This three-part talk is a 3-way conversation between our direct experience, the Buddha’s comments on experience, and science. It explores the components of phenomena (khandas), how to work with them, and ways to skillfully alleviate suffering. This episode is part 2 of 2. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA. <a rel="payment" href="http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html">Support the show</a>

This three-part talk is a 3-way conversation between our direct experience, the Buddha’s comments on experience, and science. It explores the components of phenomena (khandas), how to work with them, and ways to skillfully alleviate suffering. This episode is part 2 of 2. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA. Support the show

&nbsp;This three-part talk is a 3-way conversation between our direct experience, the Buddha’s comments on experience, and science. It explores the components of phenomena (khandas), how to work with them, and ways to skillfully alleviate suffering. This episode is part 2 of 2. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.easingawake.org/donations.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Inner Landscape, part 2

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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Inner Landscape, part 2

Inner Landscape, part 2