100 Hours of meditation in 10 days: our experiences and what we've learned

FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home

English - April 17, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 68 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
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Listen to this episode and explore:

(4:36) Updates: we were interviewed on other podcasts!
(6:37) What have we been up to?
(7:41) Vipassana courses and their structure
(20:57) The 3 meditation techniques taught
(29:36) How Alasdair got into Vipassana
(32:21) How JR got into Vipassana
(36:40) JR’s first Vipassana experience and what it brought up
(50:22) Alasdair’s experience on his third retreat and what it brought up
(1:09:11) The value of practicing within a tradition

Mentioned in this episode:

Alasdair's interview on the Project Mindfulness podcast
Back2Basics interview with JR
Pandemic Legacy season 2 board game
Vipassana centers worldwide
Dhamma Neru in Barcelona
Joseph Goldstein
Tara Brach
Yuval Harari
Sam Harris
Legal Nomads
FAR OUT Episode 19: The story of how we met (pt. II)
Alasdair's blog post A Vipassana story: 10 days of silence and meditation

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Credits:

Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)