# Don't Quote Me on This: What's the Difference between Experience, Awakening, and Realization? with Lama Karma

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Podcast: [Dharma Sunday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-sunday-7558056)
Published: 2026-03-02T18:09:32+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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