Episodes
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
1 hr 12 min
Recitation of the meta sutra: the Buddha’s teachings on loving-kindness
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
1 hr 21 min
Readings from the Dhammapada, translated by Gil Fronsdal.
The video from Nike that Robert plays at 7:56: https://youtu.be/drcO2V2m7lw
Discussion:
Racial Justice and compassionate response
Jun 2, 2020
Jun 2, 2020
1 hr 9 min
Choiceless Awareness - Insight Meditation and the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness:
1. Body2. Feeling3. Mental Formations4. Mental Objects
Topics:
How to compassionately negotiate with loved ones about safety as Covid restrictions lift
Managing anger and hopelessness
May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020
1 hr 10 min
Poem: "No Greater Joy" by Jeff Foster
Topics:
Generosity story
How to relate to praise and blame.
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
55 min
Topics:
Compassion and the Limits of Compassion.
Setting Appropriate Boundaries.
The Wholesome Emotional States.
Getting back to external work after experiencing a deepening of internal inquiry.
How to cope when friends or acquaintances have wildly different views than your own.
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
1 hr 7 min
Poem: "We Should be able to talk": Don Nickerson www.portlandinsight.org/blogQuestion: How to work with emotions in their dimensions of feelings and the “story”Topics:
The pain of parents observing their teenagers as they make not skillful choices.The sadness of parents who could never speak about their suffering as they went through old age.
May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020
23 min
Dharma Talk: Self and the Mystery: Living the Paradox
Readings:
Rumi: "The Embryo" "Love Dogs" "All day I think about it, then at night I say it..."
Quote: Reporter (to Carl Jung): "Why do you only work with people in their 50s and on?"Carl Jung: "I don't like working with adolescents."