Streaming Audio and Audio Downloads!

We will be using this page to offer downloads of meditation teaching at Friends of the Heart. Catherine Jetsun Yeshe and Meg Salter have audio files here in mp3 format and streaming audio. If you have any questions or suggestions, email us at .
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Some of the recordings are offered free of charge. Others such as those related to initiation or sadhanas follow the tradition of being available by donation. And we have audio recordings of classes and other teachings for which there is a cost. See below for information on how to donate or pay for audio downloads.

Audio Downloads

• New Beginnings -- Jan. 7, 2005 in Streaming Audio
• New Beginnings -- Jan. 7, 2005 in mp3 (15MB)
These recordings are offered free.

• Vajrayogini Teaching & Initiation These recordings are part of the preparatory work for the Vajrayogini Initiation to be given by Karma Thinley Rinpoche in the fall of 2005. The cost for these teachings are included in the course. If you are not taking the initiation or doing the preparatory weekend, you are welcome to download the teachings. The cost is $8.00 Cdn for each talk or $25 for the set of 4--please go to the bottom of this page and use Paypal.
  It is also available in CD format for pick up at Friends of the Heart. Dakini Work Talk 1 -- Sept. 16, 2004 in mp3 (15MB - 54 minutes)
  This talk by Catherine Jetsun Yeshe is on how our understanding or experience of emptiness affects the Vajrayogini teachings. Emptiness is explained as the matrix from which all perceived things arise. The deeper we enter into emptiness and mahumudra, the more we see how the play of mind works.
  Dakini Work Talk 2 -- Sept. 23, 2004 in mp3 (16MB - 1hr 5 min)
  Here Catherine Jetsun Yeshe introduces us to the concept of dakinis and how they arise as powerful energies whose purpose is to help us awaken. She talks about the three kayas (layers of mind); Nirmanakaya in both ordinary and perfected form, Sambogakaya also in two layers, and Dharmakaya which is the level we begin to tap into with the experience of emptiness. Deity meditation arises from the Sambogakaya level.
  Dakini Work Talk 3 -- Sept. 30, 2004 in mp3 (20MB - 1hr 8 min)
  Catherine Jetsun Yeshe explores how dakinis appear in the Sambogakaya layer of mind and then enter us through one or all sense doors as nirmanakaya. The different types of dakinis are discussed. The primary function of the dakini is to cut through the ego, which is the cause of all suffering. She is beyond gender but appears in gender form.
  Dakini Work Talk 4 -- Oct. 7, 2004
  This talk is alas not available due to technical recording problems.
  
  Dakini Work Talk 5 -- Oct. 14, 2004 in mp3 (16MB - 57 minutes)
  Catherine Jetsun Yeshe brings forward the tantric view that the female body is sacred and how this principle is embodied in the dakini work. The Vajrayogini work helps us to see the subtle energy channels within the body and helps us to understand how we can clear and create energy. The dakini work is important for transcendent purposes by clearing chakras and the central channel, enabling us to contact transcendent mind. Emphasized is the importance of foundation work and body work to prepare us for handling this energy.

• Vajrasattva Sadhana -- June, 2005 in mp3 (11MB)
This recording is available by donation--please go to the bottom of this page and use Paypal for your dana.
It is also available in CD format and we will mail you the CD. Please contact us at .


• Introductory Guided Meditation -- May, 2006 in mp3 (19MB)
This recording was done by Meg Salter giving a brief introduction and then a guided medition on working with the breath in meditation, followed by a meditation on lovingkindness. The cost is $10.00 Cdn -- please go to the bottom of this page and use Paypal.
It is also available in CD format for pickup at the centre. If you have any questions, regarding the meditations given, please contact .


The streaming audio files are in RealAudio (.rm) format. Your computer may already be setup to play these files, as most media players are capable of playing rm format. If you need a media player, two free possibilities are: Media Player Classic from Real_Alternative or JetAudio-Basic. Streaming audio is meant for listening while remaining connected to the internet. The files cannot be saved on your computer.
The files in mp3 format are meant for download and to be listened to at a later time or transferred to an mp3 player.




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