Dharma Podcasts Library
The Nature of Addiction/Appetite (Part 1 of 5)
The nature of addiction is an attempt to escape the pain at the core of our being. Resisting the urge to give in rather than face the appetite or addiction takes patience and determination. -- "If you look at the nature of your consciousness, you're always one step...
How to Get Comfortable When It’s Not Really Possible (Part 3 of 3)
Part 3: You Cannot Let the Unwholesome Run You The real work is to pay attention to and recognize what's going on in inside -- our mental states. We cannot let ourselves be ruled by subconscious conditioning. --- In this last part of his talk, Doug Sensei gets down to...
How to Get Comfortable When It’s Not Really Possible (Part 2 of 3)
Part 2: Why Wait for Spring? The real work is to pay attention to and recognize what's going on in inside -- our mental states. We cannot let ourselves be ruled by subconscious conditioning. --- It's the basics for awakening. Recognize the wholesome for the wholesome....
How to Get Comfortable When It’s Not Really Possible (Part 1 of 3)
Part 1: Nobody's Perfect The real work is to pay attention to and recognize what's going on in inside -- our mental states. We cannot let ourselves be ruled by subconscious conditioning. --- "sabbe sankhara dukkha'ti" All conditioned phenomena are filled with...
Your Journey is Upriver!
Awakening is an upriver journey. Sensei talks about going against the flow by meditating, reflecting and taking on the challenge to let go, abandon, renounce, and give up the idea that samsara is resolvable. --- Doug Sensei says: "Your journey to awaken is upriver!...
Get Off Your Royal…..!
A Rapid Outline of Buddhist Teachings - How to Awaken. Doug Sensei rapidly outlines the Buddhist teachings -- how to awaken -- giving life to them with direct commentary suited for people today. --- "You're not looking at suffering clearly enough. You're drugging it...
The Four Impediments to Awakening (Part 3 of 3)
Part 3: Wake Up, Little Suzy Teachings based on the book "Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom" by Gampopa. Your preferences are shaped, formed by conditioning. Ultimately everything is insubstantial and you need to see that. --- Your parents have done their job, but...
The Four Impediments to Awakening (Part 2 of 3)
Transcend the constant seeking of satisfaction Teachings based on the book "Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom" by Gampopa. We are constantly seeking satisfaction. Merely accepting the cycle of getting temporary satisfaction and then seeking again is switching off. You...
The Four Impediments to Awakening (Part 1 of 3)
Teachings based on the book "Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom" by Gampopa. --- The Four Impediments to Awakening Why don't you want to awaken? Get ready for impact. Talk given at winter retreat in Dec. 2009, Miki, Hyogo, Japan. Note: Quote attributed to Neils Bohr...