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Those who are free of all conceptual thinking, and are simply aware, are referred to as a "Buddha". And that which is void of concepts has no shape or characteristics whatsoever, and is therefore,   more...formless. The "Buddha" is simply another word for Formless Existence, or Silent Awareness. A permanently silenced mind is the Buddha.  less

Enlightenment and Awakening

Meditation for silencing the mind, being aware, letting go of the ego, and discovering Enlightenment, Self-Realization, No-Mind, Buddhahood, Nirvana, Liberation, Oneness, Utter Completion, Allness, Bliss,   more...Zen, Peace, Love, Truth, Awareness, Infinity, The Absolute, Reality, God, Tao, Source, Presence, Spirit, Divinity, Life, Nature, One Mind, Collective Consciousness, Formless Existence, etc.  less

For those seeking Enlightenment, Self-Realization, No-Mind, Buddhahood, Nirvana, Liberation, Oneness, Utter Completion, All-Being, Bliss, Zen, Peace, Love, Truth, Pure Awareness, Infinity, The Absolute,   more...Reality, God, Tao, Source, Presence, Spirit, Divinity, Nature, One Mind, Collective Consciousness, Formless Existence, etc.  less

Written and directed by Oliver Benjamin & Jon Grode in 2002

Douglas and Wilson have gone to Thailand to pursue their dreams. Wilson is seeking enlightenment, but Douglas has darker ambitions. One of   more...them will find redemption, but who? Things are not always what they seem at the Nice Illusion Rasta Cafe in Chiang Mai. Wake up and smell the karma.

A short film about two different types of tourist in Thailand: a drugged- out sleazeball and a preachy amateur Buddhist, both trying to find redemption in this very libertine country, where nothing is what it seems and everything is possible.

The result: Nice Illusion. A rushed two week shoot and continual casting changes resulted in a pretty enjoyable 25-minute flick. It's a great little window into what certain lost souls are doing in strange, semi-lawless places around the world.

It also offers a great slice-of-life of Chiang Mai, showcasing a variety of the natural surroundings, markets and cultural aspects of the area.
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Lama Marut here advises us to work at least as hard for our spiritual goals as we do for our professional advancement, money, or relationships. He reviews the three obstacles that stand in our way:   more...laziness, attraction to bad things, and low self-esteem.

This videocast is taken from a teaching given in Los Angeles in November of 2007.

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Learning how to meditate and developing wisdom about how the world is really working are, according to the Buddhist texts, altruistic and compassionate activities. If you want to change the world you   more...have to understand that the only way to do it is to change yourself into a more selfless person.

This videocast is taken from a teaching given at the Mahasukha Center in Los Angeles in December of 2008.

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Real renunciation means giving up suffering and its causes. We can start by not continually putting our eggs in the wrong baskets and, realizing there is no certainty in secular things, relaxing about   more...change itself.

This videocast is taken from a teaching given at The Waldorf School, Los Angeles, in December of 2007.

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Lama Marut here urges us to stop being diverted (through watching television, for example, over four hours a day on average) and remember our real purpose and mission.

This videocast is taken from a teaching   more...given at the annual Windhover retreat in Rockport, Massachusetts, in August of 2008.

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finding your saviour

Pump up the volume- wednesday of August.

shadows

the buddhist fist

Lama Marut here explains why the proper, human response to people who hurt you is not anger or the desire for vengeance but rather compassion.

This videocast is taken from a teaching given in June 2009   more...at the Three Jewels in Tucson, Arizona.

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Why do things happen the way they do to us? Lama Marut here goes through specific correlations between karmic cause and effect and the general principles behind them, and then urges us to learn to take   more...responsibility for everything that occurs in our lives.

This videocast is taken from a teaching given The Waldorf School, Los Angeles, in December of 2007.

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Lama Marut reviews the cause and effect “chain of pain.” It starts with the ignorant seeds we carry into this life from previous lives which then ripen and forces us to think of things ignorantly and   more...react to them ignorantly – which causes us to create the causes for more suffering. We break the cycle through cultivating wisdom about where likeable and dislikeable things in our lives really come from.

This videocast is taken from a teaching given at the Mahasukha Center in Los Angeles in December 2008.

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Lama Marut here discusses several of the qualities of a spiritual warrior – learning to live an ethical life so as to change your conception of the kind of person you are, and developing patience in the   more...face of provocation.

This videocast is taken from a teaching given at the Mahasukha Center in Los Angeles in December of 2008.

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Lama Marut here advises us to “relax into the insecurity” of life. Everything is changing and impermanent, and a little bit of wisdom about this goes a long way in aid of a happier life.

This videocast   more...is taken from a teaching given at the annual Windhover retreat in Rockport, Massachusetts, in August of 2007.

For Lama Marut’s audio podcasts please go to:
http://aci-la.org/mg-podcasts.html

For other teachings, please go to:
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A very important spiritual practice is to simply re-identify ourselves – as a kind, compassionate, happy person instead of a suffering schmuck. Additionally, when we encounter others we have a choice   more...between two unconfirmable assumptions.  less

What are the components of a good daily practice? Lama Marut reviews the basics, including meditation every morning, checking your morality all day long, doing something for others, and daily study of   more...a sacred text.  less

A religious practitioner must have a high degree of tolerance for cognitive dissonance, for the truth often seems to us (ignorant ones) as paradoxical. This videocast is taken from a teaching given in   more...Los Angeles, November of 2007.  less

Lama Marut here reviews the various kinds of karmic consequences of our actions, providing specific correlations between causes and effects. This videocast is taken from a teaching given at The Waldorf   more...School, Los Angeles, in December of 2007.  less

The purpose of a spiritual path is to lead the practitioner to happiness. The authentic and time-tested traditions work – they deliver the goods. But the false religion of consumer capitalism cannot   more...bring the happiness we seek in it, and we are living proof of that. We got everything the ideology promised and were not made happy as a result.

This videocast is taken from a public talk at the Bodhi Tree Bookstore in Los Angeles in December of 2007.

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