Join meditation masters Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat at the Impact HUB in Kyoto Japan for their talk "When you stumble make it part of the dance of life" on March 17th at  7.30 pm. Reignite your passion, and learn how to be present in each moment of life's dance no matter what music is playing. Find out more at our Facebook event Sign up here to be notified about any retreat updates and Planet Dharma news.  

Meditation and Awakening: What They Mean for Your Life Ashiya temple Ashiya, Japan - 5 pm Saturday March 18th 2017. Which type of personality are you—a greed type, hate type, or confused type?  How do you learn to recognize your particular poison, the root cause of life struggles? Someone who points out those tendencies, helps you to let go of "negative loops", and wakes you up is a teacher.  We welcome two highly skilled Buddhist teachers to Japan; meeting them and hearing their words will start you on your way toward emotional freedom and well-being. Sign up here to be notified about any retreat updates and Planet Dharma news.    

If you want the present, you have to open the box. Public Teaching with Doug Duncan & Catherine Pawasarat: April 4 2017, 7pm Join Dharma teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat at the Bewegungslust clinic in Frankfurt, Germany on April 4th 2017. Doug & Catherine Sensei will share some teachings based loosely on the Buddha’s fire sermon. In this discourse, the Buddha compares the process of spiritual ‘Awakening’ to liberating people struggling uncomfortably in a burning house while preoccupied with their toys (we’re not making this up!). In an attempt to lure these endangered souls out of the fire and into safety, he first offered them freedom from fire. Apparently the toys were more engrossing, so the Buddha used ‘skillful methods’ to save them: he offered them even more wonderful toys outside with him, free from the fire and associated danger. The present – the here-and-now – is a wonderful toy. But we have to get out of the burning house to untie the ribbon, tear off the pretty paper, and open the box! Doug & Catherine will share how we can do this, and enjoy doing it, during our busy modern lives. Nothing less than spiritual awakening is the inevitable result. Read this blog from Doug & Catherine Sensei:  If you want the present, you have to open the box. Event Registrations Contact Andrea (organiser details below) for full details. View the Facebook Event page. Sign up here to be notified about any retreat updates and Planet Dharma news.