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Mind Nature: Red Pill or Blue Pill?

A breakthrough experience in meditation can start a profound journey into the unknown or inflate one’s sense of self and reinforce delusion.

By Ken McLeod

Nov 19, 2018

Buddha statue reflected in crystal ball samaya

Magazine Meditation & Practice

How Samaya Works

Is samaya a commitment to do whatever your teacher says?

By Ken McLeod, Photographs by Seth Miranda

Fall 2018

How to Heal After Your Teacher Crosses the Line

Here are some recommendations from contemplative psychotherapy for working with transgressions by or painful break with a spiritual teacher.

By Miles Neale, PhD

Winter 2017

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Why I Quit Guru Yoga

Does elevating the guru to the same status as the teachings themselves set the stage for teacher-student abuse?

By Stephen Batchelor

Winter 2017

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You Can’t Be Yourself By Yourself: Overcoming Structural Selfishness

In this Dharma Talk, Malcolm Martin proposes the term "structural selfishness" to discuss the ways that a fixed idea of self hinders our practice, while offering insight on how to embrace the complexity of interdependence.

Malcolm Martin

Jun 2022

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