Two Monks Cross a River

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Good? Bad? Who Knows?

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Radical Acceptance

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Mastering Stressful Situations: Buddhist Insights for Stress

Handling Stress: Insights from Buddhist Teachings Understanding and managing stress requires a blend of self-awareness and practical strategies. Drawing from the wisdom shared in episode 39 of The Samadhi Podcast, let’s take a quick look at some of these techniques. Understanding the Internal Origins of Stress Recognising that stress often originates from within is a […]

Guided Meditation on Patient-Acceptance

This is a guided meditation on patient-acceptance, which accompanies the previous episode 43. Using the power of our imagination, we see how approaching challenges with Acceptance, Understanding, Love, and Fortitude, ultimately empower us and bring us greater wellbeing in difficult circumstances.

Four Aspects of Patient-Acceptance

In this episode, David explores kshanti, or patient-acceptance, a pivotal concept in Buddhism. This approach is more than mere tolerance or passive resignation. Instead, it is a wholehearted embracing of our reality in those situations we cannot change. In this audio we dive into four aspects of patient-acceptance: acceptance, understanding, love, and fortitude, seeing how they collectively form a resilient mindset that keeps us anchored amid life’s storms.

Acceptance and Seeing Life as Like a River

In this episode, David explores the profound analogy of seeing life as like a river, and how this view highlights impermanence, acceptance, and the importance of living life in a flexible, fluid way. From understanding the nature of life’s rapids to finding serenity in its gentle flows, David discusses how we can embrace the present and navigate life’s ever-changing currents with grace and acceptance.

The Six Paramitas – Patient Acceptance

Notes & Transcript Autogenerated Transcript (may not be accurate) From the meditation:There are many things in life that we face that we cannot change; illness, harm, disappointments, people behaving badly, goals not coming to fruition. And any time we come into conflict with life in this way, any time we want life to be different […]

Dealing with Stressful Situations

In this episode, David addresses a question about how to deal with stressful situations. Firstly, he explores the internal causes of stress and frustration from a Buddhist perspective, and then looks at some opposing minds that can bring us greater peace and wellbeing in such turbulent times. Minds such as acceptance, understanding, and compassion can help […]

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