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Back to SearchWhat Do You Mean It's Not Mine???
Season 2 Episode 14
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"Not mine, not I, not myself" is a phrase that appears in various suttas. It can be a useful reminder to let go. We cling to materi…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dualism or Non-Dualism, That is the Question
Season 2 Episode 13
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What is non-dualism all about? Is it a practice? Is it a way of looking at the world? Or is it just words? Yes and. . .
We'll disc…
3 years, 1 month ago
What's the Story with Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and the idea of Secular Mindfulness
Season 2 Episode 12
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The training called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in the late '70s and could be credited with th…
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Does Clinging to Our Views Get Us Anywhere?
Season 2 Episode 11
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What are the Buddha's views about views? How are the ways we hold opinions about politics, people, food, etc, different from clingi…
3 years, 1 month ago
Signposts Along the Way
Season 2 Episode 10
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The Seven Awakening Factors are a fundamental teaching in the early Buddhist Suttas. In an active form, these factors can be a val…
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Does Artificial Intelligence have Direct Experience?
Season 2 Episode 9
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In Buddhist practice, direct experience is a key component of mindfulness and the development of wisdom. Can AI actually have direct…
3 years, 2 months ago
Is AI Sentient?
Season 2 Episode 8
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With the hyper-driven developments in Artificial Intelligence, we wonder, is AI becoming sentient? What is sentience anyway? What a…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Benefactors in Our Lives
Season 2 Episode 7
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Metta--the quality of unconditional love is considered one of the boundless qualities of the heart. We often have beings in our liv…
3 years, 2 months ago
Patience and the Patient
Season 2 Episode 6
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As Jon returns from his heart surgery and recovery, we discuss the practice of patience, which is considered one of the Perfections o…
3 years, 3 months ago
Some Strange (and not recommended) Ways to Practice
Season 2 Episode 5
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We'll discuss a fun early sutta where two ascetics, one practicing as a dog, the other as a cow, come up to the Buddha to ask for his…
3 years, 3 months ago