Psychedelic Sangha welcomes,
Lama Justin von Bujdoss
to its Speaker Series with host Tomas Sander

Talk: "Breakthrough moments: The psychedelic experience as a moment of shift into freshness and clarity."

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Summary: In the context of Ati Yoga (Tibetan: Dzogchen) moments of breakthrough are important means through which one can have insights that challenge the hardness and rigidity of our ideas of self, other and the world around us. Such moments are powerful ways that allow us to expand our consciousness and offer glimpses of greater interconnectedness, release from ego clinging and flashes of creative freedom. Join us for a talk on the preciousness of these breakthrough moments as well as their context in the context of meditation as well as within the context of the use of psychedelics.

Speaker bio: Lama Justin von Budjoss is an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher, writer, and a co-founder of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhist sangha along with Lama Rod Owens and
Yangti Yoga Retreat Center with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang. He is the author of Modern Tantric
Buddhism:  Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North Atlantic
Books, and contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections published by Lexington
Books. From 2016 until December 2021 Justin served as the Executive Director of Chaplaincy
and Staff Wellness for NYC Department of Correction where he also served as Staff Chaplain
supervising over 30 chaplains and guided wellness programming for staff.

Justin was ordained as a repa, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of Milarepa, by His Eminence
Gyaltsab Rinpoche, one of the heart sons of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and is a ngakpa in
the Yuthok Nyingthik tantric Buddhist lineage. Lama Justin has presented on Buddhist practice
at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Chicago, Wellesley, Columbia University, has been a
visiting instructor at Union Theological Seminary, and teaches at Pure Land Farms.

Host bio: Tomas Sander is a Buddhist practitioner and author based in New York. He has been practicing mostly in the Tibetan tradition. His teachers include Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Greg Goode. He co-authored the book "Emptiness and Joyful Freedom" which explores Buddhist insights into the nature of reality using tools from Western philosophy.
Tomas is an early member of Psychedelic Sangha. He has a strong curiosity for the boundless possibilities at the nexus of psychedelic medicines, personal healing and spiritual awakening.
Tomas has a Ph.D. in Mathematics and works on data privacy in the tech industry.