The Buddha said to Bahiya of the Bark-cloth, “There is no hearer, just hearing; no seer just seeing.” Then Bahiya became fully enlightened. The nature of pure awareness explains how this happened and how we can awaken. 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> (http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html)

The Buddha said to Bahiya of the Bark-cloth, “There is no hearer, just hearing; no seer just seeing.” Then Bahiya became fully enlightened. The nature of pure awareness explains how this happened and how we can awaken. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded at a retreat given at the Auburn Mercy Center in November 2015. Support the show (http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html)

The Buddha said to Bahiya of the Bark-cloth, “There is no hearer, just hearing; no seer just seeing.” Then Bahiya became fully enlightened. The nature of pure awareness explains how this happened and how we can awaken. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded at a retreat given at the Auburn Mercy Center in November 2015.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a> (http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html)

Experience of Pure Awareness

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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