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Guardians Against Epidemics: Blessings from Retreat

Guardians Against Epidemics: Blessings from Retreat

From her month long writing retreat on the Gion Festival, Dharma Teacher Catherine Pawasarat Sensei shares her insights and blessings amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

She shares how the festival started 1,150 years ago in Japan as a ritual to overcome plague, and the importance of balance in our lives. Read more here:

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What an Amazing Life: COVID-19

What an Amazing Life: COVID-19

From the Dharma perspective, this time of COVID-19 is a wake up call. Perhaps it gives us an opportunity to rethink how we live and orientate in our world.

Click below to read Dharma Teacher Doug Duncan Sensei’s thoughts on how we can find some sanity and perspective in this time of uncertainty:

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Meditation: Beyond Mindfulness

Meditation: Beyond Mindfulness

What is the difference between mindfulness and meditation?  While they may be related, they are not the same thing. With mindfulness, the ego still remains in place. With meditation you witness the mind that witnesses the phenomenon.

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Finding Peace in a F’d Up World

Finding Peace in a F’d Up World

Would you like to find peace in a F’d up World? 

Thankfully, there are time tested spiritual tools you can practice for transformation and wisdom. Watch this video to hear Doug and Catherine Sensei share their thoughts on why we struggle and what we can do to find true peace:

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The Diamond Sutra

The Diamond Sutra

How do we realize our true nature?  By seeing through the illusion of a separate self.  In this video, Doug Duncan shares the essence of the Diamond Sutra, (which he and Catherine Sensei will also be teaching on in January 2020).

Watch the video to discover how to find ‘naked’ awareness behind the ‘clothing’ of self identity:

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