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Robert Chender
has been a practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala tradition for many
years, and is also a student and practitioner of certain shamanic
traditions, including the Munay-ki initiations of the Inca shamanic tradition. In this talk he explores the relationship between mind training and working with energy, components of both the Tibetan Buddhist and Shamanic Paths of practice he has studied.
from Davee Evans
The recent shift in medical marijuana policy reminded me of the infrequent and yet ongoing conversation about Buddhism and drugs. I recently read a paper published at Erowid, titled Psychoactive Plants in Tantric Buddhism, specifically discussing cannabis and datura usage in various Tantric sources. Then there was a Tricycle issue devoted to the topic of psychedelics, followed by Allan Hunt Badiner and Alex Grey's book Zig Zag Zen about Buddhism and psychedelics. I shouldn't be surprised that there's a synergy for people interested in the inner workings of the mind to explore many mind altering mechanisms. But this then highlights again the difference between renunciant-style Buddhism where intoxicants are avoided per the precepts, and later yogic-styles of Buddhism where anything goes. I wonder if the renunciant style is more in accord with Western puritan culture.
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