Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks, we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an “ism”, Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or “map” was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts and alternatives were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized: Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointe ...
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Resting in the Waves, Epilogue : This final episode of Resting in the Waves helps us recognize our own habits of mind, move beyond our home base, and engage with the practice. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easing Awake Books, copyright 2020. This portion is read by Amanda Kimball. Suppor…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 8: This episode considers how to integrate swirls upon swirls of life's interdependent aspects and how to navigate absolute and relative realities—all with fluidity. Ultimately, it explores the emptiness of fluidity itself. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easi…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 7: The practice is not just about meditation, but how clearly and heartfully we relate to the rest of our life. This episode discusses how we can bring awareness and compassion into our daily life as we move through the world around us. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, publ…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 6: This episode considers how to tether the wild mind to a home base. It also compares and contrasts awareness with will, and weaves together four factors that comprise the process of "mind" with the 6 R’s. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easing Awake Books, c…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 5: This episode features the prerequisites for spiritual practice and an overview of three branches of Buddhism. It also examines three essential practices at the root of the Buddha’s teachings and the 6 R’s of wise effort. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easi…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 4: Buddhist meditation is about awareness. This episode explores indirect experience—exploring phenomena without intellectual bias. If we can see our actual experience accurately without distortion, that is enough to liberate us from suffering. The Buddha promoted direct, unmitigated, clear awareness as the bedrock of …
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 3: This episode examines awareness, mind, self, and the four ingredients that make up the process that we call mind. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easing Awake Books, copyright 2020. This portion is read by Amanda Kimball. Support the show…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 2: This episode offers an introduction to the teachings of the Buddha, how they can be summed up as “everything is in process,” and what that means for us as practitioners. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easing Awake Books, copyright 2020. This portion is rea…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 1, part 2: This episode examines a spectrum of senses of self, from extreme distortion, through coping mechanisms, to freedom of non-identification with self. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easing Awake Books, copyright 2020. This portion is read by Amanda Ki…
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Resting in the Waves, Chapter 1, part 1: This episode examines subconscious phenomena in the brain that influence how we perceive the world around us and our own sense of self. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easing Awake Books, copyright 2020. This portion is read by Amanda Kimball. Suppo…
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Resting in the Waves, Introduction: This book begins with an allegorical poem about a duck in the ocean waves. The Introduction then breaks down the title and subtitle of the book in a word-for-word study of what it means to rest in the waves and to welcome the mind's fluidity. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug…
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Hindrances can be viewed as distortions, obstacles, or demons. They distort consciousness but show us where there's imbalance that hides wisdom. Tension, aversion, and yearning distort our perception, but we don't need to look at these hindrances as a problem. We can see them as crossed intentions, spiritual trainers, and split between self and oth…
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"The Conscious Perspective" Interview
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Doug Kraft discusses a wide range of topics with Gary Haskins of The Conscious Perspective Podcast (#29). Their topics include confronting suffering, suffering is to be understood, different ways to express universal truths, turning toward the wholesome, when sending and receiving kindness feel the same, behind it all I'm not separate, the identifi…
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Meditation is remembering to see the movements of the mind's attention. We don't need to change ourselves; we release and get out of the way. The Buddha left instructions on how to do this. The paradox is that we don't turn away from anything. Instead, we turn toward the mind-heart and relax into it. This is the process of learning how to rest in t…
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Stages of meditative understanding, jhanas, are based on direct experience that unfolds into nibbana. In meditation, jhanas provide arbitrary markers for gradual transitions to nibbana. With uplifted qualities and softening in meditation, we can be clear about the quality of awareness that we cultivate. What liberates is seeing with clear, open, an…
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Engaging Mindfulness for Rest of Life
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Clear awareness is possible when the attitude of mind is clear and light. If our minds are full of grasping and aversion, what we see is distorted. We tend not to notice distortion because we look through our attitudes instead of at them. By observing tightness in body and thought, we can discover the mind's distortion. Support the show…
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This workshop is based on going deeply into the question “What are you?” and responding from a place that is deeper than concept and story lines. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in November 2016, at a retreat given in Hawaii. Support the showAutor: Doug Kraft
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The so-called Four Noble Truths are the core of the Buddha’s teaching. They are not capital “T” truths, but simple meditation instructions. The first three could be translated as turning toward, relaxing into, and savoring. And they are powerful. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in November 2016, at a retreat given in Hawaii. Support the s…
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How Buddhism Entered the World
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Reconstructing the historical Buddha — who he was, the culture and traditions that shaped him, and how he would have been perceived by his contemporaries — helps give insights into how he thought and what he taught. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in November 2016, at a retreat given in Hawaii. Support the show…
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Buddha and the Human Experience
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The essence of what the Buddha taught is universal; it shows up in other places, including contemporary poetry and lyrics. He discovered wisdom deep in human experience. Buddhist practice starts with the notion that nothing needs to be fixed. When we get ourselves out of the way, we turn toward difficulties and then relax into them. There's love, w…
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Most of humanities problems arise from a hyper-developed sense of self. Yet do we really have a self? A century from now, will my existence have made any difference? What matters? How can we lighten up a sense of self and be nothing? This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in November 2016, at a retreat given in Hawaii. Support the show…
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Dhamma gifts reflect the ways we are already enlightened and the ways we are most vulnerable. Through them we connect with the core of life itself. Ahimsaka’s story illustrates how our natural sensitivities can be both gifts and hindrances. Support the showAutor: Doug Kraft
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The jhanas are the Buddha’s map of how the mind-heart unfolds from quiet joy to the edge of enlightenment. Each stage includes and transcends its predecessors. This talk describes how to recognize and work this map and beyond. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA. Support the show…
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When faced with difficulty, we instinctively tighten up. The tension focuses our attention onto the world around us to go after something we want or get away from something threatening. But sometimes there is no solution out there: There are no other jobs. The disease has no cure. The relationship strain is unresolvable. The friend who died just is…
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This three-part talk is a 3-way conversation between our direct experience, the Buddha’s comments on experience, and science. It explores the components of phenomena (khandas), how to work with them, and ways to skillfully alleviate suffering. This episode is part 2 of 2. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San J…
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This three-part talk is a 3-way conversation between our direct experience, the Buddha’s comments on experience, and science. It explores the components of phenomena (khandas), how to work with them, and ways to skillfully alleviate suffering. This episode is part 1 of 2. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San J…
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We will never fully overcome the hindrances that obstruct our meditation until we can view them as genuine friends rather than foes to be vanquished. This presentation uses story and dialog to explore how hindrances can help strengthen awareness. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA. Support …
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This discussion uses the Four Noble Truths as the core of four ennobling questions to be explored in dialog. They are: • How does life rub you the wrong way? • How do you relate to difficulty? • Where do you find contentment? • What helps? This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA. Support the sho…
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Everything has a cause, and that cause has a cause. Like following a string of dominoes, Dependent Origination traces suffering to its roots. This talk shows how to recognize and work with these links. It’s the Buddha’s core teaching. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2017 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA. Support the show…
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The awareness jhānas are the Buddha’s map that leads from ordinary awareness to freedom from a self, from joy to profound peace, from effort to ease. This talk provides a general orientation to the jhānas as well as the specific stages. This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in 2016 at a retreat given in San Juan Bautista, CA. Support the show…
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