Fr. Francis Tiso gave this fascinating presentation at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, sponsored by the Asian Philosophies and Cultures graduate program.
It is said that the practice of dream yoga deepens our awareness during all our experience: the dreams of the night; the dream-like experience of the day; and the bardo experiences after death. Indeed, the practice of dream yoga is a powerful tool of awakening, used for hundreds of years by the great masters of the Tibetan traditions. Unlike in the Western psychological approach to dreams, the ultimate goal of Tibetan dream yoga is the recognition of the nature of mind or enlightenment itself. Instructor: Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is an acclaimed author as well as a highly respected and beloved teacher in the Bön Buddhist tradition to students throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe. Fluent in English, Tenzin Rinpoche is renowned for his depth of wisdom, his clear, engaging teaching style, and his ability to make the ancient Tibetan teachings highly accessible and relevant to the lives of Westerners.
Gregg Braden’s “Science, Policy and Politics” Series – in this episode Gregg reminds us of our Divinity in times of great changes and chaos.
Gregg Braden argues that human potential has been systematically underestimated by both religious and scientific orthodoxy, and that recent findings in biology and physics point to capacities we have been taught to disown.
Beyond Two Worlds Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX
The trailer for a documentary on Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX, the Tibetan Buddhist master and scholar who carried the Kagyu lineage to the West. A glimpse of a life bridging monastic tradition and the modern mind.
Buddhist philosopher Jay Garfield argues that the self we defend so fiercely simply does not exist — and that this is good news. Drawing on Madhyamaka philosophy, cognitive science, and Hume, he shows how the no-self view makes us more ethical, more connected, and less afraid.
Source: http://www.robertadamsinfinityinstitute.org//index.html
Robert Adams, a direct student of Ramana Maharshi, speaks in the plainest possible terms about the Self that remains when identification with body and thought falls away. His quiet, unadorned style makes him one of the most accessible of the modern non-dual teachers.
Ken Wilber explores the Big Mind process, a method that uses voice dialogue to give the practitioner direct, immediate access to the witnessing awareness beyond the ego. A striking demonstration that the “peak experience” of vast, open mind may be closer at hand than years of practice suggest.
PART TWENTY OF HAPPINESS AND THE ART OF BEING A layman’s introduction to the philosophy and practice of the spiritual teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana by Michael James.
A 45 minute TV documentary exploring the work of lucid dreaming teacher Charlie Morley shot by SABC TV at the Tara Rokpa Centre in South Africa, over the August 2012 retreat.
“The only useful purpose of the present birth
is to turn within and realize the Self.”
—Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
The trailer for JNANA AGNI, a film on Sri Ramana Maharshi — the “fire of knowledge” that burns away identification with the body and mind. A glimpse of the sage of Arunachala whose path of self-enquiry reshaped modern non-duality.