Secular Buddhism

The podcast explores the parallels between learning paragliding and the spiritual quest of Buddhism. It reflects on the challenges of mastering a skill and becoming a teacher. It emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, personal responsibility, and inner wisdom. The podcast also discusses finding inner peace and taking refuge in Buddhism to navigate life's difficulties.

This podcast explores renunciation as more than giving up material pleasures, emphasizing the release of attachments. It invites listeners to consider what they cling to and how letting go leads to liberation and joy. The episode offers personal anecdotes, practical tips, and explores the middle way of attachment. Renunciation is seen as an ongoing process for a more meaningful life.

Delve into the landscape of emotions, drawing parallels between the ever-changing sky and our internal world. Explore emotional agility and how it can guide us through life's storms. Learn to use emotions as tools, understand them as messengers, and navigate them with agility.

This podcast discusses the concept of emotional equanimity and antifragility. It explores how challenges can enhance our emotional resilience. The episode offers five tips for practicing emotional equanimity and emphasizes the value of facing life's storms. It compares emotional equanimity to finely tuning a musical instrument and highlights the importance of using challenges as opportunities for personal growth.

In this podcast, Noah Rasheta explores the significance of Tilopa's Six Words of Advice in meditation. He discusses the importance of letting go of the past and not anticipating the future. The podcast also highlights the dynamic nature of the present moment and the practice of observing and letting go. Listeners learn valuable advice for meditation, including letting go of thoughts, embracing the present moment, and cultivating focused awareness.

Prepare to step onto a path of transformation and liberation as we unravel the most fundamental teachings of Buddhism - the Four Noble Truths. I'll break down each of these foundational truths, venturing into the realm of life's inherent suffering, understanding its root cause, and most significantly, the very possibility of liberation from this suffering by letting go of craving and attachment.The first Noble Truth states that life is characterized by suffering or dissatisfaction, the second Noble Truth states that the cause of suffering is clinging or craving, driven by ignorance of the true nature of reality, the third Noble Truth is that it is possible to be free from suffering by letting go of craving and attachment, and the fourth Noble Truth is that there is a path that leads to the complete liberation from suffering, known as the Eightfold Path or the Middle Way Path. Understanding the Four Noble Truths is the first step to awakening and liberation in Buddhism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the practice of self-kindness, we often overlook a profound truth: our relationship with ourselves sets the tone for our relationship with others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I delve deeper into how meditation acts as a massive pause button for the cycle of habitual reactivity. I'll explore beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, actions, and consequences, discussing how they influence our lives and the lives of others. We'll look at how we can cultivate skillful habits through meditation or mindfulness. By taking a pause from our habitual ways of living, we can achieve powerful self-reflection and lasting change.We also examine the two primary types of meditation - fixed attention and open awareness - and why it's essential to practice both to create the Middle Way.So, take a break from your busy life and give this episode a listen! Let me explain how hitting the pause button in the cycle of reactivity can lead to a more balanced life. Make sure to stay tuned for my upcoming online course, where I'll share specific techniques for both types of meditation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"All experience is preceded by mind"; that is to say, our mind determines whether or not we suffer. Knowing that we can't escape the consequences of our actions and that actions originate with thoughts, this episode will explore how and why we should practice noticing our thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is episode #178. The topic I have in mind for today is the teaching of "The Four Investigations." This is a teaching that comes from the Yogachara school of Buddhism. According to Yogachara teachings, the key to understanding reality is to understand the mind. There are four investigations we can explore that are intended to help us to have a correct view or understanding of reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.