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Taming the Runaway Mind
Season 6 Episode 345
I have a mind that tends to run away with me. Not in a romantic way like taking a beautiful drive down the coast, but in a way where it spins out of …
3 years, 11 months ago
How Much Mindfulness is Enough?
Season 6 Episode 344
How much mindfulness is enough? Is moment-to-moment attention (the classical definition of secular mindfulness) just a suggestion for when we decide …
3 years, 11 months ago
G.R.O.U.N.D. Practice and Being a Leader of Peace
Season 6 Episode 343
It's the middle of the first MLTT 2022 Intensive and another intense moment in the world.
It feels like a good time to bring in G.R.O.U.N.D., a practi…
4 years ago
Whacking Someone On the Head, in a Mindful Way
Season 6 Episode 342
If you were heading down the street and someone tried to mug you, what would you do?
Maybe instinct would kick in and you'd run, or turn and try to fi…
4 years ago
Are We Starting to Get It?
Season 6 Episode 341
The world seems to be coming together around Ukraine. It did that to manufacture a Covid vaccine as well. What if it's a trend?
Don't be silly, right?…
4 years ago
Cutting Off the Head of the Snake
Season 6 Episode 340
I used to think if I sat on my meditation cushion, did some yoga, and generally paid attention, I was doing my part. That still feels important. But …
4 years ago
The Perils of "Being" a Lawyer
Season 6 Episode 339
This question of identity: what does it mean to "be" a lawyer? Is it something to earn, like a degree? Or something to pass into, or be sworn into, a…
4 years, 1 month ago
Preventing Corruption, and Other Advantages of Mindfulness
Season 6 Episode 338
Corruption is one of those scary words to me because it conjures intentional dishonesty for personal gain, which goes into the category of never, eve…
4 years, 1 month ago
Dancing With Fear, and Other Paradoxes
Season 6 Episode 337
My habitual reaction to qualities of heart and mind I don't like, like anger, fear, and wickedness, is to try to fix them. I suppose that can be a go…
4 years, 1 month ago
The next Buddha will be our community
Season 6 Episode 336
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh died last Friday, at the age of 95, in the temple in Vietnam where he first became a monk at the age of 16. In a long, min…
4 years, 1 month ago