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Season 1 Episode 33
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In this episode of Buddhism Beyond Belief, I explore how we can keep our meditation practice genuinely spiritual without making it co…
8 months ago
The Seven Characteristics of a Dharmic Person
Season 1 Episode 32
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In this episode of Buddhism Beyond Belief, I explore how we truly enter the path—not through esoteric or “advanced” practices, but by…
8 months, 1 week ago
A Guided 10-Minute Meditation Practice (plus music)
Season 1 Episode 31
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In this episode, I offer a guided meditation and explore what it really means to not be trying—not striving to get somewhere, even in…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Transcending Insanity, Part Six: True Wisdom
Season 1 Episode 30
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In this episode, I explore the sixth and final pāramitā—prajna, or wisdom—the one beyond words and concepts. True wisdom isn’t about …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Meditation is for Mystics (it’s not a life hack)
Season 1 Episode 29
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In this episode, I talk about something that’s been making me a little grumpy: how meditation is often reduced to stress relief. Whil…
9 months ago
Buddhism and the Enneagram (with a musical aside)
Season 1 Episode 28
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In this episode, I share why I wrote The Buddhist Enneagram and how two life-changing systems—the Buddha Dharma and the Enneagram—can…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Antidote to Anxiety: A Buddhist View (With Drugs)
Season 1 Episode 27
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In this episode, I share something very personal and deeply resonant for the times we’re living in: how we vacillate between hope and…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Choose a Meditation Teacher
Season 1 Episode 26
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Thinking about working with a meditation teacher? It’s a powerful step—but how do you choose the right one?
In this episode, I offer a…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Transcending Insanity, Part Five: Meditative Absorption
Season 1 Episode 25
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In this episode, I explore the fifth of the six paramitas, or transcendent actions of the bodhisattva path: Meditative Absorption—som…
10 months ago
A Rebroadcast of Our First Episode – “On Meditation: An Uncommon View”
Season 1
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I'm away this week, so we're revisiting the very first episode of the podcast. Originally titled “On Meditation: An Uncommon View,” i…
10 months, 1 week ago