BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Planet Dharma - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.planetdharma.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Planet Dharma REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20170312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20171105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20180311T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20181104T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20190310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20191103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20200308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20201101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190623T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190623T160000 DTSTAMP:20261008T052937Z CREATED:20181125T191940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T052937Z UID:10000571-1561302000-1561305600@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-06-23/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/office-hours-2-web-size.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190609T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190609T160000 DTSTAMP:20260813T053359Z CREATED:20181125T191312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T053359Z UID:10000570-1560092400-1560096000@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-06-09/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/office-hours-1-web-size.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190603T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190630T170000 DTSTAMP:20260625T051053Z CREATED:20180921T014854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T051053Z UID:10000567-1559548800-1561914000@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Riding the Dragon: Spiritual Awakening in Modern Life DESCRIPTION:Riding the Dragon: Spiritual Awakening in Modern Life\n A Four Week Online Course | Starts June 3\, 2019\n How do we integrate our spiritual practice with the demands of modern life? As more of us embrace contemporary spiritual paths\, we are co-creating ways to make it viable\, attractive and powerful. \n The CourseSchedule\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Riding the Dragon: Spiritual Awakening in Modern Life\nAs more and more of us embrace modern spiritual paths\, we are co-creating ways to make it viable\, attractive and powerful. How do we integrate our spiritual practice with the demands of modern life? To help ease the learning curve for others\, we share our wisdom from founding both a virtual and a working monastery. We address the common challenges we see many contemporary spiritual practitioners face. More to the point\, we share successful strategies for upcycling these challenges as fuel for the awakening fire. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Schedule\nStarts June 3\, 2019. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MON\, JUNE 3\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Awakening Through Creativity\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The awakening mind rests in spaciousness or sunyata\, where all thoughts\, feelings\, actions\, and states of being from past\, present and future exist simultaneously. All of creation is birthed from this state of spaciousness. To “find” a solution\, to receive inspiration to craft something beautiful\, to introduce an invention that makes our lives better\, or to develop a better future for the planet\, we simply need to connect with sunyata to create the space and connection for these to emerge through us. Expand your view of what “creativity” is\, and develop your ability to connect with this awakening practice. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MON\, JUNE 10\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Secrets From Ourselves:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When we think of “secrets” we usually think of something we do or don’t share with others\, or what they do or don’t keep from us. Some of us like a feeling of transparency\, while some of us get a thrill from keeping little secrets. This usually involves conscious choice. The real secrets are the things we haven’t yet acknowledged to ourselves. The thing is\, if it’s secret for ourselves\, it’s secret from others too––we just don’t know it. We could say the self is like an iceberg\, with 90% below water! Compare this with a fully awakened being\, who has brought every dark corner of the psyche into the light of transcendence\, and has no secrets left. What is left\, then? Loving kindness\, compassion\, empathetic joy and equanimity. Plus bliss and wisdom. This online class shares how to get there from here.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MON\, JUNE 17\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why the “Secret” Teachings Are Secret\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tibetan Buddhism holds that teachings are “self-secret” in that we can only understand them when we are ready to do so. In spiritual communities we can be confused what integral theory refers to as states and stages. “States” are internal kinds of consciousness that come and go\, while “stages” represent levels of growth and development that have been hard-won\, integrated into our daily lives\, and are thus permanent. At more developed stages\, we can understand and integrate deeper\, previously “secret” teachings. How can we use our wholesome states as a resource to further develop our stages? And how can we have the discernment to perceive different stages so we can speak\, act and live most skillfully? This topic is central to Vajrayana teachings and can be mistakenly perceived as controversial; this class will help us develop the understanding\, serenity and competence needed to incorporate it into our practice.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MON\, JUNE 24\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Western Tantra\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Sanskrit word “tantra” translates to “weaving” or “tapestry” in English. This begs the question: weave what? In this class we go off-road to expand the traditional perception of tantra to include archetypes from other traditions\, to show the unifying mind behind these creations. This connective energy is meant to lead one out of the struggles of clinging and attachment. In this class we share how non-clinging and greater freedom are the results. We’ll draw on creative visualization to access the intuitive wisdom of the right brain and increase right-left brain cohesion.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FRI\, JUNE 28 – sun\, June 30\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flash Retreat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This Flash Retreat provides practitioners with a valuable opportunity to integrate and seal the learnings from the Riding the Dragon online course\, in a format well suited for our contemporary lives. We encourage you to attend this weekend retreat at Clear Sky\, or together with you local sangha\, or if those not available to you\, in your home. Planet Dharma provides themes\, meditations and guidelines to support Flash Retreat participants in the Year of Pureland program (Diamond\, Ruby & Sapphire levels). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nTime and Location\nEach of the four weekly classes in this online course will be video streamed live at 7:30pm MST. The recording will be available for one week after each class. \nWhat Does the Course Cost?\nWe offer this course on the basis of dāna. You may have come across this is the form of “pay from the heart”. Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity”. With dāna\, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s our joy to offer this course\, and we trust you’ll match our time\, energy\, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy to both you and us. We suggest a range between $120 and $500 for this four week course. \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This Course is the second of three Online Courses in 2019.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Pearl Without PriceStarts January 21\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Riding the DragonStarts June 3\n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Crazy WisdomStarts Sept 9\n Details URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/riding-the-dragon-spiritual-awakening-in-modern-life/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190526T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190526T160000 DTSTAMP:20260813T053231Z CREATED:20181125T191237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T053231Z UID:10000569-1558882800-1558886400@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-05-26/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evtbrt-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190520T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190520T080000 DTSTAMP:20260718T061004Z CREATED:20190513T025337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260718T061004Z UID:10000576-1558335600-1558339200@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Black Tara Empowerment DESCRIPTION:Black Tara Empowerment\, May 20th 2019\nA Black Tara Empowerment will be given by Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on May 20th. \nTara supports us as we transcend unwholesome states and integrate psychological shadow material. We invite you to participate in this ritual where the Lamas will share and water the seed of strength and healing within\, so that you can call on and embody this archetype in your life. \nThis event is open to the public and is also part of the Golden & Dark Shadows Retreat. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/black-tara-empowerment/ LOCATION:Mountain Waters Retreat\, 2109 Svaboda Road\, Nelson\, BC\, V1L 3E3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Public Classes,Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-12-at-8.45.22-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190521 DTSTAMP:20260717T061406Z CREATED:20181213T182430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260717T061406Z UID:10000572-1558051200-1558396799@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Golden & Dark Shadows: A Shadow Work Retreat DESCRIPTION:Golden and Dark Shadows\n A Shadow Work Retreat in Nelson\, BC - May 17-20\, 2019\n Integrating our shadow may be the fastest way to unfold spiritually\, and reduce our suffering. By its very nature\, shadow work is not fun or pretty. It takes courage and fortitude. Join us for this incredible retreat. \n OverviewDetails\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Golden and Dark Shadows\nA Shadow Work Retreat\nJoin Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat at the Mountain Waters Retreat in Nelson BC for this powerful May long weekend shadow retreat. \nMost people are drawn to meditation and mindfulness for the bliss experiences. These bliss experiences spur on beginning meditators to stay with the practice. But as the practice of meditation deepens\, darker arisings can start to manifest. \nRather than being discouraged by these experiences\, it is helpful to see this as an opportunity to integrate these dark shadows into conscious awareness so that we may be free of their control. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Integrate the Shadow?\nThe Benefits of this retreat in Nelson\, BC\nMay 17-20\, 2019 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why work with the shadow?\n \n \n \n \n \n If you’ve had these challenging arisings during your practice\, you may have been tempted to quit meditating\, or try a different method or a different teacher. This is understandable\, as facing these dark shadows can be scary and unpleasant. However\, if you can lean into these dark manifestations and hold the space openly around them\, there can be great release and transformation. \nRecognizing the contribution of the golden shadow – our ‘better angels’ – also helps ensure the practice stays joyful and doesn’t descend into nihilism. \nPlease note that this retreat  welcomes people of all religious backgrounds and beliefs. This retreat is also open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. Achariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. Catherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThis course is run based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  There are also fees for meals and accommodation at Mountain Waters Retreat where the retreat is held. \n \n \n \n \n \n Schedule\nParticipants should expect to arrive at Mountain Waters between 4.00-6.00pm on Friday May 17th. Course completion will be after lunch on Monday May 20th. The daily schedule includes classes\, movement and meditation sessions\, group work and personal integration time. \nBlack Tara Empowerment\nThere will also be a Black Tara Empowerment\, open to the public\, on Monday morning. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/golden-dark-shadows-retreat-nelson-2019/ LOCATION:Mountain Waters Retreat\, 2109 Svaboda Road\, Nelson\, BC\, V1L 3E3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Golden-Dark-Shadow-retreat-nelson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190512T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190512T160000 DTSTAMP:20260827T052358Z CREATED:20181125T190634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T052358Z UID:10000408-1557673200-1557676800@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-05-12/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evtbrt-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190428T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190428T160000 DTSTAMP:20181203T172456Z CREATED:20181125T185132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181203T172456Z UID:10000406-1556420400-1556467200@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-04-28/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/office-hours-3-web-size.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190414T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190414T160000 DTSTAMP:20261003T062238Z CREATED:20181125T185257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T062238Z UID:10000407-1555254000-1555257600@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-04-14/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/office-hours-2-web-size.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190331T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190331T160000 DTSTAMP:20261001T050424Z CREATED:20181125T184055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T050424Z UID:10000405-1554044400-1554048000@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-03-31/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/office-hours-1-web-size.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190325 DTSTAMP:20260903T055624Z CREATED:20180823T225656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T055624Z UID:10000562-1552608000-1553471999@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Insight Meditation Retreat DESCRIPTION:Insight Meditation Retreat\n A Ten-Day Meditation Retreat | March 15-24\, 2019\n Why do we lose bliss? How do we regain it? By popular demand\, Planet Dharma is offering this ten-day insight retreat at the beautiful and innovative Clear Sky Retreat Center. \n early bird special!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Insight Meditation Retreat\nMost think of meditation as a sense of calm and concentration that leads to bliss. But\, bliss is impermanent and subject to loss. How do we lose bliss? How to we regain it? \nThrough studying insight we realize that the self that searches for bliss and that this search is itself the root\, source and continuance of the struggle. \nThe path of insight leads us to the realization that there’s no inherent\, independent\, self identity to be found. This is called liberation\, awakening\, freedom. And it’s just a good idea. \n  \n  \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Study Insight?\nThe Benefits of an Insight Retreat\nMarch 15-24\, 2019 \nInsight is the practice of watching the arisings and falling away of phenomena in the mind. “Insight” comes from the Pali “Vipassana” which means “to see again and again;” we use the 16 Stages of Insight to become sleuths of patterns of the mind.\nMost people live in the first three stages of insight; when you experience the fourth\, it’s considered that you’ve entered “the path to the path” of awakening. Experiencing stages from four to thirteen can be a bit like a yo-yo: we go up and down repeatedly in our meditation.\nThen we have a breakthrough experience of sotāpanna at the 14th stage\, when we experience that there is no inherent self. This sets us free to continue swimming in the stream of our spiritual journey with much more ease and relaxation. \nRather than writing a spoiler here\, we’d like to use this retreat to support you to experience the 15th and 16th stages for yourself. We look forward to you telling us what they are like. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nDāna\nThis course is offered by Doug & Catherine Sensei based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  You may have come across this is the form of “pay from the heart”. Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity”. With dāna\, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s their joy to offer this course\, and we trust you’ll match their time\, energy\, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy. \nFees\nThe retreat is held at beautiful Clear Sky Retreat Centre.  Fees for meals and accommodation are set by the centre\, which is both a non-profit and Charitable organisation.  You can find these fees on the course registration page. \nDaily Schedule\nThis is a meditation focused retreat. Your practice will be in silence with a focus on a combination of walking\, sitting and standing meditation throughout the day.   There will be a daily morning classes and evening meditation with Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat\, as well as group meditation and personal meditation time. \nIn order to focus on your meditative work\, we ask that participants put away your cellphone\, books and digital technologies for the duration of the retreat. \nCreating a strong discipline for your practice will make the retreat highly immersive\, focused and profound. \n \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/insight-meditation-retreat/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation & Study Centre\, 3567 Cockell Rd\, Bull River\, British Columbia\, V0B1N0\, Canada CATEGORIES:Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2019-Insight-meditation-retreat-BC.jpg GEO:49.615543;-115.6300709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Clear Sky Meditation & Study Centre 3567 Cockell Rd Bull River British Columbia V0B1N0 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3567 Cockell Rd:geo:-115.6300709,49.615543 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190311 DTSTAMP:20190219T055815Z CREATED:20190217T232148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190219T055815Z UID:10000573-1552089600-1552262399@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Calgary Talks: Finding Peace in a F*#@ed up World DESCRIPTION:Finding Peace in a F*#@ed up World: \n Public Talks in Calgary\, Alberta | March 9-10\, 2019\n We exist in a chaotic time. Information overload prevails\, mostly spreading anxiety and a sense of polarization rather than what’s right with the world. \nLuckily\, modern spiritual warriors are hard at work too\, co-creating ways to make peace into a viable\, attractive\, and powerful option. \nIf you do want to find peace in this new world\, it’s vital to properly align your ‘worldly engagements’\, such as career or creative endeavours. In other words\, to transform your daily activities into a spiritual practice. \n DetailsRegister Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Finding Peace in a F*#@ed up World: \nWhy it Can be So Much Better\n\nHow do we integrate our spiritual practice with the demands of modern life? Join us for one or both of these weekend sessions\, where you’ll gain strategies to reground yourself and fuel your awakening fire. \nWhatever is happening in the material world\, the awakening mind rests in spaciousness\, or sunyata. It is from sunyata that all of creation is birthed. Therefore\, to “find” a solution\, we simply need to connect with sunyata\, to create the space for the solution to emerge through us. \nTo receive inspiration to craft something beautiful\, we simply need to connect with sunyata. To introduce an invention that makes a better future for the planet\, we simply need to connect with sunyata. \nExpand your view of what “creativity” is and you develop your ability to connect with this awakening practice. \nThese classes are for you if you wish to deepen your sense of connection with daily life. You’ll also be poised to continue your understanding of the topic in our online course\, Riding the Dragon: Spiritual Awakening in Modern Life\, taking place in June 2019. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. Achariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. Catherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThis course is offered by the Teachers based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna. The hosting organisation is also charging a modest fee to cover venue rental and associated costs. \nLocation:\n Ruberto Ostberg Gallery\n2108 18 St NW\, Calgary\, AB T2M 3T3 \nDate and Time:\nSaturday and Sunday March 9 and 10\, 2019.\n10am to noon both days.\nYou are able to attend one or both days.\n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/calgary-talks-finding-peace-in-a-fed-up-world/ LOCATION:ruberto ostberg gallery\, 2108 18 St NW\, Calgary\, AB\, T2M 3T3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Public Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Finding-Peace-in-a-Fd-up-world-Banner-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Dharma Hub Calgary":MAILTO:conscioustransformationcalgary@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190303T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190303T160000 DTSTAMP:20190218T191233Z CREATED:20181125T183710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190218T191233Z UID:10000404-1551625200-1551628800@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A - with Guests DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with Guest Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands?  Guest Dharma Teachers Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle will be hosting this Office Hours while Doug and Catherine Sensei are leading a Dharma Trip in Mexico. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat (or Guest Hosts). \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-03-03/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Office-Hours-2019-guests-KD.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190217T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190217T160000 DTSTAMP:20261008T052336Z CREATED:20181125T183239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T052336Z UID:10000403-1550415600-1550419200@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Every second Sunday\, you have an opportunity to join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as an observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-02-17/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evtbrt-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190203T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190203T160000 DTSTAMP:20260813T053657Z CREATED:20181112T183104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T053657Z UID:10000402-1549206000-1549209600@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Dharma Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. \nComing together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-02-03/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/office-hours-3-web-size.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190121T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190217T170000 DTSTAMP:20260629T051138Z CREATED:20180910T072948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260629T051138Z UID:10000564-1548057600-1550422800@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:The Pearl without Price: Why Awaken? DESCRIPTION:The Pearl Without Price: Why Awaken?\n A Four Week Online Course | Starts January 21\, 2019\n   \n“Why awaken?” This may be the most important question a spiritual practitioner ever asks. This course provides context and direction on the journey to spiritual awakening. \n The CourseSchedule\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Pearl Without Price: Online Course\nThis course is for visionaries. For anyone who wants to live a good and happy life\, who cares about their community and dreams of a healthier and more harmonious planet. Drawing on over fifty years of experience\, discover how spiritual awakening in this lifetime is an accessible\, compelling and very sane aspiration – particularly in these times of uncertain change. Would you like to suffer less and benefit all beings? Join us and learn how. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Schedule\nStarts January 21\, 2019\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, Jan 21\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Vision\n7:30pm MST\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We must hold a complete or integrated view in order to manifest our best potential\, awaken more fully and benefit all beings. But what does that look like? Discover the fundamentals of cultivating emptiness\, spaciousness and no-self in our lives. And more to the point\, the many compelling reasons why we do this. This understanding and way of being is the most beautiful\, and requires the least effort. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, Jan 28\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Spiritual Awakening in the Modern World\n7:30pm MST\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This spiritual path originated in monastic or hermetic life. Monks and nuns renounced busy day-to-day life in order to focus on awakening. Today\, the majority of us live alone\, while wired into media and internet rather than nature. Coming together to practice in community has become the modern spiritual challenge. But why does this shift matter and how is it relevant to your spiritual practice? Discover how integrating the traditional spiritual path with the modern world is imperative for healing rifts between nations\, races\, genders and in nature. This practice invariably helps us grow a resilient planetary vehicle for collective awakening. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, Feb 4\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n If you want the Present You have to Open the Box\n7:30pm MST\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The ego spends most of its time and energy seeking self-interest\, self-protection and self-promotion. Yet no matter how grand we appear in our careers\, in the world and online\, we’re still locked in a self-imposed box. Media and consumerism exploit this fundamental ego insecurity by convincing us we need to fix\, improve\, and decorate our boxes. This exploitation makes our modern lives busy with inconsequential and energy-draining thoughts and activities. So\, what do we do with the box? How can get the present? Explore the priceless gifts of awakening – bliss\, wisdom\, and a sense of meaning and “coming home.”  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, Feb 11\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Protecting Against Hurt is What Hurts\n7:30pm MST\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Life can be traumatic. It’s natural to protect against experiencing pain\, such as wearing a seatbelt in a car or guarding your heart with a new lover. Over time\, this defence accumulates into a kind of psychic fat suit that gets between us and a joyful\, meaningful life. What started as well-intentioned protection from heartbreak can often end in loneliness. When we learn to let go of the protection\, we start experiencing rewarding relationships––with our self and others––and a beautiful life worth living. Next we learn to let go of hurt itself\, releasing ourselves into a wonderful\, generative state of peace. In this class we share the nuts and bolts of how to do it. Say goodbye to loneliness and hello to a life that is more vibrant\, fascinating and blissful.     \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Feb 15-17\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flash Retreat\nFriday-Sunday\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This Flash Retreat provides practitioners with a valuable opportunity to integrate and seal the learnings from the Pearl without Price online course\, in a format well suited for our contemporary lives. We encourage you to attend this weekend retreat at Clear Sky\, or together with you local sangha\, or if those not available to you\, in your home. Planet Dharma provides themes\, meditations and guidelines to support Flash Retreat participants in the diamond and ruby levels.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nTime and Location\nEach of the four weekly classes in this online course will be video streamed live at 7:30pm MST. The recording will be available for one week after each class. \nWhat Does the Course Cost?\nWe offer this course on the basis of dāna. You may have come across this is the form of “pay from the heart”. Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity”. With dāna\, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s our joy to offer this course\, and we trust you’ll match our time\, energy\, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy to both you and us. We suggest a range between $120 and $500 for this four week course. \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This Course is the first of three Online Courses in 2019.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Pearl Without PriceStarts January 21\n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Riding the DragonStarts June 3\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Crazy WisdomStarts Sept 9\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug & Catherine’s teachings are a rallying cry for all those who want no-holds-barred\, honest guidance on the path of awakening.  I’m thoroughly inspired by the spiritual potential we all have\, and sobered by the challenges we face as a species and global consciousness.  The path they lay out makes it clear that the journey is worth taking. \n Cara Conroy-Low\n Acupuncturist\, Canada \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug and Catherine are always burning calories to get you back on a path that can lead toward greater self-awareness. When I am with these two very clear individuals\, I am humbled by their dedication to others\, and understand the every-waking-moment responsibility that comes with their calling. \n Peter Ujlaki\n Fine Art Dealer\, Japan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n If you get a chance to study with Doug and Catherine\, don’t miss it. Through the power of long dedication\, deep meditation\, and wise guidance\, life can definitely be transformed. \n Paul Jaffe\n Retired Professor & Meditation Teacher\, New York URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/the-pearl-without-price-why-awaken/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Pearl-Without-Price-tall.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190120T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190120T160000 DTSTAMP:20260813T053537Z CREATED:20181112T183104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T053537Z UID:10000401-1547996400-1548000000@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A DESCRIPTION:Office Hours \n Online Dharma Q&A with the Teachers \n It’s easy to feel bliss and clarity during retreat\, but how do you maintain it when you’re back home? Better yet\, how can you deepen and strengthen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Office Hours?\nThe Benefits of Regular Contact\nWhen you’re swept up in the busyness of career\, family and daily pressures\, Office Hours is an anchor to universal teachings and supportive community. Join our global network for an online Q&A session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. Coming together in question and reflection is a precious opportunity for deepened compassion and wisdom. You may discover that others share the same question as you\, or better yet\, learn the answers to questions you even never thought to ask. This ‘triple gem’ of Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha is a tangible refuge to strengthen your awakening journey. \nNot sure what to expect? You are welcome to attend as observer and are not required to ask a question. Although participants are encouraged to bring questions\, it is not mandatory.  \nVideo recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.  \nOffice Hours is open to all experience levels. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nFees and Dāna\nThese sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna.  \nRegistration\nTo attend\, you must register by the FRIDAY evening prior (9pm MST) to each Office Hours on Sunday. Office Hours are held every second Sunday with a couple of exceptions when the Teachers are traveling. \nWe recommend you attend live\, but if you cannot\, please submit your questions by email. The video recording will be available for one week after the live session. \n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-online-qa-2019-01-20/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/office-hours-2-web-size.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200101 DTSTAMP:20190711T175035Z CREATED:20190711T172902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T175035Z UID:10000417-1546300800-1577836799@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Intro to Astrodharma DESCRIPTION:AstroDharma: Awakening Through Astrology\n Introductory Online Course\n Astrology and Buddhism?! These are two powerful tools to help us better understand ourselves as individuals\, our lives\, the nature of being human\, and the universe around us.  \nThe unique combination of Astrology and Dharma gives us unprecedented leverage to draw on personal strengths to transform personal and situational challenges. Intro to AstroDharma is designed to support you on your spiritual path and thereby benefit others. \n EnrollCourse Overview\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why this Course?\nThe combination of Dharma and Transpersonal Astrology is a powerful method to help you to understand your soul map––your natal astrology chart–– and your unique Hero’s Journey depicted therein.  \nWith the Teachings of the Buddha\, also known as “Buddhadharma” or just “dharma” we gain insights from 2500 years of profound consciousness studies. With Transpersonal Astrology we draw on Western Greco-Roman mythology plus Jungian principles and archetypes to help us understand ourselves\, others and the cosmos.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Overview\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Overview\n Understand the Map of Your Soul’s Journey & Transform Challenges \n Intro to AstroDharma is an online self-study program that supports you as you begin the journey of self-discovery and transformation through the uniquely combined lens of Buddhist teachings (Dharma) and transpersonal Western astrology. \nLearn the Fundamentals of Astrology \nThis introductory course will help you get to know your own astrological birth chart. Along the way\, you learn the spectrum of corresponding characteristics that you can choose to manifest in your life and your personality\, as shown through the zodiacal signs\, the planets and the houses. \nIf you don’t quite understand what this means\, this course offers an exciting learning frontier … and you will understand by the course’s end. \nBonus: A Dharmic Perspective for Self-Realization \nIntro to AstroDharma is different from a typical astrology course in that it takes a dharmic perspective.* In addition to learning about how to read your own astrological birth chart\, we’ll focus on how to harness and develop its positive elements wisely. We’ll also share how to recognize and overcome those that may be out-of-balance or manifesting in a way that’s slowing down your self-realization. \nAs part of this course\, you’ll be encouraged to meditate on the basic themes of each lesson. This serves to allow you to recognize which elements are helping or challenging you. You can then use this knowledge to redirect your energy into more effective patterns of living.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curriculum\n Program Details \nThrough this course\, you will learn to: \n\nRead the fundamentals of your own astrological birth chart.\nIdentify the 12 zodiacal signs and their most important characteristics.\nIdentify the planets and other celestial bodies\, and their major qualities.\nUnderstand the functions and main characteristics of the twelve astrological houses.\nUnderstand how these features indicate tendencies you may have in your personality\, as both resources and challenges.\nLearn potential alternatives to these manifestations\, opening yourself to a greater range of choices in your life.\n\n  \n\nAside from the course overview and welcome\, this self-study course has 12 modules\, one for each sign of the zodiac. \nWe appreciate the challenge of balancing self-growth and busy schedules. So we’ve aimed to hit the sweet spot of fun and legitimate learning that doesn’t take a lot of time. Thus each module is designed so that it can be completed within two hours. \n\nRead the module content and listen to the corresponding video for each module (less than 1 hour)\nStudy your chart\, corresponding planets\, houses and aspects (about 15 minutes per module).\nDo guided meditations on each component of the lessons (about 15 minutes per module).\nReflect on and journal around how these characteristics and key words manifest in your life\, both as resources and challenges (15 minutes and up\, based on how deeply you would like to explore this).\nParticipate in forum discussion (optional).\nTotal approximate time per module: Two hours.\n\n  \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Teacher Bios\n Catherine Pawasarat \nCatherine Pawasarat has been studying and teaching astrology since the early 1990s\, and for more than 20 years has had an intensive Buddhist apprenticeship––rare in the modern West––under the mentorship of Acariya Doug Duncan of Planet Dharma. \nShe is the Chief Visionary Officer and co-founder with Doug Duncan of the Clear Sky Retreat Center in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. \nShe lived in Kyoto\, Japan for 20+ years. Before she began her intensive Buddhist practice\, she was a student of metaphysics and an ayahuascera\, and helped establish Santo Daime in Japan. \nIn addition to Planet Dharma and Clear Sky\, her website GionFestival.orgshares her ground-breaking work on the spiritual traditions and sustainability of Kyoto’s 1100-year-old Gion Festival. \n \n \n \n \n \n FAQs\n When does this course start? \nThis course is asynchronous\, you can start at any time you like and you will have access to move freely through the materials whenever it is convenient. \nHow long will I have access to the course? \nYou will have access to the videos\, lectures and courses material for one full year from the date of enrollment. \nHow does online learning work? \nIn this program\, we open the entire curriculum to you immediately upon your registration. You can proceed with the course material one module each week or choose to move through at your own pace\, whatever works best for your schedule. Once a module opens it is available 24/7 for the duration of the course so you can access the content as often as you like. \nEach module builds on the previous one. Since human memory can be unreliable (we like the analogy of memory as an ever-changing compost heap)\, we strongly encourage you to design your own schedule before you begin the course. \nOne approach is to put appointments to do a module or part of a module – two hours a week\, or an hour twice a week\, or biweekly\, whatever suits you – into your schedule. This helps you stay on track\, tweaking the schedule as you figure out what works best for you and your learning style. \nWe’re here to support your journey and our team is ready to answer any questions you may have. Our goal is to help you feel fully comfortable with the experience. \nThis course is called “Intro.” Do you offer any more advanced courses on this topic? \nThis current course is the result of requests for an introductory AstroDharma course\, when we offered an advanced level in 2014. Currently this is the only level we are offering. If you’re interested in intermediate and advanced courses\, please let us know. We listen to your feedback! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nEnroll Now\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n CompanyThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.First Name*Last Name*Email*\n \n \n Next Step \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/intro-astro-dharma/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/intro-astrodharma.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190111 DTSTAMP:20260903T055001Z CREATED:20180918T071809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T055001Z UID:10000565-1546300800-1547164799@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Year of Pureland Program for Spiritual Awakening DESCRIPTION:Year of Pureland: Program for Spiritual Awakening\n 2019 Program for Spiritual Awakening \n “Why awaken?” may be the most important question a spiritual practitioner ever asks themself.  \nJoin a group of dedicated practitioners in this year-long program that empowers and supports awakening in the modern age. \n The CourseSchedule\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Year of Pureland: Program for Spiritual Awakening\n  \nHow do you deepen your spiritual practice amidst day-to-day demands? Enrich your journey to the Pureland in a program that will support and empower your practice\, wherever you are on the path. \nJoin our global community for a year of online courses\, meditation retreats (at home or in person)\, and mentorship opportunities. \nThe benefits for participants in our past year-long programs (the Year of Awakening\, Year of Victory and Year of Joy have been very clear. For those who engaged in a committed way\, this program has been a game-changer for their practice and dedication to the path. The growth we’ve seen in participants has been remarkable.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies. \nRead their FULL BIOS.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This Program Includes Online Courses…\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Pearl Without Price: Why Awaken?Starts January 21\, 2019\nThis course is for visionaries. For anyone who wants to live a good and happy life\, who cares about their community and dreams of a healthier and more harmonious planet. Discover how spiritual awakening in this lifetime is an accessible\, compelling and very sane aspiration.\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Riding the Dragon: Spiritual Awakening in Modern LifeStarts June 3\, 2019\nHow do we integrate our spiritual practice with the demands of modern life? Explore strategies for up-cycling everyday challenges as fuel for the awakening fire.\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Crazy Wisdom: Taking a Walk on the Wild SideStarts Sept 9\, 2019\nIt takes courage and an open mind to explore the frontiers of awakening. What’s more\, this greater range of understanding creates something we all desire: greater degrees of freedom. And freedom ain’t for the faint of heart.\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n …Meditation Retreats…\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WEEKEND FLASH RETREATSFeb. 15\, June 28 & Oct. 5\nIntegrative home retreats at the end of each online course series. Resiliently align spiritual awakening with your daily life and routine.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n INSIGHT RETREATMarch 15-24\, 2019\nBy popular demand\, we are offering this ten-day insight meditation retreat at the beautiful and innovative Clear Sky Retreat Center. Set yourself free in the stream of your spiritual journey with much more ease and relaxation.\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BUDDHAS IN ACTIONAugust 9-23\, 2019\nOur signature fourteen-day retreat at Clear Sky Center that transforms your work\, home and city life into a spiritual practice. Discover how active meditation can heal\, align and invigorate your body\, speech and mind.\n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n And Mentorship:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Master Classes*for some levels\nDeepen your online course experience in weekly Q&A sessions with Doug and Catherine Sensei. Empower your practice by learning from each other’s questions and insights.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Office HoursThroughout the year\nVirtual group Q&A sessions with Doug and Catherine Sensei. No matter how distracting modern life and samsara may be\, this regular connection with awakening minds helps ensure that your spiritual awakening prevails.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Online ForumShare and learn\nConnect with our global virtual community. Experience group support to leave the Wasteland behind and enjoy the Pureland as you keep your spiritual practice front and center throughout the year. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What do Program Graduates Have to Say?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n I’m so thankful I gave myself this gift of this transformational year long program. The program was captivating and very supportive. It was like a sling shot to the greater clarity\, freedom and understanding I’ve been seeking in life. I’d recommend this program to anyone who is wondering which direction to take in order to live a life with more passion and meaning.\n Karen Scott\n RMT\, Fernie Massage\, BC \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It was a fantastic tool to not get completely lost in Samsara throughout the year. Especially because I don’t live in Canada and cannot be with the teachers so often. I felt very connected and supported by the Teachers and Sangha. As a result I became much more aware of my state of mind. I recommend this program to people that are truly interested in studying interconnectedness and the miracle of life.\n Andrea Netscher\n Physiotherapist\, Bewegungslust\, Germany \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Participating fully in the Year of Victory Program gave me an opportunity to stay close to the Teachers and practice throughout the year. As a result I benefited by being “tuned” to the Teachers and to my personal victory. I feel like the confidence I gained in victory over my own preference mind was a direct result of this commitment to the full year program. The harder it seems to find time and make a year long commitment\, the greater the results seem to be when one does. The program is flexible enough if you plan well\, yet structured enough to make sure you don’t get lost during the year.\n Linda Hochstetler\n Clinical Social Worker / Therapist\, Private Practice\, Ontario \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n There are THREE PROGRAM LEVELS\nChoose which commitment level you’d like to take: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Diamond\n Commitment\n \n \n $350 admin + dana\n \n \n Two weeks of meditation retreat time.Retreat interview with Doug & Catherine Sensei.Three online courses.Three Flash Retreats at home\, with virtual support.Live streamed Master Classes during Online Courses.Cohort check-ins with Ruby Level Participants.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ruby\n Commitment\n \n \n $250 admin + dana\n \n \n One week of meditation retreat time.Optional retreat interview.Three online courses.Three Flash Retreats at home\, with virtual support.Public Office Hours approx. every two weeks.Cohort check-ins with Diamond Level Participants.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sapphire\n Commitment\n \n \n $200 admin + dana\n \n \n Optional meditation retreat time.Optional retreat interview.Three online coursesThree Flash Retreats at home\, with virtual support.Public Office Hours approx. every two weeks.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Here’s the fine print:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Diamond\n \n \n \n \n \n Meditation Retreats\n\nA minimum of one two-week retreat or two one-week retreats\, led by Doug and Catherine Sensei in 2019. We encourage you to come to Clear Sky Center. This allows you to take advantage of the blessed Buddha field that many beings’ practices have been cultivating in this extraordinary place. The centre embodies very modern manifestations of spiritual awakening. If this isn’t possible\, you may do a retreat elsewhere in the world\, led by Doug and Catherine Sensei (see the 2019 teaching schedule).\nA retreat interview with the teachers. This lineage emphasizes working directly with teachers. This is so they can provide instructions that are completely customized to your particular needs and path of spiritual unfoldment. They’ll share the practices you can do to awaken most speedily and effectively. Take greatest advantage of this with interviews\, at least one during your retreat(s).\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ruby\n \n \n \n \n \n Meditation Retreats:\n\nOne-week retreat with Doug and Catherine Sensei. We encourage you to come to Clear Sky Center. This allows you to take advantage of the blessed Buddha field that many beings’ practices have been cultivating in this extraordinary place. The centre embodies very modern manifestations of spiritual awakening. If this isn’t possible\, you may do a retreat elsewhere in the world\, led by Doug and Catherine Sensei (see the 2019 teaching schedule).\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sapphire\n \n \n \n \n \n Meditation Retreats:\n\nOptional\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Online Courses\, Flash Retreats and Virtual Support \n\nBenefit from participating in the three online courses (four online classes in each course) throughout the year. Stay connected with the awakening mind and grow your spiritual awakening and learning all year long. This offers you new opportunities to integrate spiritual awakening with your daily life and routine. Check the schedule to add the dates to your calendar.\nEngage with the weekly Year of Pureland Master Class during each online course\, at 3pm MT each Saturday (four consecutive Saturdays). Master Classes only take place during the three online courses. Live attendance at these online check-ins is mandatory for diamond-level participants. Check the schedule to add the dates to your calendar.\nParticipate in the three Flash Retreats that seal each webinar series. Each occurs over the weekend after the final class of each webinar series\, and is supported with the final Master Class. These Flash Retreats help us apply and integrate the online teachings\, establishing us more firmly in the Pureland state\, empowering us to hold this space more resiliently as we go about our daily lives\, thereby benefiting all beings. Since it’s easier with others and sangha is one of the Triple Gems\, we recommend doing this together with your local community of practitioners. If this is not possible you may do them in the convenience of your own home: this is meant to support your practice of honoring your space and your cultivation of a stronger discipline. Check the schedule to add the dates to your calendar.\n\n\nBetween the online courses\, diamond-level participants  are expected to demonstrate a commitment to regular\, engaged attendance at Office Hours throughout the year. Again\, this supports you in making progress in leaving the Wasteland behind and spending more and more time in the Pureland\, with your spiritual practice front and center throughout the year. No matter how distracting modern life and samsara may be\, this regular connection with awakening minds helps ensure that your spiritual awakening prevails.\nBetween online courses\, diamond-level participants will also attend periodic cohort check-ins along with ruby-level participants. These are another opportunity to keep the learning and growth going throughout the year.\n\n\nWhen possible\, we encourage you to engage with your local sangha or community of practitioners around these online courses and office hours\, whether through weekly teachings or discussion groups. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Online Courses\, Flash Retreats and Virtual Support: \n\nBenefit from participating in the three online courses (four online classes in each course) throughout the year. Stay connected with the awakening mind and grow your spiritual awakening and learning all year long. This offers you new opportunities to integrate spiritual awakening with your daily life and routine. Check the schedule to add the dates to your calendar.\nParticipate in the three Flash Retreats that seal each webinar series. Each occurs over the weekend after the final class of each webinar series. These Flash Retreats help us apply and integrate the online teachings\, establishing us more firmly in the Pureland state\, empowering us to hold this space more resiliently as we go about our daily lives\, thereby benefiting all beings. Since it’s easier with others and sangha is one of the Triple Gems\, we recommend doing this together with your local community of practitioners. If this is not possible you may do them in the convenience of your own home: this is meant to support your practice of honoring your space and your cultivation of a stronger discipline. Check the schedule to add the dates to your calendar.\nAs a ruby-level practitioner\, between the online courses you’ll maintain a strong connection with the Pureland consciousness via our regular Office Hours throughout the year\, generally twice monthly. Again\, this supports you in making progress in leaving the Wasteland behind and spending more and more time in the Pureland\, with your spiritual practice front and center throughout the year. No matter how distracting modern life and samsara may be\, this regular connection with awakening minds helps ensure that your spiritual awakening prevails.\nBetween online courses\, ruby-level participants will also attend periodic cohort check-ins along with diamond-level participants. These are another opportunity to keep the learning and growth going throughout the year.\nWhen possible\, we encourage you to engage with your local sangha or community of practitioners around these online courses and office hours\, whether through weekly teachings or discussion groups. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Online Courses\, Flash Retreats and Virtual Support:\n\nBenefit from participating in the three online courses (four online classes in each course) throughout the year. Stay connected with the awakening mind and grow your spiritual awakening and learning all year long. This offers you new opportunities to integrate spiritual awakening with your daily life and routine. Check the schedule to add the dates to your calendar.\nParticipate in the three Flash Retreats that seal each webinar series. Each occurs over the weekend after the final class of each webinar series. Sapphire level participants will be able to access online check-ins during the retreats to support their practice. These Flash Retreats help us apply and integrate the online teachings\, establishing us more firmly in the Pureland state\, empowering us to hold this space more resiliently as we go about our daily lives\, thereby benefiting all beings. Since it’s easier with others and sangha is one of the Triple Gems\, we recommend doing this together with your local community of practitioners. If this is not possible you may do them in the convenience of your own home: this is meant to support your practice of honoring your space and your cultivation of a stronger discipline. Check the schedule to add the dates to your calendar.\nAs a sapphire-level practitioner\, between the online courses you’re invited to maintain your connection with the Pureland consciousness via our regular Office Hours throughout the year\, generally twice monthly. Again\, this supports you in making progress in leaving the Wasteland behind and spending more and more time in the Pureland\, with your spiritual practice front and center throughout the year. No matter how distracting modern life and samsara may be\, this regular connection with awakening minds helps ensure that your spiritual awakening prevails.\nWhen possible\, we encourage you to engage with your local sangha or community of practitioners around these online courses and office hours\, whether through weekly teachings or discussion groups.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program Details\nWho Can Apply?\nIf you have participated in previous Planet Dharma courses\, retreats or classes\, or have worked with Doug and Catherine in other ways\, you are invited to apply for this program. \nThe deadline to apply is Christmas Day\, December 25\, 2018\, but we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We will let you know whether the program is a good fit and whether you are accepted into the program by January 10th\, 2019.  The first online course in the program starts on January 21\, 2019. \nDāna\, Generosity\nDoug & Catherine Sensei are offering this year long program based on the ancient practice of Dāna\, generosity. Recognize that in your commitment to the program\, you are also making a commitment to a healthy and conscious practice of dāna. Before applying\, we encourage you to review if you are in a financially sustainable situation. Are you able to support your exploration and dāna throughout the year? We believe that financial health is unique for each person and each situation. It is also very important for a healthy spiritual practice and life. \nTo support you in a healthy and sustainable dāna practice for the Year program\, we have created a Dana Sustainability Calculator.  We recommend you do the Dana Calculator and Heart-based practice exercises ahead of your application. \nWe also invite you to explore more about how you can practice Dāna. This is one of the pillars of Buddhist spiritual philosophy and the process of enlightenment. \nProgram Registration Fee\nThere is a one-time program fee* for each level\, to cover operating costs during the year: \n\nDiamond Level – 350 USD\nRuby Level – 250 USD\nSapphire Level – 200 USD\n\n*We believe that finances are one of many creative manifestations of energy exchange. If your aspiration to take this program is strong but the course fee and other financial commitments feel like a challenge\, please note this in your application and make an offer of alternative forms of exchange.\n \n Apply Here URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/year-of-pureland-program-2019/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Public Classes,Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/year-of-Pureland-Wide.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181223T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181223T160000 DTSTAMP:20260924T063452Z CREATED:20180115T013104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T063452Z UID:10000395-1545577200-1545580800@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A with the Teachers DESCRIPTION:Office Hours: Online Question & Answer Session with Dharma Teachers Doug & Catherine\nAttention all fearless warriors of transcendence. Wondering how to arm yourselves as you plunge to the depths of consciousness? \nJoin our teachers in the next Office Hours session to find out how. Office Hours is an opportunity to strengthen your practice by receiving guidance on the questions stirring deep within your being. \nThis Office Hours will be held via live broadcast at 3pm Mountain Time on Sunday December 23rd\, 2018. \nParticipants are welcome to ask questions or just listen along to this virtual Q&A session. Please bring your question to the session or submit it beforehand. \nCan’t make the live session? No problem\, a recording of the Office Hours will be available for one week after the event. Please note that you will still need to follow the usual registration procedure by the Friday prior to the live event in order to receive the link to access the recording. You can also submit your question(s) when you register. \nDetails on how to submit your question will be sent to you along with the connection or recording details when you register. \nPlease note\, pre-registration by Friday\, December 21st\, 9pm (Mountain Time) is required to attend. \nDāna\nThe teachings and guidance are given freely according to the practice of dāna. By practicing with a healthy spirit of generosity\, we deepen our own practice and support teachers to make these healing teachings and tools available to all. There will be an opportunity to practice Dāna when you register below. \nPlease Read: Offering Dāna: Some Guidelines and Practices. \nRegister for Office Hours:\n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nSave the Dates:\nClick the link to download the full 2018 Office Hours schedule to your iCal. Or\, put these dates in your google calendar automatically – see below: \n \nGoogle Calendar Instructions: \n\nOpen your google calendar.\nRight click the button above and copy the address.\nGo to your “Other Calendars” in google calendar\, click the drop down\, click “copy URL” and paste the URL into the space provided.\nThese Office Hours events will now be added into your calendar. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-december-23-2018/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evntbrt-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181223 DTSTAMP:20260903T054643Z CREATED:20171028T015639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T054643Z UID:10000379-1544140800-1545523199@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Retreat: Six Yogas of Naropa - Dream Yoga & Light Yoga DESCRIPTION:*Early Bird Special until November 6\, 2018* \nRetreat: Six Yogas of Naropa\, Part 2 of 3 \nDream Yoga and Light Yoga \n\nAt beautiful\, innovative Clear Sky Retreat Center.\nThis is one of the retreats available for Year of Joy.\n\nThe Six Yogas of Naropa are one of the central practices of the Tibetan Kagyu lineage\, to which we belong. \nThese practices form a path to freedom through the development of deep understanding into the way things and formations arise and pass away. \nMeanwhile\, the teachings are grounded in the deep understanding of the fundamental principles and practices of Tantra. \nTo do this work\, each of us must leave behind all partial views and develop a complete “viewing.” \nBy studying the energy channels of the body\, the bindhus (hormones)\, and the overall functioning of the energy systems\, the Diamond Body emerges. A radiant energy body\, the Diamond Body is no longer subject to the blocks and malformations that are the natural result of conditioned patterns. \nWe enJOY–and share with all beings–the radiant and blissful result: kundalini energy. This burns up the amassed undergrowth of our unwholesome patterns\, resulting in the natural liberation of energy\, loving kindness and compassion. \nDumo Heat Yoga and Illusory-Body Yoga were taught and practiced in 2017. Bardo Yoga and Transformation Yoga be the focus of retreat at the end of 2019. \nDuring these two weeks\, we will be focusing on the third and fourth Yogas of Naropa: Dream Yoga and Light Yoga. \n*Retreat Prerequisites:  1 Million Chenrezig Mantras. For attendees of the 2017 Yogas of Naropa retreat who completed 1 million Chenrezig mantras\, also complete 100\,000 Vajrasattva mantras or 1 Million Mantras of your Yidam. \nRegister Now\n \n  \n  URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/retreat-six-yogas-naropa-dream-yoga-light-yoga/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation & Study Centre\, 3567 Cockell Rd\, Bull River\, British Columbia\, V0B1N0\, Canada CATEGORIES:Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/6-Yogas-of-Naropa.jpg GEO:49.615543;-115.6300709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Clear Sky Meditation & Study Centre 3567 Cockell Rd Bull River British Columbia V0B1N0 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3567 Cockell Rd:geo:-115.6300709,49.615543 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181125T160000 DTSTAMP:20181005T055506Z CREATED:20180115T012115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181005T055506Z UID:10000394-1543158000-1543161600@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A with the Teachers DESCRIPTION:Office Hours: Online Question & Answer Session with Dharma Teachers Doug & Catherine\nHave a question on your mind? Our office is open! \nOffice Hours is a virtual question and answer period with the teachers. This communal exchange benefits your practice through exposure to the questions you may not think to ask. \nThis Office Hours will be held via live broadcast at 3pm Mountain Time on Sunday November 25th\, 2018. \nParticipants are welcome to ask questions or just listen along to this virtual Q&A session. Please bring your question to the session or submit it beforehand. \nCan’t make the live session? No problem\, a recording of the Office Hours will be available for one week after the event. Please note that you will still need to follow the usual registration procedure by the Friday prior to the live event in order to receive the link to access the recording. You can also submit your question(s) when you register. \nDetails on how to submit your question will be sent to you along with the connection or recording details when you register. \nPlease note\, pre-registration by Friday\, November 23rd\, 9pm (Mountain Time) is required to attend. \nDāna\nThe teachings and guidance are given freely according to the practice of dāna. By practicing with a healthy spirit of generosity\, we deepen our own practice and support teachers to make these healing teachings and tools available to all. There will be an opportunity to practice Dāna when you register below. \nPlease Read: Offering Dāna: Some Guidelines and Practices. \nRegister for Office Hours:\n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nSave the Dates:\nClick the link to download the full 2018 Office Hours schedule to your iCal. Or\, put these dates in your google calendar automatically – see below: \n \nGoogle Calendar Instructions: \n\nOpen your google calendar.\nRight click the button above and copy the address.\nGo to your “Other Calendars” in google calendar\, click the drop down\, click “copy URL” and paste the URL into the space provided.\nThese Office Hours events will now be added into your calendar. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-november-25-2018/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evtbrt-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181126 DTSTAMP:20181004T212151Z CREATED:20180621T181304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181004T212151Z UID:10000560-1543017600-1543190399@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Befriending the Void\, Calgary Talks DESCRIPTION:Befriending the Void – Dharma Talks in Calgary\nWhat would happen if you dared to look all the way inside? \nTeachings on emptiness and the void are fundamental to the Buddhist understanding of reality. Like ‘Dzogchen’ and ‘Mahamudra’\, some of the most profound practices are centred on the direct experience of the void. These practices are ultimately freeing on the deepest level but are often also terrifying to our limited selves. How can you begin to approach and understand the healing power of emptiness\, even with challenges like distracted minds and anxious feelings? \nWhat lies at the core of your being?\nJoin Doug Duncan Sensei for this weekend of teachings where you will learn how to befriend the void and begin to heal on the deepest level possible. \nHere’s what you can expect from the classes: \n\nIncrease your understanding about what Buddhists mean when they talk about Emptiness/ The Void\nGain tools to deepen your comfort and skill at experiencing Emptiness and the benefits that come from this (greater calm\, joy\, compassion and ease)\nLearn how to practice and leverage these ancient\, powerful teachings\, even in the midst of your busy\, modern life.\n\nRegistration & Details\nRegister and get full details by emailing: contact@dharmahub.ca or by calling Ruth Levin at: 587-327-0207. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/befriending-the-void-calgary-2018/ CATEGORIES:Public Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Befriending-the-Void-calgary-2018.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Dharma Hub Calgary":MAILTO:conscioustransformationcalgary@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181111T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181111T160000 DTSTAMP:20260922T054341Z CREATED:20180115T011708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T054341Z UID:10000393-1541948400-1541952000@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A with the Teachers DESCRIPTION:Office Hours: Online Question & Answer Session with Dharma Teachers Doug & Catherine\nAttention all fearless warriors of transcendence. Wondering how to arm yourselves as you plunge to the depths of consciousness? \nJoin our teachers in the next Office Hours session to find out how. Office Hours is an opportunity to strengthen your practice by receiving guidance on the questions stirring deep within your being. \nThis Office Hours will be held via live broadcast at 3pm Mountain Time on Sunday November 11th\, 2018. \nParticipants are welcome to ask questions or just listen along to this virtual Q&A session. Please bring your question to the session or submit it beforehand. \nCan’t make the live session? No problem\, a recording of the Office Hours will be available for one week after the event. Please note that you will still need to follow the usual registration procedure by the Friday prior to the live event in order to receive the link to access the recording. You can also submit your question(s) when you register. \nDetails on how to submit your question will be sent to you along with the connection or recording details when you register. \nPlease note\, pre-registration by Friday\, November 9th\, 9pm (Mountain Time) is required to attend. \nDāna\nThe teachings and guidance are given freely according to the practice of dāna. By practicing with a healthy spirit of generosity\, we deepen our own practice and support teachers to make these healing teachings and tools available to all. There will be an opportunity to practice Dāna when you register below. \nPlease Read: Offering Dāna: Some Guidelines and Practices. \nRegister for Office Hours:\n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nSave the Dates:\nClick the link to download the full 2018 Office Hours schedule to your iCal. Or\, put these dates in your google calendar automatically – see below: \n \nGoogle Calendar Instructions: \n\nOpen your google calendar.\nRight click the button above and copy the address.\nGo to your “Other Calendars” in google calendar\, click the drop down\, click “copy URL” and paste the URL into the space provided.\nThese Office Hours events will now be added into your calendar. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-november-11-2018/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evntbrt-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181028T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181028T160000 DTSTAMP:20260922T054751Z CREATED:20180115T011203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T054751Z UID:10000392-1540738800-1540742400@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A with the Teachers DESCRIPTION:Office Hours: Online Question & Answer Session with Dharma Teachers Doug & Catherine\nLooking to anchor your practice during your busy day-to-day life? \nConsistent communication with the teachers both grounds and strengthens your practice. Join us for Office Hours\, where participants are welcome to ask questions or listen along to the teachings. \nThis Office Hours will be held via live broadcast at 3pm Mountain Time on Sunday October 28th\, 2018. \nParticipants are welcome to ask questions or just listen along to this virtual Q&A session. Please bring your question to the session or submit it beforehand. \nCan’t make the live session? No problem\, a recording of the Office Hours will be available for one week after the event. Please note that you will still need to follow the usual registration procedure by the Friday prior to the live event in order to receive the link to access the recording. You can also submit your question(s) when you register. \nDetails on how to submit your question will be sent to you along with the connection or recording details when you register. \nPlease note\, pre-registration by Friday\, October 26th\, 9pm (Mountain Time) is required to attend. \nDāna\nThe teachings and guidance are given freely according to the practice of dāna. By practicing with a healthy spirit of generosity\, we deepen our own practice and support teachers to make these healing teachings and tools available to all. There will be an opportunity to practice Dāna when you register below. \nPlease Read: Offering Dāna: Some Guidelines and Practices. \nRegister for Office Hours:\n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nSave the Dates:\nClick the link to download the full 2018 Office Hours schedule to your iCal. Or\, put these dates in your google calendar automatically – see below: \n \nGoogle Calendar Instructions: \n\nOpen your google calendar.\nRight click the button above and copy the address.\nGo to your “Other Calendars” in google calendar\, click the drop down\, click “copy URL” and paste the URL into the space provided.\nThese Office Hours events will now be added into your calendar. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-october-28-2018/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evtbrt-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181029 DTSTAMP:20181004T212242Z CREATED:20180621T181121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181004T212242Z UID:10000559-1540598400-1540771199@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:The Antidote to Loneliness\, Calgary Talks DESCRIPTION:The Antidote to Loneliness – Dharma Talks in Calgary\nDo you struggle with feeling lonely or isolated? Do you crave to feel connected and a part of something greater? Do you struggle with maintaining your independence in the midst of close relationships? Or maybe you find it hard to fully surrender into the vulnerability of intimacy? \nRelationship is complex ground that is ripe to offer us not only joy and connection but also a mirror into your own blindspots – both in its presence and its absence. You crave connection and at the same time are afraid of it\, you crave your independence and alone time and at the same time fear the experience of being alone. What are you really seeking when we are longing for romance? \nWhat is the real antidote to loneliness?\nJoin Dharma Teachers Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan at the Calgary Dharma Hub for these weekend teachings and gain the perspectives and tools to heal loneliness at its core. \nHere’s what you can expect from the classes: \n\nLearn what causes loneliness and how you can begin to heal this at its core\nGain tools for meaningful and truly satisfying connection\nDiscover some of the most common behaviours that keep you locked in feelings of loneliness and how to shift them\n\nRegistration & Details\nRegister and get full details by emailing: contact@dharmahub.ca or by calling Ruth Levin at: 587-327-0207. \n  URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/antidote-to-loneliness-calgary-2018/ CATEGORIES:Public Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Antidote-to-Loneliness-calgary.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Dharma Hub Calgary":MAILTO:conscioustransformationcalgary@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181014T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181014T160000 DTSTAMP:20260924T063148Z CREATED:20180115T010816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T063148Z UID:10000391-1539529200-1539532800@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A with the Teachers DESCRIPTION:Office Hours: Online Question & Answer Session with Dharma Teachers Doug & Catherine\nHave a question on your mind? Our office is open! \nOffice Hours is a virtual question and answer period with the teachers. This communal exchange benefits your practice through exposure to the questions you may not think to ask. \nThis Office Hours will be held via live broadcast at 3pm Mountain Time on Sunday October 14\, 2018. \nParticipants are welcome to ask questions or just listen along to this virtual Q&A session. Please bring your question to the session or submit it beforehand. \nCan’t make the live session? No problem\, a recording of the Office Hours will be available for one week after the event. Please note that you will still need to follow the usual registration procedure by the Friday prior to the live event in order to receive the link to access the recording. You can also submit your question(s) when you register. \nDetails on how to submit your question will be sent to you along with the connection or recording details when you register. \nPlease note\, pre-registration by Friday\, October 12th\, 9pm (Mountain Time) is required to attend. \nDāna\nThe teachings and guidance are given freely according to the practice of dāna. By practicing with a healthy spirit of generosity\, we deepen our own practice and support teachers to make these healing teachings and tools available to all. There will be an opportunity to practice Dāna when you register below. \nPlease Read: Offering Dāna: Some Guidelines and Practices. \nRegister for Office Hours:\n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nSave the Dates:\nClick the link to download the full 2018 Office Hours schedule to your iCal. Or\, put these dates in your google calendar automatically – see below: \n \nGoogle Calendar Instructions: \n\nOpen your google calendar.\nRight click the button above and copy the address.\nGo to your “Other Calendars” in google calendar\, click the drop down\, click “copy URL” and paste the URL into the space provided.\nThese Office Hours events will now be added into your calendar. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-october-14-2018/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evtbrt-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181023 DTSTAMP:20181005T060353Z CREATED:20171016T025210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181005T060353Z UID:10000547-1538352000-1540252799@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:The Joy of Sex and Relationship: Online Course DESCRIPTION:The Joy of Sex & Relationships\n A Four Week Online Course | Starts October 1\, 2018\n How healthy is our society’s views\, norms and paradigms regarding human sexuality? Can wisdom traditions exist with sexuality and relationship as a core component? How about without them?\n\n The CourseSchedule\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Joy of Sex & Relationship: Online Course\nSince this is the Year of Joy\, and we’re here to bring joy and humor to this rather fraught topic\, so worthy of our considered attention and energy. Everything in our life comes back to our view. Can wisdom traditions exist with sexuality and relationship as a core component? How about without them? \nThe history of human civilization is a history of diverse cultural paradigms\, including varied expressions of love\, sensuality\, interest\, sexuality\, and romance. Our motivations are growth (personal and spiritual unfoldment)\, through learning (insight) and joy (bliss). \nHow healthy is our society’s views\, norms and paradigms regarding human sexuality? How did we get here? That is\, how did our views regarding sex and relationship get shaped? \nPartly from our family and tribe\, to be sure\, and how were their views shaped? More importantly\, are we choosing our own views on sex and relationship? Or using second- or third-hand ones that we believe to be our own?  Are we making informed choices about how to relate to one another\, sexually and otherwise? \nPrehistorical humans––the hunters and foragers––were polyamorous. Such behavior helped weave the fabric that held the community together. Without fixed paternity\, men\, women and children were all communally cared for. Without ownership\, assets were shared. \nThen came agriculture. And fences. And possessions. Women became property. And our relationship became bound by social and cultural structures that reinforced our separateness from one another. \nHumans’ struggles around sex\, love\, and relationship have been going on ever since. \nIt’s important that we know where we’ve come from in order to know where we’re going. And where we’d like to go. We’ll take advantage of these online classes to explore this very relevant and dynamic subject. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Schedule\nStarts October 1\, 2018\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, Oct 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Feeling Good\, Feeling Bad: brain waves and chemistry\n7:30pm MST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We all like to feel good\, so we’ll review how sexuality\, relationships\, brain waves and body chemistry affect one another. From this perspective\, it all sounds so simple. How then do contemporary challenges like widespread pornography\, infidelity\, and divorce fit into the picture? Ironically\, the standard boy-meets-girl model predicts this. We’ll come to greater understanding of these issues\, and look at how we can enjoy desire without feeling conflicted about it. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, Oct 8\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Our Ancestors and Sex: Love and sex in the woods and in the fields\, Part 1\n7:30pm MST\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We take a look at human relationships and sexual behavior among hunters and forager cultures\, and in later communities after agriculture was adopted. \nWhat came before hunters and gatherers? Apes. In fact\, humans are one of the five Great Apes. \nHow are human and ape relationships and sexuality similar and different?  And why does it matter? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, Oct 15\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Our Ancestors and Sex: Love and sex in the woods and in the fields\, Part 2\n7:30pm MST\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Many if not most of our contemporary paradigms regarding sex and relationship can be traced to agriculture\, and its concomitant notions of ownership. Women became another piece of property\, along with the cow and the house. We also got trains\, planes and computers out of this paradigm. How has it affected our sex and relationships? Our sex drives and conditioning around them? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mon\, oct 22\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Synthesis: creating our awakening future\n7:30pm MST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Knowing what we know\, more informed about human history\, how do we move forward with sex and relationships? Can we enjoy the cohesive relationships of our forager ancestors\, together with the modern conveniences provided by agriculture-based societies\, and shape it all in better ways? This is vital if we want to use desire as part of our spiritual path\, and lead integrated lives\, relationships and communities. \nAs with all humans since beginningless time\, our motivations are growth\, learning\, and joy. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n oct 27-28\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flash Retreat\nWeekend\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This Flash Retreat provides practitioners with a valuable opportunity to integrate and seal the learnings with reflective time\, in a format well suited for our contemporary lives. We encourage you to attend this weekend retreat at Clear Sky\, or together with you local sangha\, or if those not available to you\, in your home. Planet Dharma provides themes\, meditations and guidelines to support Flash Retreat participants in the diamond and ruby levels.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Course Details\nOnline classes will take place live on Monday evenings 7:30-9pm MST. Recordings will also be available if you can’t attend live. \nYear of Joy participants also have access to a Masterclass with the teachers on Saturdays Oct 6\, 13\, 20\, and 27 at 3-4pm MT\, and a weekend Flash Retreat at home. \nWhat Does the Course Cost?\nWe offer this course on the basis of dāna. You may have come across this is the form of “pay from the heart”. Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity”. With dāna\, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s our joy to offer this course\, and we trust you’ll match our time\, energy\, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy to both you and us. We suggest a range between $120 and $500 for this four week course.\n \n Register Now URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/online-course-joy-sex-relationship/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Joy-sex-relationship-online.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20180930T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20180930T160000 DTSTAMP:20260918T053506Z CREATED:20180115T010338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T053506Z UID:10000390-1538319600-1538323200@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Office Hours: Online Q&A with the Teachers DESCRIPTION:Office Hours: Online Question & Answer Session with Dharma Teachers Doug & Catherine\nAttention all fearless warriors of transcendence. Wondering how to arm yourselves as you plunge to the depths of consciousness? \nJoin our teachers in the next Office Hours session to find out how. Office Hours is an opportunity to strengthen your practice by receiving guidance on the questions stirring deep within your being. \nThis Office Hours will be held via live broadcast at 3pm Mountain Time on Sunday September 30th\, 2018. \nParticipants are welcome to ask questions or just listen along to this virtual Q&A session. Please bring your question to the session or submit it beforehand. \nCan’t make the live session? No problem\, a recording of the Office Hours will be available for one week after the event. Please note that you will still need to follow the usual registration procedure by the Friday prior to the live event in order to receive the link to access the recording. You can also submit your question(s) when you register. \nDetails on how to submit your question will be sent to you along with the connection or recording details when you register. \nPlease note\, pre-registration by Friday\, September 28th\, 9pm (Mountain Time) is required to attend. \nDāna\nThe teachings and guidance are given freely according to the practice of dāna. By practicing with a healthy spirit of generosity\, we deepen our own practice and support teachers to make these healing teachings and tools available to all. There will be an opportunity to practice Dāna when you register below. \nPlease Read: Offering Dāna: Some Guidelines and Practices. \nRegister for Office Hours:\n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nSave the Dates:\nClick the link to download the full 2018 Office Hours schedule to your iCal. Or\, put these dates in your google calendar automatically – see below: \n \nGoogle Calendar Instructions: \n\nOpen your google calendar.\nRight click the button above and copy the address.\nGo to your “Other Calendars” in google calendar\, click the drop down\, click “copy URL” and paste the URL into the space provided.\nThese Office Hours events will now be added into your calendar. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/office-hours-september-30-2018/ CATEGORIES:Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Office-hours-2018-evntbrt-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181021 DTSTAMP:20180919T010317Z CREATED:20180902T210631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180919T010317Z UID:10000563-1536969600-1540079999@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Ignite Your Spiritual Life: Online course DESCRIPTION:Ignite Your Spiritual Life Online Course: Sept 15-Oct 20\, 2018\nThis course explores how to create a supportive structure in your daily life for spiritual growth.  Retreat centres – such as Planet Dharma’s home base at Clear Sky Retreat Centre – provide nurturing and uplifting spaces for meditation and learning.  The good news is that the same simple principles can be applied to our daily lives at home and at work.  This gives us a strong foundation for year-round meditation and growth. \nThis course is for you if: \n\nyou struggle in the busyness of life to have a consistent meditation practice.\nyou attend courses and retreats\, and have great insights\, but somehow end up stuck back in the same old habitual patterns in your daily life.\nyou want to build a strong foundation for year-round Dharma growth and exploration.\n\nThis course is offered by senior Planet Dharma students through their work at Clear Sky Retreat Centre as a complement and support to your Planet Dharma studies. \nOnline classes will take place live on Saturday mornings 10:00-11.30am MST. Recordings will also be available if you can’t attend live. \nThe critical lost art of the spiritual container and how it can re-ignite your spiritual life\nIf you’re like many people\, you may know what will help keep you calm and centered – like regular meditation practice\, and ongoing Dharma studies and retreats – yet you have a hard time applying it in your daily life. \nEspecially in these turbulent times\, when it seems nobody is immune from growing levels of fear\, depression\, and anxiety in the world\, we can feel overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. \nEven with regular retreats\, courses and meditation time\, you may still feel pulled off-center through the day. This is because your energy drains away\, little by little or even in sudden spills\, like nectar would from a leaky cup with no lid. \nYet\, it’s possible even on the busiest days to stay centered\, alive\, and engaged. You can learn to set up your life to support and protect your energy\, and re-ignite your spiritual life. \n\nHow can you do this? You can forge your life into a cup that supports your precious energy\, by learning about the art of the spiritual container. By repairing these holes in your metaphorical leaky cup\, you can redesign your everyday life to be more like you’re in the protective space of retreat. \nThis practical course looks at how we can thrive and grow in a busy world – it’s not about learning how to withdraw\, or fit in hours of formal meditation. \n\nThe magic of a retreat – a cup that holds the nectar\nSo what are we talking about when we mention the supportive container of a retreat? If you haven’t been in retreat before\, take a moment and open your heart to the beauty of the experience. \n \nImagine moving in a space where you’re calm and bright enough to notice the simple beauty of life around you. A space where\, whatever happens\, you’ve got energy and a sense of equanimity to keep things in perspective. \nSimple chores feel joyful and alive\, instead of mundane. You move from task to task with ease\, seeing things just as they are and responding to what’s needed rather than reacting to what’s happening. \nPicture yourself being more compassionate\, friendly\, and open to other people. You enjoy the space even when confusion or negative thoughts creep in for yourself or others\, and let them pass by without giving them energy to grow. \n\nDo you recognize anything there? Those moments when the ego seems to quieten and all is right with the world? We can get contact with this on a morning walk in nature with a beloved pet\, a stroll on the beach\, or a slow Sunday at home. \nThese moments don’t have to be fleeting moments you long for\, yet can’t get right now. Many moments in your daily life can be closer to this than you may think – whether you’re at work\, at home\, at school\, or commuting\, there are things you can do to bring the beauty of retreat into your day. \nYou won’t be able to do that\, however\, unless you acknowledge what’s been missing. \nWhat’s missing? Attention to the outer supports you need for a strong container\nSo\, what isn’t working in our daily lives? Why do people trying their best to find calm\, presence\, and joy still sometimes feel disheartened\, stuck\, or lost? \nWell\, in fact it’s not surprising. Especially in difficult times\, the daily demands of living will stay very much in charge – unless we tweak our lives to better support us. Unless we learn to carry our cup carefully and take care of it\, our precious nectar is bound to spill out or get diluted by what’s around us. \nIf the inner work you’re doing isn’t sustaining you\, then\, you’re probably missing the importance of the outer supports you need – especially if you’re one of those people who tends to take care of others\, more than you take care of yourself. \nYet once you set up these outer supports\, your life will be a better container for generating and sustaining a sense of calm\, focus\, and joy. \nOuter support: The Five Principles of a good spiritual container\nFrom years of running a retreat centre\, and applying what we learn to our own lives\, we’ve rediscovered five ancient principles that help create the right outer conditions we’re talking about: \n \n1. Honor your space \n2. Structure and routine are your friends \n3. It’s easier with others \n4. Cleaning up big areas of your life frees up energy \n5. Conversations shape the space where we meet \n\n  \nThese are the factors that have made Clear Sky work\, a place that wakes people up and supports their practice. And these same principles can transform and support our daily lives\, too. \nThat’s why we created this course. We’ll share with you the insights and learning we’ve had from creating Clear Sky – a physical and virtual centre for awakening – in the form of these five simple yet empowering principles\, that have been time-tested over centuries. \n\nAs well as the core content on each of the principles\, each webinar will include meditations and exercises to try in your daily life\, and will end with question-and-answer sessions. \nWhy take the course? Ignite Your Spiritual Life will help you:\n** establish a more consistent meditation practice \n** redesign your life to be more in line with your spiritual aspirations \n** get relief from being reactive and stressed by daily events \n** move through blocks and old patterns that seemed like they’d never shift \n** connect with your heart and other people at a deeper level a difference in the world from a more grounded and confident place \n** clarify where you want to direct your energy \nTestimonials\nMy environment has changed\, the way I organize my activities\, my communication and trust in others … Applying those principles can hold love and clarity for even big groups\, creating a genuine awakening field.”  — Emmanuel Ponte\, Brazil \nI think this course is a beautiful\, utterly grounded and relevant way of making the spiritual life very real and integrated with how we are living every day of our lives. I also think that this course lays an important foundation for a meditation practice that can actually go somewhere as well as allowing a practice that may already be strong to better feed the other parts of our lives for a really well-rounded and truly fulfilling life.  All the principles have reinforced for me that it is necessary to water the outside garden very carefully\, with attention and presence\, so that the flowers of compassion and love can flourish inside and in my relations. Thank you\, dear Karen\, Duncan\, and Sangha. — Ruth Levin\, Calgary \nWhen I was making my list of aspirations and plans for 2017\, I realized that I was structuring it from the five principles learned in the course “Outer Clarity.” The learnings served as a good medicine for doubts about how to lead transformations I want in my life. — Luana Messena\, Brazil \nIt’s really\, really brought me back home to myself… I found myself in the past very scattered and would put off all the important things\, the spiritual aspects of life\, the mindfulness and so on\, just to blast through my day and get things done\, but now I am really taking pause. I still don’t get everything done\, but I don’t get everything done in a much more calm way\, haha\, in a much more soulful way… So for me that was probably the most important takeaway from the six week program is just you can’t let those things slide no matter what because when you do\, you’re giving up little bits of your soul and then you’ve really lost. ..That for me was wonderful to come back to. — Morghana\, Victoria. \nTeachers\nThis course is offered by students of Planet Dharma and long-time members of Clear Sky retreat center. \nKaren McAllister \nAfter meeting Clear Sky’s founding teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawsat in Japan\, I managed the meditation centre there for many years while serving simultaneously as part of the Clear Sky Board. In 2003\, I helped search for a site for Clear Sky\, looking at around 30 properties until we found our current location in the magical Kootenays. \nI’m now Chair of the Board and Director of Business Development. I’m passionate to be teaching the much-ignored principles of nurturing the factors – like honor your space\, structure\, and communication – that create the conditions we need to wake up more in daily life. I see how I learned and embodied these principles in my different roles at Clear Sky\, as the centre went from self-starter to second-stage growth. This is what I call “the hands-on way of doing an MBA with a spiritual bottom line!” \nIn my free time\, I love travelling\, speaking Portuguese and reading history\, architecture\, and art books. \nDuncan Cryle \nI’m the former Clear Sky Chair\, a certified Mindfulness teacher\, Dharma teacher\, and an IBM Executive in Toronto. \nThrough 15 years of teaching meditation and mindfulness\, alongside an active career working all over the world\, I’ve learnt a lot about an integrated spiritual path.  With a Ph.D. in philosophy in my pocket\, I was gung ho to join a monastery until I met my root teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat in Japan in 2001\, who turned my views upside down and encouraged me to grow and contribute at the busy end of life! \nA founding member of Clear Sky in 2004\, I’m amazed at the power that working together in compassionate service has for enriching and widening spiritual growth.  Combined with a dynamic relationship and a challenging career\, I have fun with a wide-ranging and holistic approach to spiritual growth.  The spiritual container is a key aspect to this and I’m delighted to teach and share this course. \nCosts\nWe offer this course on the basis of dāna.  If you’re not familiar with dāna\, you may have come across related approaches such as “pay from the heart.” Dāna is a Sanskrit term that translates as generosity in English. It’s radically different from the transactional way we normally interact in the world – where we give to get something back\, either a service or thing. Instead\, with dāna\, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s our joy to offer this course\, and we trust you’ll match our time\, energy\, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy to both you and us. \nAs for our part in this pay from the heart model: since we have expenses hosting the classes and we are investing significant amounts of volunteer (service) time and our combined experience in creating\, teaching\, and administrating the course\, we are setting the minimum amount at $120 CAD. All proceeds will go to support Clear Sky center’s work. \n \n\nTo find out more or register\nFor more details on the course contents\, teachers\, logistics and testimonials\, visit Clear Sky Center’s web page here \nOr to directly register for the six week course learning how to set up a supportive structure for your meditation and year round growth simply click here. \n  URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/ignite-your-spiritual-life-online-course/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ignite-Your-Spirital-Life-fall-2018.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR