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In The Company Of Friends
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A Retreat at Omega
Institute -- September 19-24, 1999
The 1999 retreat at Omega Institute was a rich smorgasbord of spiritual traditions, and offered an unusual opportunity to see Ram Dass' teachings reflected against the many paths and lineages represented by the other teachers.
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PROGRAM 1:
RAM DASS & SHARON SALZBERG
(cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society) talk about Buddhism, reincarnation, and the concept of the Soul ... about grief, death and dying ... and about the nature of faith, and human incarnation as a "faith machine."
2 * 60 minute cassettes
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PROGRAM 2:
RAM DASS & GELEK RINPOCHE
(incarnate Tibetan lama and founder of the Jewel Heart Center) share stories about their gurus, and talk about the effects of the Tibetan Diaspora in spreading Buddhism teachings and the difficulty of practicing Dharma in the West.
2 cassettes - 2 1/2 hrs.
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PROGRAM 3:
RAM DASS & PAUL GORMAN
(co-author of How Can I Help ?) reminisce about their collaboration on their book and on the WBAI program, "Love, Serve, Remember." They talk about how to find the "aikido move" which generates social change without polarization.
2 * 60 minute cassettes
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PROGRAM 4:
RAM DASS & EMMANUEL
(a being of light channeled by Pat Rodegast) talk about suffering as "soul food," about acceptance vs. understanding, about the nature of creativity, and about human life as an opportunity to celebrate love.
2 * 60 minute cassettes
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PROGRAM 5:
GELEK RINPOCHE & RAM DASS
Gelek Rinpoche speaks about the importance of a Guru: the Guru as the connection to "Enlightened Society," choosing a Guru, and becomming a Buddha. Ram Dass joins Gelek for the last portion of the program.
90 minute cassette
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PROGRAM 6:
JOAN HALIFAX & RAM DASS
Joan (the founder of Upaya Foundation) talks with Ram Dass about death and dying, about dealing with pain, about near-death experiences, and about creating a conscious enviornment for dying.
90 minute cassette
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THE ALBUM:
"IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS"
(September 19th - 24th, 1999)
ALL SIX PROGRAMS LISTED ABOVE, PLUS A SPECIAL FREE CASSETTE OF RAM DASS' INTRODUCTORY LECTURE AT THE RETREAT*, ALL PACKAGED IN A BOOKSHELF ALBUM WITH A BEAUTIFUL COLORED PHOTO OF RAM DASS AT OMEGA.
* The content of the introductory lecture was suberb! --in fact, Ram Dass said afterwards that he'd given the whole retreat in that talk--but the sound is very poor.
11 CASSETTES * 12 1/2 HRS.
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