<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>www.dharmaoverground.org</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/rss</link> <description>www.dharmaoverground.org</description> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 00:24:49 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2014-10-19T00:24:49Z</dc:date> <item> <title>The Big Issues</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-big-issues</link> <description>Here is an article dedicated to public debate of the big issues that impede straightforward, open, honest, down-to-earth, empowering dharma. There are so many different angles on these problems that</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-big-issues</guid> <dc:creator>Daniel M. Ingram</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-09-21T21:59:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Causal vs Acausal Clarity</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/causal-vs-acausal-clarity</link> <description>There has been much debate on the DhO about topics related to clarity and how this relates to such topics as Rigpa and awakening and the like. I thought I might add in the distinction between what I</description> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:07:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/causal-vs-acausal-clarity</guid> <dc:creator>Daniel M. Ingram</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-09-06T05:07:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Places to Practice: Tathagata Meditation Center</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/places-to-practice:-tathagata-meditation-center</link> <description>Name of Center: Tathagata Meditation Center (TMC) Address: 1215 Lucretia Ave., San Jose, CA 95122 Phone Number: 408 294-4536 Website: http://www.tathagata.org Tradition(s): Theravada - Burmese</description> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/places-to-practice:-tathagata-meditation-center</guid> <dc:creator>Dan Bartlett</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-08-07T11:10:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Realization and Development</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/realization-and-development</link> <description>When I was in elementary school it dawned on me that the doctrines of the major religions were mutually exclusive. As such, I reasoned, none of them were true. The idea that just one of them had the</description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/realization-and-development</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-04-14T12:54:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Toxic Evangelism, Hardcore Dharma and Relationships</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/toxic-evangelism-hardcore-dharma-and-relationships</link> <description>Most meditation cultures, and particularly those that are more hardcore, and that includes the culture here, have something like the following assumptions: Knowing the Dharma is good. Meditation is</description> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/toxic-evangelism-hardcore-dharma-and-relationships</guid> <dc:creator>Daniel M. Ingram</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-04-10T12:51:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Assessing Outsider's Realizations w/ Our Models</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/assessing-outsider-s-realizations-w-our-models</link> <description>One tricky thing that has come up again and again here on DhO is how we can assess the claims of other practitioners in this community. I think equally tricky is assessing the degree of realization of</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:38:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/assessing-outsider-s-realizations-w-our-models</guid> <dc:creator>Vincent Horn</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-04-08T03:38:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Bored in Equanimity Waiting for First Path?</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/bored-in-equanimity-waiting-for-first-path</link> <description>In the chapter about Equanimity in Daniel's Book, there is a sentence I've read countless times by now: From this point enlightenment is likely to be attained quickly as long as the meditator</description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:32:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/bored-in-equanimity-waiting-for-first-path</guid> <dc:creator>Florian Weps</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-04-04T13:32:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Singular vs Multiple Types of Awakening</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/singular-vs-multiple-types-of-awakening</link> <description>There are multiple age-old debates within Buddhism and between Buddhism and some of the other insight traditions about whether or not everyone gets to the same realization in the end if they take</description> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:29:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/singular-vs-multiple-types-of-awakening</guid> <dc:creator>Daniel M. Ingram</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-27T13:29:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Assessing Each Other's Practice</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/assessing-each-other-s-practice</link> <description>As this is explicitly a map and attainment oriented site, it is inevitable that people will be evaluating each other’s posts and practice and making judgements and comparisons to their own practive.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/assessing-each-other-s-practice</guid> <dc:creator>Daniel M. Ingram</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-26T12:50:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Jewish Mysticism and the DhO</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/jewish-mysticism-and-the-dho</link> <description>I've been thinking about the future of the Dharma Overground. With the new website in the offing, there is a real possibility that the community will change, a prospect both exciting and frightening.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:49:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/jewish-mysticism-and-the-dho</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-22T12:49:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Bipolar Disorder and Insight</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/bipolar-disorder-and-insight</link> <description>I got an email asking about Bipolar Disorder (AKA Manic-Depressive Disorder) and how it related to the traditional maps of the Progress of Insight. As one who advocates for truth in advertising and</description> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:27:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/bipolar-disorder-and-insight</guid> <dc:creator>Daniel M. Ingram</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-20T13:27:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Realtime Chronicle of 2nd Path?</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/a-realtime-chronicle-of-2nd-path</link> <description>The following is a rapid-fire email exchange between Tarin (theprisonergreco) and Kenneth, in March of 2009. Tarin's communications are in italics, Kenneth's are in standard type. 1) From Tarin:</description> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:13:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/a-realtime-chronicle-of-2nd-path</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-19T17:13:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Conversations with an Advanced Yogi</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/conversations-with-an-advanced-yogi</link> <description>Hi Charles, This report is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for with regard to the development practice. With this kind of clear description of your experience we can refine the language and the</description> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/conversations-with-an-advanced-yogi</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-17T17:08:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>No Dog, Some Dog, and The Simplest Thing</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/no-dog-some-dog-and-the-simplest-thing</link> <description>There has been a lot of reference to these three in various discussions, so I thought it might be good to have a page dedicated to exploring them. Please feel free to lend your thoughts. No Dog is a</description> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/no-dog-some-dog-and-the-simplest-thing</guid> <dc:creator>Daniel M. Ingram</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-13T14:03:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Boy Who Found the Great Ocean</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-boy-who-found-the-great-ocean</link> <description>Putujjana had heard of the great ocean. On full moon nights the whole village would gather around the fire and Mighty Medicine Woman would tell stories. She told of a great ocean, far away, beyond</description> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-boy-who-found-the-great-ocean</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-10T14:00:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Fundamental View</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/fundamental-view</link> <description>The Importance of View It is one of postmodern indisputable discoveries that „context is everything“ or, well, almost everything. The crucial importance of right view has been recognized by every</description> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:22:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/fundamental-view</guid> <dc:creator>Hokai Sobol</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-07T06:22:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Physio-energetic and Psychological Models of Enlightenment</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/physio-energetic-and-psychological-models-of-enlightenment</link> <description>There are, generally speaking, two ways to model enlightenment. One way involves what happens in the body, while the other describes changes in the mind. We can refer to these two contrasting modeling</description> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/physio-energetic-and-psychological-models-of-enlightenment</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-06T14:59:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Dry Insight Technique for Attaining Path</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/a-dry-insight-technique-for-attaining-path</link> <description>Let's say you've been sitting around in equanimity for some months or years. (If you are not in the equanimity ñana, you can read this for the sake of information, but it won't do you any good to try</description> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:06:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/a-dry-insight-technique-for-attaining-path</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-03-05T18:06:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Progress of Insight (part three)</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-progress-of-insight-part-three</link> <description>I once had an experience while on retreat in Rangoon of seeing a perfectly formed and brightly colored mandala. It was during my afternoon nap that I awoke into an alternate reality. I somehow knew</description> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-progress-of-insight-part-three</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-02-28T14:52:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Progress of Insight (part two)</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-progress-of-insight-part-two</link> <description>The Dukkha Ñanas There are just two places on the Progress of Insight where yogis get stuck. /\ ___/ \___ The sticky places are the 3rd ñana and the 10th, i.e. the ascent to the crest of the wave, and</description> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/testblog/-/blogs/the-progress-of-insight-part-two</guid> <dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2009-02-27T14:46:00Z</dc:date> </item> </channel> </rss> 