Ken Bradford - Dimensions of Calm Abiding: Samadhi
This is the 1st of a 3-part Dimensions of Practice series. This evening will address calming down and collecting the mind through non-distracted, one-pointed attention. Based on the practice of samatha meditation, basic samadhi of one-pointedness is cultivated through the effort of moment to moment mindfulness. More advanced is the samadhi of suchness, called Supreme Samadhi. This is an effortless practice of non-distracted presence. These 2 levels of calm abiding correspond to the 2 paths of Dharma: mundane and noble, informed by the 2 truths: relative and absolute.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

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