Bodhicitta, 5 July 2021, San Francisco, USA

Bodhicitta has been characterised as kindness, compassion, and the wish to release all beings from suffering. This is correct but does not convey the complete picture. Bodhicitta also involves freeing beings from the causes of suffering. Everyone wants to be free from suffering, but does everyone want to be free from happiness? Probably not, but from the bodhicitta point of view happiness is also problematic, because happiness is a fabricated condition and cannot be trusted or relied upon. A bodhisattva wishes to free sentient beings from all phenomena:  this is what makes bodhicitta unique. Bodhicitta is more accurately characterised as the union of wisdom and skilful means, with the aspiration of awakening all beings to the truth.

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Bodhicitta, 5 July 2021, San Francisco, USA - Part 2

Bodhicitta has been characterised as kindness, compassion, and the wish to release all beings from suffering. This is correct but does not convey the complete picture. Bodhicitta also involves freeing beings from the causes of suffering. Everyone wants to be free from suffering, but does everyone want to be free from happiness? Probably not, but from the bodhicitta point of view happiness is also problematic, because happiness is a fabricated condition and cannot be trusted or relied upon. A bodhisattva wishes to free sentient beings from all phenomena:  this is what makes bodhicitta unique. Bodhicitta is more accurately characterised as the union of wisdom and skilful means, with the aspiration of awakening all beings to the truth.

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Bodhicitta, 5 July 2021, San Francisco, USA - Part 2

Bodhicitta, 5 July 2021, San Francisco, USA - Part 1

Bodhicitta has been characterised as kindness, compassion, and the wish to release all beings from suffering. This is correct but does not convey the complete picture. Bodhicitta also involves freeing beings from the causes of suffering. Everyone wants to be free from suffering, but does everyone want to be free from happiness? Probably not, but from the bodhicitta point of view happiness is also problematic, because happiness is a fabricated condition and cannot be trusted or relied upon. A bodhisattva wishes to free sentient beings from all phenomena:  this is what makes bodhicitta unique. Bodhicitta is more accurately characterised as the union of wisdom and skilful means, with the aspiration of awakening all beings to the truth.

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Bodhicitta, 5 July 2021, San Francisco, USA - Part 1

In this episode of the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass talks about practice in daily life and answers questions about polarization and fundamentalism, integrating psychodynamic and spiritual techniques, dealing with addiction, and more.

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“And I said I’m not going to get discouraged because I can see that a centrist position, this is a hard one, a centrist position… That at this point in the way the world game is a falling, either everybody goes or nobody goes. You can’t polarize it again. You can’t have an ‘us’ and ‘them.’ It’s got to keep embracing people, embracing people. And I saw that would demand much more centrism than I was used to or wanted from a Democratic president and so on.” – Ram Dass

In this episode of Here and Now:
Ram Dass talks about letting methods of practice such as mantras and kirtan permeate your daily life
Ram Dass gives a detailed response to a question about the rise of fundamentalism in the world, exploring polarization and why you can’t have an “us” and “them”
Ram Dass takes on more questions about integrating psychodynamic and spiritual techniques, the importance of rituals, and dealing with addiction
“I think the tricky thing is for us to integrate psychodynamic techniques and spiritual techniques. Psychodynamic technique says let’s work it out; spiritual technique says let’s get on with it, let’s leave it behind. If you do either one of them to an extreme, you lose it. Hear that one? That’s interesting. It’s really the balance of them.” – Ram Dass

About Ram Dass:
Ram Dass’ spirit has been a guiding light for generations, carrying along millions on the journey. Ram Dass teaches that through the Bhakti practice of unconditional love, we can all connect with our true nature. Through these teachings, Ram Dass has shared a little piece of his guru, Maharajji, with all who have listened to him.

Ram Dass: You Can’t Have An Us and Them – Here and Now Podcast Ep. 228

The Four Immeasurable Thoughts, May 13 - 14 2023, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Part 2

As modern people, our dukkha revolves around an overwhelming amount of freedom and choice, questions about the purpose of life, who am I, what am I, the insecurity of wanting to be recognized by others, alienation, disconnection, feeling trapped whilst at the same time wanting to belong, restlessness, over-stimulation... the list goes on.
Suffering from an identity crisis yet? Which identity, asks the Heart Sutra?

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Identity Crisis, 15 January 2024, Tokyo [日本語訳付き]

As long as we have consciousness and interact with the world around us, we act out of “trust” or “belief”. We have a notion of an objective reality but the way we see the world is highly subjective: even science is a belief. This Mahayana sutra provides a thorough explanation and detailed analysis of the meaning, development and characteristics of the “trust” which we, aspiring bodhisattvas, need to develop.

Based on the sutra Cultivating Trust in the Great Vehicle.

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Cultivating Trust On The Bodhisattva Path, 8 May 2022, Online

Lying flat or tangping is a recent Chinese cultural phenomenon among young people which implies a rejection of societal pressures and competition, and a desire to live a simple life. It may be the closest thing in Chinese society to the hippy movement and its counter-culture values. It may also be related to the Japanese phenomenon hikikomori, or extreme social withdrawal by young people. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche analyses tangping and how it relates to a meaningful life in the ancient Chinese and Indian wisdom traditions.

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Lying Flat Buddha, 3 April 2023, Taipei, Taiwan

It is said that storytelling is what separates humans from animals. In this masterclass, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche discusses the power of storytelling and how the notion of a universal theme and the temptation to always achieve a beautiful shot can get in the way of a good story.

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Beauty Is A Trap  Masterclass By Khyentse Norbu, 20 May 2023, Nepal

Continuing his discussion of the five aggregates, Joseph Goldstein dives deeper into perception and how we can get lost in mental formations.

This episode is part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. If you are just jumping into the series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience: https://youtu.be/RfuH9O7DS4o

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In another exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, Joseph discusses:

Balancing perception with mindfulness
 Using the frame of our perception to enter more deeply into experience
 Our tendency to solidify the world through superficial concepts
 The seduction of being lost in the future and past
 Reality and the concept of the present moment
 Created concepts of self-image
 The delineation of mental factors; universal, occasional, and unwholesome
 Considering the understanding of karma
 Having interest in our mental formations and taking time to investigate them
 How mindfulness of mental formations helps us see how impersonal everything is
Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

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“We also create concepts about things that may seem even more fundamental like age, gender or race. But when we look more deeply, we see that these are concepts too. How old is your breath? It doesn’t make sense. Is the pain in your back male or female? What color is your mind? It’s not to say that the concepts don’t point to some differences of experience, but we often become so identified with and attached to the concept." – Joseph Goldstein

Buddhist Teachings on Perception & Formation with Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour Ep. 224

For episode 252, Cory Allen makes his first appearance on the Metta Hour podcast.

Cory Allen is an author, coach, podcaster, and influencer from Austin, Texas. He writes daily thoughts on mindfulness and mental clarity for his large Instagram following, reaching over a million people a week. Cory is the author of two books, his most recent, Brave New You, has just been released from Hay House in 2024 in hardcover, ebook and audiobook formats. His podcast And Then It Hit Me, has over 300 episodes to date.

In this conversation, Sharon and Cory discuss:
- Meditation Barbie
- Cory’s origin story
- Opening to greater possibility
- Cultivating greater agency
- Story is everything
- Keeping language real
- Having an original mind
- The importance of self-trust
- How our faith evolves
- How Sharon challenges herself
- Intuition as an entryway to our deeper self

Cory closes the conversation with a guided meditation.


Cultivating Greater Agency with Sharon Salzberg & Cory Allen – Metta Hour Podcast Ep. 253

Sharing stories from her world travels, yoga teacher Susan Maruffo explores healing and self-discovery through yoga, Tantra, and meditation.

This time on Mindrolling, Susan and Raghu journey through:  
- Unhappiness within Western cultural conditioning
- How getting out of the United States transformed Susan’s life
- Being alone while doing yoga versus in a group setting
- How suffocating our ‘roles’ in life can be
- Recognizing our universal connection via a trip to India
- Coming back into the body through yoga practice
- Susan’s experience at a Tantric school in Thailand
- Neo-Tantra versus classical Tantra
- Healing through yoga and sexual exploration
- Dying to the old versions of ourselves
- How the heart reveals itself during meditation
- The ways we run away from intimacy

About Susan Marrufo:
Susan left the United States and a job in advertising in 2008 to travel internationally and experience life beyond the confines of her cultural conditioning. She received her first 500-hr yoga certification in Thailand in 2009, where she began her studies of the classical yogic scriptures and delved deeply into esoteric tantric philosophy. After 2 years of teaching month-long tantric-based courses on the banks of the Ganges in India and the Pacific coastal towns of Mexico, Susan returned to the US to begin a residential internship with the Kripalu School of Yoga, where she taught in and project-managed several Kripalu yoga teacher trainings as well as received her 2nd 500-hr teacher training certification from the Kripalu School of Yoga. Susan facilitates group courses in the inquiry of yoga and meditation and dives increasingly deeper into her yogic studies. She is the founder of Samarasa Center.

“It was the first time that I started practicing yoga alone. Not in groups of classes with other people. That was transformational for me. That was the game changer, just being alone, having time, not feeling stressed, not feeling the pressure to be anybody. To be a wife, to be a boss, to be a daughter.” – Susan Marrufo

Mindrolling Podcast Ep. 572 – Yoga, Sex and Death with Susan Marrufo & Raghu Markus

Buddhist organization under the direction of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.
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Bodhicitta, 5 July 2021, San Francisco, USA - Part 2

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