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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 106 - Creating Happiness and Peace

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/07/05

“Renunciation is not the same as giving up pleasure or denying ourselves happiness. It means giving up our unreal expectations about ordinary pleasures. These expectations themselves are what turn pleasure into pain.” —Lama Yeshe Is it is real cause of happiness? Does it cause unwanted side effects? Every time we turn to it for pleasure does it make us happy? Does it bring peace Does it set us up for disappointment or pain? If you answer yes to 1 and 4 or no to 2 and 3, it can’t be a real

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Episode 105: Using Mindfulness To Build Character

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/06/28

I’m this episode we look at what the Buddha said about character. The English word for character comes from the Greek word chisel. A sculptor uses a chisel to mold a piece of stone into a work of art, or to cut away what is unnecessary. We chisel our character like a sculptor transforms stone into beauty. How? By our choices and intentions. Strengthening character can be a conscious, active process. We can also create our character through the intentions we have. We can choose to be generous. We

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Episode 104 - Ethical Discipline of Restraint

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/06/14

Gray hair Does not make one an elder. Someone ripe only in years Is called “an old fool.” It is through truth, Dharma, harmlessness, restraint, and self-control, That the wise one, purged of impurities Is called “an elder.” (Verse 260-261) The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness As a person who generates the spirit of enlightenment and then promises to train in

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Episode 103 - Being an Upholder of The Dharma

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/05/30

In this episode we look at what it means to be an “Upholder of the Dharma” according to Buddha, and how we can, in a practical way, be one. In particular, we try to lessen the harm we do. One does not uphold the Dharma Only because one speaks a lot. Having heard even a little, If one perceives the Dharma with one’s own body And is never negligent of the Dharma, Then one is indeed an upholder of the Dharma. (Verse 259) --Buddha, The Dhammapada Doing no harm, Practice what’s

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Episode 102 - What makes one wise? (According to Buddha)

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/05/24

What truly makes a person wise? Buddha answered this succinctly in the verse from the Dhammapada we examine during this episode. It is not merely one who talks about the dharma, he says, or that can wax philosophical on the teachings. Rather, it is a person that embodies three attributes… He is not just if he decides a case arbitrarily; the wise man should decide after considering both what is right and what is wrong. The wise man who decides not arbitrarily but in accordance with the law is one

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Episode 101 - There Is No Footprint In The Sky

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/04/19

Buddha taught that the door to enlightenment depends on realizing the correct view of emptiness. The wisdom of emptiness realizes the way phenomena exist as opposed to the way it naturally appears to us. This wisdom cuts away ego grasping and gives us real freedom from disturbances of mind like anger, attachment, and jealousy. In this episode, we look specifically at the union of the two truths, emptiness and conventual truth. There is no footprint in the sky, no ascetic on the outside, folk

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Episode 100 - Looking in their garden or their garbage?

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/03/15

If we want to live in a beautiful world, we must give up the fault-finding mind. The more we give up faulting-finding, the happier we will be. Our relationships will also be more harmonious. We can decide what kind of world we want to live in-- a beautiful world or a world full of faults and problems. To celebrate the 100th episode, I am giving away a 30 minute phone call with me to talk about your practice (or anything you would like) and a mala I made and blessed. For a chance to win, go to

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Episode 99:- 3 Poisons, 3 Virtuous Roots

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/03/01

The slogan ‘Three objects, three poisons, and three seeds of virtue. Some feelings are painful, like hate, but we often don’t recognize that feelings are suffering. We are busy focusing on an object that appears to be causing the hate or the lust, rather than understanding that feelings are manifestations of our karma. Positive feelings like happiness are the product of good karma. Feelings can be endured, transformed into virtue, or be a trigger to react in a way that causes more negative karma

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Episode 98 - Rejoicing Versus Jealousy

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/02/16

When we’re jealous, there’s a wish that another would not have the happiness or good fortune we’re observing. It is the opposite of a bodhisattva wish for others to be happy, for jealousy actually wishes that others not have happiness. This is why jealousy is such a hindrance on the path to enlightenment because it conjures a very different intention than the compassionate, bodhicitta intention were trying to cultivate. A Buddhist definition of jealousy: A disturbing state of mind that involves

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Episode 97 - New Mind, New Life

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/02/01

In order to change our experiences, we have to change the way we think, feel, and react. As long as we maintain the same habits of mind, our lives will continue with a similar amount of suffering, anxiety, or anger. Buddha teaches us that our lives are projected from our mind. In this episode, we will attempt a daily meditation and mindfulness practice to change our thoughts and feelings and project a new, more peaceful reality. Easy is life For someone without a conscience, Bold as a crow,

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Episode 96 - Ignorance, The Greatest Corruption

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2021/01/04

In this verse, the Buddha says that the greatest corruption is ignorance. Ignorance is an unknowing; it is not knowing something. What is it that we do not know that is our greatest corruption because it is the underlying cause of all our suffering and confusion? It is ignorance of the way things actually exist as opposed to the way they appear. It is an unknowing of reality. The mistaken way we are viewing everything is that we believe that all things exist exactly as they appear, in an

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Episode 95 - Moral Discipline

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/12/14

Within the Four NobleTruths, Buddha taught the method to end suffering, which is the Eightfold Path. The Eightfold Path has three areas of focus: moral discipline, mental discipline, and wisdom. In almost all his discourses when teaching directly to people, Buddha included the Eightfold path. In this verse, Buddha is giving an explanation on moral discipline, and if we look at early Buddhism, directly from Buddha, we see that there is a great emphasis on right conduct and moral discipline. Why would

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Episode 94 - What Would Love Have Me Do?

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/11/23

What is joyous perseverance (effort)? “When you have focused upon something virtuous, joyous perseverance is enthusiasm for it. Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds says: What is joyous perseverance? It is delight in virtue. The Bodhisattva Levels explains it as a flawless state of mind that is enthusiastic about accumulating virtue and working for the welfare of living beings, together with the physical, verbal, and mental activity such a state of mind motivates.” —Je Tsongkhapa (reference

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Episode 93 - Purification Meditation

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/11/17

Power of Reliance: Pray for help to any holy being you feel connected to or simply pray. In Tibetan the word prayer means “wish path” and a prayer is a karmic action or path leading you to a new reality. Power of Release (sometimes translated as the power of regret). Generate the strong wish to purify the karma causing you suffering, that is perpetuating your current way of being that you wish to change. Then visualize purifying what you need to let go of by imagining the negative karma,

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Episode 92 - If You Want To Be a Buddhist...

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/11/02

Taking refuge is the key expression of commitment to Buddhism. If you want to identify as a Buddhist in a more formal way, you can take refuge by saying the refuge prayer: “I go for refuge to Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.” When we take refuge, we are committing ourselves to peace and the path to that inner peace. The Buddha is the teacher, and the Sangha (spiritual community) assists you in your practice, but the real refuge is the jewel of the teaching, because experience of the teachings protects our

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Episode 91 - An Inner Being

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/10/20

A Buddhist is sometimes referred to as an inner being. This is one who solves their problems and seeks happiness within. In this episode, we look at how to recognize whether we are seeking inner or outer refuge, the difference being whether it can truly solve our problem and give us peace—or not. Yama’s henchmen are standing by. You stand at the door of death With no provisions for the journey. Make an island for yourself. Be quick in making effort. Be wise. Unblemished, with corruption

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Episode 90 - Free your mind and the rest will follow

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/10/05

According to the Buddha, thoughts create karma, our present reality and our future. Yet our thoughts can be so deceptive. This episode will help us explore and question our thoughts, as well as direct them toward what is beneficial. Specifically, we will look at the three non-virtuous actions of mind: coveting, malice and wrong view. “Coveting: The bases of covetousness are the wealth or possessions of another. The motivation is the desire to make the wealth or property your own. The culmination

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Episode 89 - Right Speech

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/09/21

Right speech is abstaining from: false speech divisive speech harsh speech frivolous speech Lying (false speech): The performance is indicating something false through speaking, through choosing not to speak, or through gesture. Causing others to engage in the three types of speech—lying, divisive speech, or offensive speech—is the same as doing it yourself. Divisive speech: the motivation is the desire that living beings who are compatible be separated or the desire that living beings who are

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Episode 88 - Impeccable with your body

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/09/14

Moral discipline is the foundation of the spiritual path in Buddhism. Virtue means something that creates happiness or inner peace (good karma). When we determine that an action is virtuous or non-virtuous, it doesn’t imply judgment or that a person is good or bad, but rather that the action will either bring happiness or suffering in the future. Virtue creates the experience of freedom from guilt, and this helps us continue to develop spiritually through joy and confidence toward inner peace,

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Episode 87 - Buddah-Nature

Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox ·

2020/09/08

In this episode, we consider our own Buddha-nature, the real nature of our mind: pure, peaceful, wise and compassion. We also learn how to do the practice of taking and giving (or Tonglen in Tibetan) to generate compassion for ourselves and to purify our future self. ‘Monks, this mind is brightly shining, but it is defiled by adventitious defilements’ —Buddha Who is worthy enough to find fault In one who is like a coin of the finest gold— Blameless in conduct, Intelligent, Endowed with

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