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Gaylon Ferguson

About Gaylon Ferguson

Gaylon Ferguson is an acharya (senior teacher) in the Shambhala Buddhist community. He has a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Stanford and is a faculty member in religious studies and interdisciplinary studies at Naropa University. He is the author of Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With.

59 Ways to Turn Your Mind Around

by Gaylon Ferguson| March 11, 2021

59 Ways to Turn Your Mind Around

The way to bodhicitta, the mind of compassion, is marked by the fifty-nine lojong slogans. Gaylon Ferguson points us in the right direction.

Presencia mental (Mindfulness) y el Óctuple Sendero de Buda

by Gaylon Ferguson| January 11, 2021

Presencia mental (Mindfulness) y el Óctuple Sendero de Buda

Para entender cómo practicar la presencia mental (o mindfulness) en la vida diaria, dice Gaylon Ferguson, tenemos que mirar a los ocho pasos del Óctuple Sendero de Buda.

Mindfulness and the Buddha’s Eightfold Path

by Gaylon Ferguson| September 2, 2020

Mindfulness and the Buddha’s Eightfold Path

To understand how to practice mindfulness in daily life, says Gaylon Ferguson, we have to look at all eight steps of the Buddha’s noble eightfold path.

How Your Mind Works

by Gaylon Ferguson| March 11, 2020

How Your Mind Works

We assemble the thing we call “self” ourselves, according to Buddhist psychology. Gaylon Ferguson breaks down the five-step process of ego development.

The Unseen World

by Lama Rod Owens, Rob Preece, Gaylon Ferguson and Lama Tsultrim Allione| February 6, 2020

The Unseen World

Lama Tsultrim Allione, Rob Preece, and Acharya Gaylon Ferguson discuss their individual relationships with nonmaterial realized beings and the purpose of including them in your practice.

Shamatha–Vipashyana: Our Original Nature

by Gaylon Ferguson| June 15, 2018

Shamatha–Vipashyana: Our Original Nature

Gaylon Ferguson explains that through both shamatha and vipashyana meditation we bring our mind back to its original state.

Breathing Lessons

by Larry Rosenberg, Edward Espe Brown, Gaylon Ferguson and Richard Rosen| April 13, 2017

Breathing Lessons

Four teachers compare breath practices in yoga and three schools of Buddhism—Theravada, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism.

Is Meditation Enough?

by Sharon Salzberg, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Gaylon Ferguson and Norman Fischer| November 9, 2012

Is Meditation Enough?
Meditation, Norman Fischer, Sharon Salzberg, Gaylon Ferguson, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Buddhadharma, Forum, Buddhism, Lion's RoarPhoto by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.

Sharon Salzberg, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, and Gaylon Ferguson examine the central role of meditation in Western Buddhism and explore how other practices, such as study and ritual, may or may not be necessary. With introduction by Norman Fischer.

Gods & Kings for Modern Times

by Gaylon Ferguson| August 2, 2011

Gods & Kings for Modern Times

A review of All Things Shining and To Uphold the World by Gaylon Ferguson.

Happy Together

by Gaylon Ferguson| February 1, 2011

Happy Together

When we stop focusing on ourselves, says Gaylon Ferguson, we begin to see that our happiness is dependent on the happiness of all beings.

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