Everyday Buddhism: Making Everyday Better

In this episode, we celebrate Bodhi Day, the traditional celebration of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's enlightenment... Read more

2020 seems like something out of Sci-Fi. But here we are. And from my perspective—approaching my 67th birthday in a litt... Read more

In this episode we'll talk about the 7th and 8th steps of The Noble Eightfold Path, Right Mindfulness and Right Meditati... Read more

In this podcast, we'll look at the Buddhist concept of "No-Self", or Anatta, I introduced in episode 2. Where is your "s... Read more

In a listener-requested podcast I relate how the story of releasing cows from Thich Nhat Hanh’s book No Mud, No Lotus: T... Read more

In this episode, as a fun diversion, I'm going to talk about "the Buddhist answer to everything. And the answer is: "May... Read more

Tibetan Buddhism seems mysterious, intriguing, and sometimes scary. In this episode I talk with Frank Howard of the Whit... Read more

In this podcast I'm talking with Noah Rasheta of the Secular Buddhism podcast and author of the books: Secular Buddhism ... Read more

In this podcast, we'll look at the sixth part of The Eightfold Path and the first step into the area of meditation: Righ... Read more

The "Eastern Way" of psychology offers a profoundly different paradigm than Western psychology. Join me as a talk with G... Read more

In this episode I'll talk about my uneasy relationship with the 5 Precepts. Do they produce more questions—and more conf... Read more

In this podcast we're going to talk about "Right Intention" or how to be less of a jerk. Trying to be less of a jerk req... Read more

When you consciously try to build mindfulness into your day, what you notice is that sometimes NOT speaking and NOT acti... Read more

Mindfulness has become mainstream, but it is still confusing or unreachable for some who try to begin a mindfulness prac... Read more

In this podcast we're going to talk about "Right Speech" or why we should consider just "zipping it." Talking. We're alw... Read more

In this episode, we talk about Bodhicitta. Bodhicitta characterizes the path of a Mahayana practitioner. It is Bodhicitt... Read more

When we think of Buddhism, we think of meditation. In this episode I will take you on a tour of the many ways to meditat... Read more

Meditating on death is a traditional Buddhist practice. In this podcast, we'll talk about how thinking about our own and... Read more

Join me and round the bases for a look at baseball as a metaphor for the Buddhist teaching of the Three Marks of Existen... Read more

In this special podcast, we'll revisit the topic of "Right Speech" through a reflection and practice tip from my upcomin... Read more