Latest Eastern wisdom Podcast Episodes

Meditation - Relax and Float Downstream

Six String Buddha - June 25, 2023 05:43 ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
It’s not a stretch to say The Beatles were pioneers on many levels, from music to pop culture and their experiences with meditation and eastern wisdom undoubtedly influenced several of their songs. Of all of them, the song that planted a spiritual seed in me was “Tomorrow Never Knows” as the lyr...

Learning to Shred Like a Buddha - The What, Why & How of Buddhist Practice

Six String Buddha - March 01, 2023 20:40 ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
By definition, practicing means doing something repeatedly, to develop skill, proficiency, or competence, in order to become “better” at it. It involves spending time, implicitly focused on a particular area of interest, to rise above the surface level and master something; then perhaps eventual...

The Eight Winds - Using Resistance to Navigate Through Adversity

Six String Buddha - November 05, 2022 08:30 ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Whether you’re a Buddhist, a Christian, Jewish, or Jedi, or even if you don’t identify with any preconceived ideology, if you’re human, there’s one thing we all have in common, without exception. That is, none of us are able to go through life without eventually encountering obstacles and advers...

Enlightenment: What It Is and What It's Not

Six String Buddha - May 04, 2022 20:28 ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Of all the terms most commonly associated with buddhism and eastern philosophy, the word “enlightenment” is likely the first one you think of, any time buddhism or meditation is the topic of conversation. It’s also the one that’s often misunderstood, misinterpreted, or thought of as some superhu...

Compassion - “Driven to Tears” - What the World Needs Now.

Six String Buddha - February 12, 2022 21:36 ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Looking at the world through the myriad of media sources we have at our disposal, it seems as though there’s no shortage of suffering and indifference. Between the pandemic affecting all of us, to the racial injustices, political discord, threat of war and the surmounting environmental issues, i...

Mentor and Disciple: “The Death of Superman” - A Tribute to EVH

Six String Buddha - December 01, 2021 21:28 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Through the years, there have been many different schools of buddhist thought, but they’ve all built upon the original teachings of Shakyamuni and passed down what they’d learned to the next generation. They did this by following in the footsteps of their mentor and honored them by living the te...

Karma and the “Natural Science” of Cause & Effect

Six String Buddha - October 15, 2021 07:11 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Karma affects every one of us and our collective karma affects the entire planet as a whole. Cause & effect is the law that determines the nature of the karma we create. The lyrics to Rush’s epic song “Natural Science” from their album “Permanent Waves” provide a perfect blueprint to explain the...

Interconnectedness: “Are You Experienced” with Universal Consciousness?

Six String Buddha - September 30, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Apart from being an amazing song, with enough guitar wizardry to shift the axis of the planet, the title track from Jimi Hendrix’s debut album is like a psychedelic spaceship, designed to take the listener’s mind on a journey… but not to “outer” space. Listening to “Are You Experienced?” with th...