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Dharma)Don’t Quote Me on This: What’s the Difference Between Experience, Awakening, and Realization? (Online)

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Date
February 22, 2026

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10:00 am - 12:00 pm ET



The terms “Awakening” and “Realization” are used in many different ways and are often interchangeable. Join us to explore all the angles, all the while striving to maintain plausible deniability.

Beyond the embarrassment that “Enlightenment” is something we in fact can have no idea about, the terms “Awakening” and “Realization” are used in many different ways in many different paths. We will examine these notions from different angles, with examples from traditional frameworks found in the Mahayana Sutras, the Five Paths, the Four Yogas of Mahamudra, and the Three Words of Garab Dorje.



Natural Dharma Fellowship’s Dharma Sundays are donation-based gatherings open to all, offering a wide range of topics. Led by highly trained NDF Dharma and guest teachers, these live, interactive sessions include guided meditation, teachings, and time for questions and discussion. Please join us to settle into the support of sangha and the joy of practicing together.



Zoom link —The Zoom meeting link will be emailed separately two days before the session or following registration if closer to the event time. Please put this address in your Contacts to ensure you receive our emails: register@naturaldharma.org. If you haven’t received the link, please first check your spam folder and then contact the email above by the prior Saturday or zoomsupport@natualdharma.org the morning of the session if you still need assistance.

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3.0
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Fall Equinox celebration (zoom)
This was my first experience with WonderWell.

I was disappointed that over an hour of the 90 min session was the music group playing. I did not really know what to do during this time, perhaps because I am such a novice.

The guided meditation near the end with Lama Liz was wonderful.

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Stellar!
Lama Liz and the Natural Dharma Fellowship community is so incredibly welcoming and kind. I have never seen a community so unbiased and open in my life! This is a community for new and experiences practitioners of Buddhism and is tremendously welcoming to all variations of faith of practice.

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