In this time of isolation and stress, it’s helpful to feel connected to others. What we need is social intimacy and physical distancing.

Continuing every Thursday at 1:00 pm Mountain Time, I’m going to be offering free weekly online meetings to share teachings appropriate for this time, and to respond to your questions.

We’ll talk about how to work with anxiety, fear, isolation, insomnia, heartbreak, uncertainty, and sickness – for starters. I’ll continue to offer these weekly gatherings for as long as they are helpful.

Practices appropriate to this situation will also be offered.

Please note: Hangouts are now offered exclusively to Night Club members! You can join for free, or explore one of our paid plans.

The Pure Lands are an integral aspect of Indian Mahayana, Tibetan and East Asian Buddhisms rarely taught in the West. For most of us, they represent our greatest opportunity after death. These two weekends on exoteric (sutra) and esoteric (tantra) Pure Lands are designed to provide everything you need to know about the Pure Land tradition. This first weekend will explore the origins and development of the Pure Land tradition in India and Tibet and the lineage of masters that support its propagation, touching also on its expansive development in China, Korea, and Japan. We will talk about the role of the pure land teachings in the popular imagination of masses of laypeople throughout Asia, and define the many types of pure lands, their entry requirements, and why Amitabha’s Pure Land of Sukhavati is so unique. Why should we take rebirth there, and how can we better develop the bodhisattva vow by going there? What is it like being in a Pure Land, and how can I help those left behind by going to one? What constitutes Pure Land practice? 

 The central tenets of self-power vs. other-power, and the role of faith and devotion are explored. The power of merit is presented, and how the transfer of merit works with transforming karma. What are the causes for rebirth into a Pure Land, and how can the transfer of Amitabha’s merit bring me into his Pure Land? How is Sukhavati different from heaven, and Amitabha from God — how do we relate to Pure Lands, both theistically and non-theistically? We will also present and discuss a number of pure land art works from various cultures throughout Asia.

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My latest book “Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming” was published on August 18th, 2020.

Because of the depth and subtlety of this book, I’m going to be hosting a weekly virtual book study group. This will be an interactive, fun, yet rigorous look into the illusory nature of reality, how lucid dreaming and the daytime practice of illusory form lead you to that view, and why this is so important.

The sessions will be online via Zoom and last around an hour or so. Each virtual session will include time for discussion, allowing participants to ask questions, challenge the material, or make offerings that support the readings. It would be helpful if participants could follow along with a copy of the book, but that is up to you.

Each session will be recorded and archived, so no problem if you miss a week.

In this time of isolation and stress, it’s helpful to feel connected to others. What we need is social intimacy and physical distancing.

Continuing every Thursday at 1:00 pm Mountain Time, I’m going to be offering free weekly online meetings to share teachings appropriate for this time, and to respond to your questions.

We’ll talk about how to work with anxiety, fear, isolation, insomnia, heartbreak, uncertainty, and sickness – for starters. I’ll continue to offer these weekly gatherings for as long as they are helpful.

Practices appropriate to this situation will also be offered.

Please note: Hangouts are now offered exclusively to Night Club members! You can join for free, or explore one of our paid plans.

The second weekend of Pure Land events deals with the esoteric application of Pure Land doctrine. How does the tantric tradition relate to Pure Lands, and how can I discover a Pure Land right here and now? What is the relationship between the tantric mandala and the pure lands of the various contemplative archetype buddhas? Where does Shambhala fit in, and what is the essence of purification? How does phowa, and the bardo teachings in general, relate to the Pure Lands? What are the “hidden lands” (beyul) and how do we find them? The relationship of pure land to pure mind is explored: how the transformation of one implies the transformation of the other.  

We can use the Pure Land tradition to augment our spiritual path, and to prepare us for our eventual rebirth into a Pure Land – either in the next moment, or in our next life. In addition to talks and discussion, both weekends present meditations that pave our way to a Pure Land now — and after death.  

Live sessions with Andrew on Friday at 7–9 pm, Saturday at 11 am–2 pm and 3:30–6:30 pm, and Sunday at 11 am–2 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm ET.

Life is full of challenges. Not surprisingly, the spiritual path itself is filled with obstacles, detours, and snares—countless ways we can be ambushed or get stuck. In this online workshop, we will explore the many ways we suffer and how we can work with physical and psychological pain.

Where does bodywork and therapy fit in? Why does it seem so hard to get enlightened? In trying to alleviate our pain, we can fall into subtle traps, from spiritual bypassing to spiritual materialism to escapism. What are the blind spots on the path and how can we transform them?

Using integral approaches from Yoga, the wisdom traditions, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, we will bring these obstacles to light and use them to accelerate the path. This workshop will include contemplations, guided meditations, and plenty of time for discussion.

Live sessions with Andrew on Friday at 7–9 pm, Saturday at 11 am–2 pm and 3:30–6:30 pm, and Sunday at 11 am–2 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm ET.

Life is full of challenges. Not surprisingly, the spiritual path itself is filled with obstacles, detours, and snares—countless ways we can be ambushed or get stuck. In this online workshop, we will explore the many ways we suffer and how we can work with physical and psychological pain.

Where does bodywork and therapy fit in? Why does it seem so hard to get enlightened? In trying to alleviate our pain, we can fall into subtle traps, from spiritual bypassing to spiritual materialism to escapism. What are the blind spots on the path and how can we transform them?

Using integral approaches from Yoga, the wisdom traditions, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, we will bring these obstacles to light and use them to accelerate the path. This workshop will include contemplations, guided meditations, and plenty of time for discussion.