Vulnerability isn’t easy, and it grows trust No doubt about it, it’s not easy being vulnerable. And yet that’s one of the best ways for us to grow trust in our relationships. It may seem counterintuitive that our colleagues and friends are more likely to have...
In Part 1 of this blog, we provided an overview of some of the major transformations in the manifestation of this teaching over the last two decades, and what we see on the horizon. Um … What If I’m Just Not Into These Changes? A natural human response to change is...
Doug Duncan Sensei shares about his relationship with his teacher, Namgyal Rinpoche, and his own experience of teaching now. This is an excerpt from the Kyoto Journal article ‘Moving Into the Stream: An Interview with Dharma Teacher Achariya Doug Duncan’...
This interview was originally published on the website of Banyen Books & Sound, on Sept 27 2015. Banyen: What first led you to Dharma teachings? In this Banyen interview, Doug Sensei and Catherine spoke with us about their innovative teaching work, the blending of...
Isn’t meditation supposed to make it all work? We’ve all been there. We’ve worked to establish a regular meditation practice to gain deeper insights, cultivate bliss, and clear our minds and hearts from distractions. It’s a wonderful thing. Our day goes more...
As I am getting ready to leave Clear Sky Retreat Center after being part of the Karma Yoga team, Cata and Sensei discuss with me some of the biggest challenges to maintaining an ongoing practice of Karma Yoga, or meditation in action through service. Their teaching...
The Beauty of Dharma Training This is the last chapter of The Dharma of Work, following on from (Part One), (Part Two) and (Part Three). One of the many reasons we support Dharma Training is because, when done well, it also leads to business and personal success. You...
Or getting paid to undertake spiritual training Spiritual training Historically, spiritual training took place almost exclusively within the monastery or convent. Nowadays few of us spiritual practitioners enter that kind of orthodox context. What then? We suggest...
Our work sharing the teachings of universal unfoldment often takes us to foreign countries, some of which may be described by the industrialised world as ‘developing’. We used to call them ‘primitive’ but as our cultures evolved we’ve had the sense to realize that was...
An Interview with Dharma Teacher Achariya Doug Duncan on Exploring, Transcending, Surrendering & Awakening. Article by Brendan Joseph Ries, as Published in the Kyoto Journal Online Magazine, February 2014. Download the Kyoto Journal article Click to download...
