Archive for October 2011
Episode 88 :: David Chapman :: Buddhism for Vampires
David Chapman David Chapman speaks with us about Buddhism for Vampires in our second Halloween special. Hi everyone, and happy Halloween! Today we’re going to celebrate my personal favorite holiday with our second Halloween special. The focus is on David Chapman’s website, Buddhism for Vampires. David is educated and has worked in the fields of…
Read MoreThe Ethics of Impermanence
At the end of his very useful and somewhat demanding book, The Bodhisattva’s Brain, philosopher Owen Flanagan poses a dilemma: . . . I still do not see, despite trying to see for many years, why understanding the impermanence of everything including myself makes a life of maximal compassion more rational than a life of…
Read MoreEpisode 87 :: David Loy :: Why Buddhism Needs the West
David Loy David Loy joins us to talk about why Buddhism needs the West, studies in lack, and the selective evolutionary pressures on traditional practices. What happens when Buddhism, or any other traditional practice, encounters a new culture? It changes, grows, and finds new forms that suit the new environment in which it finds itself.…
Read MoreThe Buddha On Love
“Suppose, bhikkhus, a man loved a woman with his mind bound to her by intense desire and passion. He might see that woman standing with another man, chatting, joking, and laughing. What do you think, bhikkhus? Would not sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair arise in that man when he sees that woman standing with…
Read MoreThe Three Characteristics of Existence (Noah Levine)
In this talk, Noah explain the three characteristics of existence and how it relates to our every day lives.
Read MoreDharma without Metaphysics (Tony Bernhard)
Everything is process. Tony explore Buddhist without the ideas of mind-reading, reincarnation, etc. From dharmaseed.org
Read MoreWorking with Repetition (Jason Siff)
Does a formulaic approach to meditation get in the way of discovering exactly what’s going on? In this talk Jason talks about how we respond when our mind gets stuck in a groove, answering questions from those taking part.
Read MoreThe Four Truths (Stephen Batchelor)
This is the fourth of a series of seven talks from the Study Retreat that interweaves reflections on Siddhattha Gotama’s life, with critical interpretations of his teachings as recorded in the Pali Canon. In this fourth (and also in the third) talk we examine the content of his first sermon.
Read MoreAn Introduction to Secular Buddhism (Stephen Batchelor)
In this talk Stephen explain what secular Buddhism is, a bit about Buddhist history in general, and Buddhism as it moved to the west.
Read MoreUnlearning Buddhism (Stephen Batchelor)
A reflection on the difficulties involved in and the methodology of a secular approach to Buddhism, followed by a reading of and comments on the Kalama Sutta, considered as a primary source text for secular Buddhism
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