Researching the history…….
I recently saw a page by Mark Dyczkowski, a long time student of Kashmir Shaivism, who at his site http://tantraloka.org noted the following: In the beginning of the 1970s, we knew practically nothing...
View ArticleHistory of Buddhism in the west, a reading list
Huston Smith and Philip Novak in their 2003 book “Buddhism, A Concise Introduction” describe the history of development of Buddhism in the last section, “The Wheel Rolls West”: The New Migration;...
View ArticleAdvaita Vedanta as a private practice affair
Conrad Goehausen in the previous article on Advaita Vedanta makes a good point (with his comment) on the lack of practice communities aligned with that tradition, either formally or otherwise. Now,...
View ArticleKundalini Yoga practice resources
A key text, written in the 15th century and based on earlier texts and teachings, describes in detail the progressive steps in arousing the latent kundalini energy up the subtle central channel...
View ArticleExcerpts from Dzogchen Tantras (1): “The Introduction to Awareness: Natural...
After Buddhism established a strong foothold in Tibet beginning in the latter half of the 8th Century, Tibet experienced a sort of dark ages not very long after this period and Buddhism there seems to...
View ArticleThe developing main article for “Dzogchen: History, Teachings, and Practices”
[This page developing......and when completed, this notice will be deleted.] Dzogchen, or The Great Perfection, is associated with the Tibetan Buddhist school of Nyingma (the oldest one of four main...
View Articlearticle in progress for “Advaita Vedanta: History, Teachings and Practices” page
“Advaita Vedanta” as a tradition has its beginning expressions during an “Axial Age” time of signs worldwide indicating great human leaps in understanding and perspectives. Vedanta refers to the “end”...
View ArticleNotes from an anthology of Dzogchen and Mahamudra guidance manuals…..
An extremely helpful anthology of very concise meditation practice guidance manuals was published in 2012 by Rangjung Yeshe Publications. The writings come from different Dzogchen and Mahamudra...
View ArticlePractice communities or spiritual communities and Gurus to avoid like the...
This is a list of groups and Gurus to stay far far away from, compiled for aspiring practitioners newly exposed to the array of potential practice communities and Gurus. This is a list that will be...
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