The Gradual Path Blog
Buddhist Pilgrimage to Nepal & CSP Service Project Update buddhist pilgrimage contemplative studies program geshe tenzin zopa tsum valley Jul 30, 2021

Though we postponed our annual Buddhist pilgrimage to Nepal and India due to the pandemic until October 2022, Miles offers his reflections on purification, collecting merit, and thinking of others in the meantime.

Miles also shares some exciting news about a very rare and auspicious pre-trip...

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Year's End Reflection 2020 astrology atisha contemplative studies program dalai lama dorje zong nunnery geshe tenzin zopa karma lineage merit pandemic service project shadow tsongkhapa Dec 31, 2020

My dear friends,

As the new year dawns I offer my reflections on this year we will never forget. 

Despite challenges unseen in a hundred years we remained steadfast together on the gradual path and never faltered a single step. We made no excuses. Wasted no time. We forged ahead in the face...

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Return with Elixir contemplative studies program hero with a thousand faces hero's journey joseph campbell monomyth return with elixir shadow trauma Jul 31, 2020

In this excerpt from Return with Elixir, Dr. Miles Neale introduces Joseph Cambell's monomyth, how it can be applied in our own lives and what to expect from the course.


It became clear that another level was necessary the progression to rise above the personal and enter the transpersonal...

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The Pandemic & Economic Situation: Five Things to Know & Five Things You Can Do contemplative studies program covid-19 economy pandemic Apr 13, 2020

 One of the guiding principles explored in the Contemplative Studies Program is that we have agency. In the face of adversity we can become empowered to consciously direct our evolution towards more favourable outcomes.

What follows is an instalment in a series of assignments...

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Vagal Tone & Meditation Perspectives on COVID-19 & Immunity contemplative studies program coronavirus covid-19 immunity meditation pandemic vagal tone Apr 10, 2020

 One of the guiding principles explored in the Contemplative Studies Program is that we have agency. In the face of adversity we can become empowered to consciously direct our evolution towards more favourable outcomes.

What follows is an instalment in a series of assignments...

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COVID-19 & Immunity: Yoga & Pranayama Perspectives contemplative studies program coronavirus covid-19 pandemic pranayama yoga Apr 10, 2020

One of the guiding principles explored in the Contemplative Studies Program is that we have agency. In the face of adversity we can become empowered to consciously direct our evolution towards more favourable outcomes.

What follows is an instalment in a series of assignments taken on by CSP...

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Ayurveda Perspectives on COVID-19 & Immunity ayurveda contemplative studies program coronavirus covid-19 immune health immunity recipe Apr 05, 2020

One of the guiding principles explored in the Contemplative Studies Program is that we have agency. In the face of adversity we can become empowered to consciously direct our evolution towards more favourable outcomes.

What follows is an instalment in a series of assignments taken on by CSP...

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Five Things We Can Do: General & Alternative Perspectives on Immunity contemplative studies program coronavirus covid-19 essential oils hydration immunity isolation loneliness pandemic sleep supplements Mar 24, 2020

One of the guiding principles explored in the Contemplative Studies Program is that we have agency. In the face of adversity we can become empowered to consciously direct our evolution towards more favourable outcomes.

What follows is an instalment in a series of assignments taken on by CSP...

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