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Dharma Spotlight – Tucker Peck
It is with great pleasure that I would like to highlight Tucker Peck, my former teacher and current dharma warrior. Tucker is a good friend of mine and dharma companion. He is a brilliant and engaging teacher with an adept ability to relate to students and bring the teachings of the Buddha to modern pragmatic…
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Genius
Is often misunderstood. Even mistrusted and ridiculed. Belittled. But that is the nature of genius. It is thinking in a very unusual way. There were spiritual geniuses such as the Buddha who brought clarity and hope to the masses – a way out of limited thinking. These spiritual pioneers such as Jesus and the Buddha…
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The SigmaTropic System
I am thrilled to start adding the system to the site. The system will start with basic development of access concentration, so in the initial updates there will be simply known methods of counteracting hindrances and developing calm. The later stages will be developed and added to in time, and I’m only one person, but…
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How to end craving?
Developing internal sources of fulfillment (Jhana and Brahmaviharas) Knowledge of mind nature and interconnectedness, non self (insight) Ethical behavior (jhana + insight)
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What is a method to end dukkha?
Dukkha co-arises dependent upon craving. To stop dukkha, stop craving. This us the 3rd noble truth of buddhism
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Zhan Zhuang
The following is an excerpt of one of my logs mentioning Zhan Zhuang and Brahmacharya, written in 2021. There has been recent interest in Zhan Zhuang practice in the groups I am a part of. My teacher is all about the Zhan Zhuang and even though it was of my own accord that I started…
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Concerning Fear
Fear is interesting. Fear is something that keeps people in line, keeps people doing the things they are told to do, keeps people within the “norm” of society. Fear motivates the drive to the job that’s killing one’s soul every morning, fear holds our tongue when we would like to tell it how it is,…
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Realization Vs. Technical Proficiency
There is a recurring theme that I have encountered in my participation at places where dharma practice is discussed – mostly in online fora concerned with awakening. It is very clear to me that what people commonly refer to as “4th path” is not the same thing as realization. They are related, sure, but I…
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Autovipassana
I had a very insightful drive back from Arizona, with some of those big ones that stick in your memory. I was driving along experiencing a degree of pain in my ass and legs from the continual sitting in one position, and I started to investigate the nature of the pain. I used my previous…