Contemporary perspective on the three pillars of Vajrayana practice. Deity, part 1 - GDP4 Download Comments on the Buddhist concept of ‘no self’. Yidams or deities as expressions of awakened mind, deity meditation instruction, questions about this how to do this practice. Section 1 Quite clearly from the experience that you’ve been relating … [Read more...] about Guru, Deity, Protector 4
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Mind Training – Santa Fe 11
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. Application DownloadParticipant’s experience and questions; resting attention in experience; letting patterns open to you; resting in the experience of … [Read more...] about Mind Training – Santa Fe 11
Then and Now 4
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. This precious human body (pt. 1)DownloadWhat is the question for which “this precious human body” is the answer?, what is meant by “body,” the eight unfavorable conditions that make … [Read more...] about Then and Now 4
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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 2)DownloadViewing mythic descriptions of the outer world as descriptions of internal processes; meditating on death as a means to detach from social conditioning, … [Read more...] about Then and Now 10
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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. Karma, pt. 2DownloadFollow-up on free will and karma; ten non-virtuous acts; motivation/intention; the full ripening result; the results of a specific non-virtuous actions … [Read more...] about Then and Now 15
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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. Bodhicitta, pt. 3 DownloadParticipant’s experience with meditation on attention, intention, and will; living life at the level of intention or will in order to help others wake up … [Read more...] about Then and Now 22