We just completed another Get Real Workshop this last weekend. The focus was on moving into a deeper relationship with the Reality, the SAT by revealing and realizing the layers of hidden unreality, the ASAT, we have unwittingly identified with. I call it ‘Realizing the Lie’. The very fabric that keeps us locked into our [...]

Here are the photos of the new Retreat Center in India. Please contact Siddhartha at newdharma@gmail.com if you are interested in staying at the Center.

I encountered this term while studying the Buddhist’s teachings. I feel it is an important concept to understand. What does taking refuge mean? In the Buddhist tradition it means to commit oneself sincerely to one’s teacher, his teachings (and practices) and the community of fellow seekers. They tell us the benefits of doing so are [...]

One of the advantages of a move is the new perspective it gives. I am beginning to see things from a different angle now that I’m here in Olympia, Washington. It was not possible in Sacramento nor in Reno, as the old influences were all around me. But now, in this new place, the atmosphere [...]