Dharma If You Dare

With the purification of consciousness, you realize that you are a wave and you are an ocean. In essence you are water -- all the same water. Water is the six senses in this metaphor.

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This talk was given for a retreat in Guatemala on Feb. 26, 2004. Part 2 of 2. For more information on the activities of Doug Sensei, please visit:

Purification of the sense doors is probably the most important work you do on the path, leading to a body of radiance.

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This talk was given for a retreat in Guatemala on Feb. 26, 2004. Part 1 of 2. For more information on the activities of Doug Sensei, please visit:

http://www.planetdharma.com/

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The root of the path is sila, samadhi and panna.

1. The Golden Rule works.

2. Concentration -- requires and effort that goes beyond your preference mind (you get bored). Important for right-hemisphere brain if mind is wandering around in the left brain.

3. Wisdom -- Complete View: fundamentally, reality from a Transcendent point of view is self-aware, luminescent, spacious. From that platform all phenomena appear.

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Part 3 of 3 of a talk given in Kyoto, Japan, in November 2008.

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All the objects of your mind are impermanent. Liberation from suffering/Nirvana/Christ consciousness is a right-hemisphere experience but the left hemisphere is the hemisphere that knows about it.

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This talk was given in Kyoto, Japan, in November 2008. It is Part 2 of 3.

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When studying the mind, if you're busy with your thoughts, feelings and sensations, you're getting caught up with what's in the mind, not the nature of the mind itself. "M" Mind is aware, spacious, naturally luminescent and clear.

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This talk was given in Kyoto, Japan, in Nov. 2008. Part 1 of 3.