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Occasional dharma talks from Joanne Friday, a Dharma teacher in the Tiep Hien Order, the Order of Interbeing, founded by Buddhist monk and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

Joanne Friday


    • Oct 18, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 8h 50m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    The Realm of the Mind is Mine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 33:51


    Speaking during the runup to the 2020 election, Joanne points us to the tools to take care of our own consciousnesses during difficult times. She reminds us that we always have a choice: to contribute to the hell realms on earth, or to create heaven for ourselves and others. The talk includes the Plum Village song “The Realm of the Mind.” Dharma talk originally given on October 13, 2020, to the Mind Tamers Sangha, Rhode Island.

    Peace Within, Peace Without

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 35:37


    Joanne takes us through the process of transforming our anger, showing ourselves nothing but lovingkindness and understanding so that we can offer that to the world. The talk begins just after a guided meditation, to which she refers.

    Guidelines for Choosing Wisely

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 33:23


    Joanne gives an overview of the first six of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings, showing that they are guidelines for us, to help us choose our actions wisely as we go through our lives. She shows us how they can guide us to avoid causing more suffering in the world, and to transform our own.

    Are We Sure?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 2394:24


    Dharma talk originally given on July 13, 2020, to the Peaceful Waters Sangha, Rhode Island.

    Hiding in the Practice (26 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023


    By going one step beyond stopping and calming our breath, we can transform our suffering and bring peace to ourselves and others. Mindfulness and concentration can help penetrate our habit energies, and ignorance of our interconnectedness with each other becomes love and understanding. (July 2013)

    Why We Meditate (23 min.) and Guided Meditation (16 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023


    Joanne shares how mindfully following our breath allows us to stop, rest and calm ourselves, unifying our mind and body. This practice allows us to concentrate and truly exercise free will, we can respond skillfully when suffering arises. A guided meditation follows.

    Guided Meditation: Focusing on the Breath (16 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023


    (Hartford Day of Mindfulness, 11-5-2011)

    "At the Foot of the Mountain" - Interbeing Explained in Song (19 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 1135:00


    Joanne uses the song "At the Foot of the Mountain" and Thay's story about the river to illustrate how we are made of every single thing in the cosmos and how awareness of our interconnectedness makes peace, harmony, and fearlessness possible. The song “At the Foot of the Mountain” is sung by the Nuns of Plum Village, from the recording "Mountains" available from Blue Cliff Monastery. (Hartford Day of Mindfulness, 2011)

    Q & A - Hartford Day of Mindfulness (25 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 1530:00


    we can become prisoners of our own lives if we hold on to If we hold on to fear, anger and hatred, we are prisoners. When we are able to look beyond the surface and see that we are essentially one and the same, compassion will arise for ourselves and others

    Creating Peace in Ourselves, Making Peace in the World (50 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023


    Mindfulness practice and social change.

    Getting in Touch with Our True Goodness (50 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023


    Joanne describes the basis of our practice as one of coming back to ourselves and taking responsibity for our own happiness so that we can co-create happiness with those around us. (Family Day of Mindfulness, 6-25-2011)

    An Introduction to the Five Mindfulness Trainings (21 min.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023


    , the Buddhist precepts as shaped and made current by the Plum Village Tradition founded by Thich Nhat Hanh. (6-28-2011)

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    Looking Deeply in Order to Be of Help: Words from Joanne after the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 32:34


    In this Dharma talk from 2012, Joanne asks us to look deeply together at the causes and conditions that create such tragedy in our culture, as well as at how we can take good care of ourselves to transform our own suffering in order to be able to help. The Buddha, she offers, shows us the way out.

    Guided Meditation: Coming Back to the Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020


    Joanne Friday offers a guided meditation to ground oneself in one’s body, appreciating the miracle of the body’s ability to function. This meditation is great stress reliever in turbulent times.

    Developing Mindfulness and Concentration and Their Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2019 36:04


    The benefits of non-attachment to views and how to attain such with the practice of developing awareness of our actions.

    A Survival Kit for the Holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2019 35:31


    Developing a "toolbox" for dealing with difficult people and conflicts over viewpoints, differing political views. The practice is developing confidence and strategies for responding to life challenges more skillfully.

    Fear and Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2019 37:06


    A 2018 talk on Fear and Love, given by Joanne Friday, a Dharma teacher in the Tiep Hien Order, the Order of Interbeing, founded by Buddhist monk and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. To learn more, or to support Joanne’s work, please visit her website at https://www.joannefriday.com.

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