Lama Justin von Bujdoss: The Beginnings of a Dark Retreat Center & Finding Your Heart Practice

Aug 9, 2024

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Vision version of today's conversation:

https://youtu.be/gXWcorUoTnc

00:01:40 Introduction to the retreat place and intentions

00:05:56 Visions in dark retreat

00:15:00 Fear, trust, confidence and endless potential

00:21:00 Not being the only doing the work in one’s practice

00:29:00 Having the correct context of deconditioning the mind

00:32:00 Chogyam Trungpa, Dilgo Khyentse and tummo practice

00:36:00 Being a Buddha and distraction of science

00:40:00 Gaining confidence through felt experience and mastering a practice

00:50:00 Following death, experiencing the bardo

00:56:00 Bardo practice suggestion

01:00:00 Justin’s dharma path from age 3 including Egyptian funerary practice, alchemy and wanting to be a monk

01:13:00 Not getting attached to the technique

01:15:00 Tögal and Sowa Rigpa typology

01:19:00 Letting the heart choose your practice

01:21:00 Emerging towards spaciousness as the throughline for Justin’s path

01:25:00 Touring the retreat cabins

01:32:00 The body in dark retreat and practice

01:37:00 Closing intentions for this retreat place

Yangti Yoga retreat place

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/

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Dark Retreat, Formlessness & Returning to Completion

Resting into the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma

Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Death

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