Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox

The Law of Karma--as explained by the Buddha--is complex, and yet any understanding that leads to belief will steer our actions in a positive direction without much effort. This is why it is so benef…

The most liberating of all the Buddha’s teachings are said to be his teachings on the Two Truths: Ultimate Truth and Conventional Truth. In this episode, we try to understand these two truths a littl…

In this episode, we explore what it means to be a spiritual warrior. We look at what Buddha described as the real enemy of living beings is and how we can help all living beings. Buddha taught that o…

In this episode we explore how to start a daily meditation practice and the basic mechanics of meditation. Many people misunderstand meditation, thinking we are trying to empty our mind of thoughts. …

In this episode we look at how to create a new mind and a new reality for ourselves by purifying negative karma (previous thoughts and actions) and taking positive actions toward creating the life we…

The meditation on your future self is intended to help us create a new reality for our self.  It combines imagining a new, freer, happier version of yourself and the purification of your karma (previ…

This episode is about FREEDOM:

freedom from sorrow

giving others freedom

freedom from the past

In other words, we look at how to lessen our habit of attachment. This exploration of attachment is in t…

This episode begins with an explanation of how meditation works. The seven factors of awakening guide us in how to meditate on an object and adjust the mind when we notice ourselves becoming distract…

The Eight Worldly Concerns represent the attachments and aversions that keep us trapped in a cycle of suffering and elation, with an unstable mind that is like a balloon in the wind. The 8 Worldly Co…

Everyone looks for refuge or relief from their pain. This is natural, but when we turn to the wrong types of refuge it causes us more problems. For example, when people turn to drugs or alcohol for r…

Most cultural forces drive us toward thinking that happiness awaits us in the realization of wealth, success, fame and other worldly measures. The Buddha taught the opposite. Buddha taught that the p…

Suffering happens. Sometimes people experience periods of chronic suffering, as when a loved one passes away or a physical illness debilitates them. We must find a way to transform our suffering into…

A fool suffers, thinking,

“I have children! I have wealth!”

One’s self is not even one’s own.

How then are children? How then is wealth?

--Buddha, The Dhammapada, verse 61

Buddha said that all things…

The Buddha advised us to choose our companions well because they affect us greatly, for better or ill. If we want a peaceful life, then we must surround ourselves with people and conditions that are …

In this episode and weekly practice, we first try to diagnose why we are having a particular problem in our life. Then, we begin the healing process by applying spiritual teachings to solve our probl…

Karma therapy Part II is the practice of trying--every chance we get-- to abandon selfishness. Ultimately this is refraining from actions that create negative karma (actions that harm ourselves or ot…

Karma therapy is the practice of trying--every day--to create as much good karma as possible. Karma therapy is also refraining from actions that create negative karma, namely, actions that harm ourse…

In this episode we try to discover whether or not this is true: Our problems are inside our mind. Our problems are not outside of our mind. If problems are inside our mind, we can change our mind and…

In this episode, we try to get a feeling for emptiness, Buddha’s most profound teaching and the realization that leads to enlightenment. Buddha taught that the ultimate nature of all things is emptin…