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Back to SearchEpisode 29: Walking Meditation
According to the Buddha, there are four main postures for meditation: sitting, walking, standing, and reclining • walking meditation is often a par…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 28: Assumptions and Reality
The universal experiences of birth, sickness, old age, and death can serve as our teachers, interrupting assumptions that are not helpful in our jour…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 27: The Balanced Mind
On the surface, meditation is so simple, but somehow through that simplicity a lot of learning happens • we notice how our minds work, how we opera…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 26: Sculpting a Buddha
The buddhist tradition and training is not about adding anything; it’s about removing, or taking away • removing confusion, selfishness, conflictin…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 25: Ego - the Subtle Colonizer
The human mind is unique in that it can observe itself • many buddhist teachings, including the teachings on ego, come from simply looking directly…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 24: Deconstructing Ego
Ego isn’t so much a “thing” as it is a project — one that we’re very invested in, and one that is under constant threat • the ego is a construct or…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 23: Me, Myself, and I
The idea of “ego” in buddhadharma is different from the notion of having a healthy ego boundary, which is often associated with a sense of self-confi…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 22: Sun and Clouds
The assumptions we make about human nature are an essential part of the Buddhist path • the view of Buddhism is the opposite of the view of "origin…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 21: It's Up to You
Theism and materialism are closely related • "theism" does not simply refer to specific religious traditions, but more broadly to the human tendenc…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 20: Buried Treasure
In some ways the Buddhist teachings are all about being on a journey • in order to get anywhere, we have to have a sense of the lay of the land, an…
4 years, 11 months ago