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Stream-entry, once returning, non-returning, and arahantship are the traditional four stages of progress along the Buddhist path. What do they mean? Are they historical? Are they necessary for us to know about? Jon and Doug dive into this topic, which always raises questions about the value and the pitfalls.

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The Buddha described humanity as tangled like string, knotted like a ball of thread.  This tangle is a result of not seeing clearly the dependent co-arising— paticca-samupadda-- of phenomena.   This is one of the most important of the early teachings.   It can be seen through the lens of individual dissatisfaction and of course, through social, political and cultural dissatisfaction.  

Doug and Jon explore the teaching and how we bring it into our practice. 

Dhivan Thomas Jones's book: This Being, That Becomes

Videos:
Playlist on dependent origination at Doug's Dharma: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0akoU_OszRjcEvO6Gt2MSKF-u7Y8XaNc

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Equanimity- Upekkha has an important place in many of the key Buddhist teachings.  It's the fourth of the Divine Abodes, the seventh Factor of Awakening, the last step of the 16 Step teaching in the Mindfulness of Breathing and in the 10th of the Parami- the Perfections of the Heart.  Doug and Jon discuss the various facets of this important quality.

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How can we work with our thirst for clinging and identification that seems unquenchable? We will discuss various aspect of letting go related to desire and thirst.

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We can't let go of letting go so we continue discussion from the prior episode.

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What is Insight (Vipassana) practice? Doug and Jon discuss its origins and how it orients our approach to the dharma. They also discuss  some exciting potential developments with livestreaming the podcast.

Book:
Erik Braun, The Birth of Insight

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Right Livelihood is one of the factors of the Buddha's Eightfold Noble Path.  Of course, times have changed in the last 2500 years, so what does this mean today?  Doug and Jon look at the teaching and do some head-scratching over certain parts of it.

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The refrain in the teaching on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness refers to contemplating internally, externally, and internally and externally.    Jon and Doug talk about how they receive that part of the teaching, which doesn't appear in any obvious way in other suttas but is actually a very important part of mindfulness. 

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What is free will? Do we have free will? What does it mean to be free, and what does this have to do with our ethical and karmic responsibility?

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Truthfulness is one of the Paramis or perfections of the heart.  In this episode we  dig into what it means to not only be factually true but how the truth finds expression in appropriate ways-- both in our external and internal speech.

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