The Five Deaths on the Road to Awakening
Asa Hershoff
2 December 2024
Asa Hershoff considers our relationship with impermanence through the lens of Buddhist practice
Asa Hershoff has practiced mindbody medicine and Vajrayana concurrently for 40 years. Completing the traditional three-year retreat under the auspices of Kalu Rinpoche, he was later ordained as a lay lama in Arunachal Pradesh. A pioneer in the Canadian holistic health movement, he is founder of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (1978) and author of three books published by Penguin-Random House. Asa has developed Elemental Psychology as an integration of Vajrayāna, humanistic psychology, bioenergy medicine, and a panglobal perspective on the five elements. This transformative methodology of self-healing, therapy and spiritual growth is represented in his current book projects, You: True & False and The Five Ways of Wisdom due out later this year. See also: www.the5wisdoms.com www.5eeh.com.
The Five Wisdoms is published bi-monthly.
A Guide to Buddhist Hatred
Asa Hershoff
7 October 2024
Asa Hershoff examines spiritual practices and perspectives that help us to live mindfully, compassionately, and courageously
The Missing Sense in Vajrayana Practice
Asa Hershoff
15 July 2024
Asa Hershoff investigates the bioenergetic and transformational aspects of tantric practice.
Psychological Development and the Five Elements
Asa Hershoff
6 June 2024
Asa Hershoff considers psychological and emotional well-being through the lens of the traditional Tibetan Five Elements.
The Conflict of Tradition Versus Innovation
Asa Hershoff
7 March 2024
Asa Hershoff offers a commentary on modernism versus tradition for Buddhist practitioners
Confronting the Five Horsemen of the Current Apocalypse
Asa Hershoff
8 February 2024
Asa Hershoff considers a path informed by ancient wisdom out of the destructive environments we have created for our planet.
Adventures in the Land of the Living Dead
Asa Hershoff
12 October 2023
BDG columnist Asa Hershoff on the fact that Buddhism offers a radical departure from the many ways we remain asleep in the world
Pilgrimage: Journey to Outer and Inner Landscapes
Asa Hershoff
4 August 2023
BDG columnist Asa Hershoff ponders the significance of pilgrimage as part of our Buddhist practice
Sangha: The War of Awakening
Asa Hershoff
5 June 2023
BDG columnist Asa Hershoff on the foundational importance of mindfulness in our Buddhist practice and in our relationships with fellow practitioners
Will You Reincarnate?
Asa Hershoff
12 May 2023
Asa Hershoff shares his thoughts and perspectives on the tantric view of rebirth and liberation
Why the Dharma Fails, Part 1
Asa Hershoff
31 March 2023
The subtle art of diagnosing and treating spiritual maladies on the Vajrayana path
Up and Down the Spiritual Ladder
Asa Hershoff
30 January 2023
A tantric perspective on the process of creation and dissolution