Down with the Dharma
Rev. Dr. John Freese (Dhammabodhi) and friends discuss all things Dharma.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 77 minutes
- Episodes
- 118
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Integral Theory, Secular Mindfulness, and Traditional Buddhism
John and Dat talk about the interest in Integral Theory by the late Buddhist socialist Michael Brooks, Ken Wilber's Integral theory itself, secular mindfulness, and traditional Buddhism. Dat presents…
John and Dat Discuss Chapter Two of John's Dissertation
John and Dat discuss the literature review of John's dissertation on Buddhism and trauma therapy. Topics include how trauma therapy has integrated Western Vipassana Movement (WVM) theory and practice…
ABCC 2022 End of Life Ministry Panel
Lopon Dorje Khandro moderates a panel on end of life ministry with longtime nurse and hospice worker Debra Rodgers, prison chaplain Abhaya (Kyira Korrigan), end of life veterinarian Ken Gorczyca, and…
John and Dat Discuss Chapter One of John's Dissertation
John and fellow former monk from the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition Dat Phan discuss the first chapter of John's dissertation in practical theology on Buddhist meditation and trauma therapy. Dat is a cofo…
ABCC 2022 Antiwar Peace Education Ministry Panel
Lopon Dorje Khandro (Lourdes Arguelles) moderates a panel on anti-war activism, non-violence, and pacifism. Panelists include Yurii Sheliazhenko from World Beyond War, Phill Gittins from World Beyond…
ABCC 2022 Prison Ministry Panel
Rev Bodhipala (Chris Johnson) moderates a panel on prison ministry with formerly incarcerated Buddhist practitioner Anthony Coleman and Canadian prison chaplain Rev Abhaya (Kyira Korrigan)
ABCC 2022 Non-Human Ministry Panel
Lopon Dorje Khandro (Lourdes Arguelles) moderates a panel on non-human ministry. Panelists include Ella Bittel from Spirits in Transition, Paul Moss from the Plant Initiative, and Bob Isaacson from …
ABCC 2022 Buddhist Recovery Panel
Rev Corey Swartsel moderates a panel on Buddhist recovery. Panelists include Gary Sanders, Jessica Lipman, Tom Moritz, Joseph Rogers, and John Freese.
ABCC 2022 Regenerative Health & Climate Justice Panel
Embryologist Dr Stephanie Mines leads a somatic exercise and then gives a presentation on regenerative health and climate justice followed by discussion with the audience.
ABCC 2022 Buddhist Counseling Panel
Rev Dhammabodhi presents his prototype model of Buddhist spiritual care and counseling that combines early Buddhist yogic and later Yogacara teachings correlated with Acceptance and Commitment Therap…
ABCC 2022 Opening Talk
Rev Dhammabodhi (John Freese) gives the opening talk for the Association of Buddhist Care and Counseling Conference.
A Collective Model of Regenerative Health with Dr Stephanie Mines
John interviews embryologist Dr Stephanie Mines, developer of Jin Shin TARA and founder of Climate Change and Consciousness, about her collective grassroots model of regenerative health in response t…
A Very Brief Overview of Vajrayana Buddhism with David Lewis
Chris and John interview longtime lay Vajrayana practitioner David Lewis about Vajrayana Buddhism. Topics include an historical overview of how Vajrayana Buddhism spread to Tibet, the main traditions…
A History of the Western Vipassana Movement
Chris and John present a history of the self-styled "Western Vipassana Movement." They discuss its origins in Burmese, Thai, and Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism; its transmission to Western monastic an…
Heart Mind and Nirvana in the Sixteen Exercises of Mindfulness of Breathing
Chris and John discuss the final eight of the sixteen exercises of mindfulness of breathing.
Mindfulness of Breathing Through the Links of Dependent Origination
Chris and John talk about how the links of dependent origination describe the sixteen exercises of mindfulness of breathing via the four jhanas and mindfulness of impermanence.
Episode 38 Bezos' Moneyshot
Chris and John discuss Bezos shooting himself up into space while the planet burns.
Episode 37 A Buddhist Response to the Movie "Planet of the Humans"
Lopon Dorje Khandro (Dr. Lourdes Arguelles), John, Franz Manfredi from Long Beach Meditation, and Chris Johnson from the Engaged Buddhist Alliance discuss the movie "Planet of The Humans." Executive …
Episode 36 An Astrological Take on Furthering the Socialist Cause
John talks about the different Pluto groups and how socialist millennials (people with Pluto in Scorpio) could attain power through Daoist alchemical yoga.
Boomers = Pluto in Leo
Obama's group = Plu…
Episode 35 ABCC 2020 Stephanie Mines Plenary Talk
ABCC 2020 Plenary Talk July 26th
Speaker: Stephanie Mines
Topic: Sacred Activism
Respondents: Lourdes Arguelles, Alane Daugherty, John Freese
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