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Back to SearchListener Questions and Responses: The Roles of Teachers and Trauma in the Path
Season 2 Episode 24
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In this listener Q&A, Doug and Jon answer two questions: teachers' roles in guiding their students in the dharma, and how our past tr…
2 years, 9 months ago
Dealing with the "Polycrisis"
Season 2 Episode 23
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The time we are living through just now has been termed a poly-crisis. A combination of existential crises happening all at once. W…
2 years, 10 months ago
Love but not Attachment
Season 2 Episode 22
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How do we negotiate the Buddha's teachings on craving and clinging with our deep love of family and friends? What is the difference…
2 years, 10 months ago
Let's Talk about Buddha Nature
Season 2 Episode 21
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Buddha Nature is a concept that arises primarily in the Mahayana Buddhist teachings, though without using that language, specifically…
2 years, 11 months ago
What Is "Now"? What Was "Now"? What will be "Now"?
Season 2 Episode 20
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The present moment seems to come and go, but is that the case? What is the present moment anyway? This is a deep philosophical ques…
2 years, 11 months ago
Speak Kindly and Don't Carry a Stick!
Season 2 Episode 19
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In these days of divisiveness, it's easy to get into political arguments or, at the very least, think ill thoughts about some of our …
2 years, 11 months ago
Do You Believe in Magic??
Season 2 Episode 18
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A recent comment on our website prompted a discussion about whether certain Buddhist practices (Lovingkindness for instance) involv…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Guardians of the World
Season 2 Episode 17
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Doug and Jon discuss two natural abilities we have to skillfully maneuver through the world. The Buddha discussed them as "guardians …
3 years ago
Does Memory have a Role in Mindfulness?
Season 2 Episode 16
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The Pāli word Sati literally means "remember' but also has the meaning of Mindfulness. The question of memory in mindfulness practic…
3 years ago
Secular Buddhism. . . Is that a thing?
Season 2 Episode 15
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Recently we discussed a kind of secularized Buddhist practice with Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Today we discuss the topic of …
3 years ago