| 11 | Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity 2021-03-06 |
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| 12 | Befriending the Demons 2021-02-20 |
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| 13 | "The Conscious Perspective" Interview 2021-02-06 |
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| 14 | Introduction to Meditation 2021-01-20 |
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| 15 | Unfolding into Nibbana 2021-01-06 |
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| 16 | Engaging Mindfulness for Rest of Life 2020-12-20 |
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| 17 | "What are you?" Inquiry 2020-12-06 |
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| 18 | Three Essential Practices 2020-11-20 |
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| 19 | How Buddhism Entered the World 2020-11-06 |
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| 20 | Buddha and the Human Experience 2020-10-20 |
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Easing Awake with Doug Kraft
Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks, we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an “ism”, Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or “map” was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts and alternatives were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized: Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointed concentration; Simplicity: loving kindness, serenity and insight all integrated rather than treated as separate practices; Stages: the practice matures through stages, each of which builds upon and goes beyond earlier stages (or “jhana”); Ease: relaxing as more important than striving. These podcasts are dedicated to this approach to meditation and daily living. I call it “easing awake.”
