The Gradual PathĀ Blog
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...
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER | Dr. Miles Neale
THE STUPA, SYMBOL OF UNITY
Dear Friends,
I wanted to include you in the weave of our thoughts and prayers as we conclude our epic three-week pilgrimage to Java and Bali. One symbol has emerged to tie the threads together of my new...
SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER | Dr. Miles Neale
JOURNEY INTO THE MANDALA
Dear Friends,
In less than a month a group of thirty pilgrims will venture to the largest mandala on the planet led by Geshe Tenzin Zopa and myself. What is the backstory behind this pilgrimage? What...
My family and I are enroute back to the United States for the summer break. It’s been a year since we relocated to Bali, and I’m in a reflective mood. I’m often asked why I left in the first place and what life on the sacred island has been like?
One reason I left the US...
My next book Return with Elixir has found a home and will be published by Inner Traditions late 2023.
Return with Elixir is a guide to conscious death and rebirth drawing of the mythopoetics of Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung’s depth psychology, and the alchemical visualizations of Tibetan...
As we welcome spring after a difficult winter, we turn our sights to the Tsum Valley once again ... bringing a little renewed optimism to our world.
The daytime highs near the Rachen Nunnery are forecasted to be 53 degrees fahrenheit (12 degrees celsius) by the end of March ... as they too look...
In this episode of the Sacred Speaks podcast, Miles Neale talks to host John Price about his early training, teachers, and practice tracing the path of his development as a psychotherapist and teacher of Buddhism.
They discuss the Four Noble Truths, the...
