In this talk, I announce the time and schedule changes to the River Bird Sangha’s programming and how to channel the support of the sangha to realize the dharma within your own experience.

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In this episode, I speak with my friend and former Buddhist monk, Greg Burdilis about our time practicing together in Burma. We discuss the highs and lows of life on an intensive vipassana meditation retreat.

Greg and I plan to have more conversations about deep practice and we welcome your questions. Email me at [email protected] if you would like us to explore a topic or theme.

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In this talk, Josh discusses the process and energy of Recognizing, Realizing and Releasing conflicts and challenges as they arise in our practice and life.

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In this talk, Josh explores the important role of relaxation, rest and receptivity for the development of calm clarity in Yin Samatha-Vipassana Meditation.

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“Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.” - Krishnamurti

In this talk, Josh offers reflections on the most important element of a personal spiritual practice.

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Every meditator will confront their ego’s attempt to meditate from the back seat. The ego will try to control, influence and manipulate the entire process. In this talk, Josh suggests how to work with this energy.

“Yesterday’s insights are like yesterday’s fish, unrefrigerated.” – Larry Rosenberg

In this talk, Josh reflects further on Zhuang Zi’s Butterfly Dream and how the parable offers clues and questions for deepening an understanding of self and consciousness.

"Within the dream state, unless we’re lucid, we tend to be held captive by the content of the dream. But in waking up, we open to the possibility of being captivated by experience." - Josh Summers

In this talk, Josh connects the famous parable of Zhuang Zi’s Butterfly Dream to the practice of moment to moment mindfulness.

“I, Zhuang Zi, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhuang Zi. Soon, I awakened and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.” – Zhuang Zi

In this episode, Josh shares reflections and a guided meditation on breath awareness, and how breath awareness supports calm clarity on the path.

“Mindfulness is remembering how to observe the mind’s attention as it moves moment-to-moment and remembering what to do with any arising phenomena!” – Bhante Vimalaramsi

Breathing from the belly is a practice found in various Buddhist and yogic traditions. In this short talk, Josh shares how to engage with this exercise.

“You must realize that the center of the universe is the pit of your belly.” – Harada-roshi