Today we are going back to basics and talking about the Middle Way, or Middle Path. This is an essential and core teaching of the Buddha. In the canon of the Buddha’s teachings, the MIddle Way is one of the first things about which the Buddha teaches, and many of his other teachings build off […]

Today’s episode of Dharma Talk covers the topic of spiritual bypass. Spiritual bypass is a term coined in the early 80’s by John Welwood. John is a Buddhist teacher and licensed psychotherapist, and described spiritual bypass as a “tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or...

This week on Dharma Talk, the topic is renunciation. As verse 290 of the Dhammapada says: It is wisdom that enables letting go of a lesser happiness in pursuit of a happiness which is greater. We’ll talk a bit about how clinging and attachment can cause suffering before moving into the benefits...