Supplementary Material - The Bardos in Everyday Life
Welcome to the Bardos in Everyday Life: Covid 19 Version support page. On this page, in sequential order (starting at the top with the most recent class) for each of the ten classes, you will find all the quotes, links to articles, references to books, additional material and anything else to assist you in this journey.
Shamatha Meditation as a Preparation for Death
Shamatha meditation is a fundamental form of mindfulness meditation. Shamatha means “peaceful abiding”.”Mindfulness is the meditation common to all schools of Buddhism. It is the ground meditation upon which all subsequent meditations are based. Without a solid foundation in mindfulness, all the other practices become shaky.
How Vipassana Meditation Helps Prepare for Death
Just as shamatha meditation prepares the mind for the after death states, we can also look at how vipassana meditation helps prepare for death. One of the main themes in The Tibetan Book of the Dead is “recognition and liberation are simultaneous.” This relates to Vipassana, the practice of...
Shamatha Meditation Instruction
In this audio program, I offer meditation instruction on Shamatha, or calm abiding meditation. This is a fundamental form of mindfulness meditation. This is excerpted from my audio learning course (available through Soundstrue.com) Dream Yoga: The Tibetan Path of Awakening through Lucid Dreaming....
Preface: “Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming”
Below is the Preface from my upcoming book “Dreams of Light, The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming” This book is the second in a trilogy of books I am writing on Dream Yoga and the various nocturnal practices. The publication date for the book is August 2020, however it is available for...
The Power of Perspective: The Straw Effect
Take a look at your own experience and see if it’s not true: when the mind gets small, problems get big; when the mind gets big, problems get small. That is where the power of perspective can help. One of the biggest problems we have in life is loss of perspective, and how that results in...
A Paper on the Concept of Lucidity & Virtual Reality
I recently finished writing a scientific paper with the neuroscientist Jordan Quaglia, exploring the topic of lucidity within the context of lucid dreaming and virtual reality. The Research for the Paper Started at One of My Lucid Dreaming/Dream Yoga Retreats In 2017, Jordon reached out to me...
Why Is Lucid Dreaming So Hard?
Why is lucid dreaming so hard? These magical dreams – when you know that you’re dreaming while you’re dreaming – are frustratingly illusive. For many people it almost feels like a bait-and-switch: so much is promised, so little delivered. Lucid dreaming and its cousin dream yoga (which uses...
Four Dharmas of Gampopa
The Four Dharmas of Gampopa is an important set of teachings that were made available to us by the great master, Lord Gampopa. (or the man from Gampo) He was one of the great fathers of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and was the most famous disciple of Milarepa. In the first part of this...
The Importance of View on the Buddhist Path
The Importance of View on the Buddhist Path A great deal of confusion along the path is born from misunderstanding its stages, and the larger context in which it always takes place. It's easy to underestimate the importance of view on the Buddhist path - proper perspective and context helps keep...