In this talk Doug and Catherine discuss the Buddhist Common Foundations, also known as ‘the four thoughts that turn the mind towards practice”. These are reflections that help us stay in contact with the urgency of continuing with our spiritual practice. In the...
The Parami of Dhyana or Concentration. Welcome to this Dharma If You Dare Bonus Episode. We hope you enjoy this soundbite from Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on the fifth of the 6 Paramis: Dhyana, usually translated as ‘concentration’ or ‘absorption’. If...
In this talk from their online course, Crazy Wisdom, Doug and Catherine discuss the three lowest chakras and the energies they manifest. They look at the problems that are created in our lives when these energies are activated unconsciously and they explain the...
Perfecting Energy, Viriya We hope you enjoy this soundbite from Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on the fourth of the 6 Paramis: Virya, usually translated as ‘energy’. If the paramis are new to you, you can hear an introduction and overview to the topic by...
In this talk Doug and Catherine discuss the topic of ‘monsters in the closet’, a.k.a. the shadow. They look at how the ego is formed through early trauma, and how it calcifies through additional conditioning via the family and society-at-large, creating areas in...
Welcome to this Dharma If You Dare Bonus Episode. We hope you enjoy this soundbite from Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on the third of the 6 Paramis: Ksanti, usually translated as ‘patience’. If the paramis are new to you, you can hear an introduction and...
Free Yourself from a Life of B-Movie Reruns In this talk from their 2019 online course Riding the Dragon, Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat discuss how to free ourselves from “the B Movie of our lives”, the flat storylines caused by our attachment to the...
We hope you enjoy this soundbite from Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on the second of the 6 paramis, sila, usually translated as ‘ethics’ or ‘morality’. If the paramis are new to you, you can hear an introduction and overview to the topic by finding Season...
We hope you enjoy this soundbite from Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on the first of the 6 paramis, dana, usually translated as ‘generosity’. If the paramis are new to you, you can hear an introduction and overview to the topic by finding Season 3 Episode 4...
Basic elements of an astrological chart. In this talk on AstroDharma Catherine and Doug discuss some basic elements of our natal astrological charts and how they can be leveraged for our spiritual unfoldment. This excerpt from the talk is focused on the 3 most...
