In this episode of Teaching Peace, we turn to Chapter 7 of the Dhammapada: The Noble—a text that introduces a third path beyond the binary of wisdom and foolishness. Drawing from the Sanskrit arhat and Pali arahant, this chapter explores what it means to live a life worthy of honor—not bystatus or wealth, but through liberation from cycles of harm and generational suffering.

Jason Storbakken guides us through this vision of nobility: one that is wild, free, grounded in Dharma, and rooted in the profound truth that both everything belongs to us and nothing does. Drawing on metaphors of flight andfreedom, the noble ones are likened to swans—no longer domesticated by the world, but attuned to their true nature.

Through a trauma-aware and liberationist lens, we reflect on the emptiness of false identity and the awakening of the higher self, with wisdom from both the Buddha and Sufi mystic Rumi.

Join us as we contemplate what it means to melt “the self of the self” and soar into sacred nobility.

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