Advancing While Retreating

Advancing While Retreating

By on May 10th, 2021

Advancing While Retreating What is it like to meditate for a month? 10 May, 2021 by Catherine Pawasarat Sensei Advancing In Meditation Retreat What is it like to meditate for a month? I embark on annual month-long meditation retreats. It took me nearly twenty years of...
Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries

Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries

By on July 30th, 2020

Exploring the Mysteries of the Gion Festival Catherine Pawasarat Sensei is the author of a new book – The Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries. We interviewed her about the festival’s ancient spiritual roots, her love for the community that surrounds it...
The Ego: A Necessary Brat

The Ego: A Necessary Brat

By on July 12th, 2020

  The Ego: A Necessary Brat  , , 12 July, 2020 by Doug Duncan Sensei Edited by Catherine Pawasarat and Andy Rogers The Ego: A Necessary Brat Most of us cherish our independence and our freedom to decide our own values, goals, and other life choices. At the same time...
Enlightening the Shadow and Chakras

Enlightening the Shadow and Chakras

By and on April 19th, 2020

Enlightening the Shadow and Chakras 19 APRIL, 2020 Enlightening the Shadow and Chakras by Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat What does the path of spiritual awakening consist of? Fundamentally, spiritual practice gives birth to an ever-growing realization: there is a...
Guardians Against Epidemics: Blessings from Retreat

Guardians Against Epidemics: Blessings from Retreat

By on March 22nd, 2020

Image © C. Pawasarat. Guardians Against Epidemics Blessings from Retreat 22 March, 2020 by Catherine Pawasarat Sensei Greetings dear sangha, I’m currently in a writing retreat, working on my guidebook to Kyoto’s spectacular Gion Festival. In retreat at Clear Sky, it’s...
What an Amazing Life: COVID-19

What an Amazing Life: COVID-19

By on March 21st, 2020

What an Amazing Life: COVID-19 21 March, 2020 by Doug Duncan Sensei My late mother had a saying: “It’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow some good.” With the deadly coronavirus it may seem hard to find the good in it. Let’s try. Nature’s Intelligence – A...