Secular Buddhism

By Noah RashetaSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality Spirituality Philosophy Buddhism

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Secular Buddhism episodes

January 04, 2023 176 - Working with our Propensities
In this first episode of 2023, I will talk about propensities and our relationship to our propensities.
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35 min
November 02, 2022 175 - The Two Truths
What are the two truths?
There is the Truth of how things really are, and the truth of how things seem to be. These are sometimes referred to as Absolute truth and Relative truth. Relative truths are always dependent on HOW we perceive them.
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26 min
October 28, 2022174 - Be Whatever You Already Are
A deep sense of unsatisfactoriness arises anytime we want to be other than how we are. It takes skillful effort to BE WHATEVER WE ALREADY ARE. In this episode, I will share my thoughts on the process of befriending our thoughts, emotions, feelings, and ultimately ourselves.

"No one to be"
"Nothing to do"
"Nowhere to go"

Some of the Buddhist concepts/topics shared in this episode:
Emptiness
Signlessness
Formlessness
Suffering/Unsatisfactoriness
Interdependent co-arising
Impermanence

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31 min
October 02, 2022 173 - The Causes Of Unsatisfactoriness
Unsatisfactoriness exists and it has a cause. What is the cause of unsatisfactoriness? In this episode, I will talk about craving and the role it plays in how we feel about life.
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35 min
September 25, 2022 172 - Practicing Acceptance
Psychological acceptance is "the active embracing of subjective experience, particularly distressing experiences." In this episode, I will discuss practicing acceptance and using the OODA loop as decision-making tools to help us act more skillfully during difficult or stressful times.
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34 min
August 28, 2022 171 - How To Feel Whole And Complete
Something whole is comprised of ALL its undiminished parts or elements. We are a combination of our body and mind (hardware and software). The key to feeling whole is to understand and embrace all of the parts that make us who we are.
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44 min
June 28, 2022 170 - The Five Remembrances
The 5 remembrances are wake-up calls that help us to see more clearly, the nature of reality. They are wake-up calls that help us to live more intentionally and skillfully.
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42 min
May 22, 2022 169 - 84000 Gates
In this episode, I will share my thoughts about the 84,000 gates and the notion of Emptiness. In the last 2 episodes, I shared my thoughts around Signlessness and Aimlessness and now I will share my thoughts around Emptiness.
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30 min
April 26, 2022 168 - Signlessness
The three doors of liberation refer to Formlessless, Signlessness, and Aimlessness. In this episode, I will talk about signlessness and what this teaching means to me and how we can practice signlessness in our day-to-day lives.
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27 min
April 12, 2022 167 - Aimlessness
The three doors of liberation refer to Formlessless, Signlessness, and Aimlessness. In this episode, I will talk about Aimlessness and what this teaching means to me.
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31 min