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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 voting…
1 year, 5 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 Vipassana ret…
1 year, 5 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, 6 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 tradition aro…
1 year, 6 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 particular,…
1 year, 6 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 earlier tra…
1 year, 7 months ago
Steps Along the Path: The Four Stages of Progress
Season 3 Episode 21
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Stream-entry, once returning, non-returning, and arahantship are the traditional four stages of progress along the Buddhist path. What do …
1 year, 7 months ago
How We Become a Self
Season 3 Episode 20
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The Buddha described humanity as tangled like string, knotted like a ball of thread. This tangle is a result of not seeing clearly the de…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Heart Quality Equanimity
Season 3 Episode 19
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Equanimity- Upekkha has an important place in many of the key Buddhist teachings. It's the fourth of the Divine Abodes, the seventh Facto…
1 year, 7 months ago
Letting Go Again: The Unquenchable Thirst
Season 3 Episode 18
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How can we work with our thirst for clinging and identification that seems unquenchable? We will discuss various aspect of letting go rela…
1 year, 8 months ago