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Fluent Fiction - Korean: Healing Together: A Journey of Growth Amidst Autumn's Embrace Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ko/episode/2026-10-01-22-34-01-ko Story Transcript:Ko: 가을의 따사로운 햇살이 노랗게 물든 나뭇잎 사이로 비치며 들판 병원을 감싸 안았습니다.En: The warm autumn sunlight streamed through the yellow-tinted leaves, enveloping the countryside hospital.Ko: 이곳은 한적한 마을의 주민센터를 개조하여 만든 병원으로, 추석을 맞아 도움의 손길들이 끊이지 않고 있었습니다.En: This place was originally a community center in a quiet village, transformed into a hospital that never lacked helping hands during Chuseok.Ko: 그 중에는 두 명의 헌신적인 자원봉사자, 의과 대학생 민준과 간호사 수진이 있었습니다.En: Among the volunteers were two dedicated individuals: medical student Minjun and nurse Sujin.Ko: 민준은 평상시 자신감 넘치는 듯 보였지만, 실제로는 자신의 능력에 대한 의구심에 시달리고 있었습니다.En: Minjun always seemed confident on the outside, but in truth, he was plagued by doubts about his abilities.Ko: 첫 번째 환자를 돌볼 때마다 그의 마음속에는 계속해서 의심이 피어올랐습니다.En: Each time he attended to a patient, doubts would arise in his mind.Ko: "내가 이 일을 잘 할 수 있을까?" 그는 혼자 속으로 생각했습니다.En: "Can I really do this well?" he wondered to himself.Ko: 수진은 마음 깊은 곳에 슬픔을 간직한 여성이었습니다.En: Sujin was a woman who harbored deep-seated sorrow.Ko: 그녀는 최근 개인적인 상실을 겪고, 이를 극복하기 위해 환자들을 돌보며 위안을 찾고자 했습니다.En: She had recently experienced personal loss and sought solace by caring for patients, hoping it would help her cope.Ko: 그러나 마음의 벽은 쉽게 허물어지지 않았습니다.En: However, the barriers around her heart didn't easily crumble.Ko: 오늘도 그녀는 차가운 미소로 환자들을 맞이했습니다.En: Today, she greeted patients with a cold smile.Ko: 어느 날, 병원은 환자들로 북적였고 두 사람은 함께 긴박한 상황을 처리해야 하는 상황에 놓였습니다.En: One day, the hospital was bustling with patients, and the two found themselves having to handle an urgent situation together.Ko: 민준은 환자에게 처치를 하는 동안 손이 떨렸습니다.En: While Minjun was treating a patient, his hands trembled.Ko: 그때 수진이 조용히 다가와 민준의 옆에 섰습니다.En: That was when Sujin quietly approached him and stood by his side.Ko: "괜찮아요. 서로 도울 수 있어요," 그녀가 부드럽게 말했습니다.En: "It's okay. We can help each other," she said gently.Ko: 민준은 수진의 말에 용기를 얻어 자신이 어떤 두려움을 갖고 있는지 털어놓았습니다.En: Encouraged by Sujin's words, Minjun shared his fears.Ko: "난 항상 내가 충분히 능력이 있는지 모르겠어요. 실수할까 봐 두려워요." 수진은 조용히 듣고 나서 자신의 이야기를 꺼냈습니다.En: "I'm always unsure if I'm capable enough. I'm afraid of making mistakes," Sujin listened quietly before sharing her own story.Ko: "나도 사실 개인적으로 많은 일을 겪었어요. 그래서 여기 왔어요. 누군가를 돕는 것이 조금이나마 의미가 있길 바랐죠."En: "I've also been through a lot personally. That's why I came here. I hoped that helping someone would bring some meaning," she said.Ko: 둘은 그렇게 서로의 진심을 나누며 상대의 존재가 서로에게 큰 힘이 된다는 것을 느꼈습니다.En: As they shared their feelings, they realized the strength they drew from each other's presence.Ko: 바쁜 하루가 지나고, 저녁이 되었습니다.En: The busy day passed, and evening came.Ko: 가을 하늘이 붉게 물들면서 두 사람은 서로를 바라보며 웃었습니다.En: The autumn sky turned crimson as they looked at each other and smiled.Ko: 부담 없이 편히 이야기할 수 있는 시간이었습니다.En: It was a time to converse freely without burdens.Ko: 서로의 이야기를 들어주는 이 시간이 둘에게는 더욱 소중했습니다.En: These moments of listening to each other's stories became all the more precious to them.Ko: 민준은 수진의 도움 덕분에 자신감을 얻어 환자들을 돌보았습니다.En: With the help of Sujin, Minjun gained confidence and cared for the patients.Ko: 수진은 민준과의 대화를 통해 잃어버렸던 웃음을 되찾을 수 있었습니다.En: Sujin, through her conversations with Minjun, found the smile she had lost.Ko: 둘은 각자의 자리에서 최선을 다하며 추석을 맞이하게 되었습니다.En: They greeted Chuseok while doing their best in their respective roles.Ko: 의지할 수 있는 사람을 만나 덕분에 두 사람은 상당히 성장해있었습니다.En: Meeting someone they could rely on, they had grown significantly.Ko: 마지막에는, 민준과 수진은 앞으로도 서로를 지지하며 함께 나아가기로 결심했습니다.En: In the end, Minjun and Sujin decided to continue supporting each other and move forward together.Ko: 가을의 산들바람이 붓다의 연꽃처럼 마음을 따스하게 물들였습니다.En: The autumn breeze gently warmed their hearts like the lotus of Buddha.Ko: 지금 이 순간 만큼은 모든 것이 제자리에 있는 듯했습니다.En: In that moment, it felt as if everything was in its right place.Ko: 등 뒤로는 따뜻한 햇살, 앞으론 함께 걸어갈 길이 있었습니다. 두 사람의 마음속에도 따스한 가을볕이 내리쬐었습니다.En: With warm sunlight at their backs and a path to walk together ahead, their hearts were bathed in warm autumn sunshine. Vocabulary Words:enveloping: 감싸 안았습니다tinted: 물든countryside: 들판harbored: 간직한deep-seated: 마음 깊은 곳에solace: 위안을cope: 극복하기crumble: 허물어지지bustling: 북적였고urgent: 긴박한trembled: 떨렸습니다barriers: 벽encouraged: 용기를 얻어unsure: 모르겠어요capable: 능력이drew: 느꼈습니다presence: 존재가crimson: 붉게converse: 이야기할 수burdens: 부담bathed: 내리쬐었습니다rely: 의지할 수gained: 얻어breeze: 산들바람lotus: 연꽃transformed: 개조하여volunteers: 자원봉사자dedicated: 헌신적인doubts: 의구심meaning: 의미
Featuring a Q&A with special guest Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein shares the beauty of having a wholesome mind rather than a mind that clings.Today's episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self.This time on Insight Hour, Joseph & Sharon explore:How all practice is in service of non-clinging Attachment to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant Types of speech to avoid: gossip and useless talkSpeaking in a way that unites people rather than divides themShifting our focus and delighting in positive outcomes Seeing the beauty of the dharma, the beauty of a wholesome mindDeepening our relationship with ourselves and our emotions About Sharon Salzberg:Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed five million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. Learn more about Sharon and her books at www.sharonsalzberg.com and check out Insight Meditation Society.This talk was given at the Insight Meditation Society and distributed by Dharma Seed“I made an experiment for a period of time where I wasn't going to speak to someone about someone else. 95% of my speech was eliminated. It was astounding to me how much of my speech was about that. It's not to say that's never appropriate, or that speaking about others in a certain context is always unskillful, but sometimes it is. The Buddha gave a very succinct guideline. He said: ‘Speak in a way that unites people rather than divides people.” – Joseph GoldsteinSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Join my Substack: https://bretttrainor.substack.com/Episode Overview:Janet Tanguay got spitballed by her own colleagues in a corporate training for going off script. She lasted four days in her next job. Now she helps people build the life they actually want, and she has the most practical approach to it I've come across.Janet Tanguay is a serial entrepreneur who has run a record label and an art business, and now runs Hammock Way of Life, helping people and companies get clear on what they actually want through vision boarding. She's the author of Hammock Way of Life: Leaping Toward Joy, part memoir and part business book, available in print and audio.GUEST LINKShttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jazzyjan/https://hammockwayoflife.com/In this episode:The spitball training, and the ten years she stayed anywayFour days in banking and the sweater vest that ended itThe boss who told her at a book signing that she almost made him quitWhy the questions stop after enough years insideFinding the work by accident at a chamber of commerceThe five whys, and why the fifth one is the real answerThree values as the filter for everything you say no toHow to actually build a board, and the words to keep off itWhat she does with people who have four ideas at onceVision boarding inside companies, and what it turns upTHE METHOD, ASSEMBLEDJanet laid this out across the whole conversation. Here it is in one place.1. Run the five whys. Start with one question. "Why do I want to leave?" Answer it, then ask why again, five times. The fifth answer is usually the real one.2. Pick three values. Start with a list of ten, cut to five, then three. These become your North Star. When something lands in front of you, you check it against the three, and that's how you say no to things that look good but aren't yours.3. Build the board around one center. Put the single most important thing in the middle. Cluster everything else around it. If you scatter it, your dreams come out scattered.4. Get specific. Numbers, timelines, how many people, how much money. "I want to be rich" isn't a goal, it's a mood.5. Watch your words. Nothing with a double meaning. Janet's examples: "nailed it," "crushed it," "a family affair." These things manifest in ways you didn't intend. She put a Buddha in the center of a board because she wanted more yoga and more stillness, and ended up sent to China to the largest Buddha temple in the country.6. If you have four ideas, make four boards. Then talk through each one out loud with somebody. The one where your eyes light up is the one. Janet says it happens every time.7. Take the free step. Not the big step. The free one. Go to the open house. Test drive the car. Send one email. She almost didn't test drive a car because she assumed she couldn't afford it, then drove it off the lot.8. For a business, use the business model canvas as the board. Revenue streams, resources, partners, value proposition. Same exercise, different frame.Questions or guest ideas? bt@bretttrainor.comTIMESTAMPSEstimated from the transcript. Spot-check and shift for cold open and sting.00:00 — Welcome, and where the company name came from01:35 — The spitball training02:33 — Ten years in anyway, then done03:11 — Four days in banking03:29 — Day two: all the ways you could be killed on the job03:46 — The sweater vest, in the parking lot, at ninety nine degrees04:33 — The old boss who showed up at her book signing04:50 — The four column form nobody could explain05:30 — What happens when you stop asking why06:36 — No plan, and what came next06:48 — The chamber of commerce, and finding the work by accident07:47 — Why lenders squash dreams, and why she wanted a room where they couldn't08:11 — Your life experience qualifies you for more than you think08:46 — The ski instructor is only a few lessons ahead09:26 — Getting past the fear of judgment11:14 — Breaking the rut while you're still in it12:05 — The book, and what's in it15:47 — The five whys16:00 — Three values, and how to get to them16:30 — Using the three to say no18:00 — Asking other people how they see you19:25 — Clearing the old stuff out19:54 — Cutting the negative people, and how easy it turned out to be20:55 — The gossip in the office, and the woman who ended it with one sentence22:34 — Asking for a sign, and the fish sign23:50 — Why she asked for eagles25:35 — How to actually build a board26:43 — Numbers, timelines, and specificity27:00 — The words to keep off your board27:40 — The Buddha, and the trip to China28:00 — Using the business model canvas for a company29:30 — Brett's half marathon, and day eleven of 75 Hard30:20 — It isn't about thinking anymore. It's about feeling.30:45 — "That's coming to me now"31:31 — What does joy actually feel like32:29 — Small steps that break the pattern33:27 — Connecting dots across 370 conversations34:07 — Why AI won't connect those dots for you35:22 — Take the free step. The open house. The test drive.36:53 — Four ideas, four boards, and watching which one lights you up38:25 — What happens when you run this inside a company • • 40:49 — Where to find Janet
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Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Unveiling the Secrets of the Leshan Giant Buddha Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-09-29-22-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 秋日的阳光洒在乐山大佛的巨石脸庞上,给人一种宁静却又充满神秘感的氛围。En: The autumn sun cast its light on the Leshan Giant Buddha's massive stone face, giving off a serene yet mysterious atmosphere.Zh: 金海站在大佛的脚下,手中紧握着一卷古老的卷轴。En: Jinhai stood at the foot of the Buddha, tightly gripping an ancient scroll.Zh: 这卷轴是他在古玩市场意外发现的,上面满是无人能识的符号。En: This scroll, discovered by chance at an antique market, was covered in symbols no one could recognize.Zh: 他心中坚信,这些符号蕴藏着惊天的秘密。En: He firmly believed these symbols held earth-shattering secrets.Zh: 不过,他知道要解开这个秘密,必须有人帮助他。En: However, he knew that he needed someone to help him unravel this mystery.Zh: 而梅琳则是他心目中的最佳人选。En: Mei Lin was his ideal choice.Zh: 梅琳是当地一位经验丰富的导游,她对这里的每一个角落都了如指掌。En: Mei Lin was a well-experienced local guide, who knew every nook and cranny of the place.Zh: 她一直认为古老传说不过是吸引游客的故事罢了。En: She always thought that ancient legends were merely stories to attract tourists.Zh: 然而,这次,当金海告诉她卷轴的存在以及其中的符号时,她的好奇心被点燃了。En: However, this time, when Jinhai told her about the existence of the scroll and its symbols, her curiosity was piqued.Zh: 虽对神秘故事持怀疑态度,但她渴望寻找新的冒险。En: Despite her skepticism towards mysterious stories, she longed for new adventures.Zh: 两人沿着石阶一步步走向大佛。En: The two walked step by step up the stone stairs towards the Buddha.Zh: 河水轻轻拍打着岸边,传来节日的欢声笑语。En: The river gently lapped at the shore, accompanied by the festive laughter and joy of the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival.Zh: 中秋佳节将至,到处是人们赏月、吃月饼的快乐景象。En: Everywhere, people were enjoying moon gazing and eating mooncakes.Zh: 金海望着远方,他知道,今夜是揭开卷轴之谜的绝佳机会。En: As Jinhai gazed into the distance, he knew that tonight was the perfect opportunity to unravel the mystery of the scroll.Zh: “梅琳,你听过关于大佛下面隐藏的传说吗?En: "Mei Lin, have you ever heard of the legends hidden beneath the Buddha?"Zh: ”金海试探着问。En: Jinhai asked tentatively.Zh: 梅琳思索片刻,回答道:“有是有,但都是未经证实的故事。En: Mei Lin pondered for a moment and replied, "I have, but they are all unverified stories.Zh: 不过,这卷轴或许能给我们新的线索。En: However, this scroll might give us new clues."Zh: ”在金海的坚持下,梅琳答应和他一起探访大佛下的秘密。En: At Jinhai's insistence, Mei Lin agreed to explore the secrets beneath the Buddha with him.Zh: 他们一路沿着石阶,发现了一道藏在树木之后的小门。En: They followed the stone steps and discovered a small door hidden behind the trees.Zh: 穿过小门,他们进入了一个隐秘的空间,墙壁上竟然有和卷轴上相似的符号。En: Through the door, they entered a secret space, where the walls bore symbols similar to those on the scroll.Zh: 这些符号像一把钥匙,打开了一个被埋葬已久的历史篇章。En: These symbols were like a key, opening up a long-buried chapter of history.Zh: 他们惊讶地发现,这里隐藏着一间古老房间,房间里存放着与乐山有关的古代文物。En: They were astonished to find an ancient room hidden there, which housed artifacts related to Leshan.Zh: 卷轴上的符号,竟是一个失落的文明留下的智慧。En: The symbols on the scroll turned out to be part of the wisdom left behind by a lost civilization.Zh: 经过一番的解读和考察,金海和梅琳意识到,这些发现不仅是关于过去的,还对理解大佛的文化背景有重要意义。En: After some interpretation and investigation, Jinhai and Mei Lin realized that these discoveries were not just about the past but also held significant importance for understanding the cultural background of the Buddha.Zh: 金海沉浸在自信的喜悦中,他证明了自己的能力。En: Jinhai reveled in a joyous confidence, having proven his abilities.Zh: 而梅琳则悟出了神话传说的真正价值。En: Meanwhile, Mei Lin grasped the true value of myth and legend.Zh: 在中秋明月的见证下,他们商量决定向历史学家分享这段重要的发现,同时,保留这片土地的文化完整。En: Under the witness of the Mid-Autumn full moon, they decided to share this significant discovery with historians while preserving the cultural integrity of the land.Zh: 他们知道,只有尊重过去,才能创造未来。En: They knew that only by respecting the past could they create the future.Zh: 秋风轻抚,河水依旧奔流不息,似乎在诉说那段被尘封的往事。En: The autumn breeze softly caressed, and the river continued its endless flow, as if telling that once-forgotten story.Zh: 金海与梅琳对视微笑,他们心里的谜题已解,新的旅程也正在眼前。En: Jinhai and Mei Lin shared a smile, their mystery was solved, and a new journey lay ahead. Vocabulary Words:serene: 宁静mysterious: 神秘感scroll: 卷轴symbols: 符号unravel: 解开ideal: 最佳skepticism: 怀疑态度adventures: 冒险tentatively: 试探着unverified: 未经证实clues: 线索insistence: 坚持hidden: 隐藏astonished: 惊讶artifacts: 古代文物lost civilization: 失落的文明interpretation: 解读investigation: 考察significant: 重要importance: 意义revel: 沉浸confidence: 自信integrity: 完整caressed: 轻抚flow: 奔流witness: 见证preserving: 保留cultural: 文化respecting: 尊重gazing: 赏月
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Michael's talk on the core teachings of the Buddha and how they relate to being a self, letting go, repeating the past, investing too much in the future, and being stuck. Recorded on September 28, 2012. Please note, the end of the talk and discussion is cut-off.
Send us Fan MailJoel Van der Loon shares a solo episode on purpose, vulnerability, and the process of uncovering what he believes the soul is here to learn in this lifetime. He explores how childhood conditioning, fear, and unconscious beliefs can block clarity, and why inner honesty, meditation, and time in nature matter for anyone trying to live more authentically.In this episode, Joel reflects on the tension many men feel around vulnerability, the role of intuition in decision-making, and the difference between chasing external expectations versus listening to inner guidance.Timestamps(00:00) Opening the episode and why vulnerability matters(00:40) Why men struggle to share cringeworthy or sensitive feelings(01:53) The listener question that inspired the episode(03:20) Intuition as the way to recognize truth(04:44) Early signs of passion and life force(05:26) Family influence, vocation, and choosing passion before money(06:25) Independence, selfhood, and not being shaped by fear of failure(07:06) Passion as energy and the soul's compass(08:01) Childhood conditioning and how beliefs get programmed early(08:58) Why self-doubt must be questioned and challenged(09:27) Thoughts, reality, and the first step toward purpose(10:08) What he means by life's purpose and the soul's lessons(10:39) Inner peace versus performative spirituality(11:39) How purpose affects relationships, work, and emotional state(12:08) Restlessness, authenticity, and midlife purpose-seeking(13:36) Finding yourself by doing the hard work honestly(14:45) The Boyd Vardy idea of knowing the destination without knowing the route(15:15) Surrender, trust, and resisting the need for control(16:10) Why inner guidance creates more peace than ego control(17:06) Easy path versus right path(17:34) The fog analogy, stepping stones, and moving without full certainty(18:32) Signs, synchronicities, and bodily affirmation(19:06) Deprogramming the mind through consistent work(19:36) Why mindset alone is not enough and the body stores emotion(20:35) Somatic work, energy healing, and releasing stored emotion(21:05) Buddha, suffering, and the chatter of the subconscious mind(22:02) Meditation and the idea of higher wisdom or the superconscious(22:43) Simplicity over overcomplicating spirituality(23:11) Why 2027 is framed as a major turning point(24:25) How to meet confusion, agitation, and misalignment(25:10) Stepping into fear and acknowledging it instead of avoiding it(25:39) Taking stock in solitude and deciding what needs to change(26:08) Closing thoughts, feedback, and the future direction of the podcast(27:06) Nature, meditation, and inner tranquility as recurring themes(27:37) Outro and call to subscribe and shareNotable quotes“Passion to me is just an energy flow through your body.”“Your life's purpose is your soul's purpose.”“The most important thing that you can do right now in your life is to step into fear and let go of anything that does not serve.”Support the showHuge thank you to everyone who supports In the Bush podcast — if you've been enjoying the show, please consider making a donation to help us keep producing the content you love. Every bit of support helps us keep the mics on and the episodes coming. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you next time! www.primalskillsacademy.com
#456 In this podcast episode, Guy talked with Seán O'Laoire about Christ consciousness, which Seán described as the permanent awareness of the inner divinity of all beings. Seán explained that life had unfolded like nested dreams, where the ego, soul, spirit, and source were gradually remembered through deeper levels of awakening. He also shared his view that souls had chosen incarnation as a kind of divine hide-and-seek, where limitation, amnesia, and separation created the conditions for growth, compassion, and the return to God. The conversation also explored Seán's years in Kenya, where stories, proverbs, and African wisdom helped him see that every culture carried a sacred way of recognizing the divine. By the end, Seán reflected on reincarnation, soul groups, judgment, compassion, and the wisdom of children, encouraging listeners to let go of prejudice, become more curious and forgiving, and recognize that there was only God and only love. ==================== Guy in the USA: immortaltaoistrites.com/matt-and-guy-lawerence Work with with Guy: www.guylawrence.com.au/start-here Guy's Official Partners: The DNA Company – Get 10% Off https://thednacompany.com/letitinpodcast FLFE – 2 Week Free Trial (No Credit Card Required) https://www.flfe.net/rp-affiliates.php?p=LiveInFlow&w=TryFLFEfree ==================== Referenced in This Episode Iain McGilchrist Thich Nhat Hanh Carl Jung Daniel Toroitich arap Moi LIVE IN FLOW ==================== Key Points Discussed: (00:00) - The Path to Unity: Understanding Christ Consciousness! (02:49) - Life Is a Dream Inside a Dream Inside a Dream (03:38) - Why Would Divine Beings Choose to Forget Who They Are? (08:21) - Why Compassion Can't Exist Without Pain (10:22) - What 14 Years in Kenya Taught an Irish Priest About God (18:35) - Has the Western World Overtrained the Left Brain? (20:25) - Is Humanity Going Through the Birth Canal Right Now? (23:21) - Are We Being Birthed Into Christ Consciousness? (26:02) - Stop Looking for Jesus, Buddha and the Divine Outside Yourself (30:00) - LIVE IN FLOW — Experience This Work in Person (30:40) - Judgment vs Evaluation: The Difference That Changes Compassion (33:48) - "Turn the Other Cheek" Does NOT Mean Accepting Abuse (35:41) - The Famine, Stolen Aid and the Stand That Got Seán Expelled From Kenya (41:29) - Why Seán Believes Jesus, Mary and the Buddha Return as a Cohort (43:59) - Soul Contracts: Why the Same Players Keep Returning in New Roles (48:29) - The Birth Experience That Became Seán's First Reincarnation Memory (49:12) - Do Past-Life Pain and Trauma Follow Us Into This Life? (52:40) - Are You Wearing a Tulpa or a Halo? (58:10) - Why Jesus Said You Must Become Like a Little Child ==================== Guy's Offerings www.liveinflow.co ==================== How to Contact Seán O'Laoire:www.spiritsinspacesuits.com Listen on Podcast Spotify Apple Podcasts ==================== Connect with Guy Instagram www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence Live In Flow www.instagram.com/live.in.flow ==================== Continue Your Journey Explore Guy's complete collection of solo podcast episodes: www.youtube.com/show/VLPLKOgPYwzskDo?sbp=Kgt1clRBdHJGem9pd0AB
(Pali Canon Study Group) - The Foremost Householder - Volume 8 - (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/PaliCanonStudyGroupUsing 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/freebuddhabooksIn 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 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://mailchi.mp/f958c59262eb/buddhadailywisdomThe Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon in English Study Grouphttps://mailchi.mp/6bb4fdf2b6e0/palicanonstudyprogramFREE Book - Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenmenthttps://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/freebuddhabooksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DailyWisdom999YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyWisdom999Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/buddhadailywisdom/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#buddhism #learnbuddhism #enlightenment #dhamma #dharma #buddha #meditation #meditationretreat #meditationcourse
Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on September 27, 2026
Tārā is Gyalyum, mother of all Buddhas, in the sense that she is Prajñāpāramitā: the emptiness from which everything emerges and to which we return, like going home.
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Title of this lecture (speech): "कृष्णा की भगवद गीता और अस्टावक्र की गीता में अंतर" (LET GO and LIVE FREELY). Speaker: OSHO—a renowned Indian philosopher, writer, and teacher (Guru) who aimed
Ajahn Dhammasiha suggests to use the same instructions the Buddha has given us for Breath Meditation in our Walking Meditation. The 16 stages of breath meditation have been expounded by the Buddha in great detail, for example in the Ānāpānasati Sutta, Majjhima Nikāya No 118 = Mindfulness of In and Out Breath, Middle Length Discourses No 118: English Version: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.htmlEnglish & Pali Line-by-Line Version: https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Anapanasati/Anapanasatisuttam.pdfDivided into four groups of four ('4 Tetrads'), the 16 instructions cover all four Satipatthāna (4 Foundations of Mindfulness), four steps for each of the four foundations: Body Feelings Mind Dhamma If we simply transfer the same instructions to the experience of walking, we can apply the same thorough guidance to our walking meditation. For example: 'Mindfully one breathes in, mindfully one breathes out' becomes 'Mindfully one steps with right leg, mindfully one steps with left leg'. 'Breathing in long/short, one knows "I'm breathing in long/short"' becomes 'Stepping long/short, one knows "I'm taking long/short steps" '. 'One trains oneself "I breathe in/out feeling the whole body" ' becomes 'One trains oneself "I step right/left feeling the whole body" '. 'One trains oneself "I breathe in/out joyfully" ' becomes 'One trains oneself "I step right/left joyfully" ' . and so on... Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage:https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsOur email Newsletter:https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletterPics: https://www.dhammagiri.net/photo-albumsOur Youtube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724#meditation #buddhistmeditation #walking #walkingmeditation #breathmeditation #mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation
Practice Tips is an ongoing video series offering practical guidance for productive practice. Here, “practice” refers to engaging the Buddha's Threefold Path and Training: the cultivation of higher understanding, higher virtue, and higher awareness.--- Breath Cycle Meditation Text --- https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Uy2o0V17-2aEQdjMSXD1BQIA4olISay/view?usp=sharingVenerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT –The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries in India. SBT – the Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international spiritual community dedicated to Secular Buddhism and the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. SBT presents the Buddha's teachings as neither a religion nor exotic belief system, emphasizing and prioritizing those aspects that we deem most credible, illuminating, and effective. Learn more about SBT and Venerable Tarpa at: http://SBTonline.org #buddhism #secularbuddhism #meditation #mindfulness #happiness #Dalailama #spirituality
Practice Tips is an ongoing video series offering practical guidance for productive practice. Here, “practice” refers to engaging the Buddha's Threefold Path and Training: the cultivation of higher understanding, higher virtue, and higher awareness.--- Breath Cycle Meditation Text --- https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Uy2o0V17-2aEQdjMSXD1BQIA4olISay/view?usp=sharingVenerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT –The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries in India. SBT – the Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international spiritual community dedicated to Secular Buddhism and the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. SBT presents the Buddha's teachings as neither a religion nor exotic belief system, emphasizing and prioritizing those aspects that we deem most credible, illuminating, and effective. Learn more about SBT and Venerable Tarpa at: http://SBTonline.org #buddhism #secularbuddhism #meditation #mindfulness #happiness #Dalailama #spirituality
(Group Learning Program) - LEARN Loving-kindness Meditation (Part 3 of 4)Loving-kindness Meditation was the second most primary form of meditation employed by The Buddha to attain Enlightenment. There are many aspects of The Path to Enlightenment that one would need to learn and practice with guidance from a Teacher, however, Loving-kindness Meditation should be among the top priorities for any Practitioner aspiring to attain Enlightenment.The goal of Loving-kindness Meditation is to eliminate anger, hatred, ill will, resentment, negative self talk, and other discontent feelings associated with the unEnlightened mind.In this Podcast, David will help you understand "What is Loving-kindness Meditation", how it can help you, and how to do Loving-kindness Meditation during this live group session of Loving-kindness Meditation. David will accept questions from Students to help you develop your meditation practice and progress forward on The Path to Enlightenment.——-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://mailchi.mp/f958c59262eb/buddhadailywisdomThe Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon in English Study Grouphttps://mailchi.mp/6bb4fdf2b6e0/palicanonstudyprogramFREE Book - Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenmenthttps://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/freebuddhabooksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DailyWisdom999YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyWisdom999Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/buddhadailywisdom/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#buddhism #learnbuddhism #enlightenment #dhamma #dharma #buddha #meditation #meditationretreat #meditationcourse
Introduction to Meditation: Level 2 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIyBuDMBuH6cfh8S1GhI9loOrF-8Tt3R/view?usp=sharingVenerable Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries in India. Venerable Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. He is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his familiarity with all traditions of Buddhist thought and non-Buddhist traditions as well. SBT – the Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international spiritual community dedicated to Secular Buddhism and the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. SBT presents the Buddha's teachings as neither a religion nor exotic belief system, sharing a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while emphasizing and prioritizing those aspects that we deem most credible, illuminating, and effective. The aim of SBT is to inform and guide without sharing presumptions of what to believe. To learn more visit: http://SBTonline.org#buddhismforall #SecularBuddhism #Meditation #mindfulness #onlinesangha #onlinecommunity #Dalailama #happiness
Introduction to Meditation: Level 2 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIyBuDMBuH6cfh8S1GhI9loOrF-8Tt3R/view?usp=sharingVenerable Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries in India. Venerable Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. He is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his familiarity with all traditions of Buddhist thought and non-Buddhist traditions as well. SBT – the Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international spiritual community dedicated to Secular Buddhism and the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. SBT presents the Buddha's teachings as neither a religion nor exotic belief system, sharing a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while emphasizing and prioritizing those aspects that we deem most credible, illuminating, and effective. The aim of SBT is to inform and guide without sharing presumptions of what to believe. To learn more visit: http://SBTonline.org#buddhismforall #SecularBuddhism #Meditation #mindfulness #onlinesangha #onlinecommunity #Dalailama #happiness
In this episode Jerry and Stably discussed Buddha's Little Finger by Victor Pelevin. The hosts explored this postmodern Russian novel that weaves together multiple narrative threads across different time periods and realities. The protagonist Pyotr Void exists simultaneously as a patient in a 1990s Russian mental hospital and as a commissar to Bolshevik commander Chapayev in 1919. Through encounters with fellow patients whose delusions form separate vignettes—including a man believing he is a Mexican telenovela actress romantically involved with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a drunk Russian intellectual inducted into a Japanese samurai clan—Pelevin constructs sophisticated commentary on post-Soviet Russian identity. Jerry and Stably discussed the novel's Buddhist philosophy, particularly how it functions as a Zen teaching device through paradox and riddle-like dialogue, depicting Pyotr's journey toward enlightenment and the realization of non-self. The translation was praised for its quality, and the hosts noted how Pelevin uses the patient hallucinations as political metaphors representing Russia's conflicting fantasies of merger with the West and East.
An exhibition by contemporary conceptual artists reflects the Buddha'sFirst Noble Truth: that suffering is an inescapable part of life. Yet,while the world appears to be undergoing profound change, enlightenedbeings tell us that life is already perfect as it is.In this talk, Paul explores whether the world as conceptualised by themind is truly as it appears, and how our experience of reality isbeing constructed moment by moment. Within each of us lies thecapacity to understand how life works and the Buddha's teaching offersa practical path towards that understanding.Paul Harris is the Spiritual head and principal meditation teacher at the House of Inner Tranquillity.This talk was given in September 2015.
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The boys are comin' in HOT with a wide ranging discussion on the cultural-historical repercussions of 9/11, how Bin Laden won the long game, nostalgia for the 90's, the yearning for and catharsis of annihilation, the nuances of an adderall high, postmodern American comedy, addiction and alcholism (as per usual), the total overwhelm of modern life, why Buddha was right about the ambient and persistent dissatisfaction of human life, impossible escapist fantasies we all indulge in, freedom and choice in existentialism, and much more... Learn More: https://www.shoelessinsouthdakota.com/
Sept 13, 2026 Dvedhavitakka Sutta Recounting his own experiences in developing meditation, the Buddha explains how to understand harmful and harmless thoughts, and how to go beyond thought altogether.
This talk was given by Andrew Chapman during the Summer of Love Retreat in Sewanee, TN on July 15th - 19th. Andrew offers the second evening Dharma talk. Enjoy! Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.orgDONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit:https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donateFollow Us on Socials!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wildheartmeditation
(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center) Anatta, or non-self, is a core teaching of the Buddha, and yet can be confusing and bewildering. Sometimes the sense of self loves trying to get rid of itself, all the while maintaining itself on subtle levels. Yet, anatta is our true nature, and we release and relax into non-separation and unity. Qualities of compassion and the heart often support this understanding more than our intellect. This talk will explore anatta from a practical and experiential perspective.
In “Imaginal Meditation,” Emily West Horn introduces an approach to imaginal practice—drawing on Vajrayana deity yoga, Jack Kornfield, Chögyam Trungpa, and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche—to show how invoking, dissolving, and embodying the image of the Buddha can loosen the boundary between self & world, inclining the mind toward non-duality.
Aug 30, 2026 Madhupindika Sutta Challenged by a brahmin, the Buddha gives an enigmatic response on how conflict arises due to proliferation based on perceptions. Venerable Kaccāna draws out the detailed implications of this in one of the most insightful passages in the entire canon.
Episode #611: “I always want to be free.” Lienchi Tran, a Vietnamese American meditation teacher, first learned what unfreedom meant in postwar Vietnam. After South Vietnam fell in 1975, her father was sent to a reeducation camp, the family was expelled from Saigon, and the children were scattered among relatives. At night, Tran tied a rubber band around her fingers to keep herself awake while reciting the Buddha's name and praying for her father's safety and eventual return. Raised in Mahāyāna Buddhism and shaped by the writings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, she began meditating seriously as a teenager. Yet an image of a Theravāda monk, seen just before her family emigrated in 1990, opened another direction. In California she found Bhante Khippañño, trained in Mahāsi practice, ordained as a nun, and traveled to Myanmar for an intensive forest retreat under Sayadaw U Paṇḍita. Myanmar felt like a second home, but the freedom she sought did not finally lie in austerity or ordination. Under Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Tran found a practice built around awareness and wisdom rather than a fixed formula. Eating, engaging in her householder task as an architect, feeling anger, and caring for family could all become part of the same investigation. The task was neither to suppress difficult states nor to make them disappear, but to know what was present and strengthen a different momentum from greed, aversion, and delusion. She applies the same approach to dāna, which she defines as a kind of letting go, and to sīla, which she notes is an examination of the mind before speech or action. Now a teacher herself, Tran no longer considers robes the measure of seriousness. She remains in the United States to care for her mother, while imagining a return to Myanmar and long practice near Sayadaw U Tejaniya when that responsibility ends. The monastery still attracts her, but not because a nun's clothing can confer freedom. Practice must proceed through the mind and conditions she actually has, including the attachment she can admit without disguise: the bed at home is still more comfortable than the one at the center.
Maria Heim studies ancient and classical Indian philosophy and literature. Yet, in her thinking and writing and teaching the canon expanding across the three millennia comes alive, present for each of us, incontrovertibly important to the world we are walking into. Origins Podcast WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:spirit of inquiry (06:40)admirable friendship - kalyāṇa-mittatā (09:10)Charles Hallisey (11:30)Buddhaghosa (12:30)Pierre Hadot (13:00)Pali (14:00)How To Feel (23:00)introspection (25:30)productively troubling universalism (26:00)first year seminar "The Emotions" (28:30)forms of conversation (30:00)approach to classroom (30:10)Toward a True Kinship of Faiths by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (35:00)Midrash (35:50)Voice of the Buddha (37:30)what our age of science and technology shouldn't forget (46:00)The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience (47:00)asymmetry/broken symmetry and Marcelo Gleiser (48:45)efficiency and science (50:00)"Value Capture" C Thi Nguyen (51:00)curriculum for living well (55:45)Interdisciplinary NEH Summer Institute: Self-Knowledge for Humans & Artificial Systems (58:00)what does it mean to flourish? (59:40)Lightning Round (01:02:50) Book: Sovereignty of Good by Iris MurdochPassion: new chapter of parenthood Alison Gopnik - the invention of the term 'parenting'Heart Sing: her work on the literary side of BuddhismScrewed up: regret not knowing kindness was the most important thingFind Maria online: https://www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/mrheimLogo artwork by Cristina Gonzalez Music by swelo on all streaming platforms or @swelomusic on social media
Patrick Madrid answers questions and emails on topics of faith and everyday life. The hour features heartfelt listener notes about rediscovering Scripture, wrestling with spiritual confusion, and the meaning behind certain biblical books, while Patrick addresses practical spiritual dilemmas like sharing faith in mixed-religion settings, understanding the loss of loved ones, and the ethics of accidental harm to animals. With warmth and insight, Patrick encourages spiritual growth and empathy, weaving in moments of humor and community connection. Pat (email) – Are there giants that dwell among us that carry evil spirits? Why doesn't the Catholic Church sing gospel music? (01:02) Email - Would it be appropriate for a Catholic to accept a close non-Christian friend’s offer to host their child’s engagement party or wedding shower in a home that displays Buddhist art, including two Buddha heads the friend regards only as art? Doc Martin is now an American show called Best Medicine (13:01) Ellie (email) - Was it unusual that the priest at Mass yesterday began distributing Communion to the congregation before the deacon, altar servers, and extraordinary ministers, then returned to the altar after a couple of minutes and continued as normal, when no one else appeared confused or concerned? (29:03) David (email) - After accidentally hitting a raccoon on a dark road and feeling guilty enough to pull over and apologize to God, I wonder whether “thou shalt not kill” applies only to humans, if I should go to confession, and what prayers you recommend. (31:22) Missy (email) - How should I respond to my family member who has returned to Mass after being away from the Church but now claims to be a “chosen one” of God fighting battles for Him, insists he is spiritual rather than religious, and consults psychics or card readers? Rachel - Do our deceased loved ones in cemeteries know we visit them? (46:41)
Aug 2, 2026 Vanapattha Sutta Jungle Thickets While living in the wilderness is great, not everyone is ready for it. The Buddha encourages meditators to reflect on whether one's environment is genuinely supporting their meditation practice, and if not, to leave.
Lords: Farbs https://farbs.org/ Hallie https://moveslow.info/ Topics: The only way to truly beat Dark Souls is to achieve enlightenment Writing is a serialization problem Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies was lead programmer on Space Station Silicon Valley for the Nintendo 64. Ode on a Grecian Urn, by John Keats https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44477/ode-on-a-grecian-urn Learning by copying Meandering thread of execution: https://mastodon.social/@Farbs/112679557654266096 Microtopics: Systems where people make meaning out of joy and suffering. Weighing in on whether video games will still exist a month from now. Linking the fire or not linking the fire. Video games that were popular when saving games was expensive. Who invented corpse runs? Finishing your whole life believing you're the hero. Whether the narrator of the Dark Souls trailer is a character in the game. Doing the thing you've already proven you can do. The three stages of grief: betrayal, anger, sense of victory. Secondhand lore. Seeking paleblood to transcend the hunt. Lounging Carl: he's just chillin'. Getting all the platinum trophies to achieve enlightenment. If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. It's worth 50 souls every time! A meter going up and a bell ringing and you're a better person now! Daoism Dives. Force Witches. Tedious and annoying programming problems. Taking a nebulous interconnected cloud of data and turning it into a stream of bytes, and vice versa. Metaphorical Kevin Bacon Game. Developing your serialization scheme iteratively. Sorting your evidence by persuasiveness. Working with data in different ways. Turning a video game into a sequence of experiences. Looking at the world as a set of events rather than as a set of objects. A video game series where you steal cars. Having just one good work in you and being proud that you made that one good work. Shipping a game that's not in the Grand Theft Auto series for the first time in decades. Clicking on the blog button and it just says "nope" and then clicking on the games button and there's a PHP error. Void Bastards printing sound effects on the doorways, just like Hunt the Wumpus. Making the math do pretty things. Plugging functions into each other. Doing all your level design by writing stacked modifiers in C code. Stacking up a bunch of quality of life features and that's it, that's your content authoring system. Forever panting and forever young. A sad sack with consumption, bullied by Lord Byron. Isn't it nice to not be subject to the passage of time? This urn is never going to catch its breath. Following your feelings and always being right. Poetry as form of lossy compression. Roger Ebert claiming that poetry can never be art. Rebuilding Zelda 1 in Voxatron. Pausing the whole game while a single important thing happens. Making games inside-out. How they made games before we killed GOTO. Trying to explain setjmp/longjmp to a non-programmer. Committing to the bit and refusing to work with anyone who isn't committed to the bit. Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Explaining to Tim how Jamestown could've had online multiplayer. Rowdy in Different Ways. Talking to every doctor in order to become a doctor. Finding a tutorial and deliberately following it wrong. Acquiring facility in translating between two domains.
Why do we suffer? Why does life feel painful, stressful, or disappointing even when things seem to be going well? In this episode, we explore suffering from a practical Buddhist perspective not as a concept, but as a lived human experience. Sometimes referred to as 'suffering' in the West, 'Dukkha' has a much deeper range and significance. Drawing from the Buddha's core insights into impermanence, dependent origination, the Three Poisons/Fires, karma, and rebirth, we look at how suffering arises, why we add extra layers of pain through craving and clinging, and what the Buddhist path offers as a way to understand and transform it.This episode is not a repeat of our discussion on dukkha. Instead, it's a grounded, compassionate look at the reality of suffering and the hope the Buddha offered: suffering has causes, and those causes can be understood and released.Read the Article: https://alanpeto.com/buddhism/understanding-dukkha/Contact Alan: alanpeto.com/contactPodcast Homepage: alanpeto.com/podcastPodcast Disclaimer: alanpeto.com/legal/podcast-disclaimer
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Sangharakshita tells the story of the Buddha's encounter with Brahma Sahampati. This lecture celebrates the anniversary of the Buddha's decision to teach, with an account of the events just after his Enlightenment. Excerpted from the talk entitled The New Man Speaks, 1971. *** 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
Venerable Hue Can is the Abbess of Sunyata Meditation Centre in Vic Park and has the very clear goal to teach others how to realize their full potential through Zen Buddhism. Venerable Hue Can had an interesting and diverse career as a teacher, Children's Librarian and co-ordinator of the Ethnic Child Care Resource Unit. As an advocate for access and equity she have worked in the area of social welfare, particularly in the Vietnamese community in Western Australia. When the Most Venerable Master Thich Thanh Tu came to Perth in 1996 she was fortunate to attend his lecture “Why am I a Buddhist”. She found out that Buddhism could give her five things that she had always been searching for – wisdom, altruism, freedom, equality and emancipation. She wanted to become his disciple and follow the path that he had illuminated. Her first ordination occurred in 1998. Every year, the monastic community (Monks and nuns) go on a three month retreat called the “Rains Retreat” from mid July to mid October. During this period, they do not visit our centres for teachings as it's a time for deepening their own practice. While the monks and nuns are away, we will have some interesting guest speakers coming in to give the Friday Night talk. Unshakeable Peace 2026 (Rains Retreat Speakers' Series 2026) Hear stories of everyday dhamma as told by monastics and lay practitioners from various Buddhist traditions. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube
(Buddha-Haus) Meditation, Retreat kann weit von unserem Leben entfernt erscheinen. Doch hier können wir wichtige Fragen klären wie, was will ich, wie will ich leben. Achtsamkeit enthüllt wo wir stehen, die Lehre des Buddha verspricht eine Freiheit und Herzensöffenheit, in die wir uns hinein entwickeln können. Trotz aller guten Absichten sind wir dennoch immer wieder konfrontiert mit Hindernissen. Sie zu erkennen, ist notwendig, um mit ihnen umgehen zu lernen.
The Buddha's stance is anti-religious in a certain way. He uses what's in religious practice to undo religious belief. The Buddha creates strategies, not dogmas. The more you go back into the old texts, the further away you get from religion. What we don't need at this moment is another religion. Instead, perhaps we could engage a living tradition, and uncover the values of these practices. This means having a conversation with the past, while being rooted in the soil of present experience. The Awake in the World podcast is brought to you by the generosity of our amazing Patreon supporters, making it possible for us to keep Michael's archive of teachings available to the public. To become a patron, visit: patreon.com/michaelstone.
(Buddha-Haus) Praktizieren bedeutet die erste Wahrheit des Buddhas, die Gegebenheit von dukkha, zu verstehen. Dukkha zieht Reaktivitäten nach sich, die weiteres Leid verursachen. Wir kreisen so endlos in dukkha, angeheizt durch die Reaktionen von Verlangen oder Abwehr, je nachdem ob das, was ist, angenehm oder unangenehm ist. Getrieben ist die Reaktivität von Täuschung, einer tief integrierten Verzerrung des Wahrgenommenen. Diese wollen erkennen, denn dann erkennen wir eine Möglichkeit, wie wir dem, was geschieht, in einer Weise begegnen können, die nicht zu weiterem Leiden, sondern zu Frieden führt.
July 5 2026 Venerable Moggallāna raises the topic of admonishment, without which healthy community is not possible. He lists a number of qualities that will encourage others to think it worthwhile to admonish you in a constructive way. https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org
This Wisdom Podcast episode, recorded live as a Dharma Chat, features special guest Thupten Jinpa. Join Jinpa and host Daniel Aitken as they discuss Jinpa's newest Wisdom Academy online course, The Nature of Reality. Journey into the nature of reality and emptiness with the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Jinpa contrasts the “mundane,” unexamined view with the yogi's disciplined inquiry into appearance and reality, explaining how grasping and belief in a true self arise through mental interpretation. They also address debates about Madhyamaka “relinquishing views,” emptiness of emptiness, how realizations of emptiness can make appearances feel illusion-like, and so much more. Jinpa and Daniel also discuss: how mind interprets experience through “I, me, and mine”; the value of studying the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism; why studying the lower schools strengthens Madhyamaka understanding, provides contrast, and supplies tools like Abhidharma mental factors and Yogācāra accounts of imprints; Tsongkhapa's take on conventional validity; and so much more! Mentioned in the episode: Mark Siderits Video Podcast The Bodhisattva Ideal translated by Thupten Jinpa and Julia Stenzel The Library of Tibetan Classics Buddha’s Words for Tough Times by Peter Skilling Apramāda seals from Buddha’s Words for Tough Times pg 270 Explore further with Jinpa's latest release, Bodhisattva Awakening translated by Julia Stenzel, edited and introduced by Thupten Jinpa. The views and opinions expressed on this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Wisdom Publications or any entities they represent. The post Thupten Jinpa: The Nature of Reality (#241) appeared first on The Wisdom Experience.
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If you wish to support our podcast, please follow this link. Thank you! Welcome to a new episode of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. In this episode, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and leadership coach Jo Confino are joined by Zen Buddhist nun Sister True Dedication to explore the significance and offerings of the Plum Village community – a sanctuary of peace, healing, and mindfulness, providing a stark contrast to the fast-paced, consumer-driven world outside. The three speakers further discuss the importance of a physical environment for spiritual practice, a space where individuals can reconnect with their true selves; the value of community living, where monastics share a collective career and work towards the flourishing of the community rather than individual success; the relevance of the five mindfulness trainings, which serve as ethical guidelines for personal and societal transformation; and much more. The conversation also touches upon the need for support to maintain and expand the Plum Village facilities, the importance of generosity, and the impact of supporting engaged monastic communities. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resources Interbeinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbeing Plum Village Traditionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Village_Tradition Bodhisattva Vowhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva_vow The Five Mindfulness Trainingshttps://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainingshttps://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-14-mindfulness-trainings Es Devlinhttps://esdevlin.com/ Rebecca Solnithttps://www.rebeccasolnit.net/ The Way Out Is In: Stepping into Freedom – Live Recording with Q&A Session (Episode #67)https://plumvillage.org/podcast/stepping-into-freedom-live-recording-with-qa-session-episode-67 The Way Out Is In: ‘Cultivating Joy and Togetherness in the Midst of Hardship (Episode #95)'https://plumvillage.org/podcast/cultivating-joy-and-togetherness-in-the-midst-of-hardship-episode-95 Quotes “Plum Village emerged from our teacher’s vision for how the world could look and feel different from mainstream society. From the beginning, Plum Village has always been a community of resistance. We could even call it a community of resilience, a very physical environment that is holding different values from mainstream consciousness. And the values in mainstream consciousness we can all recognize. It might be unbridled capitalism, craving, consumerism, violence, excess of different kinds that all of us might see in our immediate lives and around us and in the economic and labor systems that we’re a part of. The vision for Plum Village was to say, what if we created a physical environment that modeled entirely different values? And in embodying those values, that is the resistance. So for example, to embody more peace, harmony, collectiveness, community rather than individualism.” “We need to reclaim our sovereignty from the machines of our creation.” “Plum Village is holding this environment of peace and healing and freedom from the rat race, freedom from this world of technological overwhelm.” “When we come to a retreat, we are being invited into a space of sharing our generosity in presence. We’re not sitting for ourselves. We’re sitting for the collective. When we are taking care of our emotions, we’re also taking care of the emotions of the collective, because the individual and the collective, we start to see the interbeing of it, the interconnectedness of it.” “We organize our life in such a way that compassion, mindfulness, patience, inclusiveness are literally what we’re cultivating every day. And we’re not perfect, but this is our work in progress and it’s quite noble and even though we struggle so much, we feel in our bones that we’re doing this work every day. And it allows me to have some faith also in the future as we enter this period of disruption for society, for the climate, for agriculture, for nature, to be able to cooperate, to live cooperatively, to share resources, to moderate and temper our needs. These are such important human practices. The kind of qualities we’re holding here – compassion, mindfulness – are a treasure trove for future generations. These are exactly the kind of values that we want to trust will still be there in decades and centuries to come.” “In each hamlet we have 50, 60 monastics living together, everyone cultivating non-violence in our speech, in our thinking, in our way of being, in our way of washing a bowl, in our way of brushing our teeth, in our ways of being with the mosquitoes. We’re living as an example of non-violence in the world. And then being able to lift that up into our engagement with everyone who comes to us. It may sound like we’re describing a bubble. It’s really unrealistic, but because we are living in a constant relationship with the thousands of people that come and spend time with us every year, another way you could describe us is as being like the river bank and the river flows through us. We’re a sort of gentle river bank that caresses the water for a little bit before it moves on back into the world. And so people have a chance to taste these energies that we’re generating as a collective here.” “The only way that we are gonna save ourselves from the collapse of civilization is if there’s a collective awakening. Individual awakening is not enough.” “We’re not gonna sort everything out in this lifetime, but what we can offer is for the next generation to have more tools, more practices, more understanding, more care, more compassion, so that they can carry this path forward into the future.” “Thay has really expanded this home – it’s not just for the monks and nuns. The monastery is also open to the lay community for the lay people to come in and taste true peace.” “When you come to Plum Village for seven days and you don’t drive a vehicle, that’s already an impact. When you’re vegetarian for seven days, that’s impact. When you are not expressing anger for seven days, that’s impact. When you are listening to yourself and healing some blockage that has been waiting for you to look at and embrace, that is impact. That’s healing. That is already work for your ancestors, work for society. And so the journey of a monastery, or we can call it a practice center, is important because it is also a place where we know we can put our masks down. It can become a great equalizer. Everyone here, we’re human beings. It doesn’t matter what titles we’re holding in the world. Here, in the monastery, there’s a power to the monastic’s presence.” “It is very clear from the teachings of Thay and the teachings of the Buddha and our own moral compass, that if we don’t take care of our suffering, our loneliness, our violence, our hatred, naming it as it is and just saying like, ‘Okay, I’m co-responsible, and it is my responsibility to also transform this', we’re not gonna change the system.”
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We review the importance of giving attention to ethical practice, and how it has often been marginalized in Western Buddhism, with meditation typically being at the center (as is evident in speaking of “meditation centers” and “meditation groups”). Wise Speech, as one of the three aspects of ethical practice named in the Noble Eightfold Path, is particularly important in contemporary Western practice; we can have an opportunity for many hours a day of spiritual practice if we bring Wise Speech practice into our lives! The Buddha's four guidelines for Wise Speech were truthfulness, helpfulness, care and kindness, and appropriateness (especially good timing). We focus, in this second talk on the first guideline of truthfulness, on how we understand and practice being truthful in our relational and social lives, with reference also to how truthfulness is understood in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. We see how truthfulness is crucial in communities and societies, what the consequences are of a lack of truthfulness, and how one dimension of our Wise Speech practice is helping to develop more truthfulness in our communities and societies. The talk is followed by discussion.