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Back to SearchInvestigation, Energy, and Joy
Season 3 Episode 37
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Three key aspects of the seven enlightenment factors are investigation, energy, and joy. What are they, and how can we touch them in our p…
1 year, 2 months ago
Conscious of Consciousness
Season 3 Episode 36
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The final aggregate in the set of five is consciousness. What is meant by consciousness/ As an aggregate of clinging, when does it get in…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sankharas, What Are They? Volitional Formations/Constructions/etc.?
Season 3 Episode 35
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In Buddhism the root of karmic action is in sankharas, a word with many uses in the dharma. As we practice, we can see the sankharas taki…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bringing Our Practice to an Unwanted Outcome
Season 3 Episode 34
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Two days after the US Election, Doug and Jon discuss how they are handling the results. They also discuss how our practice can support us …
1 year, 3 months ago
Talkin' 'bout feeling (Vedana)
Season 3 Episode 33
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Feeling tone, the pleasure or pain we take in experience, is a central part of dharma. As an aggregate, a foundation of mindfulness, a li…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Aggregate of Form: Body and World
Season 3 Episode 32
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Doug and Jon continue to explore the Five Aggregates of Clinging (to self) and this week explore Form. How do we cling to form and at w…
1 year, 4 months ago
"Things Aren't as the Seem , Nor are they Otherwise*"-- Perception and Mis-Perception
Season 3 Episode 31
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Jon and Doug discuss perception and how it's mediated by past experience and the stories we tell. How does it become misperception? How ca…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Fetter of Conceit
Season 3 Episode 30
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How does our concept of ourselves and others create suffering? What would it be like to soften this "conceit of self". Understanding and…
1 year, 4 months ago
Disenchantment: It's not really what it sounds like, or is it?
Season 3 Episode 29
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The Buddhist attitude of "nibbidā" or "disenchantment"/"disgust" is central to the early teaching. What is it and how can it help us navig…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Buddhist View on Forgiveness
Season 3 Episode 28
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Doug and Jon discuss what forgiveness means in the contact of Buddhism. Is it Buddhist? It's a powerful and important practice but it do…
1 year, 5 months ago