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.

Doug and Jon talk about the value of silence in our practice.

How can our Dharma practice enhance our enjoyment of the arts and entertainment? The early teachings, in fact, had a rather harsh view of such things. Doug and Jon discuss this interesting topic.

What is the Bodhisattva Ideal? And how can we live it?
Doug and Jon take a dive into this rich topic.

Are you a stream-enterer, a once-returner or an arahant!? This are all considered traditional stages of progress based on the early teachings. Jon and Doug discuss their importance and their pitfalls and other issues that invariably arise which defining such things.

The Buddha described humanity as tangled like string, knotted like a ball of thread. This tangle is a result of not seeing clearly the dependent co-arising— paticca-samupadda-- of phenomena. This is one of the most important of the early teachings. It can be seen through the lens of individual dissatisfaction and of course, through social, political and cultural dissatisfaction.

Doug and Jon explore the teaching and how we bring it into our practice.

Doug and Jon explore various aspects of this important quality of equanimity.

We continue our discussion letting go- or not letting go and the suffering it causes.

In this episode we look at the Dukkha that arises from hoding on!

We practice Insight (Vipassana) Meditation but what does that really mean? In this episode, we discuss where the translation comes from and how what meditation practices are associated with it. We also make an important announcement.