Latest Sutra Podcast Episodes
Desire
Simple|Suttas Podcast - November 17, 2019 17:32 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA wise person has let go of all forms of identification. They do not think, “I am this” or “I am that.” They do not think, “My body is my true self” or “something immaterial is my true self.” They do not think, “My true self is that which knows.” They understand that all of … Continue reading Desire
Death
Simple|Suttas Podcast - November 11, 2019 03:42 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe cycle of death and rebirth has no beginning. If you gathered up the bones from one person who lived, died, and was reborn for an eon, the pile would be as big as Mount Vepulla. -SN 15.10 Most people do not truly understand, That one day we will all die. But for those who … Continue reading Death
Episode 29: Accepting Pain as Help for Purification
Walking Dharma - November 05, 2019 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAccepting Pain as Help for Purification. This podcast episode dives into the yogic niyama (ethical observance) of tapas. 'Tapas' translates as 'to burn,' or 'to heat,' and it is the concept of accepting pain/discomfort as help for purification. Yoga Sutra 2:43 says, "By austerity (tapas), impur...
Anger
Simple|Suttas Podcast - November 05, 2019 03:36 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOver the next few weeks this site will return to its original mission: to provide simple, plain English renderings of the suttas as posts and podcasts. Please let me know if you want more of this kind of content. Anger Some people have a mind like an inflamed sore. They become irritable and becom...
Episode 28: You are Stronger Than You Think.
Walking Dharma - September 20, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsYou are Stronger Than You Think... This week's episode dives into the 'Five Strengths' as highlighted by Pema Chodron in her book The Places that Scare You. The Five Strengths are rooted in Buddhist philosophy and are powerful life changing concepts when we allow them to help guide our day to day...
Episode 27: Happiness is a Big Cosmic Joke (Contentment is where it's at).
Walking Dharma - August 20, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHappiness is a Big Cosmic Joke (Contentment is where it's at). "By contentment Supreme joy is gained." - Yoga Sutra 2:42 Happiness is fleeting and can easily be 'taken away' by a small shift in our external circumstances. Contentment is based on a soul level understanding that there is beauty i...
Episode 26: The Art of Purification
Walking Dharma - July 30, 2019 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe Art of Purfication. This week's episode explores the concept of saucha (cleanliness; purification). Saucha is the first niyama (ethical observance) as highlighted by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. Purification and cleanliness are an essential component in day to day life. At face value, cleanl...
Episode 25: What is Intuition and What is Fear?
Walking Dharma - July 12, 2019 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhat is Intuition and What is Fear? This week's podcast examines two central concepts: how to differentiate between fear based thinking and intuitive guidance and the concept of pratipaksha bhavanam (do the opposite of the initial thought) as a means to help overcome fear based patterning that hi...
Episode 24: Rebellion is your Birthright
Walking Dharma - June 20, 2019 12:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast joins us on the road driving West to Los Angeles. It is raw and real and dives into the idea that we must rebel against the ready-made societal recipes for life and take a look at our deepest longings with an open mind and heart. From our heart prompts, we then create our own ...
Episode 23: Embracing the Unknown
Walking Dharma - May 13, 2019 15:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast focuses on embracing the unknown by becoming deeply present with simply being as we are in every moment. "Sweet hearted one, meditate on knowing and not knowing, existing and not existing. Then leave both aside that you may be." - Vigyan Bhairav Tantra via The Book of Secrets...
Episode 22: Finding Emotional Freedom
Walking Dharma - April 22, 2019 15:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast explores what it takes to move from a reactive state to a response-able state of being. When we are reactive we are triggered and allow strong emotions to overtake our awareness. When strong emotions such as anger, guilt, sadness, or fear arise we are thrown off center and ac...
Episode 21: Awakening Authentic Self Confidence
Walking Dharma - April 05, 2019 15:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast explores what it takes to cultivate authentic self confidence. Authentic self confidence is something that arises when we learn to fully trust ourselves, our abilities, and our ability to learn and grow accordingly. When we live life from an ego-based construct, we will alway...
Episode 20: Let Go or Be Dragged
Walking Dharma - March 18, 2019 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the concept of unattachment. "Attachment is that which follows identification with pleasurable experiences." -Yoga Sutras "Aversion is that which follows identification with painful experiences." - Yoga Sutras Attachment and aversion are both rooted in fear of pain...
Episode 19: Love Everyone
Walking Dharma - February 25, 2019 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the concept of how to truly love everyone, even those we don't see eye to eye with. "He who sees the Supreme Lord abiding alike in all beings, and not perishing when they perish- verily he alone sees." - Bhagavad Gita 13:27 When we realize that the same Divine ess...
Episode 18: The Beauty of Letting Go
Walking Dharma - February 11, 2019 15:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the yama (abstinence) of aparigraha (non-greed; non-covetousness). "When non-greed is confirmed, a thorough illumination of the how and why of one's birth comes."- Yoga Sutras 2:39 When we stop striving to achieve certain experiences, states of being, or material ...
Episode 17: The Art of Moderation
Walking Dharma - January 28, 2019 15:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the yama (abstinence) of brahmacharya (continence). "To one established in brahmacharya, vigor is gained." Yoga Sutras 2:38 Brahma: Creation; God. Charya: To follow. Brahmacharya: To follow Creation; continence. Brahmacharya (continence) is the ability to remain...
Episode 16: The Art of Receptivity
Walking Dharma - January 14, 2019 23:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the yama (abstinence) of asteya (non-stealing). "To one established in non-stealing, all wealth comes." Yoga Sutras 2:37 Non-stealing is the art of cultivating a gracious, generous, abundance-based attitude towards life and others. The opposite of stealing/taking ...
Episode 15: Find Your Truth
Walking Dharma - January 07, 2019 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the yama (abstinence) of satya (truthfulness). "To one established in truthfulness, actions and their results become subservient." Yoga Sutras 2:36 Whatever lense of awareness we put on determines what we receive from the world. Instead of trying to find your trut...
Episode 14: Be Love
Walking Dharma - December 21, 2018 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the yama (abstinence) of ahimsa (non-violence). "In the presence of one firmly established in non-violence, all hostilities cease." Yoga Sutras 2:35 When we open our hearts and live from a place of loving kindness and reverence for all of life, non-violence is a n...
Episode 13: Trust Yourself
Walking Dharma - December 10, 2018 15:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast addresses the modern psychological phenomenon of lack of self worth. We dive into some of the root causes of lack of self worth and examine simple mindfulness-based solutions to help listeners discover a heightened sense of emotional well-being through self acceptance, presen...
Episode 12: How to Truly Give Thanks
Walking Dharma - November 26, 2018 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHow to (truly) give thanks? True gratitude arises from within and is not based on any external circumstances. It requires the abilty to become fully present, cultivate acceptance for what is (and isn't), let go when necessary and allow life to flow through you without confinement. Gratitude th...
Episode 11: How to Keep Going
Walking Dharma - November 11, 2018 21:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast explores the idea of how to 'keep going' and continue to walk our spiritual path no matter what. Determination to keep going no matter the external circumstances requires even-mindedness, action in conjunction with surrender, deep trust in our own abilities, and the ability t...
Episode 10: Make No Assumptions
Walking Dharma - October 30, 2018 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast explores the idea of being consistently inconsistent. Anytime we assume that people or things should be a certain way we are living based on what we have experienced in the past. If we are only seeing life from how things 'always are,' we are unavailable to embrace the presen...
Episode 9: Embracing the Shadow
Walking Dharma - October 20, 2018 22:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast explores the idea of embracing the shadow. The shadow is the 'darkside' of both our emotional realm and the darker aspects of the outer physical realm. It is the aspects of ourselves that we would rather not show the world. Journeying into the shadow realm takes courage and eq...
Episode 8: Get Out of Your Own Way
Walking Dharma - October 16, 2018 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the idea of "I am not the doer." The Bhagavad Gita says,"I do nothing at all," thinks the Yogi, the knower of Truth; for in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and in tasting; in walking, breathing, and sleeping; In speaking, emitting, and seizing; in opening and ...
Episode 7: Overcoming the Obstacles
Walking Dharma - October 07, 2018 05:45 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the Yoga Sutras and the five 'kleshas' (obstacles) that hinder us from Self realization. The five kleshas are: ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion and clinging to life. By understanding the kleshas and the ways they manifest in our day to day life we become mor...
Episode 6: Live Your Truth
Walking Dharma - September 29, 2018 00:45 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the yogic concept of 'dharma.' Dharma translates literally as: 'That which holds together.' A broader definition of dharma is 'spiritual path.' Dharma is our highest, deepest truth and once realized, acts as an internal compass guiding us in all aspects of life. W...
Episode 5: Embodying Love: The Four Limitless Qualities
Walking Dharma - September 22, 2018 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast dives into the Four Limitless Qualities of being as taught by Pema Chodron in 'The Places that Scare You.' The four limitless qualities are: loving kindness, compassion, joyfulness and equanimity. We explore how to fully step into emobodying these virtues using real life exam...
Episode 4: Be One-Pointed
Walking Dharma - September 16, 2018 02:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast breaks down the five different states of awareness one is capable of experiencing at any given moment. The five states of awareness are: Restlessness, Delusional, Distracted, One-Pointed and Restricted. Qualities of the different states of awareness are broken down and expoun...
Episode 3: Think Good Thoughts
Walking Dharma - September 08, 2018 06:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week's podcast is focused on Yoga Sutra II:33, "When disturbed by negative thoughts, opposite (positive) ones should be thought of. This is pratipaksha bhavana." Pratipaksha bhavana translates as: 'opposite thoughts should be thought of.' It is the art of identifying where we are blocking o...
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