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Talks and Guided Meditations from Dharma Teacher, Therapist, and Mindfulness Coach Gregory Maloof.
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Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
In this week's talk we explore some basic differences between Buddhist frameworks and Western psychology when it comes to understanding the nature of thoughts and emotions. In particular, we draw attention to how Buddhist frameworks emphasize process and causality and invite us to consider our inner world as a dynamic heart-mind dance rich in wisdom for our awakening.
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
He follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
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Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
What does it really mean to let go? What exactly are we letting go of and what do we get in return? This week we complete our series by exploring how the activities of mindfulness, loving kindness, and a commitment to precepts are actually practices of renunciation. We take a detailed look into how these tools clear out stress, remove discontentment and open the heart and mind to make room for generosity, resilience, community, gratitude and authentic healing.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Join Wednesday Wake-Up Recording Live! Register HERE
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
This week we had a unique meeting due to the United States national election. Instead of a formal Dharma talk, as a group we shared our experiences about using mindfulness during this time. For the sake of privacy this episode only contains the guided meditation.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
On this week’s podcast we explore the cultural and spiritual inheritance of views that often discourage us from fully participating in the practice of renunciation. We discuss the misunderstandings and myths about the nature of freedom in hopes of letting go of the unconscious fears and prejudice that prevent us from receiving the incredible treasures of the spiritual life.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
In this week’s talk we explore the aspiration to cultivate pleasure that is not dependent on sensual experience and discuss the transformative power of the deeper nourishing pleasures that are the rewards of wisdom, generosity, loving kindness, concentration and letting go.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
This week we talk about the powerful distinction the Buddha makes between feelings that arise from sense door contact that keep us bound in stress, discontent and suffering and feelings that arise directly from our spiritual practice. This topic is important because it speaks to the source of the Buddha’s insight about the nature of his awakening and helps us to conceptualize the experience of enlightenment.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
In this talk we explore how the Buddha saw pleasant, unpleasant and neutral emotion and body sensations as the ground of all thoughts, views and complex mental states. We consider ways that these sensations can be turned against us to cause unconscious harm to ourselves and others and we explore the importance of being able to make direct contact with these sensations with mindfulness in order to decrease suffering.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
This recording is from the Wednesday Wake-Up group meeting on Zoom. It has been edited for clarity and time.
Guided Meditation is at the beginning, to skip to talk, start at 37 min 12 sec.
In this talk we explore how the Buddha uses the fact of aging and dying as a path to bringing deeper honesty, authenticity and freedom to our day to day lived experience. We also discuss how to frame the context of death so it becomes an inspiring and welcoming topic of spiritual reflection rather than the taboo subject we are accustomed to. Talk includes suggestions on how to successfully incorporate elements of death contemplation into meditation practice.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
This week's talk provides a highly detailed explanation of how to successfully engage in this famous but often undervalued meditation practice. We explore how to use this practice to explore the wisdom of impermanence, suffering and not-self. The instructions include how to combine both verbal and mental fabrication to create a concentrated balance between visualization and contemplation work to gain deeper experience in your sits.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
This recording includes the opening guided meditation. If you would like to skip it and head direct to the Dharma talk, skip to 36 min, 23 sec in.
In this talk, we explore how to use the wisdom of wise view, not-self and Sangha as tools to manage and liberate ourselves from the suffering caused by worry.
Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here
Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.