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Diggin' the Dharma

Diggin' the Dharma

Jon Aaron and Doug Smith

Religion & Spirituality
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Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 141

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Diggin' the Dharma with Jon Aaron and Doug Smith is a relaxed discussion of the Buddhist dharma between friends. Jon's interest centers around practice, while Doug's centers around scholarship of the early material, so their approaches balance practice with study. Their discussions will be approachable to a broad audience of Buddhists and those curious about Buddhism, and they welcome questions and comments. Jon is a teacher at Space2Meditate and NY Insight Meditation Center and a well known teacher and trainer of teachers of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Doug has a PhD in Philosophy and runs Doug's Dharma on YouTube and the Online Dharma Institute, where he gives courses on early Buddhism. Find them at: https://digginthedharma.com/
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    #79
  • 🇺🇸 USA - buddhism

    02/08/2025
    #53

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Renunciation

Season 3 · Episode 25

dimanche 18 août 2024Duration 23:53

With Jon's impending move to Chicago Jon and Doug discuss the beneficial practice of renunciation. What do we really need?

Video: George Carlin talks about "stuff" -- https://youtu.be/MvgN5gCuLac

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The Value of Silence

Season 3 · Episode 24

vendredi 9 août 2024Duration 30:24

Silence is so important to Buddhist practice. Jon and Doug discuss how silence impacts practice as well as some of the early tradition around silence.

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Is Your Livelihood Right Livelihood?

Season 3 · Episode 15

dimanche 19 mai 2024Duration 26:11

Right Livelihood is one of the factors of the Buddha's Eightfold Noble Path.  Of course, times have changed in the last 2500 years, so what does this mean today?  Doug and Jon look at the teaching and do some head-scratching over certain parts of it.

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So Many Ways to See: The Buddhist Maps for Liberating the Mind

Season 1 · Episode 15

dimanche 1 mai 2022Duration 29:26

In the early Buddhist teachings there are many, many lists!  Quite a few of these provide different ways of exploring our experience.  They are maps to liberate the mind.  In this episode, we look at the some of these teachings and how they have helped our own practice. 

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Why do I Take Things so Personally? - More on Non-Self

Season 1 · Episode 14

dimanche 24 avril 2022Duration 25:19

We'll discuss how the practice and realization of non-self in Buddhism helps us see through We don’t know about you, but seems like most of us can take everything so personally.  This is an other form of suffering which the Buddha’s teachings attribute to clinging to self-view.  It’s seems unavoidable until we start to hold to who we think we are a bit more lightly.

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Who Am I Really? The Buddha's teaching on Non-Self

Season 1 · Episode 13

dimanche 17 avril 2022Duration 28:49

Doug and Jon start a conversation on one of the most misunderstood and yet probably the most important of the Buddha’s teachings.  The teaching of Anatta- usually defined as “non-self”.    Join us as we as we try to clarify without adding more confusion.

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Dukkha: I Can't Get No Satisfaction!

Season 1 · Episode 12

dimanche 10 avril 2022Duration 25:46

Dukkha: unsatisfactoriness, suffering, or just untranslated it's the difficulty that we find in our lives. We'll discuss how it's understood and experienced. How do you see it in your life?

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How Our Lives Change

Season 1 · Episode 11

dimanche 3 avril 2022Duration 24:33

In this episode we'll discuss anicca or change and impermanence, how it effects our lives. Doug's recent experience with a house fire will provide a good example!

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Ignorance---It's not what you think!

Season 1 · Episode 10

dimanche 27 mars 2022Duration 27:15

The last of the three poisons and the root of all dukkha.    
What is ignorance in Buddhism and how does it harm us? 

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How Does Anger Show Up in Our Lives

Season 1 · Episode 9

dimanche 20 mars 2022Duration 26:56

Anger, ill-will, hatred.  What does the Buddha teach us about this and how does it change the way we deal with these powerful emotions.

The sutta on the three types of people with anger: 
https://suttacentral.net/an3.132/en/sujato

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