Philosophies for Life 105: How To Break the Cycle of Overthinking (No Therapy) - Buddha (Buddhism)
Sep 10, 2025
23:40
In this podcast we will be talking how to stop overthinking, from the wisdom of Buddha. Gautama Buddha was a philosopher, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who is credited as the founder of Buddhism.
So with that in mind, here are 6 ways to stop overthinking from Gautama Buddha -
01. Understand You Are Not Your Thoughts
02. Return to the Only True Reality
03. Let Go of Attachments
04. Walk the Middle Path
05. Practice Vipassana
06. Practice Metta
I hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope these 6 ways to stop overthinking from Gautama Buddha will add value to your life.
The Buddha was a philosopher, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who is credited as the founder of Buddhism. He was born as Siddhartha Gautama in India in 566 BC into an aristocratic family and when he was twenty-nine years old, he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him. After six years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree. On the full moon of May, with the rising of the morning star, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the awakened one. The Buddha wandered the plains of northeastern India for 45 years more, teaching the path or Dharma he had realized in that moment. Around him developed a community of people, drawn from every tribe and caste, devoted to practicing this path. Nowadays, he is worshiped by most Buddhist schools as the enlightened one who has escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth, transcending Karma. Their main teachings focus on their insight into duhkha meaning “suffering” and into Nirvana, which means the end of suffering.
So with that in mind, here are 6 ways to stop overthinking from Gautama Buddha -
01. Understand You Are Not Your Thoughts
02. Return to the Only True Reality
03. Let Go of Attachments
04. Walk the Middle Path
05. Practice Vipassana
06. Practice Metta
I hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope these 6 ways to stop overthinking from Gautama Buddha will add value to your life.
The Buddha was a philosopher, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who is credited as the founder of Buddhism. He was born as Siddhartha Gautama in India in 566 BC into an aristocratic family and when he was twenty-nine years old, he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him. After six years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree. On the full moon of May, with the rising of the morning star, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the awakened one. The Buddha wandered the plains of northeastern India for 45 years more, teaching the path or Dharma he had realized in that moment. Around him developed a community of people, drawn from every tribe and caste, devoted to practicing this path. Nowadays, he is worshiped by most Buddhist schools as the enlightened one who has escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth, transcending Karma. Their main teachings focus on their insight into duhkha meaning “suffering” and into Nirvana, which means the end of suffering.