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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Nov 22, 2021
The Pitfalls of Pride
Examining pride, confidence and humility through a Buddhist lens. Is pride a quality to be cultivated, or avoided? Are there any benefits...
- Oct 21, 2021
Tapping into the Power of Joy
Joyous effort, or enthusiasm, is presented as one of the six "paramitas," or perfections of the practice of the Bodhisattvas. How do...
- Sep 21, 2021
Selflessness, Identity, and Inclusion: Balancing the Relative and Absolute
One of the defining characteristics of Buddhism is its explanation of two modes of existence: the absolute and the relative, or...
- Aug 18, 2021
Celebrating our Interdependence
Western culture places a great deal of emphasis on the individual, yet the reality of our existence is that we are able to do very little...
- Jul 20, 2021
Seeing is not Believing
Many of us were raised with the belief that “Seeing is Believing,” and that our sense perceptions are giving us an objective view of the...
- Jun 21, 2021
Buddhist Practice Behind Bars
Ven. Tenzin has been teaching Buddhist meditation and philosophy in prisons for over 15 years. In this episode, Ven. Tenzin talks about...
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