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Back to SearchA 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…
1 year ago
Transcending Insanity, Part Four: Exertion
Season 1 Episode 24
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In this episode, I dive into the fourth of the six paramitas, or transcendent actions, from the classical Buddhist teachings: exertio…
1 year, 1 month ago
Transcending Insanity, Part Three: Patience
Season 1 Episode 23
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In this episode, I move on in our exploration of the Six Paramitas (“transcendent actions”) to the third paramita: patience.
There is …
1 year, 1 month ago
Transcending Insanity Part Two: Discipline
Season 1 Episode 22
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This week we continue our exploration of the Six Paramitas (or Transcendent Actions)—the Buddhist teachings on how to go beyond suffe…
1 year, 1 month ago
Seven Sources of True Wealth
Season 1 Episode 21
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In this episode, I explore a little-known yet profoundly practical Buddhist teaching: The Seven Riches of the Universal Monarch. I wa…
1 year, 1 month ago
Transcending Insanity, Part One: Generosity (the Virtue that Produces Peace)
Season 1 Episode 20
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This episode starts off a new series on the Six Paramitas (Transcendent Actions).
Focusing on the first paramita: generosity, I share…
1 year, 2 months ago
Choosing the Buddhist Path: How and Why
Season 1 Episode 19
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In this new episode, I explore what it actually means to become a Buddhist through the Refuge Vow. Potentially misunderstood as a for…
1 year, 2 months ago
The 7 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Meditation
Season 1 Episode 18
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In today’s episode, I take a deep dive into the meditation questions I’ve been asked the most over the past three decades—as a studen…
1 year, 2 months ago
Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to the Dharma
Season 1 Episode 17
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In this episode, I explore a classical teaching throughout the Buddhist world, The Four Reminders, also known as the Four Thoughts th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Egolessness, Self-Kindness & the Buddhist Enneagram
Season 1 Episode 16
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In this episode, I explore the tension between spiritual teachings on egolessness and the deeply personal need for self-understanding…
1 year, 3 months ago