Contemporary perspective on the three pillars of Vajrayana practice. Conclusion, part 2 - GDP9 Download Questions and comments on prayer text, magnetization, taking refuge in mind itself, the continual process of meeting what arises in experience, reactive emotions like desire, the eight concerns, working with the type of practice that best … [Read more...] about Guru, Deity, Protector 9
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Then and Now 7
In-depth series of teachings on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation and how practitioners in today’s world might approach traditional texts written hundreds of years ago. Spiritual Teachers (pt. 2)DownloadThe teacher-student relationship as origin of understanding; the importance of questions; experience as teacher; the four classifications of … [Read more...] about Then and Now 7
Then and Now 26
In-depth series of teachings on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation and how practitioners in today’s world might approach traditional texts written hundreds of years ago. Training in bodhicitta, pt. 1DownloadParticipants’ experience with meditation on bodhisattva vow; creating conditions for bodhicitta to arise in oneself; five training principles: … [Read more...] about Then and Now 26
Mind Training – Santa Fe 15
Teachings on the practices and principals regarding mind training, ranging from making adversity the path to awakening, taking and sending, the four kayas, and the five forces in daily life. Q&A DownloadParticipant’s questions and Ken’s responses: individual and shared experience, attention penetrating patterns, expressive and receptive … [Read more...] about Mind Training – Santa Fe 15
Mind Training – Santa Fe 9
Teachings on the practices and principals regarding mind training, ranging from making adversity the path to awakening, taking and sending, the four kayas, and the five forces in daily life. Four Steps To Direct Awareness DownloadThe primary practice as a method to awakening to what is ultimately true. The audio for this series of podcasts was … [Read more...] about Mind Training – Santa Fe 9
Wake Up Call: Relationship with the Teacher
Interview with Ken McLeod, published in Mandala Magazine, June-August 2002. Reprinted with permission. Finding and forming a relationship with a teacher is one of the most difficult aspects of the spiritual path. Many of us fell into teacher-student relationships at the end of the 1960s and in the early 70s. We were fortunate, very fortunate. So … [Read more...] about Wake Up Call: Relationship with the Teacher