Podcasts about Bodhisattva

In dieser Folge hörst du einen Daily Reminder von Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim , über den Meister Ho Am, der vor langer Zeit in Korea lebte und Kwan Se Um Bo Sal, die, die die Rufe der Welt erhört.Vielen Dank Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim.Hapchangalles Liebe,Gak Duk

In this episode, you'll hear a Daily Reminder from Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim about Master Ho Am, who lived in Korea long time ago, and Kwan Se Um Bo Sal, Bodhisattva perceiver of the world`s sounds.Thank you very much, Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim.HapchangWith love,Gak Duk

In this talk, Mary reflects on the famous story of Milarepa and the demons who take over his cave. It's a wonderful reflection on our spiritual journey of aversion and delusion to being intimate with our deepest experiences.Recorded July 11, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

This teaching was given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lama Tsonkhapa Institute in Italy as part of the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat between September 3-30, 2004.00:00:00 Lama Zopa Rinpoche leads the motivation for the practice of Confession of a Bodhisattva's Downfalls to the Thirty-Five Buddhas.00:10:45 Rinpoche does the practice of Confession of a Bodhisattva's Downfalls to the Thirty-Five Buddhas with students.Find out more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche, his teachings and projects at https://fpmt.org/

This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.07.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/D1oKuPGoRyE. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

St. Francis of Assisi invited us to wear the world as a loose garment and in this talk, Mary discusses how this is an invitation to equanimity. How do we turn towards the world without rigidity, yet with a willingness to stay present and meet life where it is?Recorded July 4, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

In this episode, you'll hear a Daily Reminder about Social Buddhism, which encourages us to take the Buddha's teachings as our guiding light every day.Thank You very much, Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim,hapchang

Ji Kwang In dieser Folge hörst Du einen Daily Reminder über den Sozialen Buddhismus, der uns ermuntert jeden Tag die Lehre Buddhas als großes Führungslicht zu nehmen.Vielen Dank Dae Poep Sa Nim,hapchang

One of the things we release on the journey to awakening is our attachment to fixed views. These are the stories that have become rigid and that we believe about ourselves and the world. This practice invites us to pause and take a look at our views and ask if they're even true. Freedom lies with our letting go of shoulds and opening to this moment as it is.Recorded June 27, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

In this episode, you'll hear a Daily Reminder from Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim about 100 percent happiness and a successful life. How do we achieve this?Thank you very much, Dae Poep Sa Nim,Hapchang,yours in the dharma, Gak Duk

In dieser Folge hörst Du einen Daily Reminder von Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim über 100 Prozent Glück und eine erfolgreiche Existenz. Wie bekommen wir dies?Vielen Dank Dae Poep Sa Nim,Hapchang,Deine Gak Duk

In order to move on the path of liberation, we need to see what gets in the way. The Buddha's teaching of the Five Hindrances is a helpful way to recognize these sometimes subtle obstacles and learn how to release them so we can continue towards freedom.Recorded June 20, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

The Bodhisattva called 'Never Direct' saw the Buddha in everyone, yet his practice of bowing received a mixed response. Drawing on themes from the White Lotus Sutra, Aryadasa delves into how different framings of the spiritual life can profoundly change our understanding of Buddhism and its practice. Excerpted from the talk entitled A Bodhisattva On His Knees given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2025. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

In the book, "Dancing With Life", Phillip Moffitt writes about the three insights associated with each of the Four Noble Truths: Reflecting, Experiencing and Knowing. This is a wise way to look at his core teaching and Mary offers a summary of Phillip's teaching. She calls these insights a journey of awareness from the head to the heart.Recorded June 13, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

Khemasuri introduces the Bodhisattva Ideal, central to Mahayana Buddhism, by describing the training of the novice Bodhisattva and the arising of the will to Enlightenment. Excerpted from the talk entitled Becoming a Bodhisattva given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2012. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution, Section 3 Growth and Development of the Psychic, pp. 89-90This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/the-psychic-being-and-progress/Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of SriAurobindo's writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com#Sri Aurobindo #The Mother #yoga #integral yoga #spirituality #soul #psychic being #rebirth #spiritual progress #Bodhisattva vow

The 5th precept is more than just an admonition not to drink or use drugs, but is an invitation to look at our consumption and how we may numb ourselves and become lost in delusion. It's from this deluded place where we can cause the most harm to others and to ourselves.Recorded June 6, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution, Section 3 Growth and Development of the Psychic, pg. 84This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/06/06/the-psychic-being-works-to-gain-experience-and-independence-and-upgrade-the-instruments-of-body-life-force-and-mind/Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of SriAurobindo's writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com#Sri Aurobindo #The Mother #yoga #integral yoga #spirituality #Bodhisattva vow #soul #psychic being #rebirth

In this episode, you'll hear a Daily Reminder from Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim about maintaining a specific schedule, daily routines, and how important they are.Thank You very much, Dae Poep Sa Nim,hapchang,warm regards,Your Gak Duk

"Doc" Mike Witort of Chicago, IL is a Concierge Mobile Therapist. He won the right to practice medicine in 4 states. Serving jail time and forced to use his wealth to defend his name against the medical industrial complex he flows in the Bodhisattva vibe helping others for 8 decades. Contact Doc at 630-613-8537 or by email at wakeupwell1@gmail.com. Website: wakeupwell.org. (under obstruction) You tube, and linkedin. See What Makes Mikey Run: https://youtu.be/X1FWu82Sf4Q?si=eONvwmm2xrBfDr3LIn this episode Doc Mike andArt breathe deep into the benefits of oxygen in the human response. Why we don't get enough and how to improve our reduction of oxidative stressors. 

Held in the shadow of Mary's husband's illness, this talk is a simple reflection on life's realities and the sentiment, "Very sad, no problem," as a path of equanimity. Sadness, joy and everything else does not need to be a problem. Instead, it's simply reality and we can choose how to show up.Recorded May 30, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

In dieser Folge hörst Du einen Daily Reminder von Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim über Buddhas Erleuchtung, seine Geburt und seine Erkenntnisse. Sie sind miteinander verbunden.Vielen Dank Dae Poep Sa Nim,hapchang,alles Liebe und herzliche Grüße,Gak Duk

In this episode, you'll hear a Daily Reminder from Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim about the Buddha's enlightenment, his birth, and his insights. They are all interconnected.Thank you very much, Dae Poep Sa Nim,hapchang,with love and warm regards,Gak Duk

What is the Buddhist perspective on boundaries? In Buddhism, we're encouraged to cherishing others more and deepen our compassion. Some may wonder if there is a contradiction between these heart-opening practices and having healthy boundaries, a more modern Western concept. But here is the truth: even the Buddha set boundaries. In the texts, the Buddha frequently chose who to engage with, when to enter noble silence, and how to protect himself so he could serve the world effectively. In fact, true compassion requires boundaries. Sometimes the kindest thing to do for another is to set a strong boundary. In this episode, JoAnn Fox explores the concept of boundaries through a Buddhist lens. We look at how creating a boundary isn't an act of anger or separation; it's an act of wise compassion for ourselves and others. According to the American Psychological Association, healthy boundaries are not "walls" to keep people out, but rather "gates" that allow you to manage your energy and safety. Buddhism offers perspectives to help us find the sweet spot between "porous" boundaries that leave us depleted, and "rigid" boundaries that keep us isolated or limit our growth. " All the happiness in the world arises from wishing others to be happy All the suffering in the world arises from wishing ourselves (alone) to be happy." —Shantideva, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life   Shantideva (1997). A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. Translated by Vesna and B. Alan Wallace. Shambala Publications.    Find us at the links below:  Our Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/BuddhismForEveryone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Buddhismforeveryone Private Facebook Group:: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sanghatalk/ Website: Buddhismforeveryone.com Instagram: @buddhism4everyone X: @Joannfox77 TikTok: @buddhism4everyone YouTube: @Buddhism4Everyone To learn more about the new Wednesday evening drop-in classes on Zoom, visit https://buddhismforeveryone.com/meditation-classes-for-peace Interested in an online Study Program, visit https://buddhismforeveryone.com/ongoing-buddhist-study-program To learn about Buddhist Coaching with JoAnn Fox visit www.BuddhismforEveryone.com or email JoAnn Fox at joann@buddhismforeveryone.com

Dogen said that enlightenment is an intimacy with all things. Mary reflects on this thought and it's similarity to equanimity and an undefended heart. How do we show up for the reality of the moment with complete openness. It is a journey and all we can do is begin with right now.Recorded Mary 23, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

In dieser Folge hörst Du ein Daily Reminder von Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim darüber, wie man nicht senil wird und immer einen angenehmen Geist im Alter haben kann. Was ist die Ursache von Senilität aus buddhistischer Sicht.Vielen Dank Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim,alles Liebe Deine Gak Duk

In this episode, you'll hear a Daily Reminder from Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim on how to avoid senility and maintain a peaceful mind in old age. What is the cause of senility from a Buddhist perspective?Thank you very much, Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim,With love,Yours in the dharma, Gak Duk

How do you get used to being Enlightened? What happened to the Buddha in the weeks after his breakthrough experience? Kamalashila explores these questions in two ways - using the framework of our System of Meditation to shed light on the process that unfolded in the Bodhisattva's mind and body as Enlightenment dawned; and connecting us imaginatively with the symbolism and image of Muchalinda, the great serpent, coiling his body protectively round the meditating Buddha. This talk was given on the Triratna Buddhist Community's International Retreat, 2008. Kamalashila passed away in October 2024, to learn more about him and his contributions to Triratna, visit https://kamalashila.co.uk/ *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB

In this talk, recorded at Insight Community of the Desert, Mary discusses the Second Precept. It's often just referred to as not stealing, but this precept is about recognizing all the different places that craving and greed show up and how to let go of that. Additionally, the cultivation of generosity is an important step in freedom from craving and a way to live in harmony with others and in contentment with ourselves.Recorded May 17, 2026 at ICD in Palm SpringsSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

In this episode, you'll hear a Daily Reminder from Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim about the six realms of samsara.It is the cycle of rebirth. You'll learn about ancestors, hungry ghosts, and how we can save ourselves.Thank you very much, Dae Poep Sa Nim,Hapchang,Gak Duk

In dieser Folge hörst Du ein Daily Reminder von Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim über die sechs Wege des Samsara.Es ist der Kreislauf der Wiedergeburten. Du erfährst, etwas über Ahnen und Ahninnen, hungrigen Geistern und wie wir uns selbst retten können.Vielen Dank Dae Poep Sa Nim,alles Liebe,Gak Duk

Perception has many depths, heights, and qualities depending upon its level of conditioning. The more conditioned our perception, the greater our limitations and suffering; the less conditioned it is, the more alert, clear, and free our state becomes. By eliminating mistaken ways of seeing and experiencing life, we clarify our ability to discern the fundamental reality of all things: a state of liberated cognition devoid of a "self," yet one that embodies the true characteristics of wisdom and enlightened compassion. Discover this through a final exploration of Shantideva's masterpiece. This journey examines the philosophical conundrums of inherent and selfless existence, the dangers of nihilism and eternalism, the insidiousness of desire, and the way service to humanity serves as the highest ideal and purpose of emptiness. It further delves into Buddhist analyses of emptiness in relation to mind and body; the laws of interdependence, relativity, impermanence, causality, and space; the problems of the analytical mind; the exercises of self-observation and self-remembering; and the inherent limitations and impediments of the mind according to Samael Aun Weor. Resources and References: https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/wisdom-selfless-realization-through-direct-perception

In dieser Folge hörst Du ein Daily Reminder von Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim daüber warum Sok Ga Mo Ni Buddha sein Zuhause verließ und was seine tiefe Frage war, die stetig in seinem Geist herrschte und ihn antrieb.Vielen Dank Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim,Hapchang,Deine Gak Duk

Andrew Feldmar has been guiding people through psychedelic journeys for over 50 years. He trained directly with R.D. Laing in London, worked with Stanislav Grof at Esalen, practiced at Hollywood Hospital when LSD was still legal medicine, and took part in the first MAPS Canada MDMA research for PTSD. A Hungarian-born psychotherapist who fled the 1956 revolution alone at 16, he has spent a lifetime refusing to pathologize normal human suffering. With the President signing an executive order to fast track psychedelics through the FDA, this conversation could not be more timely. Andrew explains why medicalizing these medicines is a grotesque category mistake, what gets lost when ceremony and relationship are replaced by sterile hospital protocols, and why the source only opens up between people. His new book, Radical Adventure: An Inquiry into Psychedelic Psychotherapy (Karnac Books, 2025), is a quiet act of resistance against the venture capital takeover of sacred work. If we're going to talk about psychedelics in 2026, we need to talk to someone who knew what they were before the industry came for them.

The Buddha taught the Five Remembrances as a way to normalize our relationship to the human condition. We we all grow old, get sick and die, yet some of us fight tooth and nail against, especially in our Western culture. But when we truly greet this reality there is quite a freedom - we no longer have to hide or try to change our reality. Become a friend to this teaching and find some ease.Recorded May 2, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

Those who wish to comprehend and eliminate the internal causes of suffering must cultivate meditative concentration: the ability to serenely focus attention upon one thing with continuous application, so that the mind settles, thoughts diminish, and clarity opens one's consciousness. In this state it becomes possible to receive insights or visions with one's imagination: the capacity to perceive non-physical imagery representing objective reality. By receiving vivid images about our internal universe, one can explore the hidden psychological causes of suffering, so that by extricating their roots, we liberate ourselves from afflictive conditions and emancipate our true nature. Yet if we lack serenity, the lake of the mind becomes perturbed and incapable of reflecting the heavens within. Explore some tenets, anecdotes, and principles for cultivating serenity to help prepare for meditation, examining the problems with superficial associates and the troubles of family ties; advice for social interactions; reasons for cultivating non-attachment, meditative serenity, empathy, and bodhichitta; Buddhist and Gnostic notions of internal silence and psychological solitude so as to conserve energy; reflections to diffuse the powers of lust; meditations on impermanence, wealth, and death; methods for strengthening our relationships with others, society, and divinity; and much more.  Resources and References: https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/meditative-concentration-establishing-serenity-to-access-insight

Oftentimes when things are especially awful, we think that joy may be inappropriate and that we must stay focused on the difficulties. But this is not the case. Bhikkhu Bodhi says that cultivation of joy is important to regulate despair. In this talk Mary discusses what gets in the way of joy and how to allow it into our lives. Equanimity means being present for everything that shows up, even the good.Recorded April 25, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

Here, Sanghagita introduces Avalokitesvara, he who hears the cries of the world. This Bodhisattva is the embodiment of the myth of the Triratna Buddhist Order. Through the image of Avalokitesvara's thousand compassionate hands, we'll explore how our community can become a single Bodhisattva—responsive, open-hearted, and alive to suffering in the world. Excerpted from the talk entitled Sangha As Goal given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2025. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB

Given by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on April 22nd, 2026 Shosan Victoria Austin, in this Earth Day lecture, invites us to contemplate how practicing ethics protects both us and the world.

Our practice is really about developing a different relationship with our mind - one that is wise and kind. In this talk Mary reflects on how the Buddha talks about the mind using the Dhammapada, and how Rick Hanson explains the mind from a scientific perspective. These two offer insights in how we can tend to our thoughts and reactions in a wise way that leads towards more freedom and less suffering.Recorded April 16, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

In this session the Dharma talk was given by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha, April 19, 2026.  Music was provided by Barefoot Bran Music.

As practitioners conserve, elevate, and purify their energies through ethics and patient discipline, they need to enact and direct such forces for the edification of theirs and others' spirituality. Such empowered efforts amplify benefit for oneself, community, and world through the laws of karma: cause and effect. By understanding such dynamics in oneself, it becomes possible to cultivate the real virtues of a bodhisattva, since generosity, ethics, and patience set the stage for ennobling everyone's quality of mind. See how through an exploration of the prior paramitas; the nature of joyful action, its opposites of sleep and inattention; the inevitability of death and how it can inspire urgency to practice; essential practices of cultivating a spiritual work ethic (exchanging self and other within Tibetan Buddhism); the different types of defeatism and how to overcome them; the true spiritual qualities of self-confidence as opposed to arrogance; the distinct characteristics of self-observation, awareness, attention, and self-remembrance; the problems of a lazy consciousness versus a hyperactive body; the powers of mindfulness and meditation; and much more. Resources and References: https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/diligence-conscious-action-on-the-bodhisattva-path

When you walk into the elegant home of Dr. Peter Carnochan, you're greeted by a statue of  Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion. Over the course of our dinner together and podcast conversation, it becomes clear that the figure is not decorative. It's emblematic of Peter himself.Peter Carnochan is something of a paradox. He describes himself as half California hippie and half East Coast WASP. He came up through alternative schooling that centered art and creativity. From there, he studied at Harvard University, earning a degree philosophy—an intellectual backbone that now undergirds everything he does.Both in real life, and in the award-winning documentary, Andre Is an Idiot, Peter played the real life role of Andre Ricciardi's psychologist.  His client, Andre, is dying of colon cancer and, in many ways, becomes a kind of embodiment of “infinite jest”—finding humor in everything, even in the face of death, while documenting the experience. Peter's defining qualities are on full display: infinite compassion paired with grounded wisdom. The result is a remarkable film that captures humor, courage, and an almost defiant vulnerability. In several scenes, Peter offers guidance that is both clinically precise and deeply human, gently expanding Andre's capacity to face reality while staying connected to the people he loves.Today, Peter has returned to his Silicon Valley roots, working as an executive coach to some of the titans of the tech world. He brings to that ecosystem not just strategy, but a grounded life philosophy that blends compassion, insight, and a deep respect for the complexity of being human.Credits:River is High, Ticketless TravelerCarl Reisman, guitar, singer, and songwriterJenny Goodwine, vocalsJames Singleton, bassJohnny Vidocovich, drumsDave Easley, steel guitarProduced by Morgan Orion Reismanfor more information, carlreisman@gmail.comCopyright 2025WCMI networking group A networking group for mindfulness-focused clinicians dedicated to learning together & collaborating for more information click here

The Buddha's wise teaching on the Eight Worldly Winds reminds us that the ups and downs of life (pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute) are common to all humanity. It is a teaching on equanimity - the capacity to be present with our experience, whatever it may be. We're invited to let go of chasing specific experiences and open to what is here.Recorded April 11, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

Given by Rinso Ed Sattizahn at Green Gulch Farm on April 12th, 2026 Rinso Ed Sattizahn reflects on the meaning of Jizo’s staff and comments on David Chadwick and the Shunryu Suzuki teaching story “Everything Changes.”

Our modern world deifies, celebrates, and defends anger. However, the world scriptures detail infinite reasons why this negative emotion is destructive and harmful. Despite conceptual knowledge about anger's detriments, extricating this afflictive state from one's mind stream is a daunting task. Fortunately, Shantideva's scripture expounds upon methods for identifying and transforming anger in the moment, specifically through spiritual analyses and meditation. Discover how to comprehend and disempower anger in its multitudinous forms. By countering anger's reasoning with the logic of divinity, one learns to no longer repress or bottle up such explosive emotions (which only resurface with more force later). Through comprehension, one also does not cave in to what anger wants, but diffuses such states with a much more powerful and crushing force: kindness coupled with intelligence and wisdom. See how through an exploration of anger's futility, its nature, dangers, and consequences; the qualities and dynamics of patience; techniques for developing compassion in daily life; reasons why we should not invest in resentment; the purpose of voluntary suffering to acquire wisdom; how and why blame is good and praise harmful for spiritual development; humiliation as a means of initiation;  principles for why we should honor everyone; and the true characteristics of compassion, not complacency with crime. Lecture was recorded on April 4th before Easter Sunday. Resources and References: https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/patience-how-to-voluntarily-endure-suffering

We spend so much time in the future and the past entangled in experiences that do not actually exist. In this talk, Mary discusses what we get stuck on and how to let go. There is no other place to be but right here, so working towards being there is important and part of the journey towards liberation.Recorded April 2, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

The Shambala Warrior is a 1200 year old Tibetan prophecy that is relevant to our world today. The weapons of this warrior are wisdom and compassion. Mary talks about each of these as tools to liberation for ourselves, others and to aid in healing the world.Recorded March 30, 2026 in the virtual worldSend me a text with any questions or comments! Include your name and email if you would like a response - it's not included automatically. Thanks.Visit Mary's website for more info on classes and teachings.

In an encouraging pep talk for ango, Dave unveils a new translation of the bodhisattva vows and rouses us to the impossibility of fulfilling them and the impossibility of not living up them. Is devoting your life to others a recipe for getting taken advantage or the most selfish thing we could do? Is making art selfish or service? Is Taylor Swift ready to take on the dark teachings of Buddhism?? Find out here!

As humans face the darkness of fear, violence, and division, something else is also stirring: an awakening field of courage, care, and connection.  This talk explores the primitive survival strategies that keep us in trance and the evolutionary currents of awakening that return us to belonging. Through reflection and practice, we are invited to nurture the river of love and justice moving through our world, and to step forward—together—into beloved community.   Our introduction music is from "Opening" by Adrienne Torf, © 2025 ABT Music