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Becoming Through Meditation
by Dipabhasadhamma
This short podcast highlights the often misunderstood practice of bhavana, regrettably reduced in modern parlance to a trite wellness trend. While meditation apps and corporate mindfulness programs promise stress relief and productivity boosts, they miss the profound transformative essence rooted in the Buddha’s teachings. Bhavana—misleadingly simplified as "meditation"—is no passive pastime but a rigorous cultivation of the mind aimed at dismantling the very clinging that feeds human dissatisfaction. Examining its various forms, from the unflinchingly compassionate metta to the bracing clarity of vipassana, this work critiques the commodification of meditation while championing its role as an antidote to mental chaos. Far from the soothing panacea of self-help culture, bhavana demands uncomfortable introspection, persistent effort, and a confrontation with the illusions that tether us to suffering. It is, in short, not about achieving serenity but about reclaiming the freedom to th
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Meditation - What is mediation?
This is the first in a series of podcasts that focus on learning more about some of the things that the Buddha taught. This episode focuses on meditation, and what mediation really is and how it teaches us about the purpose of mediation.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This short podcast highlights the often misunderstood practice of bhavana, regrettably reduced in modern parlance to a trite wellness trend. While meditation apps and corporate mindfulness programs promise stress relief and productivity boosts, they miss the profound transformative essence rooted in the Buddha’s teachings. Bhavana—misleadingly simplified as "meditation"—is no passive pastime but a rigorous cultivation of the mind aimed at dismantling the very clinging that feeds human dissatisfaction. Examining its various forms, from the unflinchingly compassionate metta to the bracing clarity of vipassana, this work critiques the commodification of meditation while championing its role as an antidote to mental chaos. Far from the soothing panacea of self-help culture, bhavana demands uncomfortable introspection, persistent effort, and a confrontation with the illusions that tether us to suffering. It is, in short, not about achieving serenity but about reclaiming the freedom to th
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This short podcast highlights the often misunderstood practice of bhavana, regrettably reduced in modern parlance to a trite wellness trend. While meditation apps and corporate mindfulness programs promise stress relief and productivity boosts, they miss the profound transformative essence rooted...
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