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With Alan Watts

In this universe there is one great energy and we have no name for it

Guidepost of Silent Illumination

By Master Hongzhi

Silent and serene, forgetting words, bright clarity appears before you.

A Case for Wise Hope in Dark Times

With Joan Halifax

This excerpt from the The Strange and Necessary Case for Hope is rare medicine for our dark times.

35:00 – FREE

Clear Teachings from the Tibetan Tradition

With Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Q&A session from SAND 18

Nonduality and Mindfulness — Two Great Traditions that Go Great Together

By Michael Taft

In the context of American spiritual practice nondual traditions and mindfulness traditions appear to be in sharp contrast.

Rest in Natural Great Peace

With Peter Russell

Peter Russell explains that most human beings—unlike animals—focus on the past and the future, which means they spend their time in a state of discontent.

We Can Still Be Crazy

By Pema Chödrön

We may think meditation will improve us, but it’s really about accepting ourselves as we are right now.

The Human Being in Spiritual Traditions

With A. H. Almaas and Robert Thurman

How do the different spiritual traditions view being human?

I Have Tried In My Way To Be Free

By Philip Marvin

His first album came out in 1967 when I was a very impressionable young teenager in the midst of the so-called “summer of love” of that year.

Exclusive interview with Dr. Alan Wallace

With Science and Nonduality

In this exclusive interview with Dr. Alan Wallace we discuss consciousness, mathematics, practicing deep sleep states and meditation as preparation for dying consciously.

Buddha's Message: Have Some fun! Bob Thurman

Bob Thurman delights the audience at SAND 2018 with his lighthearted approach to the wisdom and the…

Truth Will Set You Free: Time Does Not Exist

By Hans Meijer

When we ask ourselves why we think time exists, most of us would say: because we see everything changing, always.

Why Believe in Rebirth?

By Dr. Jeffery D. Long

In a now famous conversation between Carl Sagan and the Dalai Lama, Sagan, a scientist and renowned…

Intimate Relationship as a Spiritual Crucible

By John Welwood

Living with someone we love, with all the joys and challenges, is one of the best ways…

Nondualism: A Brief History of a Timeless Concept

By Michael Taft

Many traditions and mystics talk about nondualism. But what is nondualism, and how have people—from different religions in different parts of the word—described this concept over time?

How Does an Awakened Person Perceive the World?

By David Loy

Obviously, that’s an important question for nondualists including Advaitins and Buddhists.

The Dalai Lama and the Atlas of Emotions

By Georgi Johnson

Emotions are tricky entities. They confuse the mind and disturb perception, isolating an individual in a private sense of reality. So what to do with them?

The Myth of Enlightenment

By Jinen Jason Shulman

There is a pervasive myth about enlightenment which, although repeated by many spiritual teachers, has its origins in a view of spirituality that arises from the misconceptions of the unhealed ego.