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Rob Burbea's Dharma Talks
Rob Burbea
ROB BURBEA (1965-2020) was Gaia House’s much-loved resident teacher for 10 years from 2005 - 2015, when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. During his time at Gaia House, Rob wrote Seeing that Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising – an important and influential work that continues to shape and open the meditative exploration of many. Emerging from this deep experiential understanding of emptiness, Rob dedicated much of his time and energy during the last years of his life to conceiving, developing, and establishing a new body of teachings that he called ‘A Soulmaking Dharma’. Before his death, Rob initiated the Hermes Amara Foundation (HAF), an organisation that is working to preserve and develop Rob's vast Dharma teaching legacy, and to support practitioners and teachers who are engaged with these teachings. All donations go directly to HAF - your financial support is much needed if Rob’s legacy is to sustain and thrive. To join the HAF mailing list and find out more about Rob's work please go to hermesamara.org or get in touch at info@hermesamara.org. Rob was also a guiding teacher of Freely Given Retreats (freelygivenretreats.org), a co-founder of Sanghaseva, an organisation exploring the Dharma through international service work (sanghaseva.org) and a co-initiator of DANCE, the Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (thedancewebsite.org).
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2019-12-20 Metta Practice, and a few things about Piti (Instructions) 26:17
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-12-19 A Hidden Treasure: The Relationship with the Hindrances 62:51
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-12-19 Breathing with the Energy Body (Guided Meditation) 44:03
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-12-19 Focusing on One Point (Intensity, Directionality, Subtlety) (Instructions) 29:44
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-12-18 An Introduction to the Jhanas 1:10:31
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-12-18 The Energy Body and the Whole-body breath (Instructions and Guided Meditation) 52:32
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-12-17 Counting Within the Breath (Guided Meditation) 48:15
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-12-17 Orienting to This Jhana Retreat 1:29:31
This talk also contains short sections by Kirsten Kratz and trainee teacher Sari Markkanen.
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas
2019-06-17 Sila and Soul (Part 9) 1:10:03
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light
2019-06-16 Sila and Soul (Part 8) 1:54:15
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light

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