Starting with Dogen’s Self-Portrait, Michael explores different ways of viewing self-hood and argues for a…
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Who Are You?
In this talk (on the first lines of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra) Michael explores the mistakes…
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To Stop the Estrangement Between Us
In this talk about the Heart Sutra Michael explains how it functions to counter what…
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Last Night’s Rain
In this talk Michael considers the first two of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness in…
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Confronting & Managing Our Fears, Part 2
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael provides some background about the “Fear and…
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Best of Awake in the World: Kushala 3
This week we're revisiting a favorite Awake in the World podcast episode. The mind in…
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A True Person of No Status
In this Awake in the World podcast, recorded during the afternoon practice session on New…
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Emptiness Is a Pair of Glasses
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael returns to the Heart Sutra, beginning with…
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Open, Open
In this Awake in the World podcast episode Michael begins unpacking the first line of…
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Noticing the Quality of Our Noticing
In this Awake in the World podcast episode Michael explains the meaning of taking refuge…
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