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Forever Jung (eBook)
A collection of notes on/transcripts of Michael’s dharma talk series on Carl Jung and meditation practice that we’ve designed into a beautiful booklet titled, Forever Jung.
Intimacy, Transmission & Awakening: The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures (eBook)
Michael gave a series of dharma talks on the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures during a silent meditation retreat in the summer of 2015. These profound talks range from Buddhist philosophy, Zen koans, psychological insights, references to Allen Ginsberg, and personal stories
Happiness: An Essay (eBook)
In 2016, Michael collaborated with designer Robin Yolanda Lamarr to create this beautiful e-book using his essay on happiness as a gift to the sangha. Today, we’re sharing it with our patrons as a thank you for your continued support.
Who Are You?
In this talk (on the first lines of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra) Michael explores the mistakes we make as we try to ground ourselves and construct identities based on stories, desires and fears.
Heart Sutra: Seeing the Background (eBook)
One of Michael’s more listened-to series of dharma talks is on the Heart Sutra. These six talks were recorded during his 12-day intensive at Centre of Gravity in 2012. Over the span of six months, we’ll be transcribing, editing, and
In that Lump of Flesh and Bones
In this talk Michael argues that yoga and mindfulness are best practiced via the body versus striving for the attainment of philosophical or intellectual concepts. He encourages trusting that the body is the natural world and listening with the heart,
Best of Awake in the World: Ahimsa (Non-harming)
This week we’re revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael interviews Pat Smith, physician and abortion provider, on the precept of non-harming. Michael and Pat discuss ethics versus political ideologies, the relationships between how we are in
The Walls of the Mind
Michael explores the line in the Heart Sutra: “With no hindrance in the mind. No hindrance therefore no fear.” He covers the three “traditional” hindrances: karma, the kleshas and anaya, and talks about creativity, groundlessness and the importance of community.
To Stop the Estrangement Between Us
In this talk about the Heart Sutra Michael explains how it functions to counter what John Cage calls “the authoritarian structures” of our minds, including the tendency to create “frames” and contract around our sense of separateness.
Best of Awake in the World: Fear, Dread & Anxiety – The Buddha in the Forest
This week we’re revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. On retreat, Michael speaks about the Buddha’s instructions for practicing alone in the wilderness, how past actions haunt the body, how to turn towards anxiety, and a moving
Working with Wanting
In this talk to clinicians Michael focuses on mindfulness of feeling (the second foundation) and in particular, the feeling of wanting or craving.
Best of Awake in the World: The Creative Task of Performing One’s Life
This week we’re revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael provides a reflection on the retreat with Stephen and Martine Batchelor. He speaks to making a practice of our lives where all our roles, our actions are
About the Community Library
Michael was a great archivist and the Community Library was—and continues to be—a labour of love. Everything in the Community Library is available for free. Anyone, anywhere can have instant access to material that will help them deepen their practice and contribute to a culture of compassion and collaboration.
Libraries are places where we gather alone together. They are known to be places of refuge for seekers, as well as those who are marginalized. This library is no different. It helps us nourish our beautiful, international community without walls. Now, it will also help keep Michael’s legacy alive.