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Back to SearchEpisode 140: In Praise of Inefficiency
[This episode originally aired on Sept. 26, 2023] This period of history has been marked by incredible leaps in efficiency: things that used to tak…
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Episode 139: Filters Frames and Blind Spots
(This episode originally aired on Sept. 19, 2023) In Buddhist psychology, a lot of emphasis is placed on the process of perception because the way w…
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Episode 124: Hub, Spokes, Rim
[This episode originally aired on June 6, 2023] There are many ways to look at the connection between spirituality and our everyday lives • in th…
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Episode 123: Nobility
[This episode originally aired on May 30, 2023] When the Buddha spoke of being “a son or daughter of noble family,” what was he referring to? • i…
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Episode 122: Optical Illusions
[This episode originally aired on May 23, 2023] Today’s topic is perception, how we see our world • each of us sees things a little bit differentl…
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Episode 121: The Wizard of Oz Sutra
[This episode originally aired on May 16, 2023] I find it inspiring to discover wisdom in the midst of so many ordinary stories, even simple childr…
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Episode 120: Enlightened Genes 4
[This episode originally aired on May 9, 2023] Buddha nature, or “enlightened genes,” isn’t something outside of us that we need to construct or to…
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Episode 119: Enlightened Genes 3
[This episode originally aired on May 2, 2023] Today we are exploring four traditional methods or practices we can use to awaken our enlightened gen…
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Episode 118: Enlightened Genes 2
[This episode originally aired on April 25, 2023] In this episode we will be looking at the obstacles we might encounter in trying to awaken our en…
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Episode 117: Enlightened Genes 1
[This episode originally aired on April 18, 2023] Buddhists are always talking about awakening, but what does that actually mean? • Trungpa Rinpo…
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