Listening to the Buddha

By Mojo Tchudi

Mental health & wellness counselor decoding Buddhist and Yoga philosophy and practice.... more

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November 05, 2020 Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 2
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal the deep teachings on emptiness. In part 2 we look in detail at “emptiness”—what it means to say “empty of self-nature” and explore the famous line from the Heart Sutra: “Form is emptiness and emptiness is form.”
Show notes include the Sutra in Sanskrit and English, along with video of the class and other visual aids.
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1h 5min
October 30, 2020 Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 1
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal the deep teachings on emptiness. In part 1 we introduce the text, recite it in Sanskrit, discuss the meaning of the title, set the stage, and introduce the main characters.
Show notes include the Sutra in Sanskrit and English, along with video of the class and other visual aids.
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1h 17min
August 23, 2018Yogic Nutrition Part 3: Balancing the Doshas
Principles of balancing the humors (Sanskrit: dośa, dosha).
Using food and herbs for preventative medicine.
How to balance yourself with common herbal teas.
Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018.
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26min
August 12, 2018Yogic Nutrition Part 2: The Five Elements and Three Doshas
How the five elements combine in living beings.
Descriptions of the biological humors (Sanskrit: dośa, dosha).
How to recognize the doshas as they manifest in life.
Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018.
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23min
August 01, 2018Yogic Nutrition Part 1: The Five Great Elements of Nature
The five universal elements of nature.
“Space” (Sanskrit: ākāśa) as field of consciousness.
How solar energy drives life on Earth.
Guided meditation on the interconnectedness of nature through the five elements.
Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018.
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28min
January 01, 2018Herbal Meditation Allies
Stages of herbal healing in Ayurveda.
Defining rasayana, the path of soma, amrit, nectar.
Entheogens, spiritual use of herbs.
Defining adaptogen, improving vitality with herbs.
Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July 30, 2017.
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9min
September 17, 2017The Vows of Ethical Conduct
Taking the first steps on the Buddhist path: refuge and ethics.
Briefly review refuge in the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
Overview of causality. Material causes, immediate causes, causes vs. conditions.
Relationship between karma and ethics.
The power of formally vowing to live ethically.
Two stages of vows: freedom vows and bodhisattva vows.
Review the ten freedom vows.
How to track your vows with a daily journal.
Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Chico, California on September 14th, 2017.
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47min
August 11, 2017Karma and the Mind
Review materialist arguments for mind.
Review Dharmakirti’s refutation.
Review logical proof for past and future lives.
How mind and matter co-exist.
The twelve stages of how our mind creates our reality, beginning with ignorance, up to the cause of death and rebirth.
Scare off half the class.
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Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Chico, California on August 10th, 2017.
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51min
July 14, 2017Proof of Future Lives
Discovering the cause of “mind”.
Materialist arguments for mind.
Buddhist arguments for mind.
Defining a material cause,.
Using deduction to prove past and future lives.
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Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Chico, California on July 13th, 2017.
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43min
June 09, 2017The Proofs of Buddhahood
Reverse engineering enlightened beings with logic.
What is meant by omniscience?
How buddhas perceive space and time.
Methods for determining that buddhas have valid perception all the time.
Interpreting whether the Buddha meant something literally or figuratively.
Flaws in the logic for determining the origin of the universe. The logical absurdity of a first cause or a creator god.
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Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Chico, California on June 8th, 2017.
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54min

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How many episodes does Listening to the Buddha have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.