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Jundo and Kirk discuss how moderation is enlightenment, and how Goldilocks is the Buddha. Sort of. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Episode 58: In the Moment (https://www.zen-of-everything.com/58) The Goldilocks principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_principle) Soryo (僧侶) (https://www.tanoshiijapanese.com/dictionary/entry_details.cfm?entry_id=38281) Golden, B.C., woman nearly hit by meteorite in her own home (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-golden-bc-woman-nearly-hit-by-meteorite-in-her-own-home/) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com (mailto:podcast@zen-of-everything.com). If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2021.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* 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

TikTok: How China surveils the world – Everything you do online is being tracked Jose – What do you think about people from other cultures who continue to have statues of Buddha or good luck charms after they become Catholic? Ernesto – Can you ask God to forgive the sins of someone who has passed […] All show notes at The Patrick Madrid Show: October 14, 2021 – Hour 3 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Closed Captioning: https://otter.ai/u/lkOC49LvEb3fqlQOtTmTZiM7zXE ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Closed Captioning: https://otter.ai/u/lkOC49LvEb3fqlQOtTmTZiM7zXE ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* 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

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In my life, there is almost NO consistency. Which can be awesome for spontaneous journeys or trips and fun nights-in doing silly things with my daughter and husband. But it can also be an absolute pain in the butt when it comes to the simple things in my marriage like who is cooking dinner, or who is picking our kid up from school or even who is going to be home that weekend! To minimize the chaos (and keep us both semi-sane), my husband and I have LOTS of conversations about these things that most people would already know well in advance because their life is… well, consistent! This has been a learning journey for both of us and it's gotten better as we've grown and found out more about ourselves and each other. This is especially true around us setting and honoring boundaries and being really clear about them. When our boundaries are clear, it's a lot easier to manage the other stuff. This episode is really about how to set boundaries like a Buddha - saying no and making requests while standing in your power, being clear, compassionate, and full of love… and NOT trying to control people, which can be a really “sticky” part of this. One thing to understand when setting healthy boundaries is the concept of “The Manual.” This is all the expectations we have of how we want others to behave in order for us to avoid being uncomfortable. You may not know what's in your manual until someone isn't following it. Then suddenly you're like “Oh, shit. You're not who I thought you were.” Well, it would be more correct to say, “I had certain expectations and thoughts about you that are no longer valid.” Not sure what your manual looks like? You can start by asking yourself some of these questions whenever someone stops following yours:    • How did you expect that person to behave and why?    • How would you feel if they behaved in that way?    • Do we want them to behave like that, even if they don't want to? (Head to BoundariesTraining.com for a free training I did to explore The Manual more) What's important to remember about the Manual is that trying to control people does not work. Trust me. I've tried it. We also need to remember that we are all completely 100% loveable as we are. And when we accept that, we can stop putting so much weight into how others behave because we don't need that external validation to experience worthiness. What about healthy boundaries vs unhealthy boundaries? Healthy boundaries come from a place of accepting the other person gets to be who they are instead of trying to force them to act a certain way so you can control them. It's really about what we do in a situation where we wish that someone else wouldn't act how they are, and also accepting that we cannot control or change their actions ourselves. Not legally anyway. Healthy boundaries aren't for the little things, like your partner not putting his dirty socks in the laundry basket or the way your friend tells annoying jokes that you find boring. The truth here is that they can do that and we can focus on managing our minds so we can get over it. For real. A healthy boundary protects your physical space, health, and safety and your emotional / mental space, health and safety. It's for the bigger things. This is REALLY important to grock, because there's a difference between protecting your emotional space and not wanting to be uncomfortable. We also see this come up with people who invade your space like coming over unannounced all the time, or who verbally abuse you when you talk to them. We are also seeing this come up a lot these days in how people with differing values have to navigate their friendships, family relationships and community with boundaries around their preferences for COVID mitigation, right? Here's another super important point: healthy boundaries are focused on YOUR actions, not on making someone else behave a certain way. It's about what YOU do if someone violates your physical or emotional space, health, and safety. It's, “If you come over unannounced, I won't answer the doorbell even if I'm home.” “If you yell at me, I‘m going to leave the room.”  Let's say you're someone who does not want to hang out indoors without a mask on. You can tell a friend, “If you want to hang out inside without a mask on, I'll have to decline, or I can suggest something outside for us to do.”  Your boundary should also be something you will follow through on. Often, we create a situation by not enforcing our boundaries, and yet we blame the other person (BTW this is not applicable to situations like IPV where enforcing boundaries can literally be life-threatening – more on that in the pod). Think about the parent who constantly threatens a kid but never follows through. Adults respond the same way a kid does if they think a boundary won't be enforced. They will push it and not take it seriously. Some people ask me if they have to actually tell someone about a boundary they have. This isn't always necessary, but it can be helpful with clear communication. Other times, you can just keep it to yourself. Trust your inner wisdom on this and remember that the boundary is for you. In this episode I also give you 5 questions you can ask yourself when you see the need for a boundary to help you set up and maintain a healthy boundary. There's a lot more in the episode, but here's the final thing I want to say about boundaries here: None of this means we can't make requests. We can say “Do you mind picking your dirty socks up and putting them in the laundry?” “Could you cook dinner twice a week? I'd love that.”  But we cannot make our emotional well-being dependent on whether people meet those requests or no, because I really really want you to be putting your energy towards things you can control (which is not other people). They can love you and NOT want to do that. Or even NOT love you and want to do that! Those are separate things.  Trust me. When you can set healthy boundaries - when you can say NO from a place of self-love and compassion and calm - you are saying YES to your inherent worthiness and love-ability which is already yours 100%. You're saying YES to the life you were meant to live. So, get out there and set some boundaries so that you can spend your energy on creating an amazing life - and NOT on trying to control other people's behavior! Life is too short for BS like that, amiright? In this Episode you will learn:// What The Manual is and how to identify it in your life and relationships// 5 questions to ask yourself when setting a healthy boundary// The difference between a boundary and an ultimatum// What is “worthy” of a boundary vs something you could make a request for (and how to deal with it if they say, “No thanks.”// If and when to tell others about your boundary// How to enforce a boundary from a place of love and compassion and not anger and resentment Resources:// Check out Episode 16, How to Improve Any Relationship //Want to know more about how to create boundaries like a Buddha? Grab my free training on how to set boundaries that actually work – and how to do this from a place of kindness and compassion. www.BoundariesTraining.com// If you're new to the squad, grab the starter kit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You'll get access to the private Facebook group where you can ask me questions! Once you join, there's also a weekly FB live called Wake the F*ck Up Wednesday, where you can ask questions that come up as you do this work – in all parts of your life.// If you're interested in finding out more about how to free your mind and free your life, join Freedom School. Enrollment is open, and we are diving DEEP into ways to cultivate clarity and courage so you can create your best life. There are also some sweet bonus courses for you there. It will set you up to live the best version of you in the year to come. Learn more at JoinFreedomSchool.com.

Dhivan talks about some ways in which Buddhists deny the self beginning with how the non-self teaching is presented in the Pali scriptures. From the talk entitled Denying the Self as part of the series Symposium on the Non-Self given at Adhisthana, 2018. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-sized inspiration three times every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone: donate now! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: YouTube  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Soundcloud

This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2021.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/90NdOw90vs4. ******* 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

This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2021.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/90NdOw90vs4. ******* 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

A live conversation between Shugen Arnold, Roshi, abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, and Buddhist neuroscientist Dr. Phillip Ninan. The two tackle a number of tricky questions where the findings of science, the teachings of the Buddha, and the practice of meditation all intersect to better illuminate one another.

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/_38oPIiG1Hs?t=1957. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Closed Captioning: https://otter.ai/u/kGlhuS4vW34DrQSnSXIe3UuDHWo ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/_38oPIiG1Hs?t=1957. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Closed Captioning: https://otter.ai/u/kGlhuS4vW34DrQSnSXIe3UuDHWo ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/_38oPIiG1Hs. ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/_38oPIiG1Hs. ******* 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

The second talk in a series on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. In this episode, Andrew discusses the Second Foundation of Mindfulness - Mindfulness of Feeling Tone. The Buddha instructs us to notice the reactivity that often arises around pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feelings as a method of unhooking from the impulses of reactivity that often lead to suffering. 

I'm often asked what did I do to change my life so profoundly. In this episode I share what the catalyst was for my rapid life changing transformation. I learned this 1 technique and almost overnight it seemed, my sad and hopeless vibrations started shifting to hopeful and optimistic. Meditation. But not just any meditation. A simple 6 step guided visualization that I found online. Really! It changed my perspective on meditation and awakened my inner Buddha ...well at least thats how it felt at the time. Mind you, I had previously studied various modalities including transcendental meditation, but none of the of them resonated. It was the spark generated from the free Vishen Lakhiani video that ignited my desire to learn more and eventually become a meditation teacher, instructor, guide and mentor. If you have trouble meditating like I once did, then check out the link below. In this episode, I also share an alignment rampage, designed to help you gain momentum on raising your vibration and living the life you desire. It all starts with a positive mindset. I draw from personal experiences and the wisdom of Abraham Hicks 17 second approach. I also mention: The importance of loving yourself Letting go Learning how to live your life by the way you feel Knowing your worth My Guest next week Real House Wife, Mary Amons If you like this podcast, please subscribe/Follow/download/write a review and help spread the word by sharing it with your friends and on social media. The more light we can get out into the world, the better it will be. Check out this link to make giving a review easy :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/you-lost-me-at-namaste/id1503559344 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/you-lost-me-at-namaste/id1503559344) Contact & Resources 6 step meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaRu14P9H84 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaRu14P9H84) ( there are several versions of you search youtube Vishen Lakhiani 6 step meditation) Abraham Hicks 17 second manifestation https://youtu.be/RnFBz5QL9U0 (https://youtu.be/RnFBz5QL9U0) Host Michelle Schoenfeld https://michelleschoenfeld.com/ (https://michelleschoenfeld.com) Podcast Website https://www.youlostmeatnamaste.com/ (https://www.youlostmeatnamaste.com/) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/youlostmeatnamaste/ (https://www.instagram.com/youlostmeatnamaste/) Questions and pitch ideas at michellecschoenfeld@gmail.com I Want To Hear From You! Send me your questions and be part of the show. Ask ANYTHING from Chakras and crystals to relationships, finding your light and plant-based diet...ask away at Michelle@MichelleSchoenfeld.com or DM me on Instagram @Michelleschoenfeldofficial @youlostmeatnamaste https://www.instagram.com/youlostmeatnamaste/ (https://www.instagram.com/youlostmeatnamaste/) HOUSEKEEPING + Promos Find me on Clubhouse @mschoenfeld. 2021/2022 Beach Pray Love and Manifest Your Life Retreats at The LifeCo, Email me to be put on the advanced info list. 20% off EnergyBits with Code: NAMASTE https://www.energybits.com/ (https://www.energybits.com/) 25% Off CBD at Social CBD with Code: Namaste2021 https://socialcbd.com/ (https://socialcbd.com/) "You are worthy, you are enough, and you were born to be happy." ~ namaste I hope you enjoyed the show, and if so PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE ME A REVIEW and share with your friends :). Also, check out my other episodes with some engaging guests discussing Chakras, Health benefits of CBD, The Law of attraction, Grounding, Manifesting Abundance, and more. For Apple, here is an easy link https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/you-lost-me-at-namaste/id1503559344 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/you-lost-me-at-namaste/id1503559344) Upcoming Events: 2021/2022 Beach Pray Love Retreat at The LifeCo, Bodrum Turkey, dates TBD. www.thelifeco.com

What is it, really —this so-called upright sitting?It's your everything.* * *Possibly the briefest of all of Master Dogen's written teachings, Zazenshin is his rewrite of a poem he found in China, as was his initial tract on the principles of seated meditation, Fukanzazengi. The title means something like “Acupuncture Needle for Zazen,” or the shorter “Lancet of Zazen” I have chosen. Something sharp, in other words, that can cut or penetrate to the heart of the matter. In this case, the “Great Matter,” as it is called. In Japan in 1987, I had the good fortune to have acupuncture — needles, electricity and all — performed upon my back. As our Japanese host promised, it made me feel “light.”The essential-function of buddhas, and the functioning-essence of ancestors; Being actualized within non-thinking; Being manifested within non-interacting.Here again, as in the last segment where we covered his Vow, Dogen never mentions it — zazen — even once. But we all know what he is talking about. It — zazen — is the essential function of all buddhas of past, future, and present. You might suggest that their function is to teach Buddhism, to transmit the dharma to the great unwashed masses. But the singular, effective, and only way to do so is through zazen. Not only do they need to impress upon others the central need for them to practice this “excellent method,” as Master Dogen refers to it, but they need to do it themselves, before they can have any idea of why others must be encouraged to sit, or to have any street cred for promoting the practice. It is what buddhas do. It is how buddhas become buddha, awakened. Otherwise, no buddhas.How this comes about is that it begins with “non-thinking.” We return to our natural state of non-thinking, that is. There is nothing automatic about thinking. It has to be learned, just like language. But long before we learn to think, we are already fully conscious. Consciousness does not rely on thinking. Thinking may come and go, but it is not fundamental to awareness. It doesn't hurt, but it can get in the way of direct intuition. We can think that something is real when it is not, for example, and that what is real, is not. We can tell when we are thinking, or when we have been, for a minute. And we can tell when we have not, just the moment before. As soon as we recognize this, of course, we are back to thinking. Non-thinking is neither thinking nor not-thinking. It is that awareness that can be aware of thinking, but is not dependent upon it. It can also be aware of non-thinking, without having to think about it. But simply returning to a childlike state of non-thinking awareness is not Zen's comprehensive insight.Insight into deeper levels of reality — the nondual side of things — is broadly considered the “effect” of meditation, one of many, but cannot be attributed to meditation as its cause, as in linear causality. It is difficult, but not impossible, for individuals to experience profound insight without the prerequisite of zazen. Sixth ancestor in China, Huineng, is the standout historical exemplar of this phenomenon. Most of us have to spend considerable time in zazen, just to cut through the clutter of our own opinions about it. It being zazen, and everything else we might think about reality.This insight is not manifested simply in non-thinking, however. According to Dogen, it manifests in “non-interacting.” A line from one of the Ch'an poems we have examined claims that “All the senses interact and do not interact; interacting they are linked together; non-interacting, each keeps its place.” We look at them as a Venn diagram, overlapping, as in synesthesia. If we come to experience non-thinking as our new normal, intellectual state of mind, we can begin to apprehend non-interacting as an even deeper, intuitive state of merging of the senses, and all that that entails for consciousness itself. If non-thinking, or the embrace of it, is a prerequisite, then non-interacting in general, i.e. in the sensory realm, can be conceived as the next level down the rabbit-hole. This investigation can be understood as a kind of deep and all-inclusive process of profound sensory adaptation. Sitting still enough for long enough, everything adapts, or neutralizes. This is non-interacting on a granular level, so to speak.Being actualized within non-thinking, the actualization is by nature intimate. Being manifested within non-interacting, the manifestation is itself verification.Master Dogen further unfolds the last two lines of the prior stanza, like flower petals opening to reveal the interior of the blossom. If we can accept that it — zazen and its effect — is most naturally actualized within this primordial state of non-thinking, then we can further embrace the idea that this revelation is by nature “intimate.” Here Dogen means, as usual for him, intimate in both temporal and spatial modes. That is, we are awakening to what we already are — nothing is changing — but it is so close in time and space, like the water to the fish, that we cannot really share it with anyone else. We cannot even separate our “self” from “it.” This is Uchiyama Roshi's “Self selfing self,” Okumura Roshi's translation.When we penetrate to the depths of consciousness itself, encountering the stillness that resides at the heart of motion there, the non-interacting manifested therein is itself the verification of our exploration. We have discovered the Original Frontier™ of mind that Buddha pioneered 2500 years ago. We have found the territory for which Dogen is laying out the map.The actualization that is by nature intimate never has defilement. The manifestation that is by nature verification never has distinction between Absolute and Relative.It becomes clear that this new landscape has never been defiled, and cannot be reduced to ordinary understanding, Zen's special meaning of defilement. In it, we verify that there has never been any distinction between absolute and relative, a hallmark of the world of linear logic we have left far behind.The Intimacy without defilement is dropping off without relying on anything. Verification beyond distinction between Absolute and Relative is making effort without aiming at it.Again unfolding the deeper meaning of the prior lines, Dogen reveals that this personal insight, one that cannot be shared with others, nor reduced to common understanding, is experienced as the “dropping off” of the imputed body-mind of one's self, as well as of that of others, as we first encountered in his Genjokoan. This cannot be done intentionally, and can happen only in a context of not “relying on anything,” i.e. not being able to rely upon the usual tricks and dodges we employ in confronting the various vagaries and vicissitudes of daily life. All such gimmicks must be left behind at this remove, on the cushion.This verification, in which absolute and relative truths find no foothold — and that, again, can occur, but we cannot force it — is reduced to simply making effort without aiming at it, again, on the cushion. We continue to make effort as in the beginning of our meditation, when as a novice, the physical world of form, the body and its resistance to sitting still for long, was the first barrier. Then, as the posture became comfortable, emotional and mental distress may have set in, perhaps accompanied by the social stressors of family and friends who do not meditate, and do not understand why we do. When we run out of explanations, even to ourselves, we still have no choice but to continue. We are no longer aiming at anything that we can articulate, but we are still making the effort. It is not rational at this point.The water is clear to the earth — a fish is swimming like a fish. The sky is vast and extends to the heavens — a bird is flying like a bird.But like a refreshing, cool breeze, or a summer rain on a hot day, Master Dogen assures us that all is well. Zazen should be the comfortable way, the posture more like a refreshing stretch, and the breath like a sigh of relief. This is perfectly natural, like a fish swimming like a fish, or a bird flying like a bird. We are just sitting, like a person sitting. The water becomes clear, and the sky vast, extending to the heavens. The “vast emptiness, nothing holy” of Bodhidharma's expression of spiritual truth to emperor Wu opens up before us. When we are asked why we do what we do, i.e. zazen — or even who it is answering the question — we can honestly say, with Bodhidharma and Dogen, and with a sense of putting our burden down, “Don't know.” Nobody really knows, not even Buddha.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2021.10.12 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* 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

This episode explores Right Speech, as part of a series on the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path. In the context of the spiritual path, Right Speech is more than just an ethical discipline of behavior. Right Speech is a vital part of purifying our mind so that we can attain spiritual realizations and deeper levels of wisdom. Almost everyone in our modern society engages in some type of unskillful speech. Yet, our speech is so powerful to affect others. If our speech comes from loving-kindness, we can be a mirror that shows someone their beautiful qualities. Conversely,  our words can do great harm--harm that haunts that other person and negative karma that haunts our future. Becoming mindful and positive with our speech will lead to more inner calm,  happy relationships, and spiritual insights.    The four types of non-virtuous speech to purify: Lying Slander Harsh speech (abusive speech, insult, sarcasm) Idle chatter   Watchful in speech and well-restrained in mind, Do nothing unskillful with your body.  Purify these three courses of action;  Fulfill the path taught by the sages. (281)  —Buddha, The Dhammapada   References and Links   Buddha.The Dhammapada. Translated by Gil Fronsdale. (Kindle). Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp. 72 (Link)   Bodhi, Bhikku. The Noble Eightfold Path. Buddhist Publication Society, 1999, pp 43-48.  BuddhaNet. http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/noble8path6.pdf

Like many food and beverage entrepreneurs, Buddha Brands co-founders Chris Magnone and Mark Cigos introduced themselves to the industry as exhibitors at Natural Products Expo West. At the time, the Canadian business partners were marketing coconut water, a product they saw as an anchor for a platform of premium and clean label food and drinks aimed at addressing modern consumers' demand for plant-based and nutritious products.  In the years since, Buddha Brands has seen its share of hits and misses and while coconut water is no longer the company's primary focus, the founders' vision persists via a line of keto-friendly snack bars launched in 2020. Made with MCT oil, sunflower seeds and pea protein, the bars contain no sugar alcohols, palm oils, dairy or soy and are now available at over 1,500 natural independent retailers and grocery stores in the U.S. including nationwide at Sprouts. Buddha Brands also completed its first round of outside capital in July, adding $3 million to support retail expansion of the keto bars along with new product development. In an interview featured in this episode, Magnone and Cigos spoke about the formation of Buddha Brands, key learnings from the brand's U.S. debut and how they responded to adversity and innovation that fell flat. They also explained how they have navigated a challenging time for the bar category and why the timing was right to bring in new investment. This episode also includes an interview with Jen Ballen and Joe Magliano, the co-founders of Otherworld Foods, a new company that is pursuing a positive impact on the food system by aligning locally sourced and upcycled ingredients with nostalgia-inspired products. Launched earlier this year, Otherworld markets vegan and superfood-infused pancake and waffle mixes that are currently sold direct-to-consumer. Our conversation offered a glimpse into the company's formation, go-to-market strategy and ambitious mission.   Show notes:   0:52: Interview: Chris Magnone and Mark Cigos, Co-Founders, Buddha Brands -- Taste Radio editor Ray Latif spoke with Magnone and Cigos about the community of Canadian food and beverage entrepreneurs, how the founding team came together to form Buddha Brands and why persistence was the key to landing new retail placement. They also explained why it was a mistake to expand distribution too quickly, why the launch of an innovative coconut jerky failed to attract consumers and what they learned from the experience. Later, Magnone and Cigos discussed how the keto bars fit into their original vision for the company, how they were able to persevere amid the pandemic and why they sought non-dilutive capital for Buddha Brands' recent funding round. 45:23: Interview: Jen Ballen and Joseph Magliano, Co-Founders, Otherworld Foods -- Ballen and Magliano sat down with Latif at Expo East 2021 and spoke about the origins of the company and how they recruited a team of world-renowned innovators and chefs to help formulate the mixes. They also discussed why they chose to launch the brand prior to having a product to sell and what they view as the biggest learning curve for early-stage entrepreneurs. Brands in this episode: Buddha Brands, Manitoba Harvest, Mid-Day Squares, Love Good Fats, Guru Energy, Otherworld Foods

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.12 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/_V8aM40oZUg?t=1851. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Closed Captioning: https://otter.ai/u/sx1fiMH6IGGLTHLitIFNW-LepEg ******* 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

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Three of the Buddha's disciples had a discussion about what is the rarest thing in the world? Is it longevity and a healthy body? Is it to have an empathetic companion or a perfect family? What is the Buddha's answer? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bodhi-light-tales/message

This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2021.10.11 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/BJKL3qZCLew. ******* 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

The Sutta Nipāta (literally, "Suttas falling down") is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas, thought to originate from before the Buddha's parinibbana, consist largely of verse, though some also contain some prose. Some scholars believe that it describes the oldest of all Buddhist practices. Others such as Bhikkhu Bodhi and K. R. Norman agree that it contains much early material. The Chapter on the Way to the Beyond consist largely of questions posed to the Buddha by 16 Brahmin students. Translated by The Ven. Prof. Hammalawa Saddhatissa Maha Thera (1914–1990).

Delson Armstrong, senior student of Bhante Vimalaramsi, is starting to give talks and is conducting retreats. This is a series where Ven. Karuna, a samanera monk at Dhamma Sukha Meditation center, questions Delson about the deepest Dhamma topics. This session is an introduction to Delson Armstrong's background and an Introduction to the Tranquil Wisdom Meditation Path through the Jhanas. Stay tuned for the next part of this series - Topics covered: Upcoming Neuroscience research Dependent Origination Nirodha -Cessation/Nibbana Metta Meditation 2 types of Jhana More Information about TWIM https://www.dhammasukha.org/ Book mentioned in video: A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/ How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation, Jhanas, Mindfulness https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-... What are the 6Rs https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo. In this talk Rinsen Roshi explores true liberation through non-clinging. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org.

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(Pali Canon in English Study Group) - Foundation in The Teachings - Volume 3 - (Chapter 11-20) Explore The Teachings of The Fully Perfectly Enlightened Buddha through "The Words of The Buddha" Book Series in the Pali Canon in English Study Group. To learn more about this program, visit this link: https://bit.ly/PaliCanonStudyGroup Using The Words of The Buddha book series, this program is offered to guide you in learning and practicing The Teachings of The Buddha on The Path to Enlightenment. You can access The Words of The Buddha Books Series using this link. https://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/freebuddhabooks In this Podcast, David will guide you in understanding the Pali Canon in English through The Words of The Buddha which will help you to learn, reflect, and practice The Teachings of Gotama Buddha on The Path to Enlightenment. ——- Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The Buddha Dedicated 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 Guidance https://bit.ly/GroupLearningProgram The Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon in English Study Group https://bit.ly/PaliCanonStudyGroup FREE Book - Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenment https://bit.ly/FreeBuddhaBook-NEW Facebook: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-Facebook YouTube: https://bit.ly/DailyWisdom-Youtube Podcast: 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

Yashobodhi recounts how the earliest Buddhist teachings arose in response to questions presented to the Buddha.  From the talk entitled The Alchemy of Wisdom, from a series on the Six Paramitas at a West London Buddhist Centre, 2012. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-sized inspiration three times every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone: donate now! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: YouTube  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Soundcloud

Bob Thurman, known in the academic circles as Professor Robert A.F. Thurman, is a talented popularizer of the Buddha's teachings and the first Westerner Tibetan Buddhist monk ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, A charismatic speaker and author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics, and culture, Bob was named by The New York Times the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism and was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri Award in 2020, for his help in recovering India's ancient Buddhist heritage. Time Magazine chose him as one of the 25 most influential Americans in 1997, describing him as a “larger than life scholar-activist destined to convey the Dharma, the precious teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, from Asia to America.”

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/qHzBHpzdCIM?t=2267. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Closed Captioning: https://otter.ai/u/HzaCpVEUHcu8RHIwHMEmWZkEmGU ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/qHzBHpzdCIM?t=2267. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Closed Captioning: https://otter.ai/u/HzaCpVEUHcu8RHIwHMEmWZkEmGU ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/qHzBHpzdCIM. ******* 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

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2021.10.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/qHzBHpzdCIM. ******* 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

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 10/10/2021 - In allowing ourselves to be uncomfortable, in experiencing the discomfort of whatever is binding us, we touch our aliveness and see into our true nature. Mn. Shoan talks about vulnerability as a path of liberation.

We're gonna have "the talk".  In this episode, we're going to discuss the "P" word - Practice.  Why do we struggle to establish a meditation practice?  Even the Buddha himself after enlightenment had to be convinced by a Deva to teach.  So, why is it a struggle and why do we do it?  Gregory breaks it down in this episode. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.   Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.    

This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2021.10.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/87FOsN-LaIo. ******* 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

This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2021.10.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtu.be/4zs1Zmk3Dro. ******* 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

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Ajahn Brahm reminds us that the core teaching of the Buddha is suffering and the end of suffering and in this talk he covers a trilogy of topics: How to deal with disasters, such as a recent oil spill in California. How to interpret this middle path as a way of dealing with the disasters of life, and the middle way between indulgence and asceticism. How to apply the Buddhist teachings to your daily life