Barry Gillespie: Is There a Place for Joy and Compassion?

<h2>Bio</h2><p>Barry Gillespie was introduced to meditation practice in 1978, through the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram. In 2003 he began exploring Theravada Buddhist practice, sitting many long retreats at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA and Spirit Rock in Woodacre, CA. His principal teacher is Guy Armstrong. Barry is an affiliated teacher with the&nbsp;<a href="http://insightcolorado.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Insight Meditation Community of Colorado (IMCC)</a>. He teaches mainly in Boulder and at the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center.</p><p>Contact Barry @</p><p><a href="https://www.barryhgillespie.com/buddha_dharma_talks.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.barryhgillespie.com/buddha_dharma_talks.html</a></p><h2>Notable Mentions</h2><p>S<strong>toryStory</strong>: A book and a short movie by William Cleveland and Barry Marcus.</p><p>Find the book @ <a href="https://issuu.com/williamcleveland/docs/story_story_full_issuu_pages" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://issuu.com/williamcleveland/docs/story_story_full_issuu_pages</a></p><p>Find the movie @ https://youtu.be/pwI0GGW8zTs?si=qwfYhmJRET7-FGps</p><p>Buckhorn Center: An experimental therapeutic and cultural center, north of Toronto Canada that operated in the 1980’s.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=swami+vishnu+devananda&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS888US890&amp;oq=Swami+Vishnu+Devananda&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyBwgBEC4YgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yCAgGEAAYFhgeMggIBxAAGBYYHjIKCAgQABiGAxiKBTIKCAkQABiGAxiKBdIBCTUyNDNqMGoxNagCALACAA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;bshm=rime/1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Swami Vishnu Devananda</a>: Vishnudevananda Saraswati was an Indian yoga guru known for his teaching of asanas, a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati, and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams. He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers' Training Course, possibly the first yo