Secular Buddhism
Don't use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.
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- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 215
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
132 - Nowhere To Hide Nothing To Hold
In this podcast episode, I will discuss the koan about the great meaning of the Buddha's teaching. I will also discuss some thoughts about the Buddhist approach of theism vs non-theism and how leaves…
00:38:17 |
Tue 19 May 2020
131 - The Truth Of Unsatisfactoriness
The nature of reality is that difficulties will arise, and we’ll experience suffering. We can begin to embrace that fact by recognizing that suffering, in general, is not personal. It’s simply part o…
00:27:46 |
Mon 04 May 2020
130 - Three Approaches for Doubt and Mistrust
In Buddhism, doubt is beneficial because it is the first step in weakening our wrong views. The wonderful thing about doubt is that it can propel us in the direction of more skillful views. There is …
00:37:16 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
129 - The HALT Method
In this podcast episode, I will discuss the HALT Method and share my thoughts on the koan shared in the last episode: "What is your original face before you were born?". I will also leave you with th…
00:23:44 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
128 - No Going Back
A key Buddhist principle is a recognition that things are always changing. Life is transient. When we have the feeling of wanting things to return back to normal, we need to remember that normal was …
00:20:00 |
Sun 05 Apr 2020
127 - Becoming Nobody
"Good concepts are like a gold chain, bad concepts are like an iron chain, they all equally bind you in the end." The concept we have about who we are is binding. What if instead of trying to become …
00:40:00 |
Sun 29 Mar 2020
126 - Finding Peace Amidst Chaos
How do we experience more peace in the midst of chaos? In this podcast episode, I will discuss the koan of the waiving mind and also discuss the idea of expanding our perspective to experience more p…
00:17:26 |
Sat 21 Mar 2020
125 - Keep Calm And Carry On Skillfully
In light of the ongoing spread of COVID-19, I wanted to share some thoughts about skillful action. In this episode, I will also share my thoughts about the koan "There is Nothing I Dislike".
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00:28:28 |
Sun 15 Mar 2020
124 - Dealing With People You Dislike
We all deal with people or situations we dislike from time to time. In this podcast episode, I will talk about dealing with people we dislike. For me, the recognition of disliking someone is always a…
00:28:31 |
Sun 08 Mar 2020
123 - The Art Of Diving In
In this podcast episode, I will discuss my thoughts on the idea of the art of diving in. Life is a lot like a pool and we are learning to dive in, we dive into new relationships, jobs, and countless …
00:28:27 |
Sun 23 Feb 2020
122 - Stop Trying to Eliminate Suffering
What if the problem with suffering is the idea we have that we shouldn't suffer? Suffering is a word that has become synonymous with the core Buddhist teachings of the 4 Noble Truths. What if our und…
00:28:47 |
Sun 09 Feb 2020
121 - Just Enough To Be Dangerous
Sometimes we know something but we haven't mastered it. We only know just enough to be dangerous with what we know. This applies to many aspects of life but also applies to our process of learning to…
00:22:04 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
120 - Unconditional Joy
We normally think of joy as a reaction. Something happens and it causes joy to arise. That type of joy is conditioned. In Buddhism, unconditional joy is always there, covered or hidden by our conditi…
00:31:23 |
Fri 17 Jan 2020
119 - Endings And Beginnings
As we approach the end of one year and the beginning of a new year, I thought I would share some thoughts regarding endings and beginnings from a Buddhist perspective and how these teachings can mini…
00:27:39 |
Mon 30 Dec 2019
118 - Revisiting The Parable Of The Raft
The Buddha said, "I will teach you the Dhamma compared to a raft, for the purpose of crossing over, not for the purpose of holding onto." Everything in Buddhism, including Buddhism itself is a tool, …
00:33:28 |
Sun 15 Dec 2019
117 - Noble Silence
Noble Silence is a term attributed to the Buddha for his response to certain questions about reality. When it came to the big unanswerable questions, the Buddha was notably silent. In this podcast ep…
00:25:00 |
Sun 08 Dec 2019
116 - People Who Don't Exist
We all have the tendency to make a picture of reality and of other people. It's like we paint a portrait and then believe that this portrait is a 100% accurate depiction of the real person we painted…
00:22:59 |
Mon 02 Dec 2019
115 - Unhooking Habitual Patterns
What are the things that hook us? In our quest to understand ourselves and to become a better whatever we already are, it’s extremely beneficial to be capable of recognizing our attachments and knowi…
00:25:50 |
Sun 10 Nov 2019
114 - Beware Of Falling Rocks
In this podcast episode, I will discuss the idea of attachment in relation to the Buddhist notion of groundlessness. I will discuss how our strong attachment to things can often cause more discomfort…
00:30:00 |
Sun 03 Nov 2019
113 - Right Speech
How can we communicate more skillfully? In this podcast episode, I will discuss "right speech", one of the points on the eightfold path. I will discuss three different communication styles: passive, …
00:26:30 |
Mon 28 Oct 2019
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