Podcasts about ascetic

(Group Learning Program) Chapter 19 - The Difficult Human Existence: Sickness, Aging, and Death Three aspects of life that are the most difficult for us to deal with in our human existence are sickness, aging, and death.The young Prince Siddhartha Gotama, who eventually became Gotama Buddha, was sheltered during his first 29 years of existence as his father, the King, was keeping him in the palace attempting to lure him into the ways of a monarch through keeping him attached to the luxurious life of being a Prince and eventually a King.At the age of 29, Siddhartha Gotama exits the palace for the first time without his father's knowledge to observe life outside the palace. He had his attendant with him who helped explain Siddhartha Gotama's four (4) observations of sickness, aging, death, and an Ascetic or monk - a spiritual seeker.These observations eventually led Siddhartha Gotama to the understanding that because of the impermanent nature of things and the mind's craving for permanence, we cause our own discontent mind.In this Podcast, David will share the life story of Gotama Buddha, help you understand The Four (4) Observations, and discuss sickness, aging, and death as it relates to the human condition.——-Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The BuddhaDedicated to the education of Gotama Buddha's Teachings to attain Enlightenment.https://www.BuddhaDailyWisdom.com(See our website for online learning, courses, and retreats.)Group Learning Program - LIVE Interactive Online Classes, Book, Audiobook, Videos, Podcast and Personal Guidancehttps://bit.ly/GroupLearningProgram|The Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon in English Study Grouphttps://bit.ly/PaliCanonStudyGroupFREE Book - Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenmenthttps://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/freebuddhabooksFacebook: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-FacebookYouTube: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-YoutubePodcast: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-PodcastSupport our efforts to share The Teachings of Gotama Buddha with you and worldwide for all people using this link.https://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/supportbuddha#buddhism #learnbuddhism #buddhismclass #buddhismcourse #enlightenment #awakening #dhamma #dharma #buddha #meditation #meditationretreat #meditationcourse #meditationclass

Today's podcast offers a reflection on how the healing work is a profound way of taking up our cross as well as deepening our ascetical life. It is very important to be reminded that our healing work is not outside of our spiritual life nor contrary to it, but rather an integral part of our spiritual life and a great enhancer of it.

Send us a text My dear friends, when hunger bites at one's stomach and thirst dries the throat, even the strongest beliefs can be shaken. The people, blinded by desperation, refused to accept Guru Ji's words. Tune in to know what happened.music: Moko Taar le by Shivpreet Singhhttps://www.instagram.com/sikh_history_sakhi/ https://www.sikhhistorysakhi.com/

Send us a textIn this fourth episode, Arnie and Glenn continue their discussion about John the Baptizer. The discussion begins with a look at the prophesy that John's father Zacharias stated about him which first appeared in the Old Testament. Johns' youth was spent in the desert, and he continued this life up until the time he came to the public. We note this. An Old Testament prophecy by Malachi said one like Elijah would return at some point. We look at numerous occasions in the New Testament that people discussed this prophecy and how it relates to John the Baptizer. John and Jesus were related. They were cousins, John being 6 months older than Jesus. But there was a more important relationship which we discuss next. We also look at what the religious leaders were trying to do relating to John's disciples and Jesus. John was aware of this and had much to say about the issue being raised. We note what John had to say. We run out of time for this episode before completing this subject. We'll start here next week. Take about 30-minutes to listen in on our discussion. Have your Bible handy so you can verify what is being said. There is a transcript of this Buzzsprout episode provided for your convenience.

St Mark was a disciple of St John Chrysostom, tonsured a monk at the age of forty by St John himself. He then withdrew to the Nitrian desert and lived for sixty years as a hermit, devoting himself to fasting, prayer, and writing spiritual discourses.   Saint Mark knew all the Holy Scriptures by heart. His compassion was so great that he wept at the distress of any of God's creatures: once he wept for the blind pup of a hyena, and the pup received its sight. Though he lived alone in the desert, it is said that he received Communion from an angel.   The holy and scholarly Patriarch Photios held his writings in the highest esteem, and at one time there was a saying, 'sell all that you have, and buy Mark.' Some of these beautiful and profound writings may be read in English in the first volume of the Philokalia.

Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 2 from the Digha Nikaya: Sāmaññaphala Sutta, "The Fruits of the Ascetic Life". This is part 9. Find the full series here. Read DN2 on Sutta Central here. "The newly crowned King Ajātasattu is disturbed by the violent means by which he achieved the crown. He visits the Buddha to find peace of mind, and asks him about the benefits of spiritual practice. This is one of the greatest literary and spiritual texts of early Buddhism", Sutta Central. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube

Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 2 from the Digha Nikaya: Sāmaññaphala Sutta, "The Fruits of the Ascetic Life". This is part 8. Find the full series here. Read DN2 on Sutta Central here. "The newly crowned King Ajātasattu is disturbed by the violent means by which he achieved the crown. He visits the Buddha to find peace of mind, and asks him about the benefits of spiritual practice. This is one of the greatest literary and spiritual texts of early Buddhism", Sutta Central. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube

Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 2 from the Digha Nikaya: Sāmaññaphala Sutta, "The Fruits of the Ascetic Life". This is part 7. Find the full series here. Read DN2 on Sutta Central here. "The newly crowned King Ajātasattu is disturbed by the violent means by which he achieved the crown. He visits the Buddha to find peace of mind, and asks him about the benefits of spiritual practice. This is one of the greatest literary and spiritual texts of early Buddhism", Sutta Central. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube

After many weeks of reading the hypotheses on fornication and the pursuit of purity of heart, what finally comes into focus is the fruit of the fathers' experience in the struggle. What they discovered is that discipline, fasting, vigils, etc. are absolutely necessary. Yet these practices are not ends in themselves. They are to be a reflection of our desire for God and our seeking in love our soul's Beloved.  Desire is what gives us the capacity to love and give ourselves in love. In it we sense a lack that only God can satisfy. Ascetic practice is not meant to be an act of contempt for our human nature, but rather an acknowledgment of the strength and the power of our natural desires. What is good can become disordered whenever there is an imbalance or lack of measure. Our natural desire, Eros, can only be transformed by Divine Eros. Therefore, it is only by grace that the passions can be overcome.  Our hearts must be filled with an urgent longing for God.  Outside of the acknowledgment of the necessity of Grace, we become the most pitiable of all creatures. So long as we hold onto the illusion of overcoming the passions by raw grit, we will find ourselves returning to our sin or sinking into a much darker place of anger and pride. St. John Cassian tells us we must “base our courage not on our own power or on our asceticism, but in the aid of God, our Master”. When this takes place, even the deepest recesses of the unconscious can be healed and transformed. Likewise, the  countenance of the pure of heart begins to change; we begin to see the inner beauty that rest in the heart of one who loves and desires God wholly. --- Text of chat during the group: 00:04:03 Lori Hatala: reboot 00:12:17 Una: Problem with sound? 00:12:25 Una: Yes 00:13:01 Una: It's good now 00:13:08 Una: . Can hear you humming 00:16:33 Lilly: Do you know Fr Teodosy? 00:16:34 ANDREW ADAMS: My copy came today! 00:21:09 Una: What page? I'm lost 00:21:23 ANDREW ADAMS: 190 00:21:50 Una: Thanks 00:32:34 Lilly: Asking this question respectfully, if a Priest can't cure his passion, would it be appropriate to take medicine to help ? 00:33:37 Lilly: Generally speaking, no specific medicatiob 00:33:42 Lilly: n* 00:37:28 Suzanne Romano: My experience has been that the grace of continence is given to those who use the means God gives, and is diligent in avoiding the occasions of sin. 00:48:38 Anthony: Life is like art. Each of us is a unique material: canvas, copper foil, paper, wood. Part of Christian life is learning what material we are and what techniques best bring out the beatific vision in the material we are.  The same image can be brought out uniquely in each different art. 00:52:24 Suzanne Romano: Father, may I ask a question that relates to the previous Hypotheses on gluttony?  00:52:37 Forrest Cavalier: Elias in the earlier story did not mutilate, emasculate, or injure himself. By avoiding injury, keeping his masculinity intact, and building on nature, he returned to serve the convent in a very masculine and fatherly way for a long time. It would have been tragic if he deformed the gifts God had given him. 00:52:52 Myles Davidson: Is using caffeine during a night vigil cheating? 00:54:22 Una: It can mess with your sleep when you do get to bed 00:54:59 Una: I used to write until 3 a.m. during my last novel. 00:56:09 Suzanne Romano: Father, may I ask a question that relates to the previous Hypotheses on gluttony?  00:56:59 Suzanne Romano: Thank you. I can distill three principles from the readings: Eat once per day; stop eating before you are completely full; and never eat for the sheer sake of pleasure or comfort. If one takes up these three principles as a regular discipline, are there ever times when it is permissible to take something just for pleasure or comfort - say on Sundays or on Holidays - say, a dessert or a hot cocoa, etc? 00:59:25 Anthony: Haha 00:59:34 Carol Roper: Reacted to "Haha" with

Though he has not been glorified by the Church, Fr Lazarus was a pioneer and exemplar of Orthodoxy in the West.   He was born in England in 1902. In his early manhood he moved to western Canada, where he worked as a farm laborer for several years. While working in Alberta, he sensed a call to become a missionary and went to an English missionary college for five years.   Sad to say, our sources are unclear about how he came to the Orthodox faith from this unlikely beginning. But in 1934 he spent seven weeks on Mt Athos, then lived as a monk in Yugoslavia. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Theophan (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad), then sent to Palestine to serve the Russian Mission in Jerusalem.   In 1948, the new State of Israel gave the Mission's property to the Soviet Union and the mission was left dispossessed. Fr Lazarus served as priest to the Russian Convent in Aïn Karim and Transjordan, then was sent to India in 1952, where he helped in Orthodox missionary work for twenty years. Several of his books and translations, such as his biography/study of St Seraphim of Sarov, were written while he lived in India. While there, he met Mother Gavrilia of Greece, whose beautiful biography Ascetic of Love includes good descriptions of him during his life in India. Though very strict in his Orthodoxy, he was flexible in externals: in India he wore a white rather than a black cassock, because black clothing had offensive connotations to the Indian people.   In 1972 Fr Lazarus was called to Greece, then in 1974 to Australia, where he served for nine years. In 1983 he moved to California in answer to call from Fr Peter Gillquist to assist members of the former 'Evangelical Orthodox Church' in their move to Orthodoxy. In 1989 he moved to Alaska, where he continued this work. He reposed in Eagle River, Alaska in 1992. Following is an excerpt from an account of his last days by members of his community in Eagle River:   "Father always signed his name with TWA, "Traveling With Angels". A few days before his death, after battling cancer many years, faithfully using the Jesus Prayer as the medicine for his affliction, the Archangel Michael appeared to help him. His final journey homeward had begun, TWA... 'the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.' (2 Timothy 4: 6-8)."

"The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world." St Mark the Ascetic. FASTING SCHEDULE TODAY- ELOISE BIRD TOMORROW- LUCY HAMILTON

It is said that gold rules everything; but spiritual things are ruled by the grace of God. A good conscience is found through prayer, and pure prayer through the conscience. Each by nature needs the other. Jacob made for Joseph a coat of many colors (cf Gen. 37:3), and the Lord gives knowledge of truth to the gentle; as it is written, 'He will teach the gentle His ways' (Ps. 25:9. LXX). Always do as much good as you can, and at a time of greater good do not turn to a lesser. For it is said that no man who turns back 'is fit for the kingdom of heaven' (cf. Luke 9:62).

In this episode I am once again joined by Dr. William Rory Dickson an associate professor of Islamic Religion and Culture at The University of Winnipeg and author of “Dissolving into Being: The Wisdom of Sufi Philosophy”. Professor Dickson discusses Ibn ‘Arabi (1165–1240), an important Sufi poet and philosopher. Ibn ‘Arabi was described as the greatest master of the Way but has increasingly been seen as a controversial and heterodox figure by some within Islam. Professor Dickson explores the historical tensions between the mystic and the cleric, describes Sufi meditation methods and the struggle to realisation, and considers extra-Islamic influences on Sufism throughout history. Professor Dickson also reflects on Sufism's interaction with American culture including the universalist new age movement, the failure of utopian models of worldwide religious harmony, and the retraditionalisation of religious orders such as the Inayatiyya. … Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep277-master-of-the-way-prof-william-rory-dickson-2 Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast'. … Topics include: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - Orthodox to heterodox 05:44 - Who was Ibn ‘Arabi? 06:49 - A spiritual prodigy 10:34 - Leaving Andalusia and arriving in Damascus 12:33 - The greatest master of the Way 14:57 - Mystic vs cleric 17:23 - Political executions of sufis 19:12 - The need to read the room 19:54 - Periods of tension and integration 21:37 - The influence of patronage 24:18 - The struggle for spiritual realisation 27:47 - The visions and practice of Ibn ‘Arabi 29:12 - Embodying the 99 names of God 32:11 - Sufi meditation on the names of God 35:36 - The state of dhikr 36:20 - Ascetic practices 37:53 - Extra-Islamic influences on Sufi practice, historical and modern 46:54 - God brings prophets to all people 49:09 - Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Lex Hixon, and the New Age 58:04 - History of the Inayatiyya order 01:03:00 - Reformulating Sufism for an American audience 01:05:13 - Retraditionalisation in Inayatiyya 01:06:43 - The failure of modernist universalism 01:09:48 - Death of optimism 01:11:28 - Postmodernism vs perennialism 01:12:24 - Does Ibn ‘Arabi offer a synthesis of modern and post-modern perspectives? 01:16:17 - Rumi and the controversy of Coleman Barks 
… Previous episode with Professor William Rory DIckson: - https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep272-mystical-path-of-sufism-professor-william-rory-dickson To find our more about Professor William Rory Dickson, visit: - https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/experts-guide/william-rory-dickson.html - https://anqa.co.uk/publications/dissolving-being … For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - https://www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi' by Steve James

Peace is deliverance from the passions, and is not found except through the action of the Holy Spirit. Fulfilling a commandment is one thing, and virtue is another, although each promotes the other. Fulfilling a commandment means doing what we are enjoined to do; but virtue is to do it in a manner that conforms to the trath. All material wealth is the same, but is acquired in many different ways; similarly, virtue is one, but is many- sided in its operations. If someone makes a display of wisdom and instead of applying it talks at length, he has a spurious wealth and his labors 'come into the houses of strangers' (Prov. 5:10. LXX).

He who does not choose to suffer for the sake of truth will be chastened more painfully by suffering he has not chosen. He who knows God's will, and performs it according to his power, escapes more severe suffering by suffering a little. If a man tries to overcome temptations without prayer and patient endurance, he will become more entangled in them instead of driving them away. The Lord is hidden in His own commandments, and He is to be found there in the measure that He is sought. Do not say: 'I have fulfilled the commandments, but have not found the Lord'. For you have often found 'spiritual knowledge with righteousness', as Scripture says, 'and those who rightly seek Him shall find peace' (Prov. 16:8. LXX).

No cloud is formed without a breath of wind: and no passion is born without a thought. If we no longer fulfill the desires of the flesh, then with the Lord's help the evils within us will easily be eliminated. Images already established in our intellect are more pernicious and stubborn than those which arise while we are thinking. The latter precede the former and are their cause. One kind of evil dwells in the heart through long-contmued prepossession; another kind attacks our thoughts through the medium of everyday things. God assesses our action according to our intention; for it is said that the Lord will 'reward you according to your heart' (Ps. 20:4). He who does not persevere in examining his conscience will not endure bodily suffering for God's sake. The conscience is nature's book. He who applies what he reads there experiences God's help.

Michael C. Baltutis' book What is Hinduism?: A Student's Introduction (Routledge, 2024) is an engaging introduction to the complex religious tradition of Hinduism. Central to its focus is demonstrating the fundamental diversity within Hinduism through the multiplicity of its core beliefs and traditions. Chapters are divided into four historical categories – Vedic, Ascetic, Classical, and Contemporary Hinduism – with each examining one deity alongside one key term, serving as a twin focal point for a more complex discussion of related key texts, ideas, social structures, religious practices, festivals, and concepts such as ritual and sacrifice, music and devotion, and engagement and renunciation. ith study questions, glossaries, and lists of key contemporary figures, this book is an essential and comprehensive resource for students encountering the multiplicity of Hinduism for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Michael C. Baltutis' book What is Hinduism?: A Student's Introduction (Routledge, 2024) is an engaging introduction to the complex religious tradition of Hinduism. Central to its focus is demonstrating the fundamental diversity within Hinduism through the multiplicity of its core beliefs and traditions. Chapters are divided into four historical categories – Vedic, Ascetic, Classical, and Contemporary Hinduism – with each examining one deity alongside one key term, serving as a twin focal point for a more complex discussion of related key texts, ideas, social structures, religious practices, festivals, and concepts such as ritual and sacrifice, music and devotion, and engagement and renunciation. ith study questions, glossaries, and lists of key contemporary figures, this book is an essential and comprehensive resource for students encountering the multiplicity of Hinduism for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Michael C. Baltutis' book What is Hinduism?: A Student's Introduction (Routledge, 2024) is an engaging introduction to the complex religious tradition of Hinduism. Central to its focus is demonstrating the fundamental diversity within Hinduism through the multiplicity of its core beliefs and traditions. Chapters are divided into four historical categories – Vedic, Ascetic, Classical, and Contemporary Hinduism – with each examining one deity alongside one key term, serving as a twin focal point for a more complex discussion of related key texts, ideas, social structures, religious practices, festivals, and concepts such as ritual and sacrifice, music and devotion, and engagement and renunciation. ith study questions, glossaries, and lists of key contemporary figures, this book is an essential and comprehensive resource for students encountering the multiplicity of Hinduism for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

Michael C. Baltutis' book What is Hinduism?: A Student's Introduction (Routledge, 2024) is an engaging introduction to the complex religious tradition of Hinduism. Central to its focus is demonstrating the fundamental diversity within Hinduism through the multiplicity of its core beliefs and traditions. Chapters are divided into four historical categories – Vedic, Ascetic, Classical, and Contemporary Hinduism – with each examining one deity alongside one key term, serving as a twin focal point for a more complex discussion of related key texts, ideas, social structures, religious practices, festivals, and concepts such as ritual and sacrifice, music and devotion, and engagement and renunciation. ith study questions, glossaries, and lists of key contemporary figures, this book is an essential and comprehensive resource for students encountering the multiplicity of Hinduism for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

At a time of affliction, expect a provocation to sensual pleasure, for because it relieves the affliction it is readily welcomed. Some call men intelligent because they have the power of discernment on the sensible plane. But the really intelligent people are those who control their own desires. Until you have eradicated evil, do not obey your heart; for it will seek more of what it already contains within itself . Just as some snakes live in glens and others in houses, so there are some passions which take shape in our thoughts while others express themselves in action. It is possible, however, for them to change from one type to the other. When you find that some thought is disturbing you deeply in yourself and is breaking the stillness of your intellect with passion, you may be sure that it was your intellect which, taking the initiative, first activated this thought and placed it in your heart.

Dorian Z. Bell (f.k.a. Dank Deleuze) joins me on 8pl8s to discuss Buddhist, zen, and ascetic currents in filmmaking. Slow cinema is a genre of art cinema characterised by a style that is minimalist, observational, and with little or no narrative, and which typically emphasizes long takes. It is sometimes called "Darius Csiky's favorite typa cinema". REAL. SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR ZEN FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ 8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/ Follow Danko on IG and stay tuned for his book coming soon. Timeline for the movies discussed: 13:25 - Film (1965) dir. Alan Schneider 17:53 - Fata Morgana (1971) dir. Werner Herzog 21:33 - News from Home (1976) dir. Chantal Akerman 26:36 - *Woyzeck (1979) dir. Werner Herzog 28:38 - *Baal (1970) dir. Volker Schlöndorff 42:23 - *Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) dir. Hsieh Chin-Lin 44:37 - *Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini 56:25 - *Deep Rising (1998) dir. Stephen Sommers 58:07 - The Turin Horse (2011) dir. Tarr Béla 1:03:27 - *Drive My Car dir. Ryūsuke Hamaguchi 1:19:31 - Days (2020) dir. Tsai Ming-liang 1:22:56 - About Dry Grasses (2023) dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan * NOT SLOW CINEMA, THESE FILMS SIMPLY CAME UP

Wickedness is an intricate net; and if someone is careless when partially entangled, he gets completely enmeshed. Do not desire to hear about the misfortunes of your enemies. For those who like listening to such things will themselves suffer what they wish for others. Do not think that every affliction is a consequence of sin. For there are some who do God's will and yet are tested. Thus it is written that the ungodly and wicked shall be persecuted (cf. Ps. 37: 28), but also that those who 'seek to live a holy life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution' (2 Tim. 3:12).

The more the intellect withdraws from bodily cares, the more clearly it sees the craftiness of the enemy. A man who is carried away by his thoughts is blinded by them; and while he can see the actual working of sin, he cannot see its causes. It can happen that someone may in appearance be fulfilling a commandment but is in reality serving a passion, and through evil thoughts he destroys the goodness of the action. When you first become involved in something evil, don't say: 'It will not overpower me.' For to the extent that you are involved you have already been overpowered by it. Everything that happens has a small beginning, and grows the more it is nourished.

(Group Learning Program) Chapter 19 - The Difficult Human Existence: Sickness, Aging, and Death Three aspects of life that are the most difficult for us to deal with in our human existence are sickness, aging, and death. The young Prince Siddhartha Gotama, who eventually became Gotama Buddha, was sheltered during his first 29 years of existence as his father, the King, was keeping him in the palace attempting to lure him into the ways of a monarch through keeping him attached to the luxurious life of being a Prince and eventually a King. At the age of 29, Siddhartha Gotama exits the palace for the first time without his father's knowledge to observe life outside the palace. He had his attendant with him who helped explain Siddhartha Gotama's four (4) observations of sickness, aging, death, and an Ascetic or monk - a spiritual seeker. These observations eventually led Siddhartha Gotama to the understanding that because of the impermanent nature of things and the mind's craving for permanence, we cause our own discontent mind. In this Podcast, David will share the life story of Gotama Buddha, help you understand The Four (4) Observations, and discuss sickness, aging, and death as it relates to the human condition. ——-Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The BuddhaDedicated to the education of Gotama Buddha's Teachings to attain Enlightenment. https://www.BuddhaDailyWisdom.com (See our website for online learning, courses, and retreats.) Group Learning Program - LIVE Interactive Online Classes, Book, Audiobook, Videos, Podcast and Personal Guidancehttps://bit.ly/GroupLearningProgram |The Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon in English Study Grouphttps://bit.ly/PaliCanonStudyGroup FREE Book - Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenmenthttps://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/freebuddhabooks Facebook: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-FacebookYouTube: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-YoutubePodcast: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-Podcast Support our efforts to share The Teachings of Gotama Buddha with you and worldwide for all people using this link.https://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/supportbuddha

From a pleasure-loving heart arise unhealthy thoughts and words; and from the smoke of a fire we recognize the fuel. Guard your mind, and you will not be harassed by temptations. But if you fail to guard it, accept patiently whatever trial comes. Pray that temptation may not come to you; but when it comes, accept it as your due and not undeserved. Reject all thoughts of greed, and you will be able to see the devil's tricks. He who says he knows all the devil's tricks falls unknowingly into his trap.

All good things come from God providentially, and those who bring them are the servants of what is good. Accept with equanimity the intermingling of good and evil, and then God will resolve all inequity. It is the uneven quality of our thoughts that produces changes in our condition. For God assigns to our voluntary thoughts consequences which are appropriate but not necessarily of our choice. The sensible derives from the intelligible, by God's decree providing what is needed.

How have priests or pastors served to make the slave revolt something permanent? It's that they heal the wound and inflict it at the same time. In this episode, we consider how the priest emerges in society to become the figure that channels the ressentiment of the slave and creates a new kind of being. 

When you delight in hearing evil talk, be angry with yourself and not with the speaker. For listening in a sinful way makes the messenger seem sinful. If you come across people gossiping idly, consider yourself responsible for their talk - if not on account of some recent fault of your own, then because of an old debt. If someone praises you hypocritically, be sure that in due course he will vilify you. Accept present afflictions for the sake of future blessings; then you will never weaken in your struggle. When someone supplies your bodily needs and you praise him as good in his own right apart from God, he will later seem to you to be evil.

Why Can't I Be Still?Reference materials for this episode: Lao Tsu- Tao Te Ching- - poem 16Cai Song Fang- Warriors of Stillness- - author's introPhilokalia vol 1 - Evagrios the Solitary- - pg 40-41- - - watchdog passage - St Mark the Ascetic - - pg 128 - - - sayings 29-31 - St John Cassian - - pg 91 - - - first paragraph “On Self Esteem”St Gregory Palamas - “On the Entry into the Holy of Holies II”St Sophrony of Essex - “His Life is Mine” - - quote regarding Jesus' peaceScripture citations for this episode:Genesis 4, 151 Kingdoms/1 Kings 19Psalm 22/23, 45/46Matthew 5 Luke 2 John 14, 16, 20Revelation 1 Acts 9 The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion with oversight from Fr Symeon KeesParadosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://twitter.com/podcast_saintshttps://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcastIconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these imagesPrints of all of Nick's work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.comAll music in these episodes is a production of Generative Soundshttps://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.comDistribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative SoundsCopyright 2021 - 2023

Without remembrance of God, there can be no true knowledge but only that which is false. Deeper spiritual knowledge helps the hard-hearted man: for unless he has fear, he refuses to accept the labor of repentance. Unquestioning acceptance of tradition is helpful for a gentle person, for then he will not try God's patience or often fall into sin. Do not rebuke a forceful man for arrogance, but point out to him the danger of dishonor; if he has any sense he will accept this kind of rebuke. If you hate rebuke, it shows that the passion in which you are involved is due to your own free choice. But if you welcome rebuke, the passion is due to prepossession. Do not listen to talk about other people's sins. For through such listening the form of these sins is imprinted on you.

Once our thoughts are accompanied by images we have already given them our assent; for a provocation does not involve us in guilt so long as it is not accompanied by images. Some people flee away from these thoughts like 'a brand plucked out of the fire' (Zech. 3:2); but others dally with them, and so get burnt. Do not say: 'I don't want it, but it happens.' For even though you may not want the thing itself, yet you welcome what causes it. He who seeks praise is involved in passion; he who laments afflictions is attached to sensual pleasure. The thoughts of a self-indulgent man vacillate, as though on scales; sometimes he laments and weeps for his sins, and sometimes he fights and contradicts his neighbor, justifying his own sensual pleasures. He who tests all things and 'holds fast that which is good' (1 Thess. 5:21) will in consequence refrain from all evil. 'A patient man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14: 29); and so does he who listens to words of wisdom.

When elated by praise, be sure disgrace will follow; for it is said: 'Whoever exalts himself will be abased' (Luke 14:11). When we have freed ourselves from every voluntary sin of the mind, we should then fight against the passions which result from prepossession. Prepossession is the involuntary presence of former sins in the memory. At the stage of active warfare we try to prevent it from developing into a passion; after victory it is repulsed while still but a provocation. A provocation is an image -free stimulation in the heart. Like a mountain-pass, the experienced take control of it ahead of the enemy.

Sin is a blazing fire. The less fuel you give it, the faster it dies down: the more you feed it, the more it bums.

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The paralytic let down through the roof (cf Mark 2:4) signifies a sinner reproved in God's name by the faithful and receiving forgiveness because of their faith. It is better' to pray devoutly for your neighbor than to rebuke him every time he sins. The truly repentant is derided by the foolish - which is a sign that God has accepted his repentance. Those engaged in spiritual warfare practice self-control in everything, and do not desist until the Lord destroys all 'seed from Babylon' (Jer. 27:16. LXX). Suppose that there are twelve shameful passions. Indulging in any one of them is equivalent to indulging in them all.

Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 2 from the Digha Nikaya: Sāmaññaphala Sutta, "The Fruits of the Ascetic Life". This is part 6. Find the full series here. Read DN2 on Sutta Central here. "The newly crowned King Ajātasattu is disturbed by the violent means by which he achieved the crown. He visits the Buddha to find peace of mind, and asks him about the benefits of spiritual practice. This is one of the greatest literary and spiritual texts of early Buddhism", Sutta Central. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean. You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight

He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness. Do not leave unobliterated any fault, however small, for it may lead you on to greater sins. If you wish to be saved, welcome words of truth, and never reject criticism uncritically. Words of truth converted the 'progeny of vipers' and warned them 'to flee from the anger to come' (Matt. 3:7). To accept words of truth is to accept the divine Word; for He says: 'He that receives you receives me' (Matt. 10:40).

Unit 14: St. Gregory Palamas: An Introduction, Prof. Christopher VeniaminEpisode 6bis: Triumph of Ascetic Theology Over Philosophical Speculation (Better Sound Quality)Episode 6bis of “Gregory Palamas: An Introduction” is mainly an *enhanced sound quality* version of the original episode (with new title credits at the beginning, and an end card, plus an appeal for support tagged on at the end), which introduces the "Hesychast Controversy" of the 14th century in the declining decades of the Christian Roman Empire.The sixth episode presents the differing perspectives of Palamas' three theological opponents, Barlaam, Akindynus and Gregoras, who curiously shared a common intellectualistic approach to matters theological, which gradually, since Augustine of Hippo, became the fundamental approach of the West: philosophical speculation.Themes covered in this episode include why the essence-energies distinction is not ditheism; Palamas' disarming distinction between “Antilogia” and “Homologia”; St. Gregory held hostage by the Ottoman Turkss in 1354; and the outcome of Palamas' discussion with the Turkish Mullah.Q&As related to Episode 6 available in The Professor's Blog.Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Dalton PA: 2022); The Transfiguration of Christ in Greek Patristic Literature (2022); and The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in Scripture and Tradition (2016).The Happy Writer with Marissa MeyerAuthors, from debuts to bestsellers, chat about books, writing, publishing, and joy. Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.Dr. Christopher VeniaminSupport The Mount Thabor Academyhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2232462/support THE MOUNT THABOR ACADEMYPrint Books by MOUNT THABOR PUBLISHING The Professor's BlogeBooks Amazon Google Apple KoboB&NMembership OptionsJoin our Bookclub, Bible Study, John Damascene's Christology or Greek Philosophy here:Patreon for Membership TiersClick on the Join button below our YouTube videos, and become a Friend or Reader of The Mount Thabor Academy! Click here: YouTube Membership Level...

Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 2 from the Digha Nikaya: Sāmaññaphala Sutta, "The Fruits of the Ascetic Life". This is part 5. Find the full series here. Read DN2 on Sutta Central here. "The newly crowned King Ajātasattu is disturbed by the violent means by which he achieved the crown. He visits the Buddha to find peace of mind, and asks him about the benefits of spiritual practice. This is one of the greatest literary and spiritual texts of early Buddhism", Sutta Central. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean. You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight

St Mark was a disciple of St John Chrysostom, tonsured a monk at the age of forty by St John himself. He then withdrew to the Nitrian desert and lived for sixty years as a hermit, devoting himself to fasting, prayer, and writing spiritual discourses.   Saint Mark knew all the Holy Scriptures by heart. His compassion was so great that he wept at the distress of any of God's creatures: once he wept for the blind pup of a hyena, and the pup received its sight. Though he lived alone in the desert, it is said that he received Communion from an angel.   The holy and scholarly Patriarch Photios held his writings in the highest esteem, and at one time there was a saying, 'sell all that you have, and buy Mark.' Some of these beautiful and profound writings may be read in English in the first volume of the Philokalia.

St Mark was a disciple of St John Chrysostom, tonsured a monk at the age of forty by St John himself. He then withdrew to the Nitrian desert and lived for sixty years as a hermit, devoting himself to fasting, prayer, and writing spiritual discourses.   Saint Mark knew all the Holy Scriptures by heart. His compassion was so great that he wept at the distress of any of God's creatures: once he wept for the blind pup of a hyena, and the pup received its sight. Though he lived alone in the desert, it is said that he received Communion from an angel.   The holy and scholarly Patriarch Photios held his writings in the highest esteem, and at one time there was a saying, 'sell all that you have, and buy Mark.' Some of these beautiful and profound writings may be read in English in the first volume of the Philokalia.

Aghoris, The Mystical Sadhus Aghoris are a group of mystical ascetics or sadhus who follow a unique and unconventional path within the broader Hindu spiritual tradition. They are often associated with extreme practices and rituals that may seem unconventional or even taboo to mainstream society. Here are some details about Aghoris: Ascetic Lifestyle: Nudity: Some Aghoris may choose to remain naked, symbolizing their renunciation of societal norms and material attachments. Dreadlocks and Ash: Aghoris often smear their bodies with ash, and their matted hair or dreadlocks symbolize their indifference to personal appearance and societal expectations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nilnia/support

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Diet that is vegan, frugal, time-efficient, ~evidence-based and ascetic: An example of a non-Huel EA diet?, published by Ulrik Horn on February 6, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum. TL;DR I am posting this as I think the diet I am following might be suited to perhaps at least a few other EAs, especially those that are looking for a somewhat "optimized" diet while being hesitant about Huel. My diet aims to be vegan, affordable, evidence-based, time-efficient and is quite ascetic. The intersection of these criteria seems close to EA and also different from how most people think about their diet. Therefore, I thought perhaps posting this might be helpful for some EAs who have thought very little about this but would like to learn about more optimal diets. Moreover, I am interested in feedback from others who have done other or more research and come to other/supplemental findings - what am I missing? I have no expertise in dietary sciences and also have not done deep research as explained in the section on methodology. This post/diet might not be for you if you: Require novelty in your food (i.e. not eating the same handful of different items week after week) Derive a lot of well-being from eating good-tasting food (my diet is not unappetizing but it does require the consumer not to derive much life satisfaction from frequently eating good-tasting food) To keep this post short I will describe the diet briefly so please ask clarifying questions in the comments. A reason to be skeptical of Huel is that the evidence is lacking. As far as I understand, the only diet with considerable evidence is the Mediterranean diet as a whole. This is why, as I explain below, I am trying to make my diet as conformant as possible with the Mediterranean diet. The diet itself The diet consists of the following items and quantities. Note that this is a daily average, I do not consume all items every day. Instead, I aim to consume them all over a week such that the daily average ends up close to the following: Then some notes on how to make this more time-efficient/ascetic: Once a week I lightly (5-7 minutes) steam 4-5 crowns of broccoli, blend with olive oil and keep in the fridge to be eaten over 5 days (2 days a week are without vegetables due to my concerns about extended fridge life of this puree) during a week. I find high-powered blenders required to properly cut the stems. The legumes are just the canned type and I just drain, rinse and eat out of the box. Based on whether I think I need more carbs or more proteins, I change the proportions of the following and eat as much as possible after having consumed the other items: The legumes Oats, wheat/spelt and rice. I pick whatever is most convenient in terms of "form factor" such as pasta, bread or just plain cooked rice. I usually just dip bread in olive oil, or sprinkle olive oil on top of the rice). Sometimes I sprinkle some chili, squeeze some lemon and sprinkle some soy sauce and olive oil on top of rice or pasta - I guess I am not a complete ascetic haha My analysis indicates I might be short on vitamin D and B12 from the above, so I take these daily as supplements. I also take algal omega 3 in the form of DHA and EPA as the diet lacks in this (I think it only contains the ALA form that is much less bioavailable and the Mediterranean diet includes a lot of fish) and this is somewhat likely to be important for both short-term and long-term well-being I also consume some fruit (perhaps equivalent to 5 oranges a week). Nutritionally, this is perhaps not strictly needed according to the calcs below, but as I am inspired by the Mediterranean diet and I am sure most people in those studies ate some fruit, I eat whatever and whenever convenient. Please note that the choice of items above is based on analysis as explained below. There ...

(Group Learning Program) Chapter 19 - The Difficult Human Existence: Sickness, Aging, and Death Three aspects of life that are the most difficult for us to deal with in our human existence are sickness, aging, and death. The young Prince Siddhartha Gotama, who eventually became Gotama Buddha, was sheltered during his first 29 years of existence as his father, the King, was keeping him in the palace attempting to lure him into the ways of a monarch through keeping him attached to the luxurious life of being a Prince and eventually a King. At the age of 29, Siddhartha Gotama exits the palace for the first time without his father's knowledge to observe life outside the palace. He had his attendant with him who helped explain Siddhartha Gotama's four (4) observations of sickness, aging, death, and an Ascetic or monk - a spiritual seeker. These observations eventually led Siddhartha Gotama to the understanding that because of the impermanent nature of things and the mind's craving for permanence, we cause our own discontent mind. In this LIVE Stream and Interactive Learning Session, David will share the life story of Gotama Buddha, help you understand The Four (4) Observations, and discuss sickness, aging, and death as it relates to the human condition. ——-Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The BuddhaDedicated to the education of Gotama Buddha's Teachings to attain Enlightenment. https://www.BuddhaDailyWisdom.com (See our website for online learning, courses, and retreats.) Group Learning Program - LIVE Interactive Online Classes, Book, Audiobook, Videos, Podcast and Personal Guidancehttps://bit.ly/GroupLearningProgram |The Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon in English Study Grouphttps://bit.ly/PaliCanonStudyGroup FREE Book - Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenmenthttps://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/freebuddhabooks Facebook: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-FacebookYouTube: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-YoutubePodcast: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-Podcast Support our efforts to share The Teachings of Gotama Buddha with you and worldwide for all people using this link.https://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/supportbuddha

AN 6.117 Things that enable or obstruct meditation on the body. AN 6.118 Things that enable or obstruct meditation on various things. An 6.119 Possessing six qualities, the householder Tapussa sees the Dhamma. AN 6.120 -139 Possessing six qualities, various householders see the Dhamma.

Published by: The Holy Convent of the Evangelist John the Theologian, Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece. Contents: Father Tychon Elder Evlogios (the Disciple of Hadji-Georgis) Elder Pachomios (the Disciple of Elder Evlogios and Grandson of Hadji-Georgis) Father Seraphim, the Anchorite of Mt. Athos The Unknown Anchorite (Probably One of the Anchorites of Athos Who Live Invisibly Hieromonk Anthimos, the Fool-for-Christ The Prodigious Father Daniel Elder Cosmas from Holy Monastery of Pantocrator (the Wine Grower) Father Philaret, the Abbot of Holy Monastery of Constamonitou Elder Peter (Petrakis) Elder Augustine Father George, the Anchorite Elder Philaret Elder Ephraim "The Wretch" Elder Constantine, the Fool-for-Christ Father Savvas of the Monastery of Esphigmenou Elder Tryphon Father Cyril, the Ascetic and Abbot of the Holy Monastery Koutloumousiou The Hieromonk who was tormented by the Tempter because of a Prideful Thought The Strong-Willed Disciple The Devout and Obedient Disciple The Value of a Monk The Power of a Monk's Prayer The Power of the Komboschini (Prayer rope), of the Jesus Prayer --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Though he has not been glorified by the Church, Fr Lazarus was a pioneer and exemplar of Orthodoxy in the West.   He was born in England in 1902. In his early manhood he moved to western Canada, where he worked as a farm laborer for several years. While working in Alberta, he sensed a call to become a missionary and went to an English missionary college for five years.   Sad to say, our sources are unclear about how he came to the Orthodox faith from this unlikely beginning. But in 1934 he spent seven weeks on Mt Athos, then lived as a monk in Yugoslavia. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Theophan (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad), then sent to Palestine to serve the Russian Mission in Jerusalem.   In 1948, the new State of Israel gave the Mission's property to the Soviet Union and the mission was left dispossessed. Fr Lazarus served as priest to the Russian Convent in Aïn Karim and Transjordan, then was sent to India in 1952, where he helped in Orthodox missionary work for twenty years. Several of his books and translations, such as his biography/study of St Seraphim of Sarov, were written while he lived in India. While there, he met Mother Gavrilia of Greece, whose beautiful biography Ascetic of Love includes good descriptions of him during his life in India. Though very strict in his Orthodoxy, he was flexible in externals: in India he wore a white rather than a black cassock, because black clothing had offensive connotations to the Indian people.   In 1972 Fr Lazarus was called to Greece, then in 1974 to Australia, where he served for nine years. In 1983 he moved to California in answer to call from Fr Peter Gillquist to assist members of the former 'Evangelical Orthodox Church' in their move to Orthodoxy. In 1989 he moved to Alaska, where he continued this work. He reposed in Eagle River, Alaska in 1992. Following is an excerpt from an account of his last days by members of his community in Eagle River:   "Father always signed his name with TWA, "Traveling With Angels". A few days before his death, after battling cancer many years, faithfully using the Jesus Prayer as the medicine for his affliction, the Archangel Michael appeared to help him. His final journey homeward had begun, TWA... 'the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.' (2 Timothy 4: 6-8)."