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Reginald Ray

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Reginald “Reggie” Ray, PhD, is an American Tibetan Buddhist, author, and studier of shamanic traditions and contemplative yogic practices. He founded Dharma Ocean, a nonprofit foundation and teaching center for meditation, retreats, and passing on the wisdom of his teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

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To Touch Enlightenment with the Body

Like many Westerners, I always assumed that meditation was a “spiritual” phenomenon, which I took to mean that it somehow had to do with realms beyond the physical.

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Reginald Ray
2003
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Meditating with the Body: A Course in Somatic Practices to Unlock Your Journey

A montage of interviews with Meditating with the Body(R) founder, Reginald A. Ray, teachers Tami Simon and David Iozzi; and participants in a meditation retreat. Filmed during retreat at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado, where the course retreats are held.

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Reginald Ray
2012
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Deconstructing the Self

If the “self” is ultimately nothing more than a figment of our imagination, what is this figment like and how does it come to seem so real? In the third of four posts on the self, Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray breaks it down.

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Reginald Ray
2003
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Reggie Ray - "Your Human Experience Is the Most Living Part of Who You Are"

Reggie Ray talks about what people think the purpose of meditation is versus what the true purpose of it is.

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Reginald Ray
2016
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Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations

The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist evidence.

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Reginald Ray
1999
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Three-In-One: a Buddhist Trinity

The “three bodies of the Buddha” may seem like a remote construct, says Reginald Ray, but they are the ground of existence and present in every moment of our experience.

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Reginald Ray
2004
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Reggie Ray - Vajrayana View of Maitri Part 2 - December 18, 2010

This talk was given during Dathün 2010-11, on December 18th, in Crestone, Colorado. Reggie skillfully presents the Vajrayana view of Maitri, or loving-kindness. The talk was given at dusk, which was lovely in person but makes for dark video - apologies!

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Reginald Ray
2011
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How to Study the Dharma

In Buddhism, an ever-deepening understanding unfolds naturally from intellectual study. This process is classically expressed in the teaching of the three prajnas, or kinds of knowledge—hearing, contemplating and meditating.

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Reginald Ray
2004
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Dathun with Reginald A. Ray

Dathün promotional video for Dharma Ocean. Featuring Reginald A. Ray speaking about the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Filmed at the Blazing Mountain retreat Center in Crestone Colorado in 2011.

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Chögyam Trungpa
2011
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The Practice of Karma

Reginald A. Ray on how T’hrinlay Wangmo transformed an horrific incident into a situation of blessing through her understanding of karma.

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Reginald Ray
2002
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