Bryan is joined by Dr. David Papineau, a materialist, and Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, an anti-materialist, for a debate on the matter of things.
Category: Philosophy
Links to philosophy resources.
Instructions for Attaining Enlightenment – Padmasambhava – Guru Rinpoche – Dzogchen
This teaching, given by the Lotus Master, was entitled, “Instructions for Women on Attaining Enlightenment without abandoning daily activities” and was taken from the text: “Treasures From Juniper Ridge, The Profound Treasure Instructions of Padmasambhava To The Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal” translated and edited by Erik Pema Kunsang & Marcia Binder Schmidt.
Book can be purchased here: https://tibetantreasures.com/
Music: Raga Yaman by Manish Vyas, Bikramjit Singh Samadhi by Shaman’s Dream
The Living Universe – Documentary about Consciousness and Reality | Waking Cosmos
Since the time of Plato, the human understanding of the universe has moved through two epoch-defining paradigms. These are the view of the universe as a great mind, moving into the view of the universe as a great machine. Today there are signs that the modern mind is moving towards an organismic view of the universe, apprehended as an evolving, self-generating, and ultimately living process. This film is based on an essay I wrote for my philosophy master’s degree, inspired by the work of, among others, Brian Swimme, Thomas Berry, Thomas Nagel, and Richard Tarnas.
Consciousness beyond brain function, with neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander
A frank conversation with neurosurgeon and near-death experiencer Dr. Eben Alexander, on the survival of consciousness beyond brain function.
What The Bleep Do We Know!? – Down The Rabbit Hole
The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise by Ian Baker
The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise tells the story of Ian Baker’s decades-long quest for the literary and geographical sources of Shangri-la, a mythical paradise in the remotest regions of the Himalayas. His research led him on multiple journeys in Tibet as well as into esoteric Tibetan texts describing beyul, or hidden-lands.
Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of these legendary hidden-lands lies in the world’s deepest gorge, at the eastern edge of the Himalayan range, veiled by a colossal waterfall in the depths of the forbidding Tsangpo gorge. After years of research and investigation, Buddhist scholar and world-class climber Ian Baker and his team made worldwide news by reaching the bottom of the Tsangpo gorge and finding a magnificent 108-foot-high waterfall – the legendary grail of both Western explorers and Tibetan seekers and the prophesied door to the innermost hidden-land of Beyul Pemakö, the Hidden Land Arrayed Like a Lotus.
The Heart of the World recounts one of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery ever told – an extraordinary journey into one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on earth, a meditation on humankind’s place in nature, and a pilgrimage to the heart of Tibetan Buddhism.
About the Speaker: Ian Baker is an anthropologist, author, and scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and Tantric yoga. He was recognised by The National Geographic Society as one of seven ‘Explorers for the Millennium’ for his fieldwork connected with the Tibetan tradition of hidden-lands (beyul) and the discovery of the lost ‘Falls of the Tsangpo’, the subject of his newly reissued book, The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise, which explores the geographical and literary sources of the legend of Shangri-la in the remotest regions of the Himalayas.
Official Trailer Beyond Two Worlds: Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX
Beyond Two Worlds Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX
Yeshe Tsogyal: Her Life and Enlightenment
Yeshe Tsogyal was the first Tibetan to achieve full enlightenment. She is the mother of Tibetan Buddhism and of the Dzogchen tradition. She is revered by Tibetans as the foremost disciple and consort of Padmasambhava, the eighth-century tantric master who established Buddhism in Tibet. Yeshe Tsogyal is also celebrated for transcribing Padmasambhava’s teachings and preserving them for future generations. In this talk, Yeshe Tsogyal will be discussed as a perfect practitioner, a perfect disciple and a perfect Master as well as a shining example of View, Meditation and Conduct. The talk was given by Pema Düddul, the Buddhist Chaplain in the University of Southern Queensland’s Multi-Faith Service and the Director of Jalü Buddhist Meditation Centre. Pema has decades of experience as a Buddhist practitioner and has taught mindfulness and meditation in Buddhist and educational settings since 2007. Pema is ordained as a Ngakpa in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Enlightenment, a documentary by Anthony Chene
A documentary by Anthony Chene : http://www.anthonychene.com
How can we overcome our fears? How do we reconnect with our intuition? What is the power and magic of using your intention? -To what extent can we use it to reach the life we truly want? Who are we really? How can we experience enlightenment, oneness, and our divine identity?
Participants:
– Marc Allen (Founder & CEO of “New World Library”)
– Carlos Casados (Neuro-linguistic programming Expert and hypnotist, co-host of “Authenticity Show”)
– Sarah McLean (Meditation and mindfulness teacher)
– Armando Perez (Coach & Founder of “Selfhelp.la”)
– Dean Radin (Chief scientist at “Noetic Institute”)
– Cynthia Sue Larson (Author, researcher & Speaker)
The Goodman Lectures: The Relatable and Extraordinary Life of Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé
“As the most prolific historical Tibetan Buddhist woman prior to the 1950s, Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé presents a candid and nuanced female perspective on what it means to embody Vajrayana Buddhist ideals. The eloquent and subtle Tibetan prose and verse that comprises her long autobiography is as inspiring as it is intensely expressive of a range of relatable human emotions, including rage, grief, love, and humor. In this talk I will share some tastes of a project I am currently immersed in to translate the richness of both the relatable and extraordinary elements of Sera Khandro’s writing from Tibetan into English.”