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Diggin' the Dharma — 161 episodes
The Path of Practice
The Space Element
Mothers and the Dharma
Practicing for Wisdom
Practicing With Language, Languaging Practice
Finding Humor in Our Practice and the Teachings
Realms of Existence
Engaging in Compassion: A Chat with Ben Connelly of the Minnesota Zen Center
How Much is Too Much . . . News! Guarding the Sense Doors
Walking as Practice: The Buddhist Peace Walk
Investigating Investigation
Taking Refuge in a New Year
Finding a Teacher, Relating to Teachers, Being a Teacher
Practicing Kindness with Guest Bodhipaksa
The Secular-Traditional Divide Examined: Four Guys Talk Dhamma | Roundtable with Clear Mountain Monastery
Devas, Nagas, Yakkhas, a Halloween Episode
Getting Lost in Our Stories
Knowing Equanimity Without Falling Into Indifference
Bringing Our Practice to the Hospital
Approaching Meditation
Many Paths, One Destination. . Working with Different Traditions
The Dharma of Independence (Day)
Gladdening the Mind
Letting Go Is Hard to Do
Practice as Refuge and Recharge
Practicing Acceptance
Guarding the Sense Doors and Practicing with Social Media
The Role of Faith or Confidence in Our Practice
Silence and Solitude
Finding Joy Through Practice
Pilgrimage and Spiritual Seekers
It's About Time in Buddhism
Dharma Chat with Stephen Fulder-- Practicing in Challenging Times
Refuge in Practice: Self or Sangha?
Investigation, Energy, and Joy
Conscious of Consciousness
Sankharas, What Are They? Volitional Formations/Constructions/etc.?
Bringing Our Practice to an Unwanted Outcome
Talkin' 'bout feeling (Vedana)
The Aggregate of Form: Body and World
"Things Aren't as the Seem , Nor are they Otherwise*"-- Perception and Mis-Perception
The Fetter of Conceit
Disenchantment: It's not really what it sounds like, or is it?
A Buddhist View on Forgiveness
The Buddha in the Voting Booth 2024
Is Meditation Dangerous?
Renunciation
The Value of Silence
Experiencing Art and Entertainment in the Context of the Dharma
The Bodhisattva Ideal
Steps Along the Path: The Four Stages of Progress
How We Become a Self
The Heart Quality Equanimity
Letting Go Again: The Unquenchable Thirst
More on Letting Go
Insights into Insight , and a New Platform
Is Your Livelihood Right Livelihood?
The Question of Internal, External and Both.
Freedom and Free Will
Truthfulness and Authenticity
The Nature of Buddha Nature
Moving Beyond Craving and Clinging
Buddhism and the Golden Rule
The Heart Quality of Courage
Papañca! Exactly What it Sounds Like
Let's Talk More About Meditation
Coming Back to the Core: Strategies of Right Effort
Impermanence and the Closing of the Rubin Museum
Coming Back to the Core: Knowing Right View
Coming Back to the Core: Are we Understanding Our Intentions?
Coming Back to the Core-- The Four Noble Truths (or 3 just now)
New Year's Episode: Time Present, Time Past, Time Future-- What is Time Anyway?
Why Buddhism?
Again and Again. . . Rebirth ... and Death
Miracles, Mindfulness and What the Buddha Said
Practicing the Precepts
Taking Sides
Gratitude, Generosity and Thanksgiving
Developing a Daily Meditation Practice with Guest Bodhipaksa
"Did the Buddha Really Say That?" with Guest Bodhipaksa
Is Karma Collective or Individual?
How Do We Know What Response is Appropriate?
Balancing our Effort in Meditation
Buddhist Rupas and Other Images: is this idol worship?
Let's Talk About the Two Truths
Elemental Practice
It's All Practice-- or it can be!
Turning Toward What is Here-- Whether You Like or Not.
The Fire Sermon
Listener Questions and Responses: Non-Judgment, Ethics, and Working with Unwanted Criticism
Listener Questions and Responses: The Roles of Teachers and Trauma in the Path
Dealing with the "Polycrisis"
Love but not Attachment
Let's Talk about Buddha Nature
What Is "Now"? What Was "Now"? What will be "Now"?
Speak Kindly and Don't Carry a Stick!
Do You Believe in Magic??
The Guardians of the World
Does Memory have a Role in Mindfulness?
Secular Buddhism. . . Is that a thing?
What Do You Mean It's Not Mine???
Dualism or Non-Dualism, That is the Question
What's the Story with Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and the idea of Secular Mindfulness
Does Clinging to Our Views Get Us Anywhere?
Signposts Along the Way
Does Artificial Intelligence have Direct Experience?
Is AI Sentient?
The Benefactors in Our Lives
Patience and the Patient
Some Strange (and not recommended) Ways to Practice
Where is the Line Between Healthy Desire and Greed?
Can Our Mindfulness Practice Help Alleviate Fear?
The Fetters that Keep Us from Being Free
Support for Your New Year's Resolution to Meditate Daily
Embodied Meditation and a Guided Meditation
Holiday Book Recommendations and a Retreat
What's Up With Our Logo?
This Fathom Long Body
Post-Thanksgiving Edition- Buddhist Practice and Food
Pre-Thanksgiving Episode: Practicing Gratitude
Things are Not as they Seem. . . Working with Perception
The Buddha Walks into a Voting Booth. . .
Musk, Twitter, and Right Speech
Is Fame a Route to Happiness or Suffering?
The Usual Suspects-- the Five Hindrances
The Great Equalizer--the Buddha's Five Reflections
Dying Before You Die
All of the Pleasure, None of the Clinging
Buddhism in the Natural World
Generosity- it's more than just giving
Q&A with a Listener and Member: Children, Non-attachment, and the Military
What Are the Goals of Practice?
The Triple Gem and the Refuge it Provides
Dealing with Politics in the Buddhist Context
Bhikkhu Bodhi and the War in Ukraine: Lessons for Buddhists?
"Digital Dharma" one of the topic from The Future Of American Buddhism with Special Guest Upayadhi
The Future of American Buddhism? With Special Guest Upayadhi
What is Enlightenment Anyway?
Finding Joy in the Joy of Others!
Compassion-- Is it a quality we are born with?
Working with Desires -- the wholesome and the unwholesome
The Non-Commandments-- the Buddha's teachings on Ethics
The Meditation Industrial Complex- Part 1-- Making a living teaching meditation and dharma
Unconditional Friendliness?- It's a big Ask
Learning How to Respond Appropriately to Tough Situations
Being an Investigative Reporter of Our Own Experience!
So Many Ways to See: The Buddhist Maps for Liberating the Mind
Why do I Take Things so Personally? - More on Non-Self
Who Am I Really? The Buddha's teaching on Non-Self
Dukkha: I Can't Get No Satisfaction!
How Our Lives Change
Ignorance---It's not what you think!
How Does Anger Show Up in Our Lives
Who Are You Calling Greedy?
Integrating Mindfulness Into Our Lives
What is Mindfulness?
Why Meditate?
What Are Our Practices?
Thich Nhat Hanh and "Engaged Buddhism"
What Brought Us to Buddhism
What We Like About Buddhism