Welcome to Enlightened Life Fellowship.In this podcast episode, Nothing to Prove, we reflect on the quiet freedom that comes from releasing the need to justify ourselves, our practice, or our progress. This reading explores how striving for validation can obscure presence, and how letting go of comparison allows us to meet life more honestly. This episode offers a grounded reminder that worth is not earned through effort, but recognized through awareness.For more information about Enlightened Life

A talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu entitled "Cornered Through Samvega"

"Tilting Toward Happiness" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on a concept in gaming called being “tilted.” Something goes wrong, frustration takes over, and suddenly we’re so focused on the outcome we want that we start behaving in ways that make it even harder to get there. Turns out, we do this all the time outside of games too. In traffic. In relationships. At work. With our health. Even in our meditation practice.In this Dharma talk, we look at a piece of gaming advice that

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo discusses various skilful means—specifically ones related to a felt sense of spaciousness—for relating to the 5 hindrances of:00:00 Introduction to unbounded mind vs little mind 08:12 (1) sensual desire 11:45 (2) ill-will 17:21 (3) sloth and torpor 20:35 (4) restlessness and worry 24:50 (5) doubt An overarching relationship is drawn between: (a) the Buddha's comparison of a vast, lakelike mind with a constricted, confined, salty mind

บางส่วนจากคลิป "คนไม่รู้ "ลำเลียงสติเข้าสู่จิตแนวเคลื่อนไหว หลวงพ่อเทียน จิตฺตสุโภ

On this episode, Jen continues our series on dependent origination discussing how we can see beyond the limiting views of existing or not existing. In support of the series, we will be reading and discussing Leigh Brasington's book Dependent Origination & Emptiness. Details can be found on the Classes page of the website along with a link to Leigh's (free) book. We will be working through this material over the next several months. Should you have any questions, or wish to join us via Zoom,

Dissolving Obscurations in the Innate Openness of PresenceA Dzogchen retreat with James Low in Wilga, Poland, held May 21–24, 2026. The teachings were given with Polish translation. "From the point of view of dzogchen, collaboration and participation are much more important than dominance and control. That is to say, we relax and find ourselves within the field of our participation. The world reveals itself as we reveal ourselves – nothing is fixed and everything moves together. The field of

The Illusion of Perception A teaching by James Low on Dzogchen and Tibetan Buddhism, given to a practising audience. This episode is an extract from the longer teaching "Wisdom and Compassion", given in Macclesfield in March 2025. You can watch the full teaching here: https://youtu.be/jtjlM1CYuN4 Watch the original video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Qp3DnR4QY Chapters 00:00 Phenomena arise and pass: we see light, not the wall 03:24 Hearing sound: we organize it through our

(Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community) Drawing on the four foundations of mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths, we explore the difference between the inevitable difficulties of human experience and the suffering that arises through grasping and resistance. By noticing feeling tone, reactivity, and the embodied qualities of tightness and ease, we can begin to recognize moments of release and cultivate a wiser relationship with experience.Readings from The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi by Susan

(Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community) Exploring vedanā, or feeling tone, we notice the pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral quality of experience and the reactions that may follow. Staying grounded in the body, this practice invites curiosity about grasping and pushing away, and the possibility of responding with greater wisdom and freedom.

(Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community) Beginning with the body as a home base for attention, we explore an easeful, gentle way of returning to bodily sensations and the breath. Sitting and walking practice support steadiness of attention and a growing capacity to be present with our experience without judgment.

A talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu entitled "Build Your Raft Well"

This Wisdom Podcast episode, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat, features special guests Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Justin Kelley, and Sandra Fernandez. They share how Tergar Institute is bringing traditional Buddhist teaching into daily modern life. Rinpoche shares his examples from his wandering retreat, including a near-death experience and how it impacted his view of the world. They also explore the Nalanda framework of view, meditation, and application, and how Tergar Institute condenses

บางส่วนจากคลิป "รู้สึกตัวแก้รู้สึกเพลิน" ลำเลียงสติเข้าสู่จิตแนวเคลื่อนไหว หลวงพ่อพระมหาดิเรก พุทธยานันโท

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 148 - What is the fifth precept of Buddhism? What is its significance? How have interpretations of it changed over time?Resources: Keown, Damien (2013b), "Buddhist Ethics", in LaFollette, Hugh (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 636–47, doi:10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee163, ISBN 978-1-4051-8641-4Keown, Damien (2016b), Buddhism and Bioethics, Springer Nature, ISBN 978-1-349-23981-8De Silva, Padmasiri (2016), Environmental

Tess Beasley is a Zen koan teacher and dharma heir of John Tarrant Roshi and serves as President for the Board of Directors for the Pacific Zen Institute. She holds a PhD in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology and is particularly interested in the ways Zen and depth psychology complement each other to kindle creativity and transformation. More on Tess and PZI: https://www.pacificzen.org/ Online Zen Training and Education: https://simplicityzen.com

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna begins commentary on a new text by His Holiness the Dalai Lama titled “How to See Yourself as you Really Are.” John focuses in on how we misperceive ourselves and objects, and how that leads to craving and anger. Specifically, he illustrates how our minds engage in elaboration and exaggeration, thereby drawing us deeper into suffering. This episode was recorded on September 9th, 2026. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Locate...

This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.10.05 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

This teaching was given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lama Tsonkhapa Institute in Italy as part of the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat between September 3-30, 2004.00:00:00 Rinpoche tells about the importance of the practice of morality and teaches on the benefits of doing prostrations.00:39:15 Rinpoche tells a short story about Khandro-la.00:47:22 Prostrating to holy objects like statues and stupas immediately brings eight benefits, such as achieving a perfect body in future lives and being able to live in