This week we sail the Freewinds with Scientologists, and tackle a deep subject from an atheist: how do you deal with the fact that there is no afterlife, and that life is so damned short? It may not totally be an atheist answer.
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Mondo Diablo Episode 353: Come Sail the Freewinds
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Mondo Diablo Episode 348: 0 of 1000 people found these reviews helpful
This week I present Robo-Readings from the blog leasthelpful.com . Who are the least helpful reviewers on Amazon? Fretful mothers, English students or Christians? You Decide.
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Buddhist Geeks: What can science teach us about [meditation] practice?
In this episode, taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference in 2011, Kelly McGonigal, PhD in Health Psychology, speaks on how the neuroscience of meditation can help us understand how practice shapes the mind and can also offer fresh insights into concepts like mindfulness and suffering. As Dr. McGonigal presents various scientific studies that show differences in the brain functioning between meditators and non-meditators, she highlights how meditation practice benefits the practitioner in various ways such as higher pain thresholds and reduced depression.
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A Secular Buddhist Retreat, Stephen Batchelor
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Stephen Batchelor - Truth and Violence
Secular Buddhist Stephen Batchelor on Truth, Violence, postmodernism’s critique of grand narratives and… how all that relates to Buddhism.
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Letting go of craving — suffering of desire — existential angst - Zencast 234 - Buddhism 101 - Part 3
This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma.