Archive for the 'Buddhism' Category
Being One’s Own Teacher
by Gil Fronsdal
The Kalama Sutta is a much-quoted discourse in which the Buddha radically challenged most sources of religious authority. The discourse is often read as a warning not to seek truth outside of oneself. It is quoted and misquoted as teaching that we should not believe anything unless we know it from our own [...]
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- by Amber Star , creator of Zencast.org
Buddhism, the Dharma, and ones practice is a personal and individual relationship and experience. It is a relationship between you, your teacher, and the Dharma.
Buddhism has it’s roots strong in the west. It has been here for a long time. Some are concerned that Buddhism is being [...]
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Dharma at your finger tips
With the new update Apple has made to the iPhone, you can now access the entire library of Zencast at your fingertips, play any episode, or download it directly to your iPhone or iPod touch.
There is even a Buddhism section so you can access all the wonderful Dharma podcasts in one place:
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Restlessness & Worry
The Hindrance of Restlessness & Worry
adapted from a talk by Gil Fronsdal
To concentrate and see clearly, we must overcome restlessness and worry, the fourth of the five hindrances. The wise way to overcome the hindrances is to understand them well, rather than getting rid [...]
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Loving-Kindness Meditation
To practice loving-kindness meditation, sit in a comfortable and relaxed manner. Take two or three deep breaths with slow, long and complete exhalations. Let go of any concerns or preoccupations. For a few minutes, feel or imagine the breath moving through the center of your chest – in the area of your heart.
Metta is [...]
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances. The sutras say, Detachment is enlightenment because it negates appearances. Buddhahood means awareness Mortals whose minds are aware reach the Way of Enlightenment and are therefore called Buddhas. The sutras say, “Those who free themselves from all [...]
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Everything that appears in the three realms comes from the mind. Hence Buddhas of the past and future teach mind to mind without bothering about definitions. But if they don’t define it, what do they mean by mind? You ask. That’s your mind. I answer. That’s my mind. If I had no mind how could [...]
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Renunciation
adapted from a talk by Gil Fronsdal, July 1st, 2003
The Buddhist path is often considered one of renunciation. This is easy to see in the lifestyle of simplicity and restraint followed by Buddhist monastics. The role of renunciation in the lives of lay practitioners is not so easy to understand. Lay practitioners are not [...]
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Probably the easiest lecture on Diamond Sutra. Explained in casual conversation and not intended to be scholarly discussion about the subject. Dialogue by Paul Muenzen with Korean subtitle. Buddhism.
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Everyday Buddhism Class
There is now a single page dedicated to the Everyday Buddhism Class by Kusala Bhikshu. From here you can download the entire series.
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Dear Sangha,
We have created a new page on our Audio Dharma website where we have compiled some of Gil’s past talks into a recommended sequence for learning many of the essentials of mindfulness, meditation and Buddhist teachings and practice.
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks-rec.html
There are a couple of talks we don’t yet have, but will add them in the near [...]
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Rev. Kusula’s Everyday Buddhism Podcast has been updated with Class 3 Part 1
You can download it here
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Grasping at Spiritual Practice
We may grasp our practice because we cling to the hope of freedom from suffering. We may grasp the rules of spiritual practice, thinking that all that is required of us is simply to follow the rules. Or we might use our practice to create a spiritual identity. We may grasp our practice to run [...]
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Probably the easiest lecture on Diamond Sutra. Explained in casual conversation and not intended to be scholarly discussion about the subject. Dialogue by Paul Muenzen with Korean subtitle. Buddhism.
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One Dharma
Joseph Goldstein’s Book “One Dharma” talks about the emerging Dharma in the West. I like to think that the following excerpt from the introduction speaks to the very core of our mission here on the Zencast Podcast.
From the Introduction:
“We are living in remarkable times. A genuine Western Buddhism is now taking birth. Its defining [...]
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