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Five Requirements for Effective Practice with Any Issue
Episode 171
I propose effective practice with any issue we face requires five things: Recognition of the issue causing stress or suffering; Faith change is possi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Looking to Buddhism to Support Values and Beliefs We Already Hold - Part 2
Episode 170
Continuing with the case study of social action, I follow the discussion of Donald S. Lopez's article on whether Buddhism - in particular, the bodhis…
5 years, 2 months ago
Looking to Buddhism to Support Values and Beliefs We Already Hold – Part 1
Episode 169
As modern, mostly lay Buddhists we may seek encouragement and guidance from within the tradition for values we already hold. How much support does Bu…
5 years, 2 months ago
Is This IT? Dogen's Everyday Activity (Kajo) - Part 1
Episode 168
In Zen we say practice is nothing other than your everyday activity. If we view the Dharma as something special – a particular activity we treat as m…
5 years, 3 months ago
If You're Not Making Mistakes, You're Not Practicing
Episode 167
How can practice with mistakes - so we make fewer mistakes, but also so we aren't paralyzed by fear of mistakes, stressed out trying to avoid them, o…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Ceremony of Wesak: Celebrating and Expressing Gratitude for Our Teachers
Episode 166
The annual Buddhist festival of Wesak celebrates the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha. The ceremony takes inspiration from the Buddha's mythological birth …
5 years, 4 months ago
The Buddhist Moral Precepts as a Practice for Studying the Buddha Way
Episode 165
The Buddhist precepts aren't just guidelines help us live moral and beneficial lives, they're also practice tools for studying the self. As Zen maste…
5 years, 4 months ago
Gratitude as a Dharma Gate
Episode 164
Gratitude can be used as a practice to shift our attention from self-centered problems and complaints to an awareness of the miracle of simply being …
5 years, 5 months ago
Lotus Sutra 4: Parable of the Plants - Superior, Middling, or Inferior Beings and the Dharma
Episode 163
The Lotus Sutra Parable of the Plants says that just as rain falls equally on plants big and small and each plant takes up what they need, so the Bud…
5 years, 5 months ago
Am I a Good Buddhist?
Episode 162
If you practice Buddhism, it's natural to ask yourself, at some point, "Am I a Good Buddhist?" It's difficult to see ourselves as a good Buddhist whe…
5 years, 5 months ago