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Dec 05 2015

Entering the Stream of Freedom: Karma Yoga and Dharma Training

Do you want more freedom? And what do you mean by “freedom?” Some think we can uncover our blind spots through “sitting practice,” also called meditation. While it is true one can discover much this way, what we cannot see is how our patterns play out in our daily lives.

Filed Under: Awakening, Blog, Karma Yoga, Meditation Tagged With: dharmatraining, karmayoga, shadow, upstreamdownstream, virtualmonastery

Aug 22 2015

Why Meditation Alone Doesn’t Work … And What to Do About It

In our particular spiritual tradition, the keys to success for karma yoga revolve around staying aware in the present moment, and cultivating the bodhisattva vow: dedicating all of our efforts for the benefit of all beings.

Filed Under: Awakening, Blog, Karma Yoga, Meditation Tagged With: bodhisattva, compassion, karmayoga, mindfulness, spiritualcommunity, triplegem, virtualmonastery

Jun 05 2015

Karma Yoga: A Vehicle for Dharma Training

by Lisa Feder As I am getting ready to leave Clear Sky Retreat Center after being part of the Karma Yoga team, Cata and Sensei discuss with me some of the biggest challenges to maintaining an ongoing practice of Karma Yoga, or meditation in action through service. Their teaching addresses: Why Do Karma Yoga; Why […]

Filed Under: Blog, Karma Yoga Tagged With: conditioning, dharmatraining, ego, habits, karmayoga, spiritualawakening, spiritualcommunity, virtualmonastery

Oct 07 2014

The Dharma of Work

Historically, spiritual training took place almost exclusively within the monastery or convent. Nowadays few of us spiritual practitioners enter that kind of orthodox context. What then? We suggest that the workplace – whether a company, clinic, factory, studio, etc. – comprises our contemporary spiritual training ground.

Filed Under: Blog, Karma Yoga Tagged With: 4deepfears, career, challenges, dharmatraining, karmayoga, spiritualawakening, spiritualcommunity, virtualmonastery

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