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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 4/27/25 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 4/27/25

Season 4 Ep 5: The Role of Faith or Confidence in our Practice

Jon and Doug discuss this role of Faith and Confidence in our practice.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 3/9/25 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 3/9/25

Season 4 Ep 4: Silence and Solitude

How important are silence and solitude for our practice. What did the Buddha have to say about it. Jon and Doug discuss.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 2/23/25 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 2/23/25

Season 4 Ep 3: Finding Joy Through Practice

Jon and Doug discuss how we can our practice cultivates joy and the importance of bringing joy to our practice.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 2/16/25 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 2/16/25

Season 4 Ep 2: Pilgrimage and Spiritual Seekers

Jon reports in on his Buddhist Pilgrimage in India.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 1/12/25 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 1/12/25

Season 4 Ep 1: It’s About Time

Jon and Doug discuss the concept of time in the Buddha’s teachings.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 12/22/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 12/22/24

Season 3 Ep 38: Practicing in Challenging TImes: a conversation with Stephen Fulder

Jon and Doug have a conversation with the Israeli Dharma teacher and peace activitist Stephen Fulder on his work in Israel/Palestine over the last 40 plus years.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 12/15/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 12/15/24

Season 3 Ep 37: Refuge in Practice: Self or Sangha?

Practicing with others or practicing alone, what do you find to with a community. How is it different? Does it matter? Jon and Doug discuss this important question.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 12/8/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 12/8/24

Season 3 Ep 36: Investigation, Energy and Joy

Doug and Jon discuss three key Factors of Awakening that can make a big difference in our practice

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/24/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/24/24

Season 3 Ep 35: Conscious of Consciousness

How does the habitual mind relate to consciousness and when does this become a problem. Jon and Doug discuss this final element of the five aggregates of clinging to self.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/17/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/17/24

Season 3 Ep 34: Sankharas, What Are They? Volitional Formations/Mental Constructions, etc.?

Volition, Formations, mental fabrications, constructions. . . . so many words to describe the wow of the mind and its potential karmic consequences.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/10/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/10/24

Season 3 Ep 33: Bringing Our Practice to an Unwanted Outcome

Given the results of the US Election (not the outcome desired by Doug or Jon), how can our practice be a support.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/3/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 11/3/24

Season 3 Ep 32: Takin’bout Feeling (Vedana)

For many, at least in the US, this election season has created a great deal of anxiety. It’s not very pleasant! This is one aspect of Vedana, the feeling tone of experience. Doug and Jon have a lively discussion on this important key to freedom.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/27/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/27/24

Season 3 Ep 31: Forms as an Aggregate of Clinging.

Doug and Jon continue to explore the Five Aggregates of Clinging. How do we cling to the form I call me, or the form I call you and beyond.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/20/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/20/24

Season 3 Ep 30: "Things Are Not as the Seem , Nor are they Otherwise*"-- Perception and Mis-Perception

Perception is always an interesting aspect of mind to talk about. Doug and Jon, of course, have mis-perceptions about many things, and decide to speak about them here.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/6/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/6/24

Season 3 Ep 29: The Fetter of Conceit (Copy)

Ever have issues with the comparing mind? How does our concept of ourselves create suffering. Doug and Jon discuss the fetter of conceit of self and others.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/4/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 10/4/24

Season 3 Ep 28: Disenchantment: It's not really what it sounds like, or is it?

Disenchantment or Nibbida, is an important part of the teachings, but it may not be what you think it is.

Doug and Jon, discuss!

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 9/22/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 9/22/24

Season 3 Ep 27: A Buddhist View on Forgiveness

Is forgiveness a Buddhist practice? There is no specific practice in the teachings, but somehow it's found its way .

Doug and Jon have an interesting discussion on Forgiveness.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 9/20/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 9/20/24

Season 3 Ep 26: The Buddha in the Voting Booth

The Buddha didn't vote, but of course, he never had the opportunity. What would he think of the process today?
Doug and Jon discuss the Buddha and politics.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 9/8/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 9/8/24

Season 3 Ep 25: Is Meditation Dangerous

Jon and Doug discuss the potential "dangers" of intense meditation practice.

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Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 8/18/24 Buddhist Dharma Jon Aaron 8/18/24

Season 3 Ep 24: Renunciation

What do we really need to live with ease? With Jon's impending move to Chicago, this podcast was recorded while he was purging and packing.
It brought serious questions on the practice of renunciation.

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