Dharma Ocean

As a scholar of the history of religions, Reggie has a unique perspective on the way spirituality becomes codified by religious institutions. In this talk, Reggie discusses the conservative structures of conventional Buddhism and how the tradition is evolving within modern culture.

This talk is excerpted from Reggie’s upcoming online course called Awakening the Body: The Way of Somatic Meditation. To register for the course, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Reggie comments on the tradition of Vajrayana meditation that he was trained in by his teacher, Chogyam Trungpa. He says that, even though the teachings of the practicing lineage are widely offered, few people choose to make the full tantric journey.

This talk is excerpted from Reggie’s upcoming online course called Awakening the Body: The Way of Somatic Meditation. To register for the course, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the second part of this talk on karma and the body, Reggie describes how the ego freezes the natural flow of experience in the body through physical tensing. This tension is stored in our cells as condensed karma. 

This excerpt is taken from Meditating with the Body, a 5-month training program that includes two residential retreats and a twelve unit at-home curriculum. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In this talk, Reggie describes how traditional Buddhist teachings on karma relate to the process of liberation that unfolds in somatic meditation. The wisdom of the body, he says, leads us back to the natural state.

This excerpt is taken from Meditating with the Body, a 5-month training program that includes two residential retreats and a twelve unit at-home curriculum. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In this talk, Reggie reflects on the joyful experience of interconnection we feel when we practice tonglen in an embodied way. When we rest in the space of the earth, compassion emerges, and our connection with others becomes apparent.

This talk was given at the 2007 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Following Reggie’s discussion of tradition and ritual in the last two episodes, we listen to a talk he offered on the fierce and compassionate energy of awareness. He says that we can invite this energy into our journey through offerings and chants, such as to Ritrö Gönpo, a protector who guards the integrity of our practice from ego.

This talk was given at the 2006 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

This talk was given at the 2006 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the first part of this talk on the place of tradition and ritual forms in Buddhism, Reggie discusses how symbolism, liturgy, and community can serve to help connect us with mystery as modern practitioners. 

This talk was given at the 2006 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the third part of this series on consort relationship, Reggie says that the journey of awakening through relationship requires a commitment to receiving all aspects of our partner with love. In this way, the open way, liberation occurs through a relational journey of surrender and acceptance.

This talk was given in 2016 at a weekend program held at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Reggie offers more teachings and practices on the consort journey in The Tantric Consort, a 4-part video course produced by Sounds True. It is available in our download store at www.dharmaocean.org

Here, in the second part of the opening keynote from Reggie and Caroline’s weekend program on the journey of consort relationship, Reggie discusses the somatic experiennce of beholding one’s beloved from the empty open state of being that is free from concepts, agendas, and territoriality.

This talk was given in 2016 at a weekend program held at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Reggie offers more teachings and practices on the consort journey in The Tantric Consort, a 4-part video course produced by Sounds True. It is available in our download store at www.dharmaocean.org