189 - The One You Feed

In this episode, I talk to Andy Chaleff about his book Dying to Live, which explores our societal discomfort with death and how confronting mortality can lead to a more meaningful life. We discuss the "3 AM panic" of existential dread, the concept of "little deaths" as moments of ...  Show more

In this episode, I celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Secular Buddhism podcast by announcing a new AI-powered website, EightfoldPath.com, which serves as a modern application of the Buddhist concept of skillful means. Skillful means, or upaya, is the idea that teachings sho ...  Show more

In this powerful lecture on responding to suffering, Ram Dass draws on the wisdom of the Buddha, Trungpa Rinpoche, and Wavy Gravy, and offers his insight into the secret of compassion.  

The Ram Dass community gathers regularly to engage in mea ...

‘In the awakening of intelligence is the beginning of total happy security of human beings. Nowhere else will you have security except in that.’

This episode on Awakening has four sections.

The first extract (2:19) is from the second question and answer meeting i ...

‘The easiest thing for the mind, which is generally very lazy, is to follow what somebody else has said.’ This week’s episode on Following has two sections.

The first extract (2:25) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled: Why do ...

‘Experiences are always in the past, never at the moment, and any experience you have is recognisable, otherwise it is not an experience.’

This week’s episode on Experience has two sections.

The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in New York 1 ...