In the early Buddhist teachings there are many, many lists!  Quite a few of these provide different ways of exploring our experience.  They are maps to liberate the mind.  In this episode, we look at the some of these teachings and how they have helped our own practice. 

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We'll discuss how the practice and realization of non-self in Buddhism helps us see through We don’t know about you, but seems like most of us can take everything so personally.  This is an other form of suffering which the Buddha’s teachings attribute to clinging to self-view.  It’s seems unavoidable until we start to hold to who we think we are a bit more lightly.

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Doug and Jon start a conversation on one of the most misunderstood and yet probably the most important of the Buddha’s teachings.  The teaching of Anatta- usually defined as “non-self”.    Join us as we as we try to clarify without adding more confusion.

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Dukkha: unsatisfactoriness, suffering, or just untranslated it's the difficulty that we find in our lives. We'll discuss how it's understood and experienced. How do you see it in your life?

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In this episode we'll discuss anicca or change and impermanence, how it effects our lives. Doug's recent experience with a house fire will provide a good example!

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The last of the three poisons and the root of all dukkha.    
What is ignorance in Buddhism and how does it harm us? 

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Anger, ill-will, hatred.  What does the Buddha teach us about this and how does it change the way we deal with these powerful emotions.

The sutta on the three types of people with anger: 
https://suttacentral.net/an3.132/en/sujato

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How does greed-- or desire-- arising in our lives?  It's subtler than we think. What is greed, what are its effects, and how should we look skillfully at our intentions so as to defuse it?

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What have we discovered as mindfulness and meditation have been integrated into our lives?  We share lots of tips!  

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These days with the overuse of the word "mindfulness" we look at what the early teachings tell us about this practice and how it relates to the “modern mindfulness movement”.

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