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Exploring the themes in his new book, Confidence, Ethan Nichtern chats with his dad, David, about vulnerability, truth, and the state of the world.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, we learn about:Ethan's new book and what real confidence isFalse confidence and manipulationThe current political environment and seeking the truthWhy authenticity is so importantExamples of people who radiate confidence and light the candles of othersHow sadness can be an authentic response to the state of the worldThe Eight Worldly Winds and practicing confidenceHow we are all vulnerable to imposter syndromeAwareness and tuning into our inner knowing to avoid being caught in emotionsRemembering our powerful and tender heartsCheck out these on-demand online courses from David Nichtern and an upcoming course from Ethan Nichtern based around his new book HERE.About Ethan Nichtern:Ethan Nichtern is a Buddhist teacher, and is the author of the acclaimed book The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path, which was selected as one of Library Journal's Best Books of 2015, and one of Tech Insider's “9 Books That Define 2015.” He also wrote The Dharma of The Princess Bride: What The Coolest Fairy Tale of Our Time Can Teach Us About Buddhism and Relationships and most recently, Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life's Eight Worldly Winds.For the past 20+ years, Ethan has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and workshops around New York City and North America and Europe, along with working with students privately. He has primarily studied in the Shambhala and other Tibetan traditions, but has also studied Theravadan and Soto Zen Buddhism. He is also an avid yoga practitioner. He served as Shastri, or Senior Teacher-In-Residence, for the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, from 2010-2018. Continue listening to Ethan on his podcast, The Road Home.“I think there is a compassion element to genuine confidence where you're using your own confidence to light other people's candle.” – Ethan NichternSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There is a way to purify negative karma! Phew. Buddha taught the Four Powers of Purification as a method to purify the negative karma we've created in the past. The powers of purification act together or alone. For example, as soon as we have even a moment of regret for some harm we've done, we start to purify that karma. This practice illuminates Buddhism's most essential tenet: that we can profoundly change change.   How to purify negative karma through the 4 powers: 1. Regret 2. Reliance 3. Remedy 4. Resolve   The Power of Regret The first power is healthy regret. This type of regret stands in contrast to guilt. Guilt is anger towards oneself. It makes us feel bad about ourselves. Regret, however, understands we acted out of delusions like anger, jealousy, pride, or greed, but our nature remains pure and good. A mind of regret wants to be free of these delusions like getting poisons out of ourselves. Regret makes us naturally desire not to repeat that action and the harm we caused.    The Power of Reliance To understand the power of reliance, imagine that making a mistake is like falling down on the ground. Just as we depend on the ground to stand up again, when we cause harm, we can purify it only by depending on the two types of beings we harmed: the Buddha (who is a wise guide, like a doctor) and ordinary living beings.   First, we rely on the Buddha by following his teachings to become better. If you're not a Buddhist, you can still do something similar. You could renew your commitment to follow the advice of someone you admire, or dedicate yourself again to good things you want to do. You can practice reliance in the meditation on the four powers by asking a higher power for help, like praying to Jesus or asking Buddha for help to purify.   Second, we rely on other living being by developing compassion and love for them.   3. The Power of Remedy This refers to the power of applying remedies. In this step, we need to do something positive to counteract the negative energy we created, JoAnn Fox shares a traditional method for applying remedies by reciting the mantra of Vajrasattva, Buddha of Purification (see the mantra below.)    If you feel comfortable about visualizing an enlightened being, you can visualize a figure such as Buddha or Vajrasattva above your head. You can visualize Buddha as you've seen him depicted or as a being made of golden light. Vajrasattva is a being of white light. While reciting the mantra, imagine light flowing down from the holy being at your crown. The light flows down and fills your entire body purifying all your negative karma and delusions.   If you do not feel comfortable visualizing such a being, imagine a sphere of light above your head, thinking that it represents all enlightened qualities like love and compassion. Visualize light flowing down from the sphere and filling you (as above).  The short mantra of Vajrasattva Om Vajra Sattva Hum   The power of resolve (sometimes called the power of promise) involves a promise to try to refrain from a harmful action in the future. If you're trying to purify a specific negative action, it can be especially meaningful to refrain from an action that is similar to that original harmful action. For example, if you're trying to purify stealing, you can promise to refrain from stealing in the future. Alternatively, you can decide to act in more positive ways, such as being more generous or promising to donate to a charity.   “First, if all the causes and conditions for something to occur come together and there is nothing opposing its arising, the effect is certain to occur. For example, if a barley seed (the cause) is planted, the conditions of moisture, warmth, sunlight, and nutrients come together, and opposing conditions such as frozen ground, disease, and being trampled by animals,  don't oppose it, a barley plant is certain to grow. Similarly, if you have the karmic seeds of anger and that anger is not opposed by your practice of patience, understanding of emptiness, or a vow or commitment not to get angry, when you meet with someone (the external condition) who says or does something you experience as harmful, your karmic urge will drive you to get angry.” --Je Tsongkhapa   O foolish one!  What is the use of wearing matted hair?  What is the use of your wearing a garment made of antelope skin?  In you, there is a forest (of moral defilements);  you clean yourself only externally. Verse 394  

Democracy in Question? is brought to you by:• Central European University: CEU• The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: AHCD• The Podcast Company: scopeaudio Follow us on social media!• Central European University: @CEU• Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: @AHDCentre Subscribe to the show. If you enjoyed what you listened to, you can support us by leaving a review and sharing our podcast in your networks!  GlossaryBruno Kreisky(01:53 or p.1 in the transcript)Bruno Kreisky, (born January 22, 1911, Vienna, Austria—died July 29, 1990, Vienna), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Austria and chancellor of Austria (1970–83). Kreisky joined the Social Democratic Party in 1926; he was active in the party until it was outlawed in 1934. In 1935 he was arrested for political reasons and imprisoned for 18 months. He was imprisoned again in 1938, shortly after graduating as Doctor of Law from the University of Vienna. Persecuted by the Gestapo because of his political beliefs and Jewish birth, he fled to Sweden, where he engaged in journalism and business during World War II. From 1946 to 1950 he served at the Austrian legation in Stockholm and then returned to Vienna to serve at the foreign ministry. From 1956 he was a member of the Austrian Parliament, and in 1959 he was elected deputy chairman of the Social Democrats and became foreign minister. After the party's decisive defeat in the 1966 general election, he took the lead in an intraparty reform movement. He was narrowly elected chairman of the Social Democrats in 1967, and he became chancellor of Austria when the Social Democrats emerged from the 1970 elections as the strongest party; in 1971 they acquired an absolute majority. Kreisky was credited with successfully pursuing a policy of “active neutrality,” smoothing relations with neighboring Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia and seeking cooperation with other nonaligned nations. Under his leadership, the Social Democrats preserved their parliamentary majority in elections in 1975 and 1979. He resigned in 1983. source Occupation of Austria by the Allied Forces (1945-1955)(07:54 or p.2 in the transcript)At the Potsdam Conference in 1945, the Allies agreed that they would jointly occupy Austria in the postwar period, dividing the country and its capital Vienna into four zones as they planned to do with Germany and Berlin. The Soviets also demanded reparations from Austria, a request that was dropped due to the country's nonbelligerent status, but the United States did agree that the Soviet Union would be entitled to any German assets in the Soviet occupation zone. In contrast to Germany, the Austrian government continued to exist in the postwar period and govern, although the Four Powers could veto any new legislation if they unanimously agreed to do so. This arrangement was maintained until the withdrawal of the occupying powers upon the completion of the Austrian State Treaty. The breakdown of the wartime "Grand Alliance" and the emergence of the Cold War led to the Austrian occupation lasting far longer than anyone anticipated. Only on May 15, 1955, representatives of the governments of the Soviet Union, Great Britain, the United States, and France signed a treaty that granted Austria independence and arranged for the withdrawal of all occupation forces. These governments signed the agreement with the understanding that the newly independent state of Austria would declare its neutrality, creating a buffer zone between the East and the West. The Austrian State Treaty was the only treaty signed by both the Soviet Union and United States in the decade after the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties, and it marked the only Cold War era withdrawal by the Soviet Union from a territory it occupied. The Austrian situation was unique in postwar Europe. In 1938, it had been the only nation to be annexed in its entirety by Nazi Germany, a fact that raised consistent questions during the war about the extent to which the country was a victim of Nazi aggression or whether it had been a collaborator. source Freedom Party of Austria(10:37 or p.3 in the transcript)The Freedom Party of Austria (German: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021 and is currently led by Herbert Kickl. On a European level, the FPÖ is a founding member of the Identity and Democracy Party and its three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sit with the Identity and Democracy (ID) group. The FPÖ was founded in 1956 as the successor to the short-lived Federation of Independents (VdU), representing pan-Germanists and national liberals opposed to socialism, represented by the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), and Catholic clericalism represented by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Its first leader, Anton Reinthaller, was a former Nazi functionary and SS officer, though the party did not advocate extreme right policies and presented itself as residing in the political centre. During this time, the FPÖ was the third largest party in Austria and had modest support. Under the leadership of Norbert Steger in the early 1980s, it sought to style itself on the German Free Democratic Party. It supported the first government of SPÖ Chancellor Bruno Kreisky after the 1970 election, as well as that of Fred Sinowatz from 1983 to 1986. Jörg Haider became leader of the party in 1986, after which it began an ideological turn towards right-wing populism. This resulted in a strong surge in electoral support, but also led the SPÖ to break ties, and a splinter in the form of the Liberal Forum in 1993. In the 1999 election, the FPÖ won 26.9% of the vote, becoming the second most popular party, ahead of the ÖVP by around 500 votes. The two parties eventually reached a coalition agreement in which ÖVP retained the office of Chancellor. The FPÖ soon lost most of its popularity, falling to 10% in the 2002 election, but the government was renewed. Internal tensions led Haider and much of the party leadership to leave in 2005, forming the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), which replaced the FPÖ as governing partner. Heinz-Christian Strache then became leader, and the party gradually regained its popularity, peaking at 26.0% in the 2017 election. The FPÖ once again became junior partner in government with the ÖVP. In May 2019, the Ibiza affair led to the collapse of the government and the resignation of Strache from both the offices of Vice-Chancellor and party leader. The resulting snap election saw the FPÖ fall to 16.2% and return to opposition. source Austrian People's Party(13:09 or p.3 in the transcript)The Austrian People's Party (German: Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. The ÖVP is a member of the International Democrat Union and the European People's Party. It sits with the EPP group in the European Parliament; of Austria's 19 MEPs, 7 are members of the ÖVP. An unofficial successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the ÖVP was founded immediately following the re-establishment of the Republic of Austria in 1945. Since then, it has been one of the two traditional major parties in Austria, alongside the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). It was the most popular party until 1970, and has traditionally governed in a grand coalition with the SPÖ. It was the senior partner in grand coalitions from 1945 to 1966 and the junior partner from 1986 to 2000 and 2007–2017. The ÖVP also briefly governed alone from 1966 to 1970. After the 1999 election, the party formed a coalition with the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) until 2003, when a coalition with the FPÖ splinter Alliance for the Future of Austria was formed, which lasted until 2007. The party underwent a change in its image after Sebastian Kurz became chairman, changing its colour from the traditional black to turquoise, and adopting the alternate name The New People's Party (German: Die neue Volkspartei). It became the largest party after the 2017 election, and formed a coalition government with the FPÖ. This collapsed eighteen months later, leading to the 2019 election, after which the ÖVP formed a new coalition with The Greens. source Social Democratic Party of Austria(30:27 or p.6 in the transcript)The Social Democratic Party of Austria (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (German: Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) until 1945 and later the Socialist Party of Austria (German: Sozialistische Partei Österreichs) until 1991, is a social-democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889, it is the oldest extant political party in Austria. Along with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), it is one of the country's two traditional major parties. It is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum. The SPÖ is supportive of Austria's membership in the European Union, and it is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance, and Party of European Socialists. It sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament; of Austria's 19 MEPs, five are members of the SPÖ. The party has close ties to the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) and the Austrian Chamber of Labour (AK). The SDAPÖ was the second largest party in the Imperial Council of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the 1890s through 1910s. After the First World War, it briefly governed the First Austrian Republic, but thereafter returned to opposition. The party was banned in 1934 following the Austrian Civil War, and was suppressed throughout Austrofascism and the Nazi period. The party was refounded as the Socialist Party of Austria in 1945 and governed as a junior partner of the ÖVP until 1966. In 1970, the SPÖ became the largest party for the first time in post-war history, and Bruno Kreisky became Chancellor, winning three consecutive majorities (1971, 1975, and 1979). From 1987 to 2000 the SPÖ led a grand coalition with the ÖVP before returning to opposition for the first time in 30 years. The party governed again from 2007 to 2017. Since 2017, the SPÖ have been the primary opposition to the ÖVP governments of Sebastian Kurz, Alexander Schallenberg, and Karl Nehammer. source    

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Ayya Santussikā, visiting Clear Mountain with Ayya Cittānandā, speaks about Sutta study, founding Karuna Buddhist Vihara, and the Buddha's path to refuge.

The Deep State is made up of several entities and a jockeying for leadership. Then Putin and Xi who are both building their own Empires at the expense of Eastern Europe and Asia. Finally, the Imam and Raisin the leadership in Iran which are in pursuit of the Caliphate. Regional and World dominance are their goals.

The Deep State is made up of several entities and a jockeying for leadership. Then Putin and Xi who are both building their own Empires at the expense of Eastern Europe and Asia. Finally, the Imam and Raisin the leadership in Iran which are in pursuit of the Caliphate. Regional and World dominance are their goals.

There is a way to purify negative karma! Phew. Buddha taught the Four Powers of Purification. The first power is healthy regret. This type of regret stands in contrast to guilt. Healthy regrets teaches us that we should try to not be angry or unkind to ourselves when we experience regret. Regret makes us naturally desire not to repeat that action and the harm we caused. The second power of purification is applying remedies. In this episode, JoAnn Fox shares a traditional method for applying remedies, reciting the mantra of Vajrasattva, Buddha of Purification (see the mantra below.) The third is the power of promise, in which we promise to try to refrain from that harmful action in the future. Finally, the power of reliance is to ask for help to a higher power; for some this could be praying to Jesus or it could be asking the objects of Buddhist refuge (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha) for help. The powers of purification act together or alone. For example, as soon as we regret some harm we have done we start to purify that karma. This practice illuminates Buddhism's most essential tenet, we can change...Profoundly change.    How to purify negative karma through the 4 powers: Regret Applying Remedies  Promise  Reliance    The short mantra of Vajrasattva, For purification Om Vajra Sattva Hum   Just as kusa grass cuts the hand  That wrongly grasps it,  So the renunciant life, if wrongly grasped,  Drags one down to hell. (311)    A lax act, corrupt practice,  Or chaste life lived dubiously  Doesn't bear much fruit. (312)*    With steady effort  One should do what is to be done  Because the lax renunciant stirs up  Even more dust. (313)*    A foul deed is best not done—  The foul deed torments one later.  A good deed is best done—  For, having done it, one has no regret. (314)  -Buddha, The Dhammapada References and Links   Buddha.The Dhammapada. Translated by Gil Fronsdale. (Kindle). Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp. 77 (Link)   Buddha (1986).The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A. (Website). Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon. Courtesy .of Nibbana.com. For free distribution only, as a gift of dhamma. https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=314   Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, by Je Tsongkhapa, Volume 1. (Kindle). Pages 251-253. Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Joshua Cutler, Editor-in-Chief, and Guy Newlan, Editor.

Dharma talk given by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha, April 24, 2022. Music by Barefoot Bran Music.

Commentary to verses 30-38 of Chapter 7, including the four powers that increase the strength of joyous effort.

Commentary to verses 30-38 of Chapter 7, including the four powers that increase the strength of joyous effort.

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In this talk Dassini looks at the individual nature of practising ethics, the need for metta in response to guilt, how to make a confession effective, and the Four Powers of Confession.  Talk given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2018.  *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! 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

The Buddha taught that small, good karmic actions lead to great results in the future, a powerful motivation for making even small positive changes in our lives. In this episode we look at the Four Powers of Effort, a process for making positive changes last. 1,200 years ago, the Buddhist Master Shantideva offered this Buddhist approach to lasting change and building confidence in his Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. The Four Powers of Effort are guiding principles to reaching a goal by aspiring to who you want to become, creating a joyful process for change, and steadfastly sticking to it. The Buddha said that “with effort we have all attainments,” meaning we can do anything we aspire to with enough effort—even attain enlightenment!    The Four Powers of Effort Aspiration. A strong wish is fundamental for accomplishing an important goal. How can we best create a strong wish and harness the power of it fir change?  By visualizing the future self. We decide who we want to become and visualize it, preferably in the quiet of meditation. We imagine what this new identity feels like, what they do each day, and the positive effects they have on others and our selves. For example, if we aspire to meditate every day, we imagine becoming a meditator, the newfound peace, and less anxiety. Or you might imagine becoming a fit and healthy person, and you visualize a future self that exercises most days of the week, feels light in your body, enjoys active pleasures like biking with friends or hiking.    A shift in identity will follow changing our habits, but choosing who we want to become helps us understand what processes we need to adopt in order to become that person. (Emptiness of the self at work here!). The most powerful wishes come when the outcome is meaningful to us and is an expression of our values. Living in accordance with our values is a path toward happiness. Engaging in the positive process is a type of success that can reliably bring us satisfaction. External success may or may not be achieved. External success may not deliver the happiness we believed it would, but acting in accordance with our values will bring us peace whatever the outcome. Outcomes are invariably unpredictable, but good will come if we make positive changes.   “Identity change is the North Star of habit change” —James Clear   Steadfastness. What is the smallest, most manageable step you can take in the next 24 hours to move in the direction of your goal? Very clearly identify the first step, according to your capacity. Plan the step for the following day, and even at a certain time and place. Make the plan specific. The plan, “I will meditate tomorrow” is less likely to be fulfilled than: “I will meditate tomorrow morning after I have my coffee while still sitting at the kitchen table.” Try to make one small step toward reaching your new identity each day. If we diligently put these planned steps into action, from this steadfastness will come a newfound confidence. We will eventually be confident in our new identity because we have performed this activity steadfastly over a period of time.    Joy. Try to make the plan for change a joyful one. We won't do what makes us suffer for very long! Adopting new habits will be challenging, but the experience can't be very unpleasant. The spiritual path should be a joyful one if we are practicing correctly. Try to make your plan for change as easy and pleasant as possible, like setting out your meditation cushion the night before if you intend to meditate in the morning.    Rest. Rest is a power of effort. Plan to take rest and have a break. Also, when we have an unexpected rest (when we diverge from our plan or slip up,  don't feel that you have failed, you just needed a little rest from all that willpower!) Steadfastness means we are going in the direction of our dreams, not that we are perfect.   From Atomic Habits by James Clear: I will [BEHAVIOR] at [TIME] in [LOCATION].  Meditation. I will meditate for one minute at 7 a.m. in my kitchen.  Studying. I will study Spanish for twenty minutes at 6 p.m. in my bedroom.  Exercise. I will exercise for one hour at 5 p.m. in my local gym.  Marriage. I will make my partner a cup of tea at 8 a.m. in the kitchen.   If by giving up small pleasures great happiness is to be found,  the wise should give up small pleasures  seeing (the prospect of) great happiness. (Verse 290) —Buddha, The Dhammapada   Apply for a free life coaching session: To apply for a complimentary 30-minute life coaching session with JoAnn Fox (for the first 5 that apply in December) visit https://buddhismforeveryone.com/coaching  References with Links Buddha (1986).The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A. (Website). Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon. Courtesy of Nibbana.com. For free distribution only, as a gift of dhamma. https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=290   Clear, J. (2018). Atomic Habits. Avery. https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break-ebook/dp/B07D23CFGR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QMEEZSP01C91&keywords=atomic+habits+james+clear&qid=1640962723&s=books&sprefix=Atomic%2Cstripbooks%2C142&sr=1-1

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Aewyn's Acolytes (that's what I'm naming this group) strike up a deal. Nez returns to her people. And the gang come up with an explosive idea. 

How often do you hear yourself say "should?" Today's Food for Thought what we can say instead, along with the results it will produce. Are you ready to change your life, but feel like you cannot afford to, one way or the other? Do you know, or are you, the type of person who is easily triggered? Find out today how you can make the necessary changes to live life on your terms.Thank you for tuning in and committing to being 1% better every day, in one area of life!Support the show (https://cash.app/$mimileut)

God has a thought, and it is creation. Have you ever wondered how this works, and what the practical implications are in your life? If so, tune in to this episode as Executive Contributor and master spiritual teacher GP Walsh elaborates on Your Four Amazing Powers of Creation. Over his many years of practice, GP has adapted and developed these teachings into a course that he offers to all those curious about Self Inquiry and the truth of who we really are. The fundamental premise is this: Reality cannot be created; it simply is. What we experience in the world is our perception. The Four Powers describe how our perception is formed and how it works to shape our entire experience. As you might imagine, much of this perception is handed to us (or if you prefer foisted upon us) at a very young age. It goes on to govern and shape our so-called reality, unless we seek the way out--and there most certainly is a way out! The Four Powers are as follows: 1) Focused Attention 2) Belief 3) Identity 4) Discrimination GP describes Discrimination as our superpower. In short, we all have the ability to tell the difference between greatness and ugliness. We just know. This is Reality communicating to us. Without Discrimination, or when we willfully choose to ignore it, chaos ensues. In this very special double episode, GP shares with us some examples of what happens in a society and world where Discrimination is ignored. Corruption reigns, and moral and environmental degradation, massive wealth inequality, and a general numbness of the people to all the destruction raging around them. If you're curious which society we hone in on as an example of a lack of Discriminating Awareness, GP and I both reside in the United States. GP presents nothing short of creation itself with his characteristic precision, clarity, and sense of humor, and pointedly highlights what can happen when we collectively ignore our own powers. Join us! --- Master Spiritual Teacher GP Walsh has decades of experience in the study, practice, and teaching of universal spirituality. A student of Non-Dual Self Inquiry, GP's teachings present esoteric concepts in an easy-to-understand and actionable manner. One can understand, then go forth and practice.  GP offers a number of classes, workshops, meditations, and more on his website: gpwalsh.com . Sign up today to be placed on GP's mailing list and stay current on his upcoming teachings! --- GP is currently offering Your Four Amazing Powers of Creation! Sign up today to receive GP's pre-recorded material on the Four Powers and participate in GP's Live Event on Thursday, April 22! Please register early to allow sufficient time to go through the materials so that the event on the 22nd will be a true Masterclass! For more information and to sign up, please visit gpwalsh.com . ---     gpwalsh.com

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal, Crime Story presents a new series, NUREMBERG. Sean Smith examines the many dimensions of the historic judicial proceedings. Drawing on official transcripts of the trial, as well as a vast bibliography of first- and second-hand accounts, NUREMBERG tells the stories behind the legal, political and personal struggles which complicated this revolutionary exercise in international jurisprudence. You can find Part 1 of our Nuremberg series here. 

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This talk was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu's YouTube Channel. To watch this talk on YouTube kindly visit https://youtu.be/umA_lc9EabY . The quotes are from the book "Buddha Vacana" or "The Buddha's Words of Wisdom"

The power is back and so am I! New Episode of I'm Sorry What is here. We talk about the fires, my new white claw strategy, some annoying politics and my LEAST favorite Tik Tok trend.  Also I share the embarrassing story of me meeting Jimmy's brother *yikes*Please please please like/comment/subscribe!!

The power is back and so am I! New Episode of I'm Sorry What is here. We talk about the fires, my new white claw strategy, some annoying politics and my LEAST favorite Tik Tok trend.  Also I share the embarrassing story of me meeting Jimmy's brother *yikes*Please please please like/comment/subscribe!!

Virya is the energetic counterpart to the patience of Ksanti; it is energy in pursuit of the good. Bodhinaga  tells us how we can develop this noble vigour, which brings strength and courage like that of a virtuous knight. He guides us through counteracting the four 'enemies of virya' before introducing the Four Powers: ethical sources of energy to power the Dharma life. Recorded at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019. This talk is part of the series The Path of Awakening.   *** Help keep FBA free for everyone! Become a supporter today.  Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-size pieces of Dharma inspiration, two times a week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Soundcloud

War Hawk Escalation Must be Countered by an Emergency Summit - At the beginning of this year, Helga Zepp LaRouche issued a call for an emergency summit of Four Powers https://action.larouchepac.com/trump_putin_xi_emergency_summit_petition?recruiter_id=139893 -- the U.S., Russia, China and India -- to address the escalating crisis provoked by war hawks acting on behalf of the geopolitical interests of the British Empire. Events in the last days, led by the latest anti-Russian/anti-Trump insanity coming from the New York Times, has increased the urgency for convening a summit. The re-emergence of the scoundrel Bill Browder and his "global Magnitsky Act" is part of this escalation.

In this episode we continue our exploration of the Four Powers of the Sphinx with TO DARE and how the concept can be applied to your life and spiritual / magical path.  If anyone has any questions for me then please reach out to me via  email as I would love to answer any questions. My email is occultlondonpodcast@gmail.com or you can also contact me on Facebook at Will Macknay Also we really want to develop this podcast further so would really appreciate it if you rate the show or leave a review on ITUNES  or other platforms as this will mean more people can see it and hopefully get some value from it. Also please make sure to visit our website at www.Occultlondon.co.uk where you can subscribe to the show    Music By:  The Mind Orchestra - Moonlight LVX   Books Mentioned WE Butler - Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell -  The Hero with a Thousand Faces  

In this episode we introduce the Four Powers of the Sphinx and how they can be applied to your life and spiritual / magical path. This is the first episode of 5 where we explore each of the Maxims " TO KNOW, TO DARE, TO WILL, TO KEEP SILENT" If anyone has any questions for me then please reach out to me via  email as I would love to answer any questions. My email is occultlondonpodcast@gmail.com or you can also contact me on Facebook at Will Macknay Also we really want to develop this podcast further so would really appreciate it if you rate the show or leave a review on ITUNES  or other platforms as this will mean more people can see it and hopefully get some value from it. Also please make sure to visit our website at www.Occultlondon.co.uk where you can subscribe to the show    Music By:  The Mind Orchestra - Moonlight LVX   Books Mentioned: Eliphas Levi - Transcendental Magick - Its Doctrine and Ritual Aleister Crowley - Magic without Tears Paul Huson - Mastering Witchcraft

In this episode we continue our discussion on the Four Powers of the Sphinx with TO KEEP SILENT and how the concept can be applied to your life and spiritual / magical path.  If anyone has any questions for me then please reach out to me via email as I would love to answer any questions. My email is occultlondonpodcast@gmail.com or you can also contact me on Facebook at Will Macknay Also we really want to develop this podcast further so would really appreciate it if you rate the show or leave a review on ITUNES  or other platforms as this will mean more people can see it and hopefully get some value from it. Also please make sure to visit our website at www.Occultlondon.co.uk where you can subscribe to the show  Music By: The Mind Orchestra - Moonlight LVX   Books: Christopher Thomas Lyam Kabbalah Magicking WE Butler Lords of Light The Magician 

In this episode we introduce the 2nd of Four Powers of the Sphinx which is TO WILL and how the concept can be applied to your life and spiritual / magical path. This is the 3rd episode of 5 where we explore each of the Maxims " TO KNOW, TO DARE, TO WILL, TO KEEP SILENT" If anyone has any questions for me then please reach out to me via  email as I would love to answer any questions. My email is occultlondonpodcast@gmail.com or you can also contact me on Facebook at Will Macknay Also we really want to develop this podcast further so would really appreciate it if you rate the show or leave a review on ITUNES  or other platforms as this will mean more people can see it and hopefully get some value from it. Also please make sure to visit our website at www.Occultlondon.co.uk where you can subscribe to the show    Music By:  The Mind Orchestra - Moonlight LVX   Books: Donald Michael Kraig - Modern Magick WE Butler - Lords of Light Steven Pressfield - War of Art 

In this episode we introduce the 1st of Four Powers of the Sphinx which is TO KNOW and how the concept can be applied to your life and spiritual / magical path. This is the 2nd episode of 5 where we explore each of the Maxims " TO KNOW, TO DARE, TO WILL, TO KEEP SILENT" If anyone has any questions for me then please reach out to me via  email as I would love to answer any questions. My email is occultlondonpodcast@gmail.com or you can also contact me on Facebook at Will Macknay Also we really want to develop this podcast further so would really appreciate it if you rate the show or leave a review on ITUNES  or other platforms as this will mean more people can see it and hopefully get some value from it. Also please make sure to visit our website at www.Occultlondon.co.uk where you can subscribe to the show    Music By:  The Mind Orchestra - Moonlight LVX   Books: Donald Michael Kraig - Modern Magick William Gray - Between good and Evil David Conway. Magic: An Occult Primer

LaRouche's concept of a Four Powers agreement to transform the world's physical economy, bringing it into coherence with the principles of the American System, introduced a New Paradigm of peaceful economic cooperation and development, in contrast to depression and war which will result if we stick to British geopolitics. Every weekday morning Harley will brief you on what you need to know to start your day. If you haven't already, sign up for Harley's weekly articles, harley.larouchepac.com/join

The conference included remarks from Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Jacques Cheminade, H. E. Mr. Dmitriy Polyanskiy (1st Deputy Permanent Representative to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN), Mr. Igor Anatolyevich Khovaev (Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of the Philippines ), Bill Binney and many more. On May 9, the greatest honor that can be paid to the over 70 million people that died through that war, would be to commit to build an alliance of nations, the Four Powers. Helga Zepp-LaRouche emphasized, “The four main nations of the world—the United States, China, Russia, and India—must now establish a New Bretton Woods system and together with all nations that wish to join, a new paradigm in international cooperation among nations that is guided by the common aims of mankind. The fourth of Lyndon LaRouche's “Four Laws” defines the qualitatively higher economic platform, the higher level of reason, of the Coincidentia Oppositorum of Nicholas of Cusa, on which the contradictions of geopolitical confrontation will be overcome.” Let us, therefore, pursue this noble discussion in the shadow of the immortal regiments that wish to see the world for which they fought, and died, finally come to pass.

1,200 years ago, the Buddhist Master Shantideva offered a Buddhist approach to lasting change in his Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. The four powers of effort can be used as steps to making a specific change reaching a goal.   The Four Powers of Effort   Aspiration. A strong wish (aspiration) is a fundamental basis to accomplish an important goal. The most powerful wishes comes when the outcome is meaningful to us and is an expression of our values. Living in accordance with our values is a path toward happiness and is a type of success that can reliably bring us satisfaction. External success may or may not be achieved or even deliver the happiness we believed it would. But acting in accordance with our values will bring us peace.  Steadfastness. What is the smallest, most manageable step you can take in the next 24 hours to move in the direction of your goal? Very clearly identify the first step, according to your capacity. Plan the step for the following day. Try to make one step toward your goal each day. If we diligently put these planned steps into action, from this steadfastness will come a newfound confidence. The Buddha said that “with effort we have all attainments”.  Joy. Try to make the plan for change a joyful one. We won’t do what makes us suffer for very long! Adopting new habits will be challenging, but the experience can’t be very unpleasant. The spiritual path should be a joyful one if we are practicing correctly. Rest. Rest is a power of effort. Plan to take rest and have a break. Also, when we have an unexpected rest (when we diverge from our plan or slip-up), don’t feel that you have failed. Steadfastness means we are going in the direction of our dreams, not that we are perfect.    The verses from the Dhammapada we studied in this episode are:   Ah, so happily we live,  We who have no attachment, We shall feast on joy, As do the radiant gods.   Victory gives birth to hate, The defeated sleep in anguish. Giving up both victory and defeat, Those who have attained peace sleep happily. —Buddha, the Dhammapada  References Buddha. The Dhammapada, translated by Gil Fronsdale. (2011). Shambala, pp. 54. Esposito, C. (2015). The Calm Living Blueprint. [podcast] Episodes 10-11.  Je Tsongkhapa. Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume 2. Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Joshua Cutler, Editor-in-Chief, and Guy Newlan, Editor. Pages 181-208.    

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Featuring Paul Gallagher, EIR Economics Editor - In the midst of an ongoing political and financial breakdown of the transatlantic neo-liberal order, typified by the Yellow Vest protests in France, only a New Bretton Woods reorganization of the international economic order poses a valid policy solution, led by a Four Powers alliance of the US, China, Russia, and India, as uniquely proposed by Lyndon LaRouche over a decade ago.

Special Guest, EIR Economics Editor, Paul Gallagher. Tonight’s show will focus on LaRouchePAC’s 2018-2020 Campaign for LaRouche’s Four Laws and a New Bretton Woods. The world requires a new monetary system, modeled on the LaRouche/Roosevelt concept of Bretton Woods. It requires LaRouche’s Four Laws for Economic Recovery. Neither can happen unless the battle now ongoing for the United States is won. Just look at California, with what seems like the entire state on fire due to the human incompetence and evil of the British religion called environmentalism. Similarly, Florida, Puerto Rico, Houston, with some places still under water from historic floods. This never had to happen. Lyndon LaRouche has warned us repeatedly that unless the changes we are putting on the table become the dominant force of the age, we face an economic collapse from a systemically sick system. But, at the same time, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, echoing the development methods of the American System, has given whole sections of the world optimism for the first time in many lives.

The outcome of this tumultuous period of history depends upon the establishment of an agreement among major nations, namely the Four Powers: the United States, Russia, China, and India. Such international economic cooperation is the unique basis for a new security architecture, for peace. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and chairwoman of the Schiller Institute, keynoted the NYC Schiller Institute's June 9 conference in Manhattan. Zepp-LaRouche was joined by Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN from the Russian Federation, video greetings from Xu Wenhong, PhD, Deputy Secretary General of Belt and Road Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and LaRouchePAC's Jason Ross.

Talk given during a 12 Steps and Buddhism retreat held in October 2015 at Clouds in Water Zen Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Speaker: Judith Ragir License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

November 11, 2012. 99-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from New Hamlet at Plum Village. The sangha had just begun the 90-day Rains Retreat (Winter Retreat). This is the second dharma talk of the retreat with the theme Are You The Soulmate of the Buddha? The talk was originally given in Vietnamese and this English translation is provided by Sister Chan Khong. At the time of the Buddha, he accepted many of the existing teachings such as reincarnation and karma. The gods were Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Buddha took the teachings deeper. Thay makes the observation that at this time in history, the highest caste was the spiritual teacher and the business person less. It is the opposite today. Thay then teaches about the expansion and history of Vedantism and Jainism. The states of meditation in Jainism. Thanks to concentration, the practitioner can have joy and happiness. More inner peace. No suffering. No joy. Purification. The Four Brahma Viharas (Immeasurable Minds). The Buddha accepted their teaching but also created his own way. The Four Powers. Deep Desire/Aspiration Mind Diligence Looking deeply We've been learning the methodologies of Buddhism (last time it was the Four Criterion). Today we talk about the Two Truths: Relative Truth and Absolute Truth. Download or watch below.  

Recorded at the Toledo Zen Center weekend retreat on April 18th 2009, this Dharma Talk by Rev. Jay Rinsen Weik  explores letting go with both hands and Rinsen's four powers: Clear Intention, Playful Presence, Dharmic Cozyness, and Steer Yourself North. For more information about the Toledo Zen Center, please visit toledozencenter.org.

Talk given during a 12 Steps and Buddhism retreat held in May 2007, co-led by Judith Ragir and Kevin Griffin. Speaker: Judith Ragir License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)