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Portland Friends of the Dhamma — 188 episodes

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1

Clear Mountain Monastics - 12/06/25 - eps 307

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Clear Mountain Monastics - Guided Meditation on Letting Go of Identity - 12/06/25 eps. 306

3

Jessica Swanson - Sharing Group Pilgrimage in India - 11/30/25 - eps. 305

4

Kristen Saxton and Ryan Williams - Bonfires and Shopping Carts on the Bike Path of Dhamma - 11/23/25 - eps. 304

5

Kristen Saxton and Ryan Williams - Generosity that Uplifts the Heart - 11/16/25 - eps. 303

6

Matthew Grad - Listening to the Wakeful Heart - 11/09/25 - eps. 302.mp3

7

Beth Seth - Right Effort and Community Practice - 11/02/2025, eps 301

8

Aj Thanissaro - Delight in the Dhamma - 10/26/25 - eps. 300

9

Aj Thanissaro - Conviction in the Buddha's Path & Q and A - 10/25/25 - eps. 299

10

Ajahn Thanissaro - 30 min. guided mediataion - 10/25/25 - eps. 298

11

Ayya Santussika & Ayya Cittananda - Q & A and The Victory Chant - 10/19/25 - eps. 297

12

Ayya Santussika - The Four Brahma Viharas - 10/19/25 - Part 2, eps. 296

13

Ayya Santussika - The Four Brahma Viharas - Part 1 - 10/19/25 - eps. 295

14

Ayya Santussika - Noble Eightfold Path and Right Effort - 10/18/25 - eps. 294. mp3

15

Ayya Santussika - Guided Meditation - 10/18/25 - ep. 293

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Jessica Swanson | Developing the 10 Parami | 10/12/25 | ep. 292

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Jessica Swanson | Forgiveness is Letting Go of Grudges | 10/05/25 | ep. 291

18

Ayya Suvijjana & Ayya Niyyanika | Vedana/Feeling | 9/28/25 | ep. 290

19

Sakula | Birth, Aging, Illness and Death | 8/31/25 | ep. 289

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Luang Por Khoon and Luang Por Damrong (Thai and English) 7/2/25 ep. 288

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Ajahn Sudanto | Enjoy Your Buddhist Life | 06/20/25 | ep. 287

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Jessica Swanson | Let Suffering Cease Where it Arises | 2/23/2025 | ep. 286

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Jessica Swanson | Always a Place to Turn | 2/16/2025 | ep. 285

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Jessica Swanson | The Unscrupulous King | 2/2/2025 | ep. 284

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Jessica Swanson | Others Will, But We Will Not | 1/26/2025 | ep. 283

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Jessica Swanson | When Tik Tok Goes Down | 1/19/2025 | ep. 282

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Jessica Swanson | The Four Right Efforts | 1/5/2025 | ep. 281

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Jessica Swanson | What To Do When a Bird Flies In | 12/29/2024 | ep. 280

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Ayya Medhanandi | Radiant Heart Guided Meditation | 1/4/2025 | ep. 279

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Ayya Medhanandi | Small Flame, Vast Light | 1/4/25 | ep. 278

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Jessica Swanson | Happy Merry Secret Snowball | 12/22/24 | ep. 277

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Ajahns Kovilo & Nisabho | Watering the Wholesome Roots | 12/15/24 | ep. 276

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Ajahns Kovilo & Nisabho | These Four Noble Moves | 12/14/24 | ep. 275

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Jessica Swanson | Just Some Reflections on How Lovely It Is | 12/1/24 | ep. 274

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Jessica Swanson | What We’re Doing Here is Making Ourselves Happy | 11/24/24 | ep. 273

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Beth Steff | We Have So Much in Common, and We Need Each Other | 11/17/24 | ep. 272

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Jessica Swanson | Lessons from Abhayagiri Kathina | 11/10/24 | ep. 271

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Kristen Saxton | With a Joyful Heart | 11/03/24 | ep. 270

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Ajahn Geoff | Skillful Desires pt. 3 | 10/27/24 | Ep. 269

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Ajahn Geoff | Skillful Desires pt. 2 | 10/26/24 | Ep. 268

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Ajahn Geoff | Skillful Desires pt. 1 | 10/25/24 | ep. 267

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Refuges and Rituals, Explained

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Jessica Swanson | Thank You for Not Listening to My Complaints | 09/29/24 | ep. 265

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Jessica Swanson | Pyramid Scheme of Goodness | 09/22/24 | ep. 264

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Luang Por Pasanno | Recognizing the Dhamma | 09/13/24 | ep. 263

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Jessica Swanson | Keeping Our Integrity Intact | 09/08/24 | ep. 262

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Jessica Swanson | Dhamma as Crucible | 09/01/24 | ep. 261

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Jessica Swanson | Making Harmony the Theme | 08/25/24 | ep. 260

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Ryan and Kristen | Bring Your Life Into the Practice | 08/18/24 | ep. 259

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Jessica Swanson | Jhana is One Part of the Picture | 08/11/24 | ep. 258

51

Jessica Swanson | Karma is an Inside Job 7/21/24 ep. 257

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Jessica Swanson | Dana, Sila, Bhavana is the Strength of a Community 8/4/24 ep. 256

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The Five Hindrances: Sunday Sila and Daylong with Ajahn Karunadhammo 7/28/24 ep. 255

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Developing Calm and Insight Together: Daylong with Ajahn Karunadhammo 7/27/24 ep. 254

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Jessica Swanson | The Shoe Situation 7/14/24 ep. 253

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Jessica Swanson | The Miracle of This Practice 7/7/24 ep. 252

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Jessica Swanson – Do the Thing, Remove the Self, 6/30/24, eps 251

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Counting Our Blessings Transition Ceremony 06/22/24 eps 249

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Luang Por Pasanno - Pointing out a Possibility of Refuge 06/23/24, eps 250

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Jessica Interviews Sakula - A Retrospective, 06/26/2024, eps 248

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Sakula - Our Minds Complicate Everything, 06/09/2024, eps 247

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Jessica Swanson - Delight in Seclusion, 06/02/2024, eps 246

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Sakula - Opportunities for Spiritual Growth, May 26, 2024, eps 245

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Sakula - Know When We are Climbing the Wrong Mountain, 06/19/2024, esp 244

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Jessica Swanson - Balance Within Unpleasant Conditions, 05/12/2024, eps 243.mp3

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Ajahn Nyaniko - Q & A Part 1, 05/05/2024, eps 240

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Ajahn Nyaniko - Q & A Part 2, 05/05/2024, eps 242

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Ajahn Nyaniko - Patience plus Kindness Enables Forgiveness, 05/05/2024, eps 241.mp3

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Ajahn Nyaniko - Brief Meditation Instructions, 05/05.2024m eps 230

70

Luang Por Jayasaro - Nurture the Green Shoots of Wisdom,

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Luang Por Jayasaro - Brief Instructions on Meditation, 05/03/2024, eps 237

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Sakula - Recalling Our Goodness is a Generous Act, 04/28/2024, eps 236

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Jessica Swanson - Beautiful & Skillful Ways, 04/21/2024, eps 235

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Sakula, Untangling the Fearful Heart, 04/14/2024, eps 234

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Matthew Grad - What is Equanimity, 03/31/2024, eps 232

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Matthew Grad - Positive Transformation of the Heart andd Mind is Possible, 03/24/2024, eps 231

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Jessica Swanson - We Are All Connected, 03/17/2024, eps 230

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Jessica Swanson - Practicing the Dhamma is an Inside Job, 03/10/2024, eps 229.

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Jessica Swanson - Mature Emotions, 03/03/2024 eps 228

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Jessica Swanson - Explaining Maha Puja, 02/28/2024, eps 227

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Jessica Swanson - Our Tradition of Dana (generosity) and the Happiness it Brings, 02/18/2024, eps 226

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Jessica Swanson - Four Right Efforts, 02/11/2024, eps 225

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Ayya Medhanandi - There Is An Oasis, 01/07/2024, eps 220

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Sakula - Moving Through Fear, 02/04/2024, eps 224

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Ayya Medhanandi - Kindness Through and Through, Reflections and Guided Metta Meditation, 01/07/2024, eps 221

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Jessica Swanson - Learning from Ill Will Coming at Us or From Us, 01/28/24, eps 223

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Ayya Medhanandi - What Is Refuge in Buddha Anyway, 01/07/2024, eps 219

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Ayya Medhanandi - A Resilient Refuge, Morning Reflections and Guided meditation, 01/07/2024, eps 218

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Jessica Swanson - A Review of the Five Precepts, 12/31/23, eps 217

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Sakula - Escaping Self through Generosity, 12/17/2023, eps 216

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Jessica Swnason - What Letting Go Feels Like, 12/10/2023, eps 215

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Ajahn Nyaniko - Cultivating the Mind so Wisdom can Arise, 12/03/2-23, eps 214.mp3

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Ajahn Nyaniko - Q & A, 12/03/2023, eps 213.mp3

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Ajahn Nyaniko - Intro to Day Long Retreat, 12/03/2023, eps 212.mp3

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Jessica Swanson - Frustrations as Practice, 11/19/2023, eps 211

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Ajahn Thanissaro (Geoff) - Practical issues around Judgement , Q & A - (Apologies, only answers are audible, questions are not) 11/12/2023, eps 210

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Ajahn Thanissaro (Geoff) - Working Skillfully with the Judging Mind, Q & A - (Apologies, only answers are audible, questions are not) 11/12/2023, eps 209 .mp3

98

Sakula - Noble Balance, 10/29/2023, eps 207.mp3

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Jessica Swanson - Spiritual Friendship brings Joy and Uplift to the Practice, 10/22/2023, eps 206

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Sakula - Face the Fear & Put Down the Fight, 10/15/2023, eps 205

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Jessica Swanson - Upasika Renewal Talk, 10/08/2023, eps 204.mp3

102

Jessica Swanson - Looking Directly at Old Age, Sickness and Death, 10/01/2023, eps 203.mp3

103

Matthew Grad - What is Letting Go?, 09/24/2023, eps 202.mp3

104

Luang Por Pasanno - Right Effort and Clarity of Mind, 09/15/2023, eps 201.mp3

105

Sakula - Dealing with a Proliferating Mind, 09/03/2023 eps 200

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Jessica Swanson - The Refuge is Within, 08/27/2023, eps 199.mp3

107

Ajahn Cunda - Patient Endurance & Letting Go, 08/20/2023, eps 198

108

Ajahn Cunda - Talk on Precepts, plus a Guided Meditation, 08/20/2023, eps 197

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Jessica Swanson - Where Can I Help Out Next?, 08/13/2023, eps 196

110

Sakula - What We are Not, 08/06/2023, eps 195

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Jessica Swanson - Who is Your Teacher? 07/30/2023, eps 194

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Ajahn Karunadhammo - Daylong Part 3, talk and Guided Meditation, 07/23/2023, eps 193

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Ajahn Karunadhammo - Daylong Part 2 with Guided Meditation, 07/23/2023, eps 192

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Ajahn Karunadhammo - Old Age, Sickness & Death, & the Spiritual Seeker, 07/23/2023, eps 191

115

Ayya Santussika - Spiritual Progress in Lay Life, 06/18/2023, eps 188

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Luang Por Pasanno - Right Thought and the Awakening Mind, 06/11/2023, eps 186

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Luang Por Pasanno - Guided and Silent 30 minute Meditation (PFoD Benefit), 06/11/2023, eps 185

118

Sakula - Traveling with the Wise, 05/28/2023, eps 183

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Monastics - Congratulations on PFoD's 20th year Anniversary

120

Jessica Swanson - Investigating Habits, 05/21/2023, eps 182

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Matthew Grad - Bhavana: to Cultivate, to Call into Being, 05/14/2023/ eps 181

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Jessica Swanson - Working with Fear," 05/07/2023

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Jessica Swanson - Boundaries & Skillful Action, 04/30/2023, eps 179

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Jessica Swanson - Trust, 04/23/2023, eps 178

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Jessica Swanson - Cultivate a Connection to the Present, 04/09/2023, eps 176

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Jessica Swanson - Prioritize Happiness, 03/26/2023, eps 174

127

Sakula - Training the Heart to Live in the Present, 03/19/2023, eps 173

128

Jessica Swanson - Making Friends with the Unexpected, 03/12/2023, eps 172

129

Sakula - Exchange Unwholesome Perceptions for Wholesome Ones & See What Happens, 03/05/2023, eps 171

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Sakula - Reflection with Gratitude for Our Teacher Luang Por Pasanno, 01/01/23, eps 166

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Ayya Medhanandi - 6) The Joy, Beauty, and Benefit of Spiritual Friendship, 12/31/23, eps 165

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Ayya Medhanandi - 5) The Joy, Beauty, and Benefit of Spiritual Friendship, 12/31/23, eps 164

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Ayya Medhanandi - 4) The Joy, Beauty, and Benefit of Spiritual Friendship, 12/31/23, eps 163

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Ayya Medhanandi - 3) The Joy, Beauty, and Benefit of Spiritual Friendship, 12/31/23, eps 162

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Ayya Medhanandi - 2) The Joy, Beauty, and Benefit of Spiritual Friendship, 12/31/23, eps 161

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Ayya Medhanandi - 1) The Joy, Beauty, and Benefit of Spiritual Friendship, 12/31/23, eps 160

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Jessica Swanson - This is What Should be Done, 11/27/22, eps 159

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Sakula - Letting go of the Fight, 11/20/22, eps 158

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Jessica Swanson - Willingness to Train, 12/04/22, eps 160

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Jessica_Swanson-Cultivating_Metta_11/13/22 eps 157

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Sakula - Leaning into the Stream of Dhamma, 11/6/22, eps 156

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Jessica Swanson - Tradition, Convention, & Training, 10/30/22, eps 155

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Ajahn Thanissaro - Developing the Path and Q & A, 10/29/2022, eps 154

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Ajahn Thanissaro - Developing Dispassion for the Causes of Suffering, 10/29/2022, eps 153

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Ajahn Thanissaro - Guided Breath Meditation on a Full Stomach, 10/29/2022, eps 152

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Ajahn Thanissaro - The Four Noble Truths Revisited, 10/29/2022, eps 151

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Ajahn Thanissaro - Guided Breath Meditation, 10/29/2022, eps 150

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Sakula - A Change of Perspective, 10/23/2022, eps 149

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Jessica Swanson - Learning from Our Mistakes, 10/16/22, eps 148

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Jessica Swanson - Tools for Meditation, 10/02/22, eps 147

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Jessica - Aware of Our Choices and Their Results, 09/25/22, eps 146

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Jessica - Encouraging Wakefulness, 09/11/22

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Jessica Swanson - Practice and Potential, 08/28/2022, eps 143

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Jessica Swanson - Dead-ends and Beyond, 08/21/2022, eps 142

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Matthew Grad - Determination part two, 07/8/2022, eps 141

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Matthew Grad - Determination part one, 07/8/2022, eps 140

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Sakula - Cooling the Heart, 07/31/2022, eps. 139

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Sakula - Releasing Our Moods, 07/24/2022, eps. 138

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LP Pasanno & Aj Sudanto, The Great Value of this Urban Refuge, 07/10/2022, eps. 137

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Luang Por Pasanno - Looking After Our True Home, 07/10/2022, eps. 136

161

Jessica Swanson, Easing Out from the Cycles that Bind Us, 07/03/2022, eps. 135

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Sakula - The Generosity of Goodwill, 06/26/2022, eps. 134

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Sakula - Cultivating the Path with the Help of Noble Friends, 06/20/2022, eps. 133

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Ayya Santussika - Internal Development of the Dhamma, 06/12/2022, eps. 132

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Jessica Swanson - Right Effort, 06/05/2022, eps. 131

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Sakula - Watch the Mind and let Grasping Cease, 05/22/22, ep 120

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Sakula, Investigating the Floods, 06/04/22, ep 123

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Sakula, Watch the Mind and let Grasping Cease, 05/22/22, ep 129

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Jessica Swanson - Non-Contention with Circumstances, 04/24/22, ep 125

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Peace is a Simple Step

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Jessica Swanson - Six recollections for Lay People, 05/15/22, ep 128

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Sakula - The Beauty and Benefits of Gratitude, 05/01/22, ep 126

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Jessica Swanson - Non-Contention with Circumstances, 04/24/22, ep 125

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Sakula, Mudita (Appreciative Joy), 06/17/22

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Jessica, The Impact of Where We Place Our Attention, 04/04/22, episode 122

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Sakula, Working with Perceptions, 03/27/22

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Ajahn Cunda, The Skill of Meditation, 03/20/22, episode 120

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Ajahn Cunda, Developing the Skill of Meditation, 03/20/22, episode 120

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Jessica Swanson, The Making of Happiness, 03/13/22

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Sakula, Our Capacity for Peace, 03/06/22, episode 118

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Learning to Observe Ourselves

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Jessica Swanson - Taking Responsibility for Our Kamma

183

Good Companions on the Path

184

04 Ayya Medhanandi, A Compass to Freedom; Guided Meditation, Dec 12, 2021 episode 110

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03 Ayya Medhanandi at the Frontier of Harmlessness; Chop Off the Head of Mara,Dec 12, 2021 episode 109

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Bringing Our Goodness Forward

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Returning to Our True Home

188

Putting Our Defenses Down