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The Forest Dwelling Yogi

The Forest Dwelling Yogi

Interview with the Buddhist Geeks. Part 1, Enlightenment is found in the Body; followed by part 2, Tibetan Buddhist Lineage in the West.

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Touching Enlightenment

Touching Enlightenment

Tricycle, Spring 2006. After years of meditation, you may feel you’re making very little progress. But the guide you may need has…

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The Awakened State

The Awakened State

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge, June 2012 In this episode, Tami Simon from Sounds True speaks with Reggie about the...

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In a word, Dharma

In a word, Dharma

What is Dharma? According to Reginald A. Ray, dharma is a fascinating term because it integrates several levels of experience, from our first moment on the path to the achievement of full realization.

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Hard Questions

Hard Questions

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge, August 2009. In this episode, Tami Simon—who is a student of Reggie—poses a series of challenging and difficult questions to her instructor.

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Dark Retreat

Dark Retreat

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge, November 2010 Reggie discusses his recent experiences in dark retreat as well as the true...

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Busyness is Laziness

Busyness is Laziness

The life that we have in our mind, the life that is a reflection of our planning, the life that has been constructed out of bits and pieces in our environment…

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And Sparks will Fly

And Sparks will Fly

Dr. Reggie Ray is one of the first examples of an historical synthesis: the wisdom of the East and the technological know-how of the West. That’s not just hype…

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The Three Lineages

The Three Lineages

Inspiration, innovation, institution—Reginald A. Ray looks at the different manifestations of lineage and how they maintain their awakened quality.

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Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

Tibetan Buddhism contains many teachings about the subtle energies of the body that are focused on the chakras or energy centers. Tibetan Buddhist…

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Three in One: A Buddhist Trinity

Three in One: A Buddhist Trinity

The “three bodies of the Buddha” may seem like a remote construct, says Reginald Ray, but they are the ground of existence and present in every moment of our experience.

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How to Study the Dharma

How to Study the Dharma

In Buddhism, an ever-deepening understanding unfolds naturally from intellectual study. This process is classically expressed in the teaching of the three prajnas, or kinds of knowledge—hearing, contemplating and meditating.

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Good Cause

Good Cause

“When we understand how our mind works, the practice becomes easy.” Reginald A. Ray discusses the close connection between Buddhist philosophy and practice.

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That Problematic “Self”

That Problematic “Self”

November 1, 2003 | Lion’s Roar. “Self” is a purely conceptual construction says Dr. Reginald A. Ray in his fourth and final article exploring the “self”.

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Deconstructing the ”Self”

Deconstructing the ”Self”

September 1, 2003 | Lion’s Roar. If the “self” is ultimately nothing more than a figment of our imagination, what is this figment like and how does it come to seem so real?

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Why Me?

Why Me?

July 1, 2003 | Lion’s Roar. In the second of a four-part series on the definition of “self” in Buddhist teaching, Dr. Reginald (Reggie) Ray asks…

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Who, Me?

Who, Me?

May 1, 2003 | Lion’s Roar. Buddhism describes several kinds of ‘self’ and ‘not-self,’ each of which has its role to play in our spiritual life.

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To Touch Enlightenment with the Body

To Touch Enlightenment with the Body

In the second of a three-part series on Buddhism and the body, Reginald Ray talks about how the body is not just the pathway to realization but the embodiment of enlightenment itself.

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Kobun Chino’s Trailer

Kobun Chino’s Trailer

Reginald Ray writes a remembrance of Zen master and famed calligrapher Kobun Chino Roshi, who died tragically with his young daughter in July, 2002.

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The Floating Heads

The Floating Heads

Many Western Budddhists, says Reginald Ray, perpetuate the mind/body, secular/sacred dualism that has marked our culture since early Christianity.

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Waiting. Waiting. For What?

Waiting. Waiting. For What?

Meditation is often considered a self-contained activity, different from our actual life. More accurately, meditation is training for life. But most profoundly, meditation is life itself—not just any life, but our own most intimate and secret life.

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The Practice of Karma

The Practice of Karma

Reginald A. Ray on how T’hrinlay Wangmo transformed an horrific incident into a situation of blessing through her understanding of karma.

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Understanding Karma

Understanding Karma

Everything we do affects the future in ever-widening ripples of cause and effect. If our actions are virtuous, then the karmic results will be positive, whereas if our actions are unvirtuous, the results will be negative.

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What’s the Use of Suffering?

What’s the Use of Suffering?

The biggest mistake we can make, according to the Buddha, is to discount or minimize our suffering. Why? Because it is the fiery gate through which we must pass to engage the spiritual path.

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Hold the Grief of the World

Hold the Grief of the World

Sept 15-17, 2001 | Shambhala Mountain Center. It is very easy to become confused in this world and think that either things are hopeless or that they are okay…

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Friends, There is Suffering

Friends, There is Suffering

“Friends, there is suffering.” These words represent the beginning of the Buddha’s first teaching after his enlightenment. Why is the Buddha stating the obvious?

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Religion Without God

Religion Without God

Buddhists everywhere believe in an “unseen world” inhabited by a full range of gods, demi-gods, spirits, ghosts and demons. In addition, all Buddhists…

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What is Tibetan Buddhism?

What is Tibetan Buddhism?

In Tibet, Buddhism provided the basis of a unique civilization. It offered a vision of a meaningful life, an ethical system that enjoined decency and humanity, a profound philosophical tradition, and a comprehensive spiritual path. The expressions of Buddhism in Tibet could be found everywhere-in the devotion of virtually all…

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