Podcasts by Dharma Ocean
Teachings by Reggie Ray and Carolin Pfohl
Further podcasts by Reggie Ray
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Episode 274: For the Welfare of All – Part II from 2019-11-12T23:12:07
In the second part of this talk on the training of a Bodhisattva, Reggie discusses the last five of the six paramitas: discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, and wisdom. Through examples, he s...
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Episode 273: For the Welfare of All – Part I from 2019-11-05T01:56:30
Today we listen to the first part of a talk Reggie offered at a Bodhisattva Vow ceremony. He says that the arising of tenderness and love in our hearts naturally inspires us to help sentient beings...
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Episode 272: Clear Circle of Brightness from 2019-10-28T05:28:47
In this episode, Caroline discusses the somatic unfolding of the awakening heart. She says that the journey involves three concentric circles: an outer circle of enchantment, an inner circle that i...
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Episode 271: Loss of Reference Points from 2019-10-23T13:43:53
In this talk, Reggie speaks to the groundlessness that we experience when situations don’t fit into the known territory of ego. In such moments, strong feelings of anxiety, fear, and ambiguity migh...
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Episode 270: Being with the Journey from 2019-10-14T04:18:26
In this talk, Reggie describes the moment when we check-out during experiences that are painful, unsettling, or disconcerting. He says such moments of intensity offer an opportunity to step through...
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Episode 269: Practice Dismantles from 2019-10-06T01:51:13
Here, Reggie points to the process that unfolds on the journey of somatic meditation: personal stories fall apart and we come to trust the intimacy, humor, openness, and love that emerges when our ...
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Episode 268: Basic Space from 2019-09-28T18:27:23
In this talk, Caroline discusses the true nature of reality—the Dharmakaya—that we experience when we rest in the space of the lower belly in the practice of yin breathing. She says that this space...
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Episode 267: Life Force – Part II from 2019-09-23T07:50:31
In the second part of this talk, Reggie asks: where does the Life Force come from? He says that the empty nothingness of space gives birth to the primordial isness and rabid passion we feel when we...
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Episode 266: Life Force – Part I from 2019-09-14T04:35:48
Here, Reggie speaks to the utter power of the Life Force that courses through our body as pure unadulterated love. This force, he says, speaks the message of this lineage: to trust our uncompromisi...
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Episode 265: Journey of Individuation from 2019-08-30T20:55:10
In today’s episode, Reggie discusses the meditative journey of individuation. He acknowledges societal obstacles, such as institutional bureaucracies, that can undermine inspiration and waylay pers...
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Episode 264: Loving Presence from 2019-08-15T12:31:13
In today’s episode, Caroline asks a shrine hall of retreatants: what are we doing here? The answer: letting be. In this process, we discover the felt sense, or non-conceptual awareness of the body,...
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Episode 263: Sacred Mysteries from 2019-07-31T23:22:14
In this teaching, Reggie discusses the experience of pain as understood in the Vajrayana tradition of meditation. When we let go of judging and rejecting, moments of pain are experienced as sacred ...
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Episode 262: Awakening Heart from 2019-07-17T05:58:52
In this talk, Caroline teaches on bodhicitta, the wakeful intelligence of the body that is concentrated in the heart. She says that the essence of bodhicitta is space, the manifestation is love, an...
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Episode 261: Stripped Down to Nothing from 2019-07-03T05:31:31
Here, Reggie points to the often hidden and unrecognized dimensions in the life journey of the Buddha. He says that Thich Nhat Hahn’s book Old Path White Clouds shows how the Buddha’s renunciation ...
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Episode 260: Under the Rose Apple Tree from 2019-06-22T01:16:20
In today’s episode, we listen to a talk Caroline offered on the power of encountering the natural state in childhood. She offers a Vajrayana account of the story of the Buddha who, at age 9, recogn...
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Episode 259: Pain is Not a Problem from 2019-06-18T01:59:46
Here, Reggie teaches on experiences of pain that we encounter on the path of meditation. He says that people often judge pain as a bad thing, but the foundation of Buddhist practice is the First No...
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Episode 258: Surrendering Ego – Part II from 2019-06-01T00:05:50
Going deeper into the theme of refuge, Reggie teaches on the difference between the inner view and the outer view of taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Inner refuge ultimately means t...
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Episode 257: Surrendering Ego – Part I from 2019-05-19T00:45:57
In this talk on refuge, Reggie discusses the history of refuge in the Buddhist tradition and describes the different styles of “emergency ego” that arise when we find ourselves challenged by realit...
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Episode 256: Path of Dharma – Part II from 2019-05-10T23:23:33
In the second part of this talk on the path of dharma, Reggie discusses the developmental journey that unfolds as we deepen in our meditation practice. When meditation becomes the ground of our lif...
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Episode 255: Path of Dharma – Part I from 2019-05-04T07:08:43
In this teaching on the path of Dharma, Reggie encourages to trust inspiration, stay with discomfort, and leap to the unknown. Each stage of the path—Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana—involves ever...
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Episode 254: Lineage of Dismantling – Part II from 2019-04-26T21:39:06
In the second part of this talk on the esoteric tradition of meditation, Reggie suggests that mahamudra practices of direct experience serve as a compelling gate for modern people who long to conne...
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from 2019-04-19T23:07:30
This talk begins with an account of the ancient forest tradition of meditation that began with the Buddha. Reggie discusses the values represented by these meditators and says that our lineage is i...
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Episode 253: Lineage of Dismantling – Part I from 2019-04-19T21:30:42
This talk begins with an account of the ancient forest tradition of meditation that began with the Buddha. Reggie discusses the values represented by these meditators and says that our lineage is i...
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Episode 252: The Impediments of Religion – Part II from 2019-04-11T11:00:40
In the second part of this talk on genuineness in spirituality, Reggie says that relaxation in somatic meditation allows us to see how the forces of oppression, control, and busyness in the world a...
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Episode 251: The Impediments of Religion – Part I from 2019-04-05T21:11:48
In this talk on our natural spiritual inheritance, Reggie remarks on the impediments presented by religious institutionalism, consumerism, and fundamentalism to the unfolding of each unique human l...
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Episode 250: The Practicality of Spirituality from 2019-03-29T23:43:14
In this talk, Reggie says that the tantric path does not separate spiritual practice from the ordinary circumstances of everyday life. Rather, tantric meditation invites us to see the sacredness wi...
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Episode 249: Genuine Spirituality – Part II from 2019-03-21T01:42:35
In the second part of this talk on genuine spirituality, Reggie describes the outer, inner, and secret forms of the retreat container. By respecting the forms, practicing silence, and staying prese...
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Episode 248: Genuine Spirituality – Part I from 2019-03-16T19:00
Spiritual materialism is the ambitious ego-centered approach of striving for perfection through meditation practice. Here, Reggie speaks to genuine spirituality—the willingness to face our insecuri...
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Episode 247: Meditating with the Elements from 2019-03-12T03:24:29
Here, Reggie says that when we practice with the elements we discover that their basic nature is space. For instance, by allowing our awareness to completely enter the into the life of fire, we tou...
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Episode 246: Practicing in Cold Places – Part II from 2019-03-01T21:33:05
In Part 2 of this talk on the challenges, demands, and grittiness of retreat practice, Reggie says that the way through is trust—trust in the disruptions, uncertainty, anxiety we feel. In the Vajra...
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Episode 245: Practicing in Cold Places – Part I from 2019-02-23T00:33:23
After circumstances did not unfold according to plan, a group of devoted practitioners in England erected a tent so that a late autumn retreat could go on. Reggie offers a talk of encouragement, sh...
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Episode 244: Invoking the Primeval Fire – Part II from 2019-02-12T08:08:58
You are listening to the Dharma Ocean Podcast. In the second part of this talk on entering into relationship with the energetic aspect of the elements, Reggie says that the journey of becoming who ...
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Episode 243: Invoking the Primeval Fire – Part I from 2019-02-05T20:08:07
In this talk, Reggie discusses the burning quality of space that is felt when we open to heightened awareness of emptiness. By offering our agendas, strategies, and concepts to the primordial Fire,...
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Episode 242: The Edge of Fear from 2019-01-28T18:33:22
In this talk, Reggie reflects on the fear we experience on the somatic journey of meditation when we lose reference points and enter into the world of the shadowlands, a world that is utterly new a...
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Episode 241: The Life of Chögyam Trungpa from 2019-01-12T08:12:04
Here, Reggie introduces his teacher, Chögyam Trungpa. He offers a short account of Trungpa’s journey from Tibet, to England, and then to North America, and discusses how he transmitted the Vajrayan...
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Episode 240: Initiation and Growth – Part II from 2018-12-21T22:23:27
In the second part of this talk on the journey of somatic meditation, Reggie describes the initiatory process we experience when we enter the depths of the body. Initiations, he says, involve a pro...
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Episode 239: Initiation and Growth – Part I from 2018-12-14T00:46:58
Reggie opens this Meditating with the Body retreat with a talk on the primordial sacredness of the human person. He says that the esoteric spirituality of the body that we are practicing has endure...
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Episode 238: Way of the Siddhas from 2018-11-19T05:48:26
Here, Reggie explores the roots of somatic meditation in ancient India. He says that the history of Buddhism was mostly written by monastics and reflects a “renunciation” approach to spirituality. ...
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Episode 237: Beholding the Beloved – Part II from 2018-11-02T22:08:21
In the closing talk of their weekend program on the path of consort relationship, Reggie discusses the three vows of the consort relationship, and Caroline offers guidance on how to integrate conso...
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Episode 236: Beholding the Beloved – Part I from 2018-10-27T04:58:27
Here, we listen to the first part of Reggie and Caroline’s concluding talk from their weekend program on consort relationship. They reflect on lessons learned in their own relationship, sharing ins...
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Episode 235: The Spiritual Journey of Intimate Relationship from 2018-10-16T23:28:45
Today, we listen to Reggie’s opening talk for an online course he taught on meditation and the journey of intimate relationship. He says that the tantric consort tradition shows us how to discover ...
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Episode 234: Form Holds Freedom – Part II from 2018-10-05T11:00:51
In the second part of this talk on container principle, Reggie offers pith meditation instruction: let the form hold experience. Using the example of ballet dancers doing plies, he says that fideli...
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Episode 233: Form Holds Freedom – Part I from 2018-09-28T22:54:25
In the first part of this talk on container principle, Reggie says that mindfulness meditation is often used as a technique to try to stabilize the ego by creating a sense of control, perfectionism...
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Episode 232: Heart of Awakening – Part II from 2018-09-21T19:08:50
In the second part of this talk on bodhicitta, Reggie says that after his enlightenment, the Buddha heard the cries of suffering in the world and felt a welling of compassion that compelled him to ...
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Episode 231: Heart of Awakening – Part I from 2018-09-14T19:00:10
In the first part of this talk on the experience of bodhicitta as related to trauma, Reggie tells the story of how the Buddha's experience unfolded on the night of his enlightenment and describes h...
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Episode 230: A Living Lineage from 2018-09-04T21:42:12
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 structu...
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Episode 229: Esoteric Tradition of the Body from 2018-09-01T01:23:52
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...
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Episode 228: Karma and the Body – Part II from 2018-08-24T11:00:22
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 ...
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Episode 227: Karma and the Body – Part I from 2018-08-20T11:00:32
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 ...
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Episode 226: Interconnection from 2018-08-17T19:08:05
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 co...
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