Rebirth vs Reincarnation – What’s the Difference?
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on January 21st, 2021
Conscious Living through Awareness of Death
By Catherine Pawasarat on June 5th, 2020Some spiritual traditions––including the one I’ve practiced for over 20 years––include practices that regularly remind us of death, and how to prepare for death. Such reminders help us keep in mind how precious this life is. They help us to stay in the present...
Change Yourself to Change the World: Practicing Insight Meditation
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on May 10th, 2020How do we find contentment in the external world where everything is subject to impermanence and are ultimately out of our control? In this inspirational talk, Dharma Teachers Doug and Catherine Sensei share how Insight meditation (a.k.a. Vipassana) can help you...
Meditation: Beyond Mindfulness
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on February 27th, 2020Why go beyond mindfulness, to meditation? What is the difference between the two? While they may be related, they are not the same thing. In this talk, Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat speak about the differences and advantages of meditation and...
Finding Peace in a F’d Up World
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on January 25th, 2020Would 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...
Common Foundations: Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind from Samsara to Nirvana
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on December 14th, 2019How do we get moving on the spiritual path? In this talk, Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat introduce the Four Common Foundations, also known as the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind from Samsara to Nirvana. These Buddhist foundations motivate and...
The Diamond Sutra
By Doug Duncan on November 21st, 2019The Diamond Sutra is a powerful text that explains how we can realize our true nature – by seeing through the illusion of a separate self. This ‘self’ can be compared to the clothes we put on top of our naked awareness. In preparation for the...
The Shadow and Spiritual Awakening
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on November 14th, 2019In this video, we discuss ‘The Shadow’. Carl Jung stated the shadow to be the unknown dark side of the personality. “Everyone carries a shadow,” Jung wrote, “and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the...
What is Crazy Wisdom?
By Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on October 3rd, 2019In this video, we discuss Crazy Wisdom. Chögyam Trungpa described “Crazy Wisdom” as an innocent state of mind that has the quality of early morning—fresh, sparkling, and completely awake. What do Dharma Teachers Doug and Catherine Sensei call Crazy Wisdom?...
