We’d all like to make high-speed spiritual progress. The Buddha awakened, so surely we can also. Sometimes though it feels like we are swimming (or meditating) in a tub of molasses. I have a spiritual practice, I make efforts to be a good person – what’s holding me...
Part 3: Wake Up, Little Suzy Teachings based on the book “Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom” by Gampopa. Your preferences are shaped, formed by conditioning. Ultimately everything is insubstantial and you need to see that. — Your parents have done...
Transcend the constant seeking of satisfaction Teachings based on the book “Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom” by Gampopa. We are constantly seeking satisfaction. Merely accepting the cycle of getting temporary satisfaction and then seeking again is...
Teachings based on the book “Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom” by Gampopa. — The Four Impediments to Awakening Why don’t you want to awaken? Get ready for impact. Talk given at winter retreat in Dec. 2009, Miki, Hyogo, Japan. Note: Quote...
Meditation is about seeing more clearly To meditate, you don’t have to be “smart,” says Doug Sensei. You just have to see clearly. — In this edited talk excerpt, Sensei discusses “the Purification of View” (from the Abhidhamma) and...
