Donald Rothberg: Talk on Donald's Four-Week March Retreat, Discussion, An Appearance by Guru Garbanzo Bean, and An Honoring of Cyndy Gagne

Donald Rothberg: Talk on Donald's Four-Week March Retreat, Discussion, An Appearance by Guru Garbanzo Bean, and An Honoring of Cyndy Gagne

Author: dharmaseed.org April 1, 2026 Duration: 1:05:21
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Donald explores some of the main themes of his March retreat, connecting these themes to general aspects of our practice. He shares some images of the Spirit Rock land, a group of turkeys, his place of practice and altar in his room, and the bench where he twice a day carried out a kind of ritual "talking to" his parents, who are deceased. He focuses on themes of listening for what calls one in one's practice and his main practices during the retreat: concentration practice, metta practice, the Tibetan practice of tummo (the inner fire) and the life of Milarepa, and awakened awareness. He concludes by speaking of some ways of keeping the retreat going in daily life, and, in preparation for the appearance of the Garbanzo Bean, Donald's clown personality, some on humor and spiritual practice. There is then discussion, including an appearance by Guru Garbanzo Bean responding to some questions, and closing in which we remember and honor Cyndy Gagne, a sangha member who recently passed.

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