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60(ish) seconds of BuddhaMindfulness with your host, Shannon M Whitaker. Come and get 'em!

Shannon M Whitaker


    • Apr 26, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Buddha Bites EP55 - Learning From Your Own Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 1:10


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP54 - Paying Attention After

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 2:19


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP53 - Paying Attention During

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 2:21


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP52 - Paying Attention Before

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 2:11


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Regarding my translation of MN61, Advice to Rāhula at Ambalattikā Sutta, the original text only refers to considering the welfare of self and other. I believe, however, that Siddhattha Gotama was concerned for human flourishing. And if he were alive today, he would recognize the need to consider the global impacts of our actions. Thank you for taking the time to consider this translation. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

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    Buddha Bites EP51 - The Garden of Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 2:51


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP50 - Five Finger Practice 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 3:57


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP49 - Five Finger Practice 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 3:13


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP48 - Five Finger Practice 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 3:24


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We first talked about the Five Finger Exercise on Episode 17: https://buddha-bites-podcast.com/episode/ep17-five-finger-exercise. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP47 - Clarify Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 1:18


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP46 - Take Up What is Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 2:04


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP45 - Do No Harm

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 2:23


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP44 - The Physical Sensations of Neutral Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 3:18


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP43 - The Physical Sensations of Unpleasant Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 1:56


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP42 - The Physical Sensations of Pleasant Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 1:33


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP41 - Food and Hedonic Tone (Vedanā)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 2:02


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you're curious to try a pre-meal warmup meditation, here's one you can try: https://guided-meditations-with-shannon.captivate.fm/episode/pre-meal-warmup-ep3 (https://guided-meditations-with-shannon.captivate.fm/episode/pre-meal-warmup-ep3). Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP40 - Touch and Hedonic Tone (vedanā)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 2:27


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We first touched on touch (!) in https://www.buddha-bites-podcast.com/episode/buddha-bites-ep17 (Episode 17). Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP39 - Sound and Hedonic Tone (vedana)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 3:01


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. In https://buddha-bites-podcast.com/episode/buddha-bites-ep12 (Episode 12) we first started exploring sound. And in https://buddha-bites-podcast.com/episode/buddha-bites-ep23 (Episode 23) we started exploring hedonic tone (aka Vedanā). Don't worry if this one feels a little challenging. We'll take plenty of time this week to practice. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP38 - The 5Rs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 2:52


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want a downloadable pdf to help you remember the 5Rs? http://dharmaphd.com/?p=883 (Here's one)! The 5Rs are an adaptation of Bhante Vimalaramsi's 6Rs. His teachings are available over at https://www.dhammasukha.org/ (DhammaSukha.org). He introduced them as a tool for helping with distractions during meditation. And they're great for that! But they're also great for staying on track in real life. Thanks for listening. If you'd like to send us a message, we're over at https://www.dharmaphd.com (dharmaphd.com).

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    Buddha Bites EP37 - The Blind People and the Elephant

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 3:10


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP36 - Ill Will Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 1:36


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP35 - Ill Will Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 1:54


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We talked about feeling open versus feeling closed in Episodes https://www.buddha-bites-podcast.com/episode/buddha-bites-ep10 (10) and https://www.buddha-bites-podcast.com/episode/buddha-bites-ep11 (11). Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP34 - Wanting 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 1:32


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP33 - Wanting (tanhā)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 1:37


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP32 - Me-ness as Pattern

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 1:49


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP31 - Me-ness (anattā)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 3:02


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP30 - Change 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 1:53


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP29 - Change 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 2:27


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP28 - Change (anicca)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 1:30


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP27 - Managing Hedonic Tone

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 3:23


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP26 - Pleasant Hedonic Tone

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 5:31


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. The study about chocolate is available here: https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/124/9/1720/303201 (https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/124/9/1720/303201). Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP25 - Unpleasant Hedonic Tone

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 2:40


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP24 - Hedonic Tone 2 (aka vedana)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 3:39


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP23 - Hedonic Tone (aka Vedana)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 1:10


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP22 - Brains vs Minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 1:20


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP21 - Proprioception

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 3:23


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you'd like a guided walking meditation, there's one over https://guided-meditations-with-shannon.captivate.fm/episode/walking-meditation-ep5 (here). Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP20 - Paying Attention to Breathing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 1:13


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you'd like a longer meditation that focuses on breathing, we've got one on a podcast over https://guided-meditations-with-shannon.captivate.fm/episode/awareness-of-breathing-ep4 (here), and on the Insight Timer app here. If you'd like to reach out we're at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

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    Buddha Bites EP19 - The Soles of Your Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 1:27


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you'd like to listen to an MBSR-style body scan, we've got one in another podcast https://guided-meditations-with-shannon.captivate.fm/episode/body-scan-ep2 (here) or over on the Insight Timer app here. And if you want to reach out, we're at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

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    Buddha Bites EP18 - Body Scan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 3:37


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you'd like more opportunities to practice exploring the sense of touch, you might search around for "guided body scan meditation". We've got one on another podcast https://guided-meditations-with-shannon.captivate.fm/episode/body-scan-ep2 (here), or over on the Insight Timer app here. And if you want to reach out, we're at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

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    Buddha Bites EP17 - The Five Finger Exercise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 3:35


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP16 - Looking Like an Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 1:16


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP15 - Paying Attention to Taste

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 4:32


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. This one's a bit longer than the others, but I wanted to give you a taste of taste! Thanks for sticking with it. Back to the usual length on Wednesday. If you'd like to reach out we're over at dharmaphd.com. We'd love to hear from you. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP14 - Noticing Smells

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 1:08


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening! Oh. And. The study about the chocolate-smelling humans is https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1819 (here); the Smithsonian Magazine talks about it in an article https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/you-actually-smell-better-dog-180963391/ (here.)

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    Buddha Bites EP13 - Paying Attention to Sounds 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 1:10


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP12 - Noticing Sounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 1:15


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. If sounds don't work for you, it's always okay to keep practicing smiling. So do that instead! Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP11 - Open or Closed part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 1:04


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP10 - Open or Closed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 1:23


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're over at dharmaphd.com. Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP9 - Smiling Follow Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 1:01


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're at buddhabitespodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP8 - Put a Pencil in Your Teeth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 1:02


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're at buddhabitespodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP7 - Negativity Bias Follow Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 1:07


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're at buddhabitespodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP6 - Negativity bias

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 1:02


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're at buddhabitespodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

    Buddha Bites EP5 - Not so great part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 1:00


    Welcome back to Buddha Bites, bringing you delicious morsels of BuddhaMindfulness Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Want to reach out? We're at buddhabitespodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

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