582. Daniel P. Brown

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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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] Websites: pointingoutway.org drdanielpbrown.com mindonly.com attachmentproject.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of 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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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer.
0:30.1	Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people.
0:35.8	I've had about 580 of these now,
0:38.8	and if this happens to be new to you,
0:41.0	and you'd like to check out some of the previous ones,
0:43.6	go to batgap.com, BAT, GAP,
0:47.0	and look under the past interviews menu,
0:50.4	where you'll see them organized in several different ways.
0:53.8	This program is made possible through the support of appreciative listeners and viewers.
0:58.6	So if you appreciate it and would like to help support it, there's a PayPal button on every page of batgap.com.
1:05.3	My guest today is Dr. Daniel Brown.
1:10.2	Dan has been a clinical and forensic psychologist for almost 50 years.
1:14.7	He has been at Harvard Medical School for almost 40 years. He has been a student of, translator
1:20.9	for, and meditation master in the Indo-Tibetan and Bon meditation tradition for almost 50 years.
1:29.0	He has the only Western neuroscience study identifying the brain changes in the shift
1:33.9	from ordinary mind to awakened mind.
1:37.0	As usual, I've listened to many hours of Dan's other talks and interviews over the past week,
1:42.7	and I think we're going to have an interesting conversation.
1:46.3	Dan wanted to say something in the beginning.
1:48.7	He told me he has Parkinson's and it makes his face a little bit immobile.
1:51.9	So he wanted people to know that so it didn't freak him out or something.
1:55.1	You want to elaborate on that any, Dan?
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