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. Impermanence (pt. 3)DownloadAppreciating and living the three facts of impermanence: death is certain, time of death uncertain, and we take nothing with us into death; regret and … [Read more...] about Then and Now 11
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Ideology and Wisdom
Does right livelihood mean having a noble profession? Is right action determined by intention or outcome? These teachings explore walking the eightfold path. Recorded during a 2010 class in Los Angeles. Ideology and Wisdom 1 - 4 IAW 1 IAW 2 IAW 3 IAW 4 Direct Experience DownloadSufi teaching story: “The Story of Fire”; examples of ways … [Read more...] about Ideology and Wisdom
The Warrior's Solution: Passivity and Freedom 4
Freedom is not a state; it is a process. It is something you are, not something you have. In freedom, there is a continual releasing of reactive material as it arises in each moment of experience. SacrificeDownloadSacrificing our conditional personality; the appropriate opponent; the function of reactive patterns, emotional core of patterned mode … [Read more...] about The Warrior's Solution: Passivity and Freedom 4
Mind Training – Santa Fe
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. What Is Ultimately True Download Review of lineage; 5 practices on awakening to what is ultimately true: regard everything you experience as a … [Read more...] about Mind Training – Santa Fe
Making Things Happen
Identifying what you want to do and what prevents you from doing it. Recording in Los Angeles in February, 2008. Understanding the problem DownloadIdentifying what you want to do and what prevents you from doing it; how attention causes one to focus and create results; lack of willingness, know-how, and capacity as a framework for understanding … [Read more...] about Making Things Happen
Five Elements / Five Dakinis 4
Dakini practice — a way to refine experience and raise energy. Session 4 Download Fire dakini instructions; Issues of isolation, volatility, passion; importance of experiencing reactions; what to do with the experience of boredom TRANSCRIPT Section 1 The fire reaction comes out of a feeling of isolation and a fear of being alone. … [Read more...] about Five Elements / Five Dakinis 4