Against The Stream

Sometimes when we do the forgiveness meditation, it can give us a lot of information, more can be revealed, more awareness, and sometimes stuff comes up that we weren’t even aware of, resentments that we’re holding, things we’re feelings guilty about, old stuff we thought we were done with, rearises.

Whatever your experience is, I have a deep encouragement to persevere, as a central part of our human life.

“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all of us love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour—unceasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.”

– Henry Nouwen, a famous Christian mystic

This 30-minute Buddhist guided meditation followed by a short Dharma talk is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We’re making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Link in episode notes.

Sometimes when we do the forgiveness meditation, it can give us a lot of information, more can be revealed, more awareness, and sometimes stuff comes up that we weren’t even aware of, resentments that we’re holding, things we’re feelings guilty about, old stuff we thought we were done with, rearises.

Whatever your experience is, I have a deep encouragement to persevere, as a central part of our human life.

“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all of us love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour—unceasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.”

– Henry Nouwen, a famous Christian mystic

This 30-minute Buddhist guided meditation followed by a short Dharma talk is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We’re making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Link in episode notes.

March 13, 2020, Reflections on social distancing as a mindfulness practice, and as an opportunity to give ourselves the kind of attention that we’re so often seeking outside of ourselves.

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Reflections on “letting go”. I am always repeating the Buddhist teaching of “letting go”. As the Buddhist teaches Ajahn Chah said, “maybe all of the Dharma is as simple as letting go”. The rapid change in plans and expectations that so many of us are going through, these plans and expectations we have, are changing. This is what the dharma teaches us: everything is impermanent, everything changes, and how do we relate to it?

March 13, 2020, Reflections on social distancing as a mindfulness practice, and as an opportunity to give ourselves the kind of attention that we’re so often seeking outside of ourselves.

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Reflections on “letting go”. I am always repeating the Buddhist teaching of “letting go”. As the Buddhist teaches Ajahn Chah said, “maybe all of the Dharma is as simple as letting go”. The rapid change in plans and expectations that so many of us are going through, these plans and expectations we have, are changing. This is what the dharma teaches us: everything is impermanent, everything changes, and how do we relate to it?

March 13, 2020, Reflections on social distancing as a mindfulness practice, and as an opportunity to give ourselves the kind of attention that we’re so often seeking outside of ourselves.

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Reflections on “letting go”. I am always repeating the Buddhist teaching of “letting go”. As the Buddhist teaches Ajahn Chah said, “maybe all of the Dharma is as simple as letting go”. The rapid change in plans and expectations that so many of us are going through, these plans and expectations we have, are changing. This is what the dharma teaches us: everything is impermanent, everything changes, and how do we relate to it?

March 13, 2020, Reflections on social distancing as a mindfulness practice, and as an opportunity to give ourselves the kind of attention that we’re so often seeking outside of ourselves.

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Reflections on “letting go”. I am always repeating the Buddhist teaching of “letting go”. As the Buddhist teaches Ajahn Chah said, “maybe all of the Dharma is as simple as letting go”. The rapid change in plans and expectations that so many of us are going through, these plans and expectations we have, are changing. This is what the dharma teaches us: everything is impermanent, everything changes, and how do we relate to it?

Anatta is translated as meaning not-self or sometimes as not soul (atman in Buddhism); there is no fixed or permanent “I”. Jason’s Dharma talk is focused on developing emotional balance and positive regard in your practice, and as you move through the world.

Anatta is one of the three characteristics, or marks, of existence in Buddhism.

Jason’s Dharma Talk is focused on developing emotional balance and positive regard in your practice, and as you move through the world.

Cultivation & Abandonment | Interdependent

The Buddha teaches that we can get free. All of the ways we are causing our own suffering; clinging, aversion, self-centeredness, greed, hatred, delusion – our uneasiness –

We have the capacity to stop creating suffering. This is the core of the Buddha’s teaching. It’s one of the most radical things, and it’s one of the things that sets him apart from almost all other traditions.

This Buddhist Dharma Talk is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We're making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Read along. Link in episode notes.

Cultivation & Abandonment | Interdependent

The Buddha teaches that we can get free. All of the ways we are causing our own suffering; clinging, aversion, self-centeredness, greed, hatred, delusion – our uneasiness –

We have the capacity to stop creating suffering. This is the core of the Buddha’s teaching. It’s one of the most radical things, and it’s one of the things that sets him apart from almost all other traditions.

This Buddhist Dharma Talk is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We're making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Read along. Link in episode notes.