Episode 80: Contemplating Impermanence
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[This episode originally aired on August 2, 2022] In Buddhism some practices are designated as meditation practices, such as working with mindfulness and awareness • other practices, called contemplative practices, are focused on working with the concepts in our mind • one of the most important of these is the contemplation of impermanence, change, and death • we often have difficulty accepting the reality of impermanence; we create various coverings ...
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