Greetings, Friendlies. :) They say that the best way to learn is to teach. Perhaps. But what do we get from teaching? And are there alternatives? I’d say that the most important thing we get from teaching is learning to refine our ideas. We root around and gather up the vague hints and notions lurking […]
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Greetings, Friendlies. :) It is my understanding reading the suttas that all this bhāvanā stuff, this eightfold path stuff, does in fact have a goal. Awakening. Bodhi-pattī. I have not, however, found a satisfyingly simple answer to the question, “What is awakening?” Some will say this is because there is not a satisfyingly simple answer […]
The power of grounding in times of inner and outer conflict.
I’ll be giving another class report 06JAN, 1000 Pacific. Would love to have you. :
Greetings, Friendlies. :) I will be assistant-teaching online with Leigh Brasington in January. He doesn’t like the hindrance talk so passed it on to me. Thought it would be useful to give a practice talk, and I’d love for anyone and everyone to attend. I’m particularly looking for feedback: when did your eyes glaze over, […]
Greetings, Friendlies! Following on our metaphorical room cleaning: let’s begin by picking up the Classical Western View of Humanity. The Classical View seems important juxtaposed against what is possible with a more scientifically informed view. By scientifically informed, I mean, among other things, physics (itty-bitty physics all the way up to great big physics), ecology, […]
If I consider you as inside my tribe, I am naturally “good” to you. I will take care of you; I may even risk my life to save you or that which you love.
If I consider you outside my tribe, look out.
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MN 139, Part 5: Subhūti
Maybe it’s not really about Subhūti?
Bridging anthropocentricity, one bacteria-laden blog post at a time.
(TL;DR: No. Pain is not Vedanā.)
Bhante Vimalaramsi at Dhamma Sukha teaches a technique he calls “The 6Rs” for focusing attention during meditation. I’ve found it super useful for meditation, but also for daily life. I made a little modification, now it’s only 5Rs, and I talked about it in Episode 38 of Buddha Bites: When I first started working with […]
I’m in the midst of producing several Buddha Bites podcast episodes on Vedanā (aka Hedonic Tone Edit 2023: aka Feeling Tone). It’s challenging! Some deets about the process: As I wrote back in March, a 2019 retreat led by Akincano Weber and Dr. Judson Brewer hooked me on the implications of Vedanā. When I talk […]
We’re very much in experimentation phase here at DharmaPhD. To produce EP3 of Dharma PhDthe podcast, I used an audio editing program designed for podcasters called Descript. If you have three minutes and would like to smile, I cannot help but recommend their ad video. It’s delightful. But. The real thing to announce is that, […]
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Over on Insight Timer
I thought it might be useful to mention that I have guided meditations over on the Insight Timer app. Search “Cultivate“, which is the pseudonym I’m using to corral my teaching activities. (Ahem, cultivate.gg, ahem.) See you there!
Several folks have asked me about becoming an MBSR teacher. Thought I’d share this last draft of my response; it may be helpful to others. :) *******Dear Rachida, greetings! As promised, here is a brain-dump of my knowledge re: becoming an MBSR teacher (in English): Background: As you probably know, MBSR was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn […]
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