Descending the Mountain
In Descending the Mountain, a neuroscientist and a Zen master conduct a double-blind experiment to understand how psychedelics reveal the nature of consciousness.
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In New Training Program, Naropa University Aims to Bring Mindfulness to Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
With legalization for psychedelics on the horizon the Boulder, Colorado school launches a ten-month training program for aspiring psychedelic guides
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High Marks for Descending the Mountain
This documentary’s a trip.
The Dangerous Art of Depersonalization
What psychedelics, psychosis, and mindfulness can teach us about no-self, and why set and setting play such an important role in ego deconstruction.
The Most Important Scholar of Buddhism You’ve Never Heard Of
A Canadian academic opened the doors to Tibetan scholarship in the US and produced a generation of Buddhist thinkers.
Psychedelics’ Buddhist Revival
For some Buddhists, experiences of selflessness induced by hallucinogens are tools for practice. But others see distraction and even danger.
The Long, Strange Trip
A new wave of psychedelic research rehashes the age-old question of drugs in Buddhist practice.
Tripping with the Buddha
A Zen priest and a psychologist discuss the potential benefits and perils of a Buddhist practice that incorporates psychedelics.
Dharma on the Playa
Buddhism at Burning Man
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