Description
A Domo Geshe Rinpoche Event Recorded at Lotus Lake Retreat Center. 12 MP3s. Also available on CD and DVD upon request.
Summer Retreat session 1.
7-24-2020 Day 1
What happened to us
Rinpoche discusses what happened to mind gentle people that caused us to become stressed and harsh. She discusses the vagus nerve and how stress effects our inner being. She sets the stage for the discussion of equanimity and enlightenment as the solution.
7-26-2020 day 3
Obsolescence & Green Light Sadhana commentary
Rinpoche discusses how we want to dissolve the obsolete version of ourself to arise fresh. She then discusses how energy is distilled in the Sadhana to achieve this goal. She then begins the discussion of what is equanimity.
What is not equanimity
Rinpoche reviews the opposites of equanimity – agitated, anxiety, discomposure, perturbation, alarm, distrust, and doubt.
7-27-2020 day 4
Fear anger frustration
Rinpoche continues her discussion of what is not equanimity by discussing the fear – anger continuum, and frustration.
Uncertainty
Rinpoche continues her discussion of what is not equanimity by discussing uncertainty. She then begins the discussion of what is equanimity from a Buddhist perspective based on the Pali words.
7-28-2020 day 5
Triggers for Equanimity
Rinpoche leads a discussion about what equanimity feels like. She then leads a discussion of “What is out there in our world that we need to practice equanimity toward?” so we can understand our triggers that arise negative emotions and our shift to equanimity. This discussion is under the type of equanimity called “What is happening in our present moment in our present life.”
We only exist Now
Rinpoche continues the discussion on Equanimity towards What is happening in our present moment in our present life. She discusses suffering and how we create our own suffering, and how we can break free from it. She discusses how we are only alive in the now so we can change, and leads an exercise in equanimity.
7-29-2020 day 6
Present moment in our internal environment
Rinpoche leads us through a fascinating discussion of what our inner environment is and how it eminates to get to the explanation of what it needs and wants in the present moment.
Lama Chonyi on how do children learn compassion in the modern western world as opposed to eastern countries
7-30-2020 day 7
compassion in external moments in present life.
-Rinpoche leads a discussion of difficult situations that trigger us and how we can shift into equanimity and compassion.
Compassion in the present moment in our internal environment.
-Rinpoche leads a discussion of arising compassion instead of negativity if difficult situations, a sense of well being, and what it feels like to not be pushed by our karma.
7-31-2020 day 8
Equanimity of passed memories of events.
Rinpoche offers an understanding and solution for releasing past painful memories. She begins the discussion of Equanimity about past states of mind.
Types of equanimity
Rinpoche continues her discussion of Equanimity about past states of mind. She the proceeds though equanimity regarding anticipation of future events, equanimity based on no self, neutrality towards all beings, equanimity towards the transformed state, and equanimity as an end to questioning.
