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Back to Search"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? H…
1 year, 7 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". Understandin…
1 year, 7 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 …
1 year, 7 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 …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Buddha in the Voting Booth 2024
Season 3 Episode 27
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Doug has Covid, Jon has a bad microphone, but they're chatting about the Buddha and voting anyway, as well as Buddhist practice and v…
1 year, 8 months ago
Is Meditation Dangerous?
Season 3 Episode 26
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A recent podcast series at the Financial Times discussed serious problems several meditators have had at one popular ten-day Vipassan…
1 year, 8 months ago
Renunciation
Season 3 Episode 25
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With Jon's impending move to Chicago Jon and Doug discuss the beneficial practice of renunciation. What do we really need?
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1 year, 9 months ago
The Value of Silence
Season 3 Episode 24
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Silence is so important to Buddhist practice. Jon and Doug discuss how silence impacts practice as well as some of the early traditio…
1 year, 9 months ago
Experiencing Art and Entertainment in the Context of the Dharma
Season 3 Episode 23
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How do we bring our Buddhist practice into our relationship with the arts and entertainment? The early Buddhist teachings, in partic…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Bodhisattva Ideal
Season 3 Episode 22
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The Bodhisattva ideal really blossomed in the Mahayana traditions but the idea of the Bodhisattva was certainly present in the earlie…
1 year, 9 months ago