In today’s episode, I spoke with Quebec born Buddhist Monk Jason Simard. 

We talked about how he discovered Buddhism at an early age when he realized that what he wanted most in life was to be happy and that he could not get that through external sources. He explains the origins of Buddhism from Sidhartha Gautama and how it became to be what it is today. He talked about how practices from Buddhism like meditation, loving kindness, compassion can be used and cultivated by anyone even if they do not identify as a Buddhist. He also explained the Buddhist concept of happiness and how this is different from western views of happiness. He answered questions about finding happiness even if you’ve had sexual trauma and other traumas and how to go about doing this. Lastly, we went over the next steps on how to find happiness, through meditation, loving kindness and compassion. 

If you liked todays episode, I encourage you to check out the online courses offered by the Paramita centre. They offered online at:

English: https://www.buddhistmeditationtoronto.org
French: https://www.meditationmontreal.org
Europe (France): https://www.centre-paramita.fr

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzZUtwTvMr0FaNTGAxBU06Q

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So thank you for listening and have a wonderful fathers day. 

As always keep it beautiful.

A bientot!

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