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Where is the Line Between Healthy Desire and Greed?

Season 2 Episode 4

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Some folks believe that Buddhism requires us to let go of all desires.  This is actually a misinterpretation of the teachings.  There…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Can Our Mindfulness Practice Help Alleviate Fear?

Season 2 Episode 3

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This episode will be aired the week Jon faces significant surgery.  It seems like an appropriate time to look into fear and how to wo…

3 years, 4 months ago

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The Fetters that Keep Us from Being Free

Season 2 Episode 2

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One of the various lists of the Dharma is the 10 Fetters. In this episode, we discuss the first five of these and none of them will b…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Support for Your New Year's Resolution to Meditate Daily

Season 2 Episode 1

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For our first episode of the 2023,  we offer support just in case you've resolved to develop a daily meditation practice.

Maintaining …

3 years, 4 months ago

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Embodied Meditation and a Guided Meditation

Season 1 Episode 47

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In our final podcast of 2022 we'll take another look at embodied meditation, following a retreat that Jon was just on.  As a special …

3 years, 4 months ago

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Holiday Book Recommendations and a Retreat

Season 1 Episode 46

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Jon has just got back from a long retreat, so we discuss his experiences, as well as offering a few book recommendations for the holi…

3 years, 5 months ago

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What's Up With Our Logo?

Season 1 Episode 45

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Is our "Diggin' the Dharma" logo a problem? Doug and Jon react to some recent comments on a thread at Doug's YouTube channel that exp…

3 years, 5 months ago

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This Fathom Long Body

Season 1 Episode 44

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"Yet it is just within this fathom-long body, endowed with perception and cognition, that I declare that there is the world, the orig…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Post-Thanksgiving Edition- Buddhist Practice and Food

Season 1 Episode 43

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As we head out of the week of Thanksgiving we consider eating and food in the context of early Buddhist practices.   For those of who…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Pre-Thanksgiving Episode: Practicing Gratitude

Season 1 Episode 42

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For our listeners in the US, we are beginning Thanksgiving week. It's a perfect time to consider gratitude and how it integrates into…

3 years, 6 months ago

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