• How to Give Up Doubt
    Aug 13 2024

    This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of doubt and how to let it go.

    The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states.

    This podcast introduces the hindrance of doubt so we can understand how it functions as negative mental states we experience and what skills and methods we can learn and practice to reduce its intensity, let it go and eventually abandoning doubt completely.

    Length: 74min

    Level: Beginner

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • How to Give Up Sense Desire
    Aug 13 2024

    This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of sense desire and how to let it go.

    The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states.

    This podcast introduces the hindrance of sense desire so we can understand how it functions as a negative mental condition and what skills and methods we can learn and practice to reduce sense desire, let it go, and eventually abandon it completely.

    Length: 62min

    Level: Beginner

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • How To Give Up Ill Will - Part Two
    Feb 6 2024

    The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states. This podcast introduces the hindrance of ill will, so we can understand how they function as negative mental states and what skills and methods we can learn and practice to let them go, reduce their intensity and eventually abandoning them completely.

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    33 mins
  • How To Give Up Ill Will - Part One
    Feb 6 2024

    The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states. This talk introduces the hindrance of ill will, so we can understand how they function as negative mental states and what skills and methods we can learn and practice to let them go, reduce their intensity and eventually abandoning them completely.

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    49 mins
  • Introduction To The Five Hinderances
    Feb 6 2024

    The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states.

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    27 mins
  • How to Give Up Worrying
    Jan 2 2024

    This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of anxiousness and worry and how to let it go.

    The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states. When we understand how they function as negative mental states and learn the skills and methods to let them go, we can reduce their intensity and eventually abandon them completely and be free from their negative effects.

    Length: 58min

    Level: Beginner

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    59 mins
  • How to Give Up Laziness
    Jan 2 2024

    This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of sloth and torpor, or laziness, dullness and heaviness, and how to let them go.

    The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states. When we understand how they function as negative mental states and learn the skills and methods to let them go, we can reduce their intensity and eventually abandon them completely and be free from their negative effects.

    Length: 1hr7mins

    Level: Beginner

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Tolerance and Respect as a Buddhist
    Mar 20 2023

    In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Tolerance and Respect as a Buddhist". This article includes a paper called “A Fair Go for All” by John D. Hughes, who was the Founder of The Buddhist Discussion Centre. It was a paper presented at the International Conference on Religious Cooperation, Taiwan, 2001.

    Level: Beginners / Length: 14mins 04secs

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    14 mins