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- Jun 26
The Power of the Apology
No matter how mindful we are of our thoughts, speech and actions, being human means that we can sometimes act unwisely or hurt someone's...
- Jun 5
Find Hope through Tending to Relationships
Join Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers, and Tenzin for the second part of their conversation about Nina’s new book and her important...
- May 2
Nature, Culture and the Sacred
with special guest Nina Simons In this episode, Tenzin speaks to Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and author of Nature, Culture and...
- Apr 10
Gratitude's Gifts
In this episode, Tenzin explores the many gifts that gratitude can bring to our lives, helping to offset our natural negativity bias and...
- Mar 19
Luminous Darkness Part 2
featuring Deborah Eden Tull In this episode, Tenzin continued her conversation with Zen meditation teacher, author, activist and...
- Feb 22
Making a Case for Compassion
with special guest Sara Schairer This month, we are excited to have Sara Schairer, compassion educator, as our guest. Sara Schairer is...
- Jan 19
Unlocking Compassion with Equanimity
with Dr. Joey Weber Mindfulness meditation has become wildly popular in the last decade or two, and is taught in places as diverse as...
- Dec 21, 2022
The Unexpected Gifts of Groundlessness
The Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron says, in relation to contemplative practice, “We are being encouraged to remain open to the present...
- Nov 22, 2022
Luminous Darkness - featuring Deborah Eden Tull
Darkness is deeply misunderstood in today’s world; yet it offers powerful medicine, serenity, strength, healing, and regeneration. All...
- Oct 17, 2022
Reclaiming Joy
What is the role of joy on the spiritual path? The bodhisattva path and the path of compassion require us to have an awareness of the...
- Aug 26, 2022
Cultivating Emotional Balance with Dr. Eve Ekman
Our emotions bring us our greatest joys and our deepest sorrows. We wouldn't survive without them, and yet they can also cause us to harm...
- Jul 18, 2022
The Case for American Pluralism
The motto of the United States, E pluribus unum (“Out of Many, One”) speaks to a pluralistic democracy with protections for every...
- Jun 20, 2022
Acceptance is not Complacency
In these uncertain times, our roles as individuals in the sweeping events washing over the world stage can feel deeply unclear, sometimes...
- Jun 1, 2022
Words Matter: The Power of Skillful Speech
The concept of Right Speech (or "Skillful Speech") is core to many Buddhist teachings about how to live an ethical life and avoid causing...
- May 16, 2022
The Four Virtues of the Heart
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has often commented that the foundation of Buddhist practice is cultivating a good heart. As important as...
- May 2, 2022
The Neuroplasticity of Perception
We’re raised to believe that our perceptions of the world around us has an objective quality, but both Buddhism and modern neuroscience...
- Apr 19, 2022
How to Change Your Mind
Our perceptions of “reality” are much more subjective than we often think. In this episode, we will talk about both Buddhist and modern...
- Mar 31, 2022
The Power of Interconnection
The COVID pandemic has led many of us to feel the hidden epidemic of loneliness more acutely than ever, yet loneliness is not much...
- Mar 20, 2022
Mindfulness of Our Motivations
In this episode, Ven Tenzin explores the Eight Worldly Concerns, a set of four dyads that correspond to many of the deeply held hopes and...
- Feb 22, 2022
Compassionate Conversations with special guest Sunil Joseph
In this special episode of Reflections on Buddhism, we’re joined by Sunil Joseph, an empathy coach, mindfulness teacher and lifelong...
- Feb 7, 2022
The Path to Genuine Happiness
Capitalist consumer culture puts a huge emphasis on finding happiness in the external world. But, this hedonic happiness is shown, both...
- Jan 21, 2022
Getting Un-Hooked: Discomfort, Suffering and Consumer Culture
The first Noble Truth of Buddhism is popularly translated as “life is suffering,” which is often misunderstood as a fatalistic view of a...
- Dec 22, 2021
Grief and Gratitude
This month we are joined by local NVC facilitator and coach Kristin Masters For the last several years, local Santa Cruz Non-violent...
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