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Episode 101
Ken Bradford, Ph.D., has been a practitioner in the Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist traditions since 1975, and engaged in introducing meditative sensi…
3 years, 1 month ago
Making Meaning Episode 24: The Shining Surface
Episode 57
It's common to equate meaning with depth, but the surface of things, with its wild and rapturous beauty, can coax us into life.
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3 years, 1 month ago
Adrian Bejan, "Time and Beauty: Why Time Flies and Beauty Never Dies" (World Scientific, 2022)
Episode 90
Poets and philosophers are fascinated by time and beauty. They are two of our most visceral perceptions. In Time and Beauty: Why Time Flies and Beaut…
3 years, 1 month ago
Making Meaning Episode 23: Limits and Love
Episode 56
We are finite creatures who struggle to accept our finitude. But if we can learn to embrace our limits, we will find that our relations with one anot…
3 years, 1 month ago
Making Meaning Episode 22: Head and Heart
Episode 55
Meaning paradoxically has to be both made and discovered, an inescapable entanglement of the singular and the universal. And though the fruit of such…
3 years, 1 month ago
Rick Repetti, "Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 245
Rick Repetti's Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation (Routledge, 2022) provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Making Meaning Episode 20: Love, Work, and Play
Episode 53
Though life’s ultimate meaning may be elusive, the goods of love, work and play are so deeply rewarding that for most people they are sufficient for …
3 years, 1 month ago
Jerry Pannone, "Survive: Why We Do What We Do" (John Hunt, 2022)
Episode 127
Today I talked to Jerry Pannone about his new book Survive: Why We Do What We Do (John Hunt, 2022)
Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs model is famous…
3 years, 1 month ago
Making Meaning Episode 19: Mysteries and Metaphors
Episode 52
There is a deep mystery to the existence of the universe. And although a final answer to the question of meaning is not possible, it is our highest r…
3 years, 1 month ago
Making Meaning Episode 18: Unfolding Narratives
Episode 51
Meaning is less an objective thing to be discovered than a life-project, a narrative that unfolds over time. This doesn’t mean that every detail of o…
3 years, 2 months ago