to Your Life, by Ken McLeod, pp. 83-89
AUDIO
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