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What Does It Mean to Waste Time?
Episode 241
Buddhist and Zen masters through the ages have begged us not to "waste time." What does this really mean? How do we know if we're wasting time, and d…
3 years, 2 months ago
240 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 4: Buddha-Nature 2
Episode 240
This is part four of my series called "One Reality, Many Descriptions," Buddha-Nature Part 2. I first talk about Buddha-Nature as trust. Then I offer…
3 years, 2 months ago
One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 3: Buddha-Nature 1
Episode 239
This is part three of my series called "One Reality, Many Descriptions." While experiences of Emptiness and Suchness (or Thusness) may be liberating …
3 years, 2 months ago
Eco-Anxiety and Buddhism – Part 2
Episode 238
It's natural to feel some eco-anxiety as the earth's natural life-support systems break down. Buddhism clearly admonishes us to refrain from killing,…
3 years, 3 months ago
Eco-Anxiety and Buddhism – Part 1
Episode 237
Eco-anxiety is fear that our earth's natural life-support systems are in the process of a collapse that will be catastrophic to life as we know it. T…
3 years, 3 months ago
Spiritual Inquiry Part 5: Koans and Awakening
Episode 236
Awakening Inquiry is aimed at awakening to what I've been calling Reality-with-a-Capital-R. How do we inquire into aspects of Reality we have not yet…
3 years, 4 months ago
235 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 2: Suchness or Thusness
Episode 235
What do Buddhists mean by the terms "Suchness" or "Thusness"? Over the millennia, Buddhists have employed many concepts to point us toward Reality-wi…
3 years, 4 months ago
234 – Spiritual Inquiry Part 4: Investigating and Resolving Karmic Issues
Episode 234
In the last episode I discussed "karma work," or the process of noticing the underlying reasons for our selfish, harmful, or less-than-enlightened be…
3 years, 4 months ago
Spiritual Inquiry Part 3: Identifying our Karmic Issues
Episode 233
An important part of Buddhist practice is spiritual inquiry. Buddhism teaches us that there are underlying reasons for every selfish and neurotic thi…
3 years, 5 months ago
232 – Spiritual Inquiry Part 2: Resistance to Questions and Karma Work Versus Awakening
Episode 232
In this episode, my second in a short series on spiritual questions, I talk about various reasons for resistance to coming up with or asking spiritua…
3 years, 5 months ago