Buddhist Wisdom Podcast with Scott Tusa
By Scott Tusa
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Scott Tusa, a meditation teacher and Buddhism mentor, shares practical tips, guided meditations, and Buddhist wisdom. With over 25 years of experience, including nine years as a Buddhist monk, he’s taught worldwide since 2008, helping modern meditators build confidence, inner wisdom, and joy in their mindfulness practice, while living with clarity, love, and purpose. Subscribe for weekly content on meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhist teachings. Learn more at https://scotttusa.com.
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What to Lean On When There’s No Original Buddhism
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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There Is No Original Buddhism — with Dr. Gary Donnelly
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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When Meditation Isn't Enough
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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A Compulsive Liar's Path to Mahamudra
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Too Tight, Too Loose: Right Effort in Meditation
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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When a Meditation Practice Goes Stale
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Bodhicitta and the Question of Purpose
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Can Two Truths Be True at Once?
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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A Guided Meditation: Settle the Body to Settle the Mind
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Settle the Body to Settle the Mind
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Can You Awaken Alone?
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 9
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The Boundary You Feel vs. the One You Think
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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The Teaching I Wasn't Ready For
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Do You Have Beliefs, or Do They Have You?
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Caring for the World Without Losing Your Mind
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Most of Practice Is Boring (And That's the Point)
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 8
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May 27, 2026 |
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Why Criticism Feels So Good (And What to Do Instead)
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May 20, 2026 |
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Buddhist Devotion Without the Hero Worship
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May 13, 2026 |
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Healthy Caring Starts With Accepting Our Limitations
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May 06, 2026 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 7
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Three Types of Laziness That Block Your Practice
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Is Your Meditation Actually Working?
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Open Awareness: A 10-Minute Guided Meditation
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 6
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Healthy Caring vs. Overcaring: What's the Difference?
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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5 Poisonous Emotions: The Buddhist Map of Human Suffering
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Living With Continuity, Not Just the End
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 5
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Navigating Conflict in Relationships: A Buddhist Approach
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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When Meditation Reveals What You'd Rather Not See: Working with Difficult Material
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Relaxed Yet Alert: Mastering Meditation's Hidden Balance
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 4
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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The Perfectionist’s Trap in Practice (And Life)
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Buddhism and AI: Ethics, Consciousness, and Compassion in Technology.
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Buddhism and AI: Ethics, Consciousness, and Compassion in Technology
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Meditation for People Who Think They Can’t Meditate
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 3
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Becoming Aware of Our Sticky Habits with Kindness
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Mindfulness of Impermanence: A Practical Guide to Letting Go of Worry
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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10-Minute Breath Meditation for Beginners: Calm Your Busy Mind
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 2
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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From Reactive to Intentional: Using Cause and Effect in Daily Life
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Buddhist Meditation Retreat: The Essential Guide
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Letting Go of Judgment: A Guided Meditation
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path Part 1
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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How to Ground Yourself When Stress Takes Over
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Why Lojong Practice is Essential
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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How To Get Unstuck: Accumulating Merit
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Guided Meditation On the Full Body
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Boredom’s Hidden Wisdom: Meditating Through the Mind’s Resistance
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The Courage to Feel: Vulnerability in Buddhist Practice
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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How To Get Unstuck: Cultivating Relaxed Awareness
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Guided Meditation On Relaxed Awareness
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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What is Buddhist Lineage?
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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How to Get Unstuck: Meditation Discipline That Actually Works
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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The Illusion of Control: Why We Suffer & How to Let Be
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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On-the-Spot Compassion: 3-Step Practice for Any Situation
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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How to Practice Loving-Kindness (Metta) in Everyday Life
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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The Heart of Buddhism: Unpacking the Four Noble Truths
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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How To Get Unstuck: The Benefits of Aspiration
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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5-Minute Meditation for Busy Minds
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Subtle Ways We Control (And Why It Hurts) Part 2
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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The Subtle Ways We Control (And Why It Hurts) Part 1
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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How to Get Unstuck: Using Devotion in Your Practice
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Buddhist Wisdom for Anxiety: 3 Levels of Healing
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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The Wisdom Within Our Emotions
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Becoming a Student of Life
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Beyond Calmness: How Grounding the Body Transforms Meditation
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Grounding & Opening Into Awareness: A Guided Meditation
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May 27, 2025 |
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The Sacred Power of Pilgrimage
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May 20, 2025 |
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Transform Anger Through Compassion
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May 13, 2025 |
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Bodhicitta: Why Intention Matters in Buddhist Meditation
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May 06, 2025 |
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How to Release Anxiety & Find Groundedness
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Are You Stuck on the Wellness Treadmill?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Finding Freedom Within Emotions: A Buddhist Approach to Joy
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Why Your Meditation Practice IS Service to the World
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Are You Wasting Energy Through Neurotic Caring?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The Hidden Stress We Don't See: A Buddhist Perspective
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The Buddhist Path: Becoming a Spiritual Refugee
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Truth, Fear & Resilience: Breaking Open Without Breaking Down
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Tibetan Masters, Western Minds: Navigating Buddhist Wisdom
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Buddha Nature: The Secret to Genuine Confidence
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Finding Harmony in Life's Wrong Notes
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The Hidden Power of Understanding Your Life Roles
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The Secret to Meditation: Don't Encourage, Don't Deny
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Embracing Life's Imperfections
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Become a Student of Your Mind
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Waking Up Within the World
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Setting Intentions: A Buddhist Approach to Personal Growth
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Listening with an Open Heart: A Guide to Deeper Connection
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The Importance of Boredom In Meditation Practice
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Compassion Beyond Concept: Embracing Your Daily "Thorns"
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Guided Meditation On the Four Boundless States
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Using Heartbreak: A Buddhist Approach to Living with Compassion
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Sustainability Over Intensity: The Key to Meditation
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Beyond Mindfulness
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Finding Confidence In Your Meditation Practice
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Living Compassion: The Art of Being, Not Just Doing
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Buddhist Wisdom for Life's Ups and Downs
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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How to Sustain a Consistent Meditation Practice
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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From Tension to Harmony: A Guide to Challenging Relationships
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Working with Ourselves In Sitting Meditation
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Resting In Our Own Natural Awareness
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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How To Change Your Mood
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Portable Guided Meditation On Self-Compassion
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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The Importance of Motivation in Meditation
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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The Heart of Self-Compassion
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Cultivating Compassion Through Acceptance
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Everyday Enlightenment with Susan Kaiser Greenland
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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The Productivity Trap: When Meditation Loses Its Way
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Compassion as Connection: Living in Intimacy with Life
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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What Does It Mean To Be a Good Person?
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Guided Meditation On Shamatha Without Support
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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The Power of Showing Up: A Conversation on Dharma & Community with Shawn J. Moore
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Beyond Forgiveness: The Power of Cultivating Compassion
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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The Myth of Home
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Meditation & the Illusion of Control
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Starting a Meditation Practice
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Buddhism Doesn't Have To Be Complicated
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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The Power of Interdependence: A Buddhist Perspective
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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How to Work With Judgmental Thoughts
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May 29, 2024 |
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From Suffering to Strength: Using Pain to Cultivate Tenderness
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May 22, 2024 |
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Understanding Impermanence: A Core Buddhist Teaching
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May 15, 2024 |
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Guided Meditation On Meeting the Moment
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May 08, 2024 |
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Beyond the Cushion: Is There More to Dharma Practice Than Meditation?
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May 01, 2024 |
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The Deeper Purpose of Buddhist Ethics
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Making Life Our Practice
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Guided Meditation On Embodied Openness
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Our Struggles Are the Path: On Meditation and Meeting Life As It Is
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Overcoming Resistance and Building a Consistent Meditation Practice
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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There Is No Perfect
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Guided Meditation For Anxiety with Sharon Salzberg
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Unwinding and Working Skillfully with Anxiety with Sharon Salzberg
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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The Power of Recollecting the Buddha
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Practicing Equanimity When the World Is On Fire
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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A Guided Meditation On “Listening” Through Mindful Awareness and Embodiment
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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What Is the Right Thing To Do? With Scott Snibbe
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The Power of Compassion in Meditation
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Compassionate Action, Deep Listening, and Interdependence
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Guided Meditation On Opening to Your Challenging Emotions
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Movement, Meditation, and Working with Emotions
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Preserving Tibetan Buddhist Lineage Wisdom in the Age of AI with Lama Pema Dragpa
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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How to Develop More Curisoty Towards Your Emotions
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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On Generosity, Openness, and Deep Listening
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Guided Meditation On Mindfulness of Breath
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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An Integral View of Tibetan Buddhism with Lama Pema Dragpa
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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We Become the Stories We Weave
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Understanding the Mind: A Buddhist Lens
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Practice of Joyfulness
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Pursuing Awakening In This Life and Body With Paula Chichester
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Key Steps for Developing More Friendliness Towards Your Emotions
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Everyday Meditation: How to Incorporate Mindfulness Into Daily Activities
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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From Stillness to Spaciousness: A Different Approach to Meditation
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Enlightenment Is Hilarious: The Role of Humor In Buddhism with Dharfields Gharma
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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It’s All Welcome: A Guided Meditation For Self-Compassion
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Your Life, Your Meditation Cave: Awakening to the Present Moment
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Buddhism and Virtual Reality: Are We Living in a Simulation?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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A Guided Meditation On Relaxed Awareness
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Eros and the Spiritual Path With Deborah Eden Tull
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Opening the Heart Sometimes Also Means Healing the Heart
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Monastic vs. Householder Life: Meditation in the Midst of Modern Chaos
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Finding Calmness in the Body: A Guided Meditation
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Reverse Meditation With Andrew Holecek
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Being a Dharma Person Vs. Having a Dharma Practice
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Why Your Meditation Isn't Working: The Four Missing Keys
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Embracing Empathy: Understanding Those We Struggle With
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Exploring the Intersection of Buddhism and Secular Meditation with Cayce Howe
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Meditation and the Mind's Projection: How Thoughts Shape Our Reality
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Meditation for the Long Game: A Guide to Sustainable Practice
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Cultivating Wisdom Is More Important Than Ever
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Real Life With Sharon Salzberg
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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We Are Not a Self-Improvement Project
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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How (And Why) Do Buddhists Meditate?
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May 31, 2023 |
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Living From a Sense of Call and Response
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May 24, 2023 |
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An Invitation To Luminous Darkness With Deborah Eden Tull
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May 17, 2023 |
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Thirty-Seven Practices Of A Bodhisattva Verse 1
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May 10, 2023 |
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Group Mentoring Summer Session (Starts June 7th 2023)
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May 03, 2023 |
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Compassionate Presence To Feelings
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Healthy Skepticism on the Buddhist Path With Scott Snibbe Part 2
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Meditation Techniques Are a Dead End...And What I Recommend Instead
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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The Intersection of Creativity and Dharma
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Find Freedom Through Curiosity
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Sacred World & The Nature of Self With Elizabeth Mattis Namgyal
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ground Yourself: A Guided Embodied Awareness Meditation
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The Art of Surrender: A Buddhist Approach to Letting Go of Struggle
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Navigating the Monastic Life: Challenges and Rewards in the Buddhist Tradition
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Healthy Skepticism on the Buddhist Path With Scott Snibbe Part 1
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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The Power of Allowing: A Meditation for Finding Freedom Within The Storm
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Buddhist Wisdom for Nurturing Healthy Relationships
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Virtual Reality, Buddhism, and Dying with Confidence with Lama Karma
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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We Are Not Fundamentally Screwed Up
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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When Everything Feels Like A Problem That Needs To Be Solved
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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How Do I Get Rid Of My Thoughts When I Meditate?
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Should I Meditate With My Eyes Open Or Closed?
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Meditation For Healing Anxiety
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Finding Joy In The “Process” of Meditation
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Developing a More Consistent Meditation Practice
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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How To Practice Meditative Awareness
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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What Is Meditation?
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Developing the Mind of Awakening Part 5
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May 18, 2022 |
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Developing the Mind of Awakening Part 4
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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Developing the Mind of Awakening Part 3
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Developing the Mind of Awakening Part 2
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Developing the Mind of Awakening Part 1
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Mindfulness in Buddhist Practice
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Connecting With Our Buddhanature
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Beyond Mindfulness
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Essential Dharma
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Compassion and Resilience
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Embodied Self-Awareness to Heal the Nervous System
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May 31, 2019 |
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Letting Go Of Self-Obsession
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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Touching The Ground Of The Body With Kindness
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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Transforming Problems Into Happiness Part 4
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Jan 06, 2019 |
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Transforming Problems Into Happiness Part 3
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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Transforming Problems Into Happiness Part 2
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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Transforming Problems Into Happiness Part 1
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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The Lenses We See Through
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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Meeting Our Emotions With Kindness
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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Three Key Points of Practice
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May 31, 2018 |
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Love On The Buddhist Path
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Honestly Looking
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Jan 24, 2018 |
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No Mud, No Lotus
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Jul 30, 2017 |
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On Lojong (Mind Training)
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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Working Skillfully with Emotions Through Letting Be
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Jul 20, 2017 |