Table of Contents: Talks & MP3 Tracks Talk 1: Path of Mahamudra 1. Vajra Journey 2. Mahamudra Path 3. Bodywork in the Vajrayana 4. GM: 10-Points Practice 5. GM: Earth Breathing 6. Our Darkness 7. D: Trouble with Darkness in Sangha 8. D: Feeling Despair 9. D: Dropping the Framework 10. D: Being Able to Handle Things 11. D: Using Bodywork to Get Through the Day 12. D: Experience Calls Forth the View 13. D: Physical Pain 14. D: More on Physical Pain 15. D: Giving Up or Strategizing 16. D: Change in Motivation 17. Program Overview Talk 2: Stages and Preliminaries 18. Stages of the Mahamudra Path 19. Preliminaries and Outdoor Practice 20. Four Reminders - Precious Human Birth 21. Four Reminders - Impermanence 22. Four Reminders - Karma 23. Four Reminders - Suffering 24. Practicing with the Four Reminders 25. Ngöndro - Prostrations 26. Ngöndro - Mantra 27. Ngöndro - Mandala 28. Ngöndro - Guru Yoga 29. Special Preliminaries - Causal Conditions 30. Special Preliminaries - Devotion 31. Special Preliminaries - Focal Condition 32. D: Mahamudra Path and Abhisheka 33. D: Sadhakas and This New Path 34. Instructions for Going Outdoors 35. Using These Teachings 36. Reporting Experience Outdoors 37. GM: Resting in Space 38. Reconnecting with the Beloved 39. Protectors - Pele
Talk 3: Preliminaries, Protocols, and Posture 40. Mahamudra Today 41. Review of Common Preliminaries 42. Universal Preliminaries - Bodhicitta 43. All Four Preliminaries 44. Overview of Mahamudra Shamatha 45. Seven Points of Posture 46. GM: 12-Fold Breathing 47. GM: 9-Fold Clearing 48. GM: Vase Breathing 49. GM: Rotations of Naropa 50. GM: Central Channel and Neck Like A Hook 51. GM: Other Points of Posture 52. Summary of Points of Posture Talk 4: Mahamudra Shamatha 53. Comment on Practice Outdoors 54. D: Third Turning Space 55. Mahamudra Shamatha - Using a Focal Object 56. Mahamudra Shamatha - Using the Breath 57. Mahamudra Shamatha - No Focal Referent 58. Mahamudra Shamatha - Summary 59. Instructions for Practicing Using a Focal Object 60. End Comments and Summary of Practice 61. D: Resting in Natural State with Object 62. D: Consort Practice 63. D: Gaze Talk 5: Protocols, Nadis, and Yin Breathing 64. Introduction and Check-In 65. D: Journey of Focusing on Object 66. D: Not Feeling In My Body 67. Review of Introductory Protocol 68. GM: Lying Down Protocol 69. GM: Sitting Up Protocol 70. GM: Central Channel 71. Summary and Being Present to the Relative 72. GM: Nadis - Lying Down 73. GM: Nadis - Sitting Up 74. GM One Breath Series 75. Introduction to Yin Breathing 76. Instructions for Yin Breathing - Lying Down
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Table of Contents: Talks & MP3 Tracks 77. GM: Yin Breathing - Sitting Up
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Talk 6: Sky Practice and Discussion 78. Instructions for Sky Practice 79. GM: Nonreference Point 80. Instructions for Aimless Wandering 81. D: Central Channel vs. TGS 82. D: The More We Practice, the Less Happens 83. D: Finding the Center 84. D: New Mahamudra Ngöndro 85. D: Compassion of Reality and Lineage 86. D: Shattered Prana 87. D: Taking Breaks 88. D: Don’t Judge Practice 89. D: The Smile 90. D: The Gaze 91. D: Experience During Practice 92. D: Connection Between Vajrayana and Shamanism 93. D: Sexual Energy During Yin Breathing
Talk 9: Natural State 128. GM: Cutting Back to the Natural State 129. GM: Qualities of the Natural State 130. Developing a Relationship with the Natural State 131. D: Stay with It 132. D: Every Mind State is a Gateway 133. D: Protocol and Shamatha 134. D: Clarifying Use of Protocol Questions 135. D: Looking From the Central Channel 136. D: Three Gates to the Natural State 137. Questions for Practice - Qualities of the Natural State 138. D: Awareness and the Natural State
Talk 7: Introduction of Vipashyana 94. Greatest Obstacle - Knowing Too Much 95. Shamatha Into Vipashyana 96. Vipashyana 97. Three Phases of Mahamudra Vipashyana 98. GM: Protocol - Lying Down 99. GM: Protocol - Sitting Up 100. GM: Investigation Questions 1 101. GM: Investigating Questions 2 102. GM: Investigation Questions 3 103. D: Look with Ferocity 104. D: Looking Down or Out 105. D: Wanting to Answer Question 106. Four Instructions for Looking at Awareness 107. D: Physical Reaction to Questions 108. GM: Exploring Awareness 109. Exploring Awareness - Scope and Extent 110. Comments on Practice 111. D: Nature of Awareness 112. Closing Words Talk 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122.
Two Aspects of Abiding Mind D: Shamanism vs. Vajrayana D: Eyes Open or Closed Seven Questions for Exploring in Practice GM: Pointing Out Mind
Talk 10: Commitment to Mahamudra 139. Why Practice and the Mahamudra Are So Important 140. Your Commitment in 2010 141. Changes Over Past Four Years 142. The Decision is Yours 143. GM: Lying Down Protocol 144. GM: Sitting Up Protocol 145. GM: Examining Awareness 146. Developing Relationship with Abiding Mind
8: Abiding Mind Chögyam Trungpa and the Dharma Role of Mahamudra D: Relative and Absolute Awareness D: Experiencing Boundary of Awareness Display of Awareness D: Wrath of Awareness Soul Comments From Your Breathing Body Journey Together GM: Lying Down Protocol GM: Sitting Up Protocol - Is It Empty 2
11: Love and the Fire GM: Lying Down - Touching the Fire GM: Primal Fire and Love Love is a Gateway GM: Universal Space and Love Comments on Practice D: Karmamudra D: Learning to Love D: Letting Yourself Be Loved D: Order of Practice and the Watcher D: Finding Opportunities to Love D: Longing for Love D: Personal Armor Comments on Discussion
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12: Consorts and Kleshas Consort Relationship D: Vajra Passion vs. Normal Passion D: Loneliness and Longing D: Developing Consort Relationship
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Table of Contents: Talks & MP3 Tracks 164. Extending Relationships to All In the Sangha 165. D: Working with Other Emotions 166. Working with Kleshas 167. GM: Working with Kleshas 168. Dropping the Storyline 169. D: Intensify the Emotion 170. D: Anxiety 171. D: Passion is Different Than Other Emotions Talk 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181.
13: Working with Appearance D: Different Energies - Anger D: Three Kayas - Reactivity D: Physical Pain and Anxiety D: Working with MI Students Mahamudra Practice GM: Lying Down Protocol GM: Sitting Up Protocol GM: Practice of Appearance D: Clarifications on Practice Feast Comments