Awareness

A detailed commentary on Tilopa's song about Mahamudra. Recorded in Los Angeles, 2006. Mahamudra Class 1 - 6 MAH 1 MAH 2 MAH 3 MAH 4 MAH 5 MAH 6 ​ Practice Download A story about meeting the spiritual path; review of practice experiences from the previous week; three necessary qualities: capacity, know-how, willingness; understanding v. … [Read more...] about Mahamudra – class 5

A detailed commentary on Tilopa's song about Mahamudra. Recorded in Los Angeles, 2006. Mahamudra Class 1 - 6 MAH 1 MAH 2 MAH 3 MAH 4 MAH 5 MAH 6 ​ Practice Download A story about meeting the spiritual path; review of practice experiences from the previous week; three necessary qualities: capacity, know-how, willingness; understanding v. … [Read more...] about Mahamudra – class 2

  Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other than form. Form is not other than emptiness.     How Experience Is PossibleDownloadWhat is a sutra; nature of student-teacher relationship; history of Heart Sutra; taking apart established ways of interpreting life; different maps for different notions of self: 5 skandas, 12 sense … [Read more...] about Heart Sutra Workshop 2

  Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other than form. Form is not other than emptiness.       Experiencing CompletelyDownloadHow to read a sutra; form is emptiness, emptiness is form; world of shared experience vs world of actual experience; form as experience vs emptiness as the space in which experience arises; the value of … [Read more...] about Heart Sutra Workshop 3

Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other than form. Form is not other than emptiness. Application of The Perfection of WisdomDownloadResting and looking; application: be completely in your experience at all times, the black box approach to relationships and practicing the middle way; take your life into your … [Read more...] about Heart Sutra Workshop 4

A comprehensive commentary on Tilopa’s mahamudra instructions to Naropa.     Conclusion DownloadVerses 22-end; review of last week’s meditation instruction; two qualities of mahamudra: resting and precipitating shift; experience without struggle; pitfalls of emptiness; aspiration vs ambition; cutting the root of mind; mind without beginning; … [Read more...] about Ganges Mahamudra – class 5