Public Talks
The Universe Inside Me
Dennis Sheppard, President and long time member of Buddhist Society of WA explores reality, deep meditation and the meaning of life. The guided meditation and Dhamma talk complement each other. The talk begins around 32 minutes. Dennis Sheppard is a meditator, hypnotherapist and a marriage celebrant. He earns his living mainly as a Building Designer.
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Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia, during the 2019 Rains Retreat.
The Present Moment in Past Lives
This video starts off with a 30 minute guided meditation, followed by a one hour Buddha Dhamma talk which begins around 36 minutes and 45 seconds into the video. This meditation and talk are designed to go together. The meditation is to be experienced and then the talk refers back to the meditation.
Dennis Sheppard is a long time lay practitioner and again president of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia. He is a teacher of meditation and has been with the B.S.W.A. from near its beginning.
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Stillness
Dennis Sheppard leads an extended guided meditation and speaks on the topic of "Stillness"
Dennis Sheppard, former president of BSWA, shares his experience of stillness. He also shares the teaching of several teachers including, Ajahn Brahm, Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Sumedho and the Buddha. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon:
Knowing & Consciousness
Dennis Sheppard leads an extended guided meditation and speaks on the topic of 'knowing and consciousness'.
This talk includes a meditation session at the beginning that explores consciousness. The talk refers back to the experiential session however if you want to go directly to the talk it starts 42 minutes into the film.
Understanding and Working with Consciousness
Dennis Sheppard gave this Friday night talk at the Buddhist Society of WA (BSWA) on 25 Sep 2015. The talk is about using meditation to understand and work with Consciousness. The talk can be seen as a continuation of the presentation Dennis gave at the 9th Global Buddhist Conference in Perth WA at the beginning of August 2015. His talk at the conference was in the session looking at Past Lives, Scepticism and Psychic Phenomena. Dennis is a Past President and Senior member of the BSWA. He is a practicing Hypnotherapist specialising in Past Lives.
Session 7 --- 9th Global Buddhist Conference --- Perth August 2017
Past Lives, Hypnosis and Psychic Phenomena
Presenters:
Dhammaruwan (See synopsis), Dennis Sheppard (See synopsis), Prof Bernard Carr (See synopsis).
Explore issues (and skepticism) about past lives and psychic phenomena. All the speakers have their special experiences, Dhammaruwan through his childhood chanting of suttas, Dennis Sheppard through his regression sessions in his hypnosis practice and Professor Bernard Carr as a physicist with an interest in psychic phenomena. This session will be moderated by Ajahn Brahm.
An introductory talk on Buddhism & Meditation for a group of 60 Year Eleven Students at the Buddhist Society of WA (B.S.W.A.)
"Hypnosis and Past Lives" workshop at the Buddhist Society of WA on Sunday 26th April 2015
A talk at the Buddhist Society of WA on 11/7/2014 by Dennis Sheppard.
FUNGIBLE CONSCIOUSNESS
(Meditation at begining --- Talk 31 minutes in.)
A talk at the Buddhist Society of WA on 29/7/2011 Meditation and DOUBT
A talk at the Buddhist Society of WA on 30/7/1999 What is the Mind
A talk at the Buddhist Society of WA on 23/9/1994 The Middle Way