The Gradual PathĀ Blog
As the holidays and conclusion of 2024 approaches, I wanted to reflect on the past year, look to the future, and extend on behalf of Geshe Tenzin Zopa, the Rachen nuns, and my family a warm season’s greetings to you and all our best wishes for 2025.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
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After watching intently former Chief Business Officer of Google X Mo Gawdat’s talk on The Future of AI and How It Will Shape Our World, a couple of things are clear: not only has this technology dramatically disrupted life as we once knew it, affording us god-like power never seen before in...
Gone Beyond: Finding the Middle Way
By: Erica Saccente
I entered the viewing room with trepidation and approached the casket. I had been in that room numerous times before, but this time felt different. What was Nonno John doing in there? He's not supposed to be in a casket. It seemed like...
For the past couple of years, I’ve carried a subtle, persistent feeling that something in my life wasn’t adding up. It may be a surprise, but the professional life I worked so long and hard to build has somehow eluded me. When people say that pilgrimage is...
In an increasingly fast-paced and hyper-production-driven world, many yearn to return to something timeless, slow-paced, connected, and meaningful. For some, this call manifests in a desire for pilgrimage—a spiritual journey that challenges not only the body but also the mind and...
This year marks a significant milestone for me—twenty years as a licensed psychotherapist. Over these two decades, I’ve had the privilege of learning from two extraordinary mentors, Joe Loizzo and Bob Thurman. Together, we explored the integration of Buddhist principles with...
I’ve been retooling and rebuilding my offerings since the onset of the pandemic. I imagine you too have been undergoing a rebuild, or at least contemplating a transformation of who you are, what you do, where you live, or all three. Dramatic change is underfoot. The archetype of our...
I can admit when I was wrong. When it comes to my thinking about the Rachen Stupa Service project, I was so, so mistaken. Let me tell you why…
We’ve just come down from Lama Konchog’s mountain hermitage where he completed over twenty years of solitary retreat. For those...
"It took six months of navigating the labyrinth to develop the pilgrimage to Japan into a once-in-a-lifetime tour unlike any other. I almost lost my mind! The lessons of pilgrimage are hard won and the results are seldom what we expect."
Details for GONE BEYOND: A Mystical...
On behalf of Geshe Tenzin Zopa, Emily, the boys, and the whole Gradual Path team we’d like to thank everyone who supported us this year through involvement in courses, pilgrimage, one-on-one sessions, patronage gifts, and subscribing to our platform.
We are growing our mandala...
By Dr. Miles Neale
It's less about taking sides and more about coming together in the middle ground to oppose our common foes, extremism, and violence, wherever they appear.
We are at a critical turning point in the long odyssey of the 25,000-year comic cycle known to the...
Humanity is on the brink of a third world war, and the Arab-Israeli conflict is but one of many complex global challenges we all face. Given the horrific devastation and loss of life, I ask myself the obvious question: are we broken beyond repair?
It’s an existential question that emerged...
