We are elated to welcome Karla McLaren to Wednesday Wake-Up!

Karla McLaren, M.Ed., is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy innovator.  She is the author of several books, including the upcoming new edition of The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You out Tuesday June 27th, 2023.

Check out this book, it is a game-changer.

Gregory and Karla have a delightful conversation about working with traditionally perceived "difficult" emotions such as sadness or anger, investigating anxiety, honoring emotions, and finding wisdom in our feelings.  This is also a fantastic episode for our fellow therapists out there!

Big thank you to publisher Sounds True. You can read more about Karla HERE.

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We are delighted to welcome Lama Lhanang Rinpoche and Mordy Levine to Wednesday Wake-Up!

Lama Lhanang and Mordy Levine discuss their new book, Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners: A Guide to Living and Dying, published by Sounds True and is coming out Tuesday June 27th, 2023.

The book is a clear and insightful guide to living with simplicity, compassion, and ease, with support for those grappling with their own mortality.

Lama Lhanang, Mordy, and Gregory have an insightful and inspiring conversation about the Self, Karma, and the Bardo that sits between this life and the next.  

A deep bow of gratitude to Sounds True.

Venerable Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a teacher of Vajrayana Buddhism of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in Tibet, he currently directs the Jigme Lingpa Center in San Diego and teaches throughout the United States and internationally. For more, visit buddhistsandiego.com.

Mordy Levine is president of the Jigme Lingpa Center and creator of the Meditation Pro Series that has taught meditation to more than 250,000 people. For more, visit mordylevine.com.

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

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Gregory reviews Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha, their misconceptions and importance in this week's podcast.  It is an especially humorous episode :-)

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

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Ayya Dhammadipa's visit to Wise Spirit is referenced in the talk, check out the episode HERE for context.  In today's podcast, Gregory chats about the historical relationship of mutual support between the laity and monastics in Buddhism and the importance of supporting nuns in the Theravada tradition.

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma

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Ayyā Dhammadīpā was a special guest of the Wise Spirit Buddhist Community (of which Gregory is the guiding teacher).  She started us off with a guided meditation on the sense doors (you can skip to minute 31:30 if you would like to just hear the Dharma talk).  The talk is a profound one around the five Khandas: Form, Vedana (feeling tone), Perception, Mental Formations, and Consciousness.

Please support Ayya and her teachings by giving Dana at https://dassanaya.org/giving.

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When learning the Dharma, we may run into things that seem confusing, contradictory, or even paradoxical.  How do we resolve this?  Tune in to this week's podcast where Gregory runs down three wisdom tools of the meditator, and how to cut through confusion to get to the illumination.

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

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What is the term Dukkha?  Why is the First Noble Truth a difficult topic to chat about and why is it often misunderstood? In today's talk, Gregory goes back to the basics of discussing The First Noble Truth.  

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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In today's podcast, Gregory chats about spiritual bypass.  What do we do when we touch down on a something largely distressing in our meditation practice, but we don't address it head on?  Perhaps we tiptoe around it, like a sleeping dragon.  Maybe we even deny that something needs to be worked on, or because it doesn't come up for a while, we believe we've healed it, only to find it was sleeping and awakens later.  Spiritual bypass is a tricky and very common occurrence - tune in to today's episode where Gregory gives examples of what to look for, and how to address the sleeping dragons head-on.

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

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Many people come to the Dharma to heal psychological wounds, and find solace in meditation and following the eightfold path.  For those who arrive at the shores of the Dharma, and receive revolutionary results in their inner life from practice - is Dharma just another form of therapy?  As Gregory is a practicing therapist and a Dharma teacher, he addresses this question in today's podcast.

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

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What is Buddhism?  Many of us have come from some very negative or challenging experiences with organized religion and the idea of religion can be quite difficult and complicated.  Gregory talks about our cultural ideas around spirituality, religion, and whether one calls themselves "Buddhist".  He also chats about how Buddhism's more unique qualities compare to other major world religions.

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

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