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Each moment is a new beginning. Michael talks on speech, actions and opens up about his struggle with depression. He also speaks of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s overdose. Copenhagen. 1.2 hours.

Copenhagen 1: The Path Of Your Heart

Michael uses the Dhammapada to explore letting go of hostility, it’s effect on kids and families, and his separation. Copenhagen 30 min.

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Copenhagen 2: Letting Go of Hostility & Resentment

Michael comments on the Buddhist text The Dhammapada exploring projection on teachers, noticing rigidity, and understanding the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Copenhagen. 65 min.

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Copenhagen 3: The Fire that Feeds Our Life

Students from Denmark, Germany and Sweden talk together about working with ethics in the realms of sexuality, marriage, family and work. Copenhagen 50min

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Copenhagen 3 pt.2: Ethics in Our Lives

Michael tells the story of King Pasenadi and other Buddhist teachings on caring for ones-self as a means to not hurting others, instructions for meditation on impermanence, aware of awareness, and not clinging to our identity. Copenhagen. 1 hour.

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Copenhagen 4: Being Dear to Oneself

Michael explains how interdependence, in Buddhist psychology, begins at the level of perception. We can have many versions of ourself, we are a novel. Importance of the ego. If you numb negative emotions, you also numb positive emotions. Copenhagen. 80 min

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Copenhagen 5: See Your Life As Creative Practice

When someone is enlightened, what are they enlightened about? Michael uses the dhammapada to talk about caregiving, taking care of yourself, and then he offers a list that sums up a new ay of thinking about spiritual practice in this century. He ends with a reading from his book “Family Wakes Us Up.” Copenhagen. 1.2 hours.

Copenhagen 6: Still Working on Love: Don’t Trade Your Buddha Nature For Safety

End of Summer Jam, Brought to you by the heart and Mind of Sadek....Enjoy

Kaleidoscope  Prod. By Dan Marrone (Chvpter 2: The Diamond Sutra)

Michael lectures on the end of 2nd chapter of the Yoga-Sutra and then gets into a very precise mapping of what happens to the ego when you get into deeper states of calm and how to practice without dissociating. Recorded in Stockholm, September 8, 2016.

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