Insights, adventures, the living dharma
Tamara Dawn’s Blog
Explore the very heady side of my soul’s expression through these philosophical meanderings.
Most of these essays are available in podcast form following the link below.
The Mahayana Motivation
It has been heard by me that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence. Likewise, that emptiness itself, its postulation that is, is also empty, non-immune to its own description. I have heard that “Without one, there are not many. Without many, one is not...
Nirvana at the Hyatt
Having arrived in Nepal, having found a dwelling, having taken refuge in the three jewels, the wandering yoginī set out to receive teachings of the precious sublime dharma. Luckily for her, the karmic seeds one holds in the field of dharma practice are easily sprouted...
Non-Dualism in Tantra:
The Antidote to the Ignorant Illusion of the Separate self ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते । पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Auṃ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam pūrṇātpūrnamudacyate | Pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate || auṃ...
So….. what is Tantra? And why would I care?
So….. what is Tantra? And why would I care? Like all words, Tantra is a finger pointing to a moon. The word encapsulates a vast network of meanings rich with implication, interpretation and associations. In the so-called modern world the word may link into the neural...
My first Dieta
So much was gained, revealed, shared that it feels like although attempting to catch these intangible spirit teachings will forever be like trying to catch stars in glass jars, essentially impossible, the desire to share at least a residue of what was given to me, with you, whoever you are reading these words, is too strong to let myself yield to inertia. Trying to describe Ayahuasca is like trying to describe the Infinite. Difficult, yet the pleasurable source of endless philosophical consideration.