Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

uddhadharma offers in-depth teachings that reflect the wealth and range of Buddhist traditions, expert book reviews, and first-rate reporting on stories of special interest to Buddhists. It’s a precious resource for readers who want to deepen their understanding of Buddhist practice and philosophy.

Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

Journey into a Timeless Land…

Embodied Practice, Experiential Awareness

The Swift Path to Buddhahood • PEMA KHANDRO on the fascinating history, practice, and purpose of the Six Dharmas of Naropa.

The Practice of Fierce Inner Heat • JUDITH SIMMER-BROWN on tummo, one of the most famous esoteric practices of Tibetan Vajrayana and the Six Dharmas. What is it, what are its benefits, and what role does it play in our journey to enlightenment?

The Playful Dance of Awakened Mind • LAMA DÖNDRUP DRÖLMA on the illusory nature of phenomena and how we can wake up to reality’s true nature via the body-mind connection.

Awakening Through Dream • What role do dreams have in our path to liberation? CHARLIE MORLEY on the history and benefits of the fourth of Naropa’s Dharmas, milam, or yoga of the dream state. Includes a short dream yoga practice for you to try tonight.

Resting In Luminosity • LAMA KARMA WALL on how the practice of clear light (osel) yoga can help us recognize the luminous nature of our mind free from dualistic conceptualization.

A Wake-Up Call • ANDREW HOLECEK on bardo, one of the Six Dharmas of Naropa’s two practices for helping us find our way, when the time comes, through the death experience. It can help us in life, too.

The Fine Art of Conscious Dying • GLENN MULLIN on phowa, the tantric practice of transferring our consciousness at the moment at death in order to take rebirth in a pure realm.

Looking Into Vajrayana Buddhism’s Future • LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN, LAMA JUSTIN VON BUJDOSS, and LAMA DRUPGYU TENZIN (ANTHONY CHAPMAN) join Lion’s Roar/Buddhadharma editor-in-chief MELVIN MCLEOD to discuss how, or if, the very advanced practices of Tantric Buddhism can be introduced and promulgated in our modern society.

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