Enlightened Daniel Ingram speaks (video)

Daniel Ingram; Britton Lab; Wisdom Quarterly

Daniel Ingram speaks at Cheetah House, Part 1 of 3 from Britton Lab
  

In Part 1, Ingram discusses:

• the impetus for the practical or hardcore Dharma movement
• how the emphasis on open discussion of practice distinguishes the movement from other Dharma movements
• the history of Western Dharma, the interaction of Western Dharma with consumer demand, and how this interaction has led to the current state of Western Dharma
• how the Western Dharma movement might be restructured into a pyramidal model with a full acknowledgement of higher states and stages, using the education system as an analogy
• the difference between using meditation to skillfully handle difficult situations as they come up and using meditation to permanently rewire the brain so these situations are never an issue, and how this distinction relates to confusion over the goals of meditation in mindfulness-based interventions
• the first two stages of insight, mind and body as well as cause and effect

See Ingram's website and download his free book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha at InteractiveBuddha.com

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"Dharma Maps" at Against the Stream

What is enlightenment? Bodhi, in Pāli and Sanskrit, is often translated as “enlightenment.” 

   

A better translation might be “to awake, become aware, notice, know, understand.” What does it mean to become awake? How do I wake up, become enlightened?
   
Dharma maps are descriptions of the path to enlightenment, strategies, step-by-step guides for organizing insight practice toward the (non) goal of enlightenment.

   

There many such maps, perhaps as many as there are teachers. Which works for us? This course will look at them as if portions of the Requisites of Enlightenment were independent maps:

 

The Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Sixteen Stages of Insight, Four Stages of Enlightenment, Ten Fetters... The course will also look at the work of the commentaries and

• The Progress of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw
• Mastering the Core Practices of the Buddha by Daniel Ingram
• The Pros and Cons of Dharma Maps by Shinzen Young.

This is an intermediate level course and will explore insight practice using guided-meditation. Everyone who is comfortable sitting two 30-minute guided meditations per class is welcome.

• Dharma Maps: An 8-Week Series
• Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 pm
• June 7, 14, 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26, and August 2.
• Cost: $20 per evening. Some scholarships and work study available. No one is turned away for lack of funds. More

George Haas, who is from Manhattan, began sitting vipassana at Ordinary Dharma in Venice and reading extensively. In 1998, he began study with his current teacher, Shinzen Young, and Vipassana Support International, where he is now a senior facilitator.

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