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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Overview of Readings (PDF)

Talk 1: Introduction

Competing with our Projections – Excerpt on EmotionsThe 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


 

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