Dr. Daniel Brown has been a clinical and forensic psychologist for almost 50 years. He has been at Harvard Medical School for almost 40 years. He has been a student of, translator for, and meditation master in the Indo-Tibetan and Bon meditation tradition for almost 50 years. He has the only Western neuroscience study identifying the brain changes in the shift from ordinary mind to awakened mind.
Books:
- Pointing Out the Great Way: The Stages of Meditation in the Mahamudra Tradition
- Transformations of Consciousness: Conventional and Contemplative Perspectives On Development (New Science Library)
- Self-Arising Three-fold Embodiment of Enlightenment: [of Bon Great Completion Meditation]
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Transcript, summary, and key takeaways from this interview
Interview recorded January 10, 2021
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:05:15 – The Universal Trouble of Relationships in East and West
- 00:09:11 – Morality and Enlightenment
- 00:13:18 – Realizations and Enlightenment
- 00:17:37 – Practicing Automatic Emptiness and Unbounded Wholeness
- 00:21:52 – The correlation between brain activity and subjective states
- 00:26:09 – Shifting the Basis of Operation
- 00:30:03 – The Speed of the Mind and Baseball Training
- 00:34:10 – The Indestructible Essence in Buddhism
- 00:38:14 – The Purification of the Body
- 00:42:12 – The Transformation into Rainbow Body
- 00:46:23 – The Desert Fathers’ Teachings and Controversy
- 00:50:21 – The Seven Deadly Sins in Meditation
- 00:54:23 – Putting Realizations into Practice
- 00:58:40 – The True Test of Realization
- 01:02:29 – Differentiating Awakened Awareness from Ordinary Awareness
- 01:06:35 – The Ninth Stage of Concentration
- 01:10:43 – Training the Mind to Concentrate
- 01:14:42 – Realizing the Power of Non-Reactivity
- 01:18:35 – Alternative to Traditional Tibetan Preliminary Practices
- 01:22:42 – Balancing Enlightenment and Conduct
- 01:26:39 – Different Paths to Enlightenment
- 01:30:49 – Different Perspectives on Ultimate Reality
- 01:34:49 – The Dying Tradition of Cave and Hermitage Monks
- 01:39:10 – Concentration versus Effortlessness
- 01:43:03 – Deep Transformation of the Nervous System
- 01:46:47 – The Influence of Conspiracy Theories
- 01:51:02 – The Danger of Fragmentation and Isolation
- 01:55:14 – The Limitations of a Human Being
- 01:59:44 – The Influence of Suggestive Influence and Soundbites
- 02:03:58 – Conclusion and Farewell
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