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Back to SearchEpisode 150: Joy
[This episode originally aired on Nov. 27, 2023] Lately I've been thinking about the slogan, “Always maintain only a joyful mind” • at the same t…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 149: Disappointment
[This episode originally aired on Nov. 20, 2023] In this episode, I'd like to explore such things as resistance, avoidance, procrastination — and wh…
10 months ago
Episode 148: Holding It Together
[This episode originally aired on Nov. 20, 2023] This episode is about groundlessness and uncertainty • how do we respond when we are no longer …
10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 147: Mahayana Mentality
[This episode originally aired on Nov. 13, 2023] One function of meditation practice is the quality of exposing and uncovering what's going on insi…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 146: Five Powerful Supports
[This episode originally aired on Nov. 6, 2023] The “five powers” are five supports for your practice • they are: determination, familiarization,…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 145: Grasping, Greed, Hatred and Ignorance
[This episode originally aired on Oct. 30, 2023] All beings truly want to be happy and content; so why do we continually and repeatedly create situa…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 144: Possibilities
[This episode originally aired on Oct. 23, 2023] Many classical Buddhist texts on meditation say that the best place to meditate or to practice is a…
11 months ago
Episode 143: Small Thoughts, Big Consequences
[This episode originally aired on Oct. 16, 2023] In Buddhist psychology, even large scale events and large emotional upheavals can be traced back st…
11 months, 1 week ago
Episode 142: Trading Places
[This episode originally aired on Oct. 9, 2023] The Mahayana path, the path of the Bodhisattva warrior of wisdom and compassion, has a great deal t…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 141: An Outrageous Idea
[This episode originally aired on Oct. 2, 2023] The Mahayana, or open path, is the path of the Bodhisattva — the enlightened warrior of wisdom and c…
11 months, 4 weeks ago