Ontology of Bliss: A Phenomenology

Rudolph Bauer

doi:10.32351/rca.v4.2.87

Authors

Rudolph Bauer Washington Center for Consciousness Studies and The Washington Center for Phenomenological and Existential Psychotherapy Studies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2308-007X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32351/rca.v4.2.87

Política de Crossmark DOI: https://doi.org/10.32351/politica-crossmark

Keywords:

Tantra, existence, happiness, bliss Heidegger, Dudjom, Rigpa

Abstract

The article is about the ontology of bliss. Bliss is an ontological experience and not simply a feature of one's personal psychology of mind. Bliss intrinsically reflects our experience of Being. The paper intertwines and integrates Heideggerian ontology within the experience of Bliss as documented in the Dudjom Tersar from the 19th century esoteric teachings of the Tibetan tantric master Dudjom Lingpa. The paper emphasizes the tantric declaration that «Bliss Overcomes Suffering» and this experience of Bliss arises naturally out of the existential praxis of living within the ongoing continuity of the experience of Being.

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Author Biography

Rudolph Bauer, Washington Center for Consciousness Studies and The Washington Center for Phenomenological and Existential Psychotherapy Studies

Rudolph Bauer, Ph.D is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, A.B.P.P. and Co-Director of The Washington Center for Consciousness Studies and Director of The Washington Center for Phenomenological and Existential Psychotherapy Studies. For a number of years He was Director of Psychology Training at The University of Maryland Medical School and also taught at Johns Hopkins University. He did post doctoral studies in phenomenology at The Institute of Time Perspective at Leuven, Belgium. He has studied the Tantra of Kashmir Shavism with Swami Muktananda and has studied Dzogchen with many Tibetan Lama's including Lama Tharchen, Lama Norhla, and many others. He is an Existential Psychoanalyst in Washington,DC and is currently opening a Center for Consciousness Studies in Santa Monica, California. His website for published papers on tantra and phenomenology is rudolphbauer.academia.edu. The website of The Washington Center is meditatelive.com. Through video streaming he consults and leads seminars with people in many different countries.