Dependent Origination maps the causal links that give rise to any experience.  To relieve suffering, we need to see the subtle, hidden causes, and relax them rather than blame ourselves. This is the core of the Buddha’s teaching. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded at a retreat given at the Auburn Mercy Center in November 2015.  <a rel="payment" href="http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html">Support the show</a>

Dependent Origination maps the causal links that give rise to any experience. To relieve suffering, we need to see the subtle, hidden causes, and relax them rather than blame ourselves. This is the core of the Buddha’s teaching. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded at a retreat given at the Auburn Mercy Center in November 2015. Support the show

Dependent Origination maps the causal links that give rise to any experience.&nbsp; To relieve suffering, we need to see the subtle, hidden causes, and relax them rather than blame ourselves. This is the core of the Buddha’s teaching. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded at a retreat given at the Auburn Mercy Center in November 2015. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Buddha's Core Teaching

Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks, we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an “ism”, Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or “map” was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts and alternatives were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized: Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointed concentration; Simplicity: loving kindness, serenity and insight all integrated rather than treated as separate practices; Stages: the practice matures through stages, each of which builds upon and goes beyond earlier stages (or “jhana”); Ease: relaxing as more important than striving. These podcasts are dedicated to this approach to meditation and daily living. I call it “easing awake.”

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Buddha's Core Teaching

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