Awake in the World Podcast
Michael Stone
Awake in the World Podcast is a library of talks on a wide-range of topics, including bringing mindfulness and meditation practice into daily life; personal and community issues regarding mental health; and social change. The podcasts were recorded at live events so you might hear coughing, airplanes, cars, sirens, laughter, and peoples’ questions—all part of the intimate experience. Michael Stone (1974-2017) was a Buddhist teacher, author, and mental health advocate. His legacy is stewarded by Carina Stone. Podcast funded by Patreon (patreon.com/michaelstone).
Episodes
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Jul 5, 2021 • 53min
Eyes You Have Seen Seeing You in the Face of Others
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael focuses on emptiness or boundlessness as a way of talking about interdependence, and Dogen’s views (from the Genjokoan) about enlightenment and delusion. The talk includes a reading of Robert Bringhurst’s poem, “Dogen.”
Recorded on July 9, 2010.
Jun 28, 2021 • 49min
Only Insofar as One Is Speechless...Part Two
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael continues his exploration of Dogen’s Genjokoan and ponders the question, “How do you know you’re awake?”
Recorded on July 8, 2010.
Jun 21, 2021 • 56min
Only Insofar as One Is Speechless...Part One
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael delves into the capacity of questioning to pull us back into our lives, but only if we can practice in the paradoxical space of not-seeking, not conceptualizing, and not clinging to our habits.
Recorded on July 8, 2010.
Jun 14, 2021 • 45min
Make Yourself Available
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael muses about understanding in the poetic sense—what’s under the point of view we choose to stand in? He touches on karma, habits, projection, doubt and our fraught relationship with time.
Recorded on January 25, 2008
Jun 6, 2021 • 1h 14min
The Mind as a Process
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael gives advice and practical tips for dealing with some of the struggles that come up during sitting practice, such as sleepiness, rumination, or difficult emotions like anger.
Recorded on January 22, 2008.
May 30, 2021 • 51min
The Neighbour's Dog is Barking
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael begins by stating that “this practice is a matter of life and death” and describes how yoga can help us see our patterns of conditioning, and help us to embrace both the light and the dark aspects of our lives.
Recorded on January 23, 2007.
May 24, 2021 • 1h 12min
Best of Awake in the World: Kushala 5
This week we're revisiting a favorite Awake in the World podcast episode. Life before and after Death. Michael Stone talks about deep memory, rebirth, and how when we have problems it’s usually because we have the wrong map.
Recorded in the spring of 2014.
May 17, 2021 • 52min
Best of Awake in the World: Kushala 3
This week we're revisiting a favorite Awake in the World podcast episode. The mind in meditation, dream yoga, and the Buddha’s teaching on “The Arrow.” Michael Stone gives an in-depth talk on the Buddha’s approach to embracing suffering, letting go, and how when we experience letting go a path begins to open.
Recorded in the spring of 2014.
May 10, 2021 • 34min
Put Down Your Load
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael focuses on dukkha: how we create it both individually and collectively, and how we can be more skilful in managing it.
Recorded on January 21, 2008.
May 2, 2021 • 42min
Hold and Release
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael teaches about equanimity (upeksha) and how it relates to creativity, art, practice and anger.
Recorded on Februrary 16, 2010.
