Against The Stream

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 30-minute Buddhist meditation, followed by a short discussion, 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.

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 30-minute Buddhist meditation, followed by a short discussion, 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.

Impermanence is the first of the three characteristics of existence in Buddhism.

The Brahmavihārā’s are the wisdom of the heart and the mind that remains when all of the causes of suffering have been removed. When greed, hatred and self-centered delusion are no longer running the show, what remains is; a quality of kindness for all living beings, a feeling of compassion for all of the pain in the world - both internal and external – a sense of appreciation and empathy, and the fourth quality, equanimity, is really important in order to have a balanced experience of compassion, a balanced experience of kindness and appreciation.

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.

The Buddha offered a teaching on the heart quality known as equanimity, a quality that balances generosity, compassion, and loving-kindness.

This 30-minute Buddhist meditation, followed by a short discussion, 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.

The sublime states, also known as the heart practices, are thought to be psychological practices as well as emotional practices. From the Buddhist perspective, there is Citta, which means Heart | Mind.

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

The Brahmavihārās are: Loving-kindness or benevolence (metta), Compassion (karuna), Empathetic joy (mudita), Equanimity (upekkha)

Developing and uncovering a sense of appreciation for happiness. For other people’s happiness. Muditā is translated as appreciative joy. Of taking joy and letting your heart and mind rejoice in someone else’s happiness. I believe this is one of the reasons the Buddha said this path, Buddhism, goes “Against The Stream”. Jealousy, envy, self-centeredness, comparing mind, judging mind, is really easy and totally natural to human beings. Taking pleasure, celebrating and enjoying other people’s happiness, people who are having more success than you, more joy than you…it’s so easy to get petty about it – to maybe even suffer about it. All of Buddhism has one goal: To end suffering, to see clearly what is causing unhappiness and suffering in our lives, and to transform, to awaken, and to no longer suffer.

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.

The practice of appreciation allows us to acknowledge the goodness and pleasure that exist side by side with the sorrows.

This 30-minute Buddhist meditation, followed by a short discussion, 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.

The Brahmavihārās, also known as The Divine Abodes or The Sublime States are the Buddhist Heart Practices.

Jason’s Dharma talk & guided meditation is on developing emotional balance and positive regard in your practice, and as you move through the world.

The Brahmavihārās are: Loving-kindness or benevolence (metta), Compassion (karuna), Empathetic joy (mudita), Equanimity (upekkha)

Loving-kindness is the experience of having a friendly and loving relationship toward ourselves as well as others. The experience of loving-kindness toward ourselves is perhaps as simple as bringing a friendly attitude to our minds and bodies. Typically, we tend to judge ourselves and be quite critical and harsh in our self-assessments, identifying with the negative thoughts and feelings that arise in our minds. Being loving and kind isn’t our normal habit, so training the heart-mind to be kind is another task of the inner rebellion, and another tool of the outer revolution. Mindfulness brings the mind’s negative habits into awareness.

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.