Posts
Adapting Buddhism to the West
Buddhism is an emergent process and will always be an organism that is in emergence ~ Roshi Joan Halifax
Seven Buddhist teachers from around the world answered questions about the challenges Buddhism faces as it moves into the West. This post summarizes the seven responses to, How do you practically work with the cultural adaptation of Buddhism as a teacher?
Dogen: Original Face
..pure and clear are the seasons… ~ Dogen
The Consciousness Revolution: New Methods for Psychotherapy
…as deeper layers of the unconscious unfold … we find additional roots… on the transpersonal level of the psyche. ~ Stan Grof
In this fourth post in our series, The Consciousness Revolution, Grof describes how new methods for working with emotional and psychosomatic disorders (such as holotropic breathwork) are exposing new psychic roots and offering better treatments for trauma.
Exploring Buddhism and Cultural Adaptation
Everything Buddha taught can be boiled down to mindfulness or awareness. ~ Dzongsar Khyentsem Rinpoche
Seven Buddhist teachers from around the world were questioned about the challenges Buddhism faces as it moves into the West. This post summarizes the seven responses to, Given that Buddhist practice has always taken on very different forms in different cultures, …what aspects should be adapted given the different circumstances in the west, or in Africa?
Kabir: Earthen Vessel
Kabir says: “Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.”
The Consciousness Revolution: New Map of the Psyche
“Transpersonal….consciousness transcends the boundaries of the body/ego and the usual limitations of linear time and three-dimensional space.” ~ Stan Grof
In this third post in our The Consciousness Revolution series, Grof expands the mainstream map of the human psyche by adding two domains of consciousness: perinatal and transpersonal.
What is the Purpose of Buddhist Practice?
Buddhist practice is basically to reduce or end our own suffering and cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, and then to bring that to the world around us. ~ Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Seven Buddhist teachers from around the world were questioned about the challenges Buddhism faces as it moves into the West. The questions and answers were compiled into a short book, 7 Questions for 7 Teachers. This post summarizes responses to the first question, What is the purpose of Buddhist Practice?
Strangers in a Strange Land
Although the mind may forget its Divine birth the heart yearns ceaselessly to remember. ~ Joan Borysenko
Videos
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Self Realization is the Highest Healing -
Amoda Maa: Meeting the World as Love -
Ancient Wisdom in Modern Times -
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Reclaiming the Inner Worlds -
Shinzen Young: Is Enlightenment a Myth? -
The Sufi Way, Elias Amidon with Ian McNay -
Joan Tollifson – Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview -
Shinzen Young: Finding Deeper Happiness
