Bringing Mind Into View

Tassie GenX Dharma Bum
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Integrating the profound wisdom of the Kagyu lineage with a modern "mind-science" framework, the Tassie Dharma Bum podcast provides a practical manual for debugging the human suit and exiting the hamster wheel of cyclic existence. It is a "Science of Action" for the burned-out professional, offering a rigorous, unelaborated protocol to turn ancient wisdom into the direct awareness of daily life. 

Episodes

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    The Ten Requirements - The Practitioner's Survival Gear

    Pack your bags for awakening. Explore the mind-science of Gampopa’s "Indispensable Things" and how to debug the Human Suit. In this episode, the Tassie Dharma Bum walks us through the essential packing list for the spiritual path. Before we can leave the "Hamster Wheel" of cyclic existence, we need the right equipment to move toward an undistorted view of reality. We dive into the necessity of a "Sure Line of Action"—having a clear map from an authentic lineage so you don't get lost in "Narrative Overload." We explore the crucial skill of "Knowing Your Own Faults," which isn't about guilt, but about scientifically diagnosing the system errors of the social identity (attachment, aversion, and self-cherishing). This episode breaks down: Internal Assets: How to build mental strength through the accumulation of merit.Joyful Perseverance: Cultivating the diligence needed to bypass the chemical storms of the ego.Freedom from Clinging: The ultimate safety mechanism for the unconditioned mind.Biological Cleaning Agents: Why love and compassion are required to purify the mind for the unmistaken view of emptiness.Key Takeaway: Learn what you need to "unfuse" from the Human Suit and walk the unelaborated path with confidence.

    18 min

  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    The Ten Regrets - The Ultimate Reality Check

    Stop wasting your "Human Suit." Explore Gampopa's Ten Causes of Regret and the mind-science of leaving the hamster wheel. In this episode, the Tassie Dharma Bum confronts the "Hard Truth" of the deathbed. Using Gampopa’s Precious Rosary as a diagnostic mirror, we explore the profound regrets that arise when we waste a Precious Human Life on the distractions of worldly concerns. We dive into the tragedy of the "Empty-Handed Merchant"—arriving at the island of jewels (this life) but leaving with nothing but old karmic habits. We discuss: The futility of polishing a "Social Identity" that cannot survive death.The danger of "Selling Secrets" for ego-gratification.The mistake of waiting until the body is old and weak to start the Science of Action.This isn't about generating guilt; it’s about generating Incentive. Join us to learn how to use this Kagyu lineage list to spark the urgency you need to get off the wheel and onto the cushion now, so you can eventually rest in the unelaborated nature of mind without looking back in regret.

    16 min

  3. 5 DAYS AGO

    Overview of the Path

    Overview of the Path episode, which explores the foundational "Map" of the Kagyu lineage and the mind-science protocols required to reveal one's natural, perfect mind. The Map to Your Natural Mind: Decoding the Kagyu Lineage In this episode, we dive into a foundational manual for the Western mind, exploring the graduated path of the Kagyu lineage. We discuss how our primordial, fundamental mind (Buddha nature) is already perfect—it is simply obscured by the "clouds" of conceptual elaboration and conflicting emotions. Key topics explored in this episode: The Two Truths: Understanding the difference between our habitual, binary Relative Truth and the inseparable, non-dual Ultimate Truth.Avoiding Extremes: Why we must navigate between Eternalism (ego-clinging) and Nihilism (misinterpreting emptiness).The Four Seals of Dharma: A diagnostic for the path, including the impermanence of all compounded things and the reality that all phenomena are empty and devoid of self.The Three Wisdom Tools: How to transition from theory to realization through consistent study, contemplation, and meditation.The Power of Virtue: Why cultivating compassion, loving-kindness, and equanimity is the necessary "ground preparation" for deep insight.Key Takeaway: Realization is not about self-improvement or "polishing the cage" of the ego; it is about taking absolute responsibility for your inner world and revealing the luminous, awakened nature that has been present all along.

    15 min
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Integrating the profound wisdom of the Kagyu lineage with a modern "mind-science" framework, the Tassie Dharma Bum podcast provides a practical manual for debugging the human suit and exiting the hamster wheel of cyclic existence. It is a "Science of Action" for the burned-out professional, offering a rigorous, unelaborated protocol to turn ancient wisdom into the direct awareness of daily life. 

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