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Breaking the Spell: Awakening, Service and Community for a New Generation

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Aaron Stryker

After a spiritual crisis at the age of 18, Aaron began practicing Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga with Angela Jamison in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He encountered Zen on a trip to Dai Bosatsu Zendo in New York State, with an emerging student meditation group at Wesleyan University. During his senior year, he worked with the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship to co-found Dharma Gates, supporting young students to do retreats in various Buddhist traditions.

He wrote an honors thesis in philosophy on the relationship between traditions of embodied practices, trauma, and cultural transformation. Since graduating in 2019, he has spent four years living in various communities in all three vehicles of Buddhism, and is currently living at Padmasambhava Buddhist Center and working on the preliminary practices in the Nyingma tradition.

Related links:

dharma-gates.org

Instagram: dharma.gates

Takeaways:

Aaron Stryker embarked on a profound spiritual journey that began at the age of eighteen, focusing on personal growth through yoga and meditation practices.
He co-founded Dharma Gates, an organization dedicated to providing immersive meditation retreats for young adults across various Buddhist traditions.
Aaron's academic pursuits culminated in an honors thesis exploring the intersection of embodied practices, trauma, and cultural transformation, reflecting his commitment to understanding these complex relationships.
His experiences have led him to practice within the Tibetan Nyingma tradition, where he engages deeply in preliminary practices to cultivate his spiritual development.
The recent international Dharma Gates retreat in South Korea fostered meaningful dialogue among young adults regarding the challenges they face in today's world.
Aaron emphasizes the importance of aligning with one's inherent integrity and serving others, irrespective of external circumstances or guaranteed outcomes.

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