In this Best of Awake in the World podcast episode Michael talks about Milton Friedman,…
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Lotus Sutra, Part 8: The Phantom City
Michael talks about the precepts ceremony, the illusion of time, decay, and the way we…
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Best of Awake in the World: In that Lump of Flesh and Bones
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. In this talk,…
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Best of Awake in the World: Do People These Days Need Enlightenment?
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. In this talk,…
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Do People These Days Need Enlightenment?
Michael considers the final lines of the first pada of the Yoga Sutra through the…
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The Secular Buddha: Part Four
In this talk Stephen Batchelor muses about the Buddha’s “breakthrough” and his embrace of first…
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The Secular Buddha: Part Two
In this podcast guest teacher Stephen Batchelor asks “What did the Buddha awaken to?” Drawing…
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Introduction to Meditation: Sometimes Awake, Sometimes Asleep
Sometimes awake, sometimes asleep; sometimes sun, sometimes moon. Michael teaches during a one-day introduction to meditation…
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Lotus Sutra, Part 2
Michael introduces the first section of the Lotus Sutra where the Buddha casts a light…
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Falling Down, Getting Up
Caitlin Lambstrom remembers Michael and what he taught her: that practice is not a way…
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