Video: Why Awaken?
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on March 9th, 2019Why awaken? In this video, learn what enlightenment, awakening, Christ consciousness, or Buddha nature actually means for us as modern people who want to be more conscious. Discover why we would bother pursuing that state of being. Enlighten-Up is a monthly livestream...
Human Consciousness is a Palace
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on January 12th, 2019
Spiritual Awakening & the Modern Age
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on February 5th, 2017Spiritual Awakening Today: Bridging Old and New How might one attain to spiritual awakening in the modern world, in these complex times? In this article we look back at the two main historical models for spiritual training, and propose a contemporary approach for...
Awakening through Action (Part 1): You are a Super Hero
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on April 19th, 2016We are ‘Doers’ and We Like ‘Stuff’ We are 21st century people. We are ‘doers’. Our background in science and technology and the arts and entertainment has shaped our lives and directs our careers. And we like stuff, lots of stuff. Why fight it...
The Cha Cha Cha of Awakening – Consciously Dancing the Spiritual Life
By Eric Smith on March 25th, 2016This blog post is written by Ruth Levin, a Dharma student in Canada. She shares her synopsis of Doug & Catherine Sensei’s “Cha Cha Cha of Awakening” class in Calgary, Alberta on February 18 2016. I recently had the pleasure and privilege of attending a...
Trust and the Teacher-Student Relationship
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on December 26th, 2015Doug Duncan Sensei shares about his relationship with his teacher, Namgyal Rinpoche, and his own experience of teaching now. This is an excerpt from the Kyoto Journal article ‘Moving Into the Stream: An Interview with Dharma Teacher Achariya Doug Duncan’...
Karma Yoga, Path for the Western Mind – The Easiest Transition to Make
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on December 19th, 2015This blog post is written by Eric Smith, a Dharma student in Calgary. He shares his synopsis of Doug Duncan Sensei’s Nov 23, 2015 talk in Calgary, Karma Yoga, the Path for the Western Mind. I would like to begin by saying thank you in appreciation for the...
Entering the Stream of Freedom: Karma Yoga and Dharma Training
By Doug Duncan on December 5th, 2015Do you want more freedom? And what do you mean by “freedom?” There’s political freedom, freedom of expression and freedom of opportunity, all of which are action oriented, external manifestations. We can also enjoy freedom from troubled mind states and freedom from...
The Times They Are A-Changin’: Are You With Us? (Part 1)
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on November 21st, 2015Shifts and Changes Just 10 years ago this teaching was more focused around meditation and individual therapy, and more yogic, that is, dependent on the student-teacher relationships wherever in the world that might be happening. A mere decade later, we have a...
