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Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox

JoAnn Fox: Buddhist Teacher

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox is a bi-weekly podcast that shares how to put the teachings of Buddhism into practice to be happier, more peaceful, or to become the spiritual warrior this world so desperately needs. JoAnn Fox has been teaching Buddhism for over 20 years and does so with kindness and humor.

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Episode 125 - Making Positive Habits Stick, The...

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/12/31

The Buddha taught that small, good karmic actions lead to great results in the future, a powerful motivation for making even small positive changes in our lives. In this episode we look at the Four Powers of Effort, a process for making positive changes last. 1,200 years ago, the Buddhist Master Shantideva offered this Buddhist approach to lasting change and building confidence in his Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. The Four Powers of Effort are guiding principles to reaching a goal by

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Episode 124 - Mindful of Our Own Impermanence

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/12/20

Our modern culture tends to make us turn away from thoughts about death and even our own aging. Yet death is something that all of us, without exception, will experience. In Buddhism, there is a focus on coming to terms with our own death ans impermanence. This world is not our home, it is said. We are a traveler destined for other worlds, other lives. By becoming mindful of our own mortality, that the time of our death is uncertain, and even that we might die today, we develop a great urgency for

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Episode 123 - Attachment To Self

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/12/06

In this episode we look at attachment to self. In particular, we try to identify what attachment to self is and how to lessen it so that we experience more peace and light-heartedness. To recognize attachment to self, we can contemplate extreme examples: Extreme examples of when we feel attachment to self Embarrassment Excessive shame or guilt Reactions to criticism like anger or dismissing the person Strong pride or self-aggrandizement In general, attachment arises when we perceive an object

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Episode 122 - Non-attachment

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/11/22

In this episode, we explore attachment and some simple ways to practice non-attachment. The concept of non-attachment is often misunderstood. For example, we still love people even while practicing non-attachment. We still have homes, jobs, and goals even as we lesson our attachment. Non-attachment does not mean being separated from people or things, but changing the way we relate to them. Lessened worry and anxiety, peace of mind, and more enjoyment are only a few of the innumerable benefits that

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33:02

Right Concentration

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/11/15

In this episode we look at Right Concentration, one part of the Noble Eightfold Path. In general, concentration in meditation is single-pointedness on the object of meditation. Like a laser, concentration eliminates distraction. When one attains a state of single-pointed concentration a unique feeling of tranquility accompanies it. Thus, there are two features of concentration: unbroken attentiveness on an object and a feeling of peace that arises with this absorption. When training in

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Episode 120 - Right Mindfulness

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/11/08

In this episode we explore Right Mindfulness, one of the Noble Eightfold Path. In general, mindfulness means awareness, presence of mind, or attentiveness. What sets Right Mindfulness apart from secular mindfulness is that it is taught as a skill that supports the Buddhist path to enlightenment. Mindfulness in this context is part of the eightfold path that leads to the realization of the four noble truths and the end suffering. In Pali, the phrase referring to Buddhist mindfulness is samma sati,

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Episode 119 - Right Livelihood

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/10/25

This episode dives deep into Right Livelihood, one of the Noble Eightfold Path as laid out by the Buddha. The Eightfold Path is a spiritual path that leads us to deeper and deeper levels of peace and happiness. Ultimately, following all eight of the Eightfold Path until our mind is purified of ignorance, attachment, and selfishness, leads us to enlightenment. When we talk about a path, it signifies a way that leads us somewhere. For anyone who has ever been given the wrong directions to a

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Episode 118 - Right Action

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/10/18

In this episode we take a deep dive into what Buddha meant by Right Action or conduct. Right Action is part of the Noble Eightfold Path, which lays out the gradual path to enlightenment. Right action means a abstains from non-virtuous actions of body, principally: Killing Stealing Sexual misconduct Abandoning taking life This refers not just to killing human beings, but to refrain from intentionally killing any living, specifically sentient beings means humans, animals and insects. The

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Right Speech - Episode 117

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/10/13

This episode explores Right Speech, as part of a series on the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path. In the context of the spiritual path, Right Speech is more than just an ethical discipline of behavior. Right Speech is a vital part of purifying our mind so that we can attain spiritual realizations and deeper levels of wisdom. Almost everyone in our modern society engages in some type of unskillful speech. Yet, our speech is so powerful to affect others. If our speech comes from loving-kindness, we can be

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Episode 116 - Right Effort

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/10/05

This episode focuses on Right Effort, one part of the Noble Eightfold Path. Buddha repeatedly taught the importance of effort, for realizing the rest of the eightfold spiritual path depends on effort. In this context effort means energy directed toward cultivating the mind. The path begins with an impure mind and a wish to change; the liberated mind is the culmination of the path.what comes between is unrelenting effort. Here we focus on the four powers of effort, which teaches us how to make

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Episode 115 - Right View

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/09/29

In this episode, we explore Right View connoting the realization of emptiness. Right View is part of the Noble Eightfold Path, laid out by Buddha as the gradual path to enlightenment. All eight parts of the path are practiced concurrently as we move along our spiritual journey. The eight parts are not sequential or practiced one-at-a-time, but you could say that the realization of emptiness is what directly leads to enlightenment. All the other parts are absolutely necessary to prepare and purify

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Episode 114 - Karma Bandits

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/09/12

This episode is dedicated to Right View, one part of The Noble Eightfold Path. Right View has two parts to it: a mundane right view and a superior right view (emptiness).Today we look at mundane right view which adopts the understanding and belief in karma. It is specifically, “right view of the ownership of action” (kammassakata sammaditthi). What does it mean to live mindfully in accordance with the of karma? “All created things are suffering.” Seeing this with insight, One becomes disenchanted

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Episode 113 - Right Intention Part - 3: Harmlessness

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/09/05

In this last of a three episode series on Right Intention, one of the Noble Eightfold Path, we look at how to practice the aspect of harmlessness. Right intention has three parts: Renunciation, Loving-kindness, and Harmlessness. Buddhist Teacher, JoAnn Fox, also shares a meditation and daily mindfulness practice to help us cultivate harmlessness. What is harmlessness in Buddhism Harmlessness is a mind that opposes the wish to harm. It is also a path we cultivate gradually to its highest

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Episode 112 - Right Intention Part 2 - Good Will

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/08/28

In this episode, we look at one aspect of Right Intention—loving-kindness. Buddhist Teacher, JoAn Fox, teaches how to practice loving-kindness in daily life, as well as a way to cultivate it through meditation. She teaches and guides the metta meditation, a powerful method to increase our loving-kindness, redirect our love from our usual self-focus, and gradually extend it to all living beings. What is Right Intention from the Noble Eightfold Path Right Intention is one of the Noble Eightfold

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Episode 111 - Right Intention Part 1

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/08/21

This episode begins a series in which we take a deep dive into the practice of each part of the Noble Eightfold Path. The Noble Eightfold Path is Buddha’s guide to a gradual path to happiness and, if one chose to take it all the way, to enlightenment. In this episode we look at Right Intention. Right intention has three parts: Loving-kindness, Harmlessness, and Renunciation. We begin with the practice of renunciation. What is renunciation? Renunciation is not giving up pleasures, shaving our

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Episode 110 - Two Paths Before You

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/08/13

Buddhism, one could say, is the gradual path to happiness. The essence of all the teachings of Buddha can be summed up by the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The Noble Truths reveal Buddha’s realization that life is pervaded by suffering, the cause of suffering are the toxins in the mind like attachment, aversion and ignorance, and that there is a solution to all suffering. The Eightfold Path is contained within the Fourth Noble Truth and is the guide on how exactly to gradually end our

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Episode 110 - Two Paths Before You

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/08/13

Buddhism, one could say, is the gradual path to happiness. The essence of all the teachings of Buddha can be summed up by the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The Noble Truths reveal Buddha’s realization that life is pervaded by suffering, the cause of suffering are the toxins in the mind like attachment, aversion and ignorance, and that there is a solution to all suffering. The Eightfold Path is contained within the Fourth Noble Truth and is the guide on how exactly to gradually end our

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Episode 109 - Removing The Toxins

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/08/07

In this episode we look at the singular cause of our pain and suffering and the solution! Our problems and suffering come from the toxins in our mind such as anger, attachment, selfishness, and ignorance. The Buddhist path presents many methods to reduce and finally eliminate these toxins from our mind. This a gradual process with a variety of practices to achieve this goal. In the episode’s brief meditation, listeners determine what causes them the most suffering in their life currently, either

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Episode 108: One Who Harms No Living Being

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/07/18

In this episode, we explore non-harmfulness. Non-harm is so central to Buddhism, the two can not be separated from each other. Our own inner peace is dependent upon lessening and eventually eliminating the harm we do to others. Inner peace is the great victory and prize for removing this harm from our actions of body, speech and mind. ----------------------------------------- While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (270) of this book, with reference to a fisherman named

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107 - Merit Making

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/07/10

In this episode, we look at creating merit by intentionally engaging in activities that are good karma. Merit, or good karma, propels our spiritual practice forward. Thus accumulating merit is a central activity of a bodhisattva, one striving for enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, as well as those who believe in the law of karma. Ten merit-making activities Giving (dāna ) Observing the moral precepts (sīla ) Meditation (bhāvanā ) Showing respect to one's superiors (apacāyana )

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