Dear friends, perhaps some of you will be interested in joining me on a Yahoo group that was setup specifically for those who are interested in working...
Hello friends, I just wanted to let you know that the GWV website for the study of Pali and Buddhist Literature has now acquired the entire Sri Lanka Tipitaka...
Hello friends, every one has something to offer, and it is not the same thing for everyone. We do not expect anything of our members, we would just like...
Hello dear friends while I am not well funded, I have been asked to lead a jhana retreat next week. We have set the location for the GWV Jhana retreat. It...
May 23-29th, 6-day Jhana retreat near Boulder, CO, led by Jeff Brooks (Jhananda) for the Great Western Vehicle at Jeff & Karen Combelic¹s Kiva, Goldhill, CO....
Why is the work of Jeff Brooks being marginalized by the Priesthood of Buddhism? Hello friends, I found to get where I am with respect to religion and the ...
Hello friends, I have submitted a paper to the CESNUR 2006 Conference on New Religions, which will be held in San Diego, CA., July 13-16, 2006. The submitted...
Hello friends, because the discourse on meditative absorption necessitates a critique of the religious institutions of the world, as well as how Buddhism has...
Hello Pat, Jason, Suman, Roxan, Guy, Sand, Maureen, Michael, Brent and others, and welcome to the 6 new members to this list. Hello Jason, sorry to hear you...
Hello friends, thank-you all ever so much for your regular donations, because without your contributions to this work, I am not sure if I could have continued...
Hello friends, I am glad to hear that so far only a few people on the GWV listserves have reported off-list harassment. It unfortunately does happen from...
Hello dear friends thank-you all for posting your contribution and helping make the dialog on this list interesting and respectful. I am sorry that I wont be a...
Hello friends, the GWV jhana retreat in Gold Hill, CO is underway right now. It is ever so nice to sit in meditation with my dear old friends Michael and Karen...
Hello friends, a few years ago I led a weekend workshop on jhana in Santa Monica, CA. Millennium Twain, was my gracious host. At that workshop I showed the...
Hello friends the recorded dialogs from the last GWV 10-day Jhana/Samadhi retreat in Gold Hill have now been made available on-line. It took a concerted...
As an Anthropologist looking at religion I find there are a number of purposes for religion. Most notably it is one of the important ways by which people...
Hello friends of the GWV, due to continued requests for a comprehensive commentary on the Buddhist canonical point of view on meditative absorption ...
Dear friends please excuse me for my absence from this list serve. I have left Boulder and am now sitting in my van at 10,000 feet above sea level in the...
Was Jesus the Maitraya Buddha? If we examine Siddhartha Gotama¹s prophesy of the future Buddha, we may find evidence that he was predicting the life of Jesus...
Hello friends, you are invited to join GWV Meditation Research. This list is dedicated to research on meditation and its attainments. Our mission statement is...
The Great Western Vehicle is conducting research into the phenomena of meditative absorption. If you believe that you may be experiencing any kind of...
Hello Dave, and others, while it certainly may sound like a conspiracy when we find that the people who experience meditative absorption (gnosis, jhana. ...
Hello friends, there will be a Potluck and lecture on Ecstatic Buddhism in San Francisco, CA this Sunday. Oct 29th, 11am-3pm, Sunday, "Ecstatic Buddhism, where...
Hello friends the December issue of the GWV newsletter is now available in PDF format. In this issue you will find: 1) An introduction of our new certified...
Hello dear friends of the GWV. For the last five months I have been deeply involved in the GWV¹s bio-fuels project to help sustain it and our free services....
Sept 21-30, 2007 Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, near Wopsononick Mt. outside of Altoona, PA. It will be led by GWV certified meditation teacher D....
Hello dear friends thank-you for posting your comments, experiences, research and ideas on the GWV listserves. Regarding Kristin¹s interest in having a...
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Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats....
