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MN 18 - Honeyball Sutta
Buddha gives an enigmatic response on how conflict arises due to proliferation based on perceptions. Venerable Kaccฤna draws out the detailed implications of this in one of the most insightful passages in the entire canon.
Days after narrowly surviving a catastrophic flood, meditation teacher @dhammanomad joins Michael Taft to consider what remains when spiritual ideas fall away. Their conversation explores primal awareness, the spiritual ego, and Delsonโs forthcoming collection of Sanskrit aphorismsโa โlove letter to the exhausted seekerโ synthesizing Buddhism, Vedฤnta, Yoga, Sฤแนkhya, and Tantra. They also discuss paraconsciousness, karma and divine play, Nisargadatta Maharaj, ลrฤซ Vidyฤ and Lalitฤ, and the challenge of teaching with authority without taking the role of guru too seriously.
On the night of July 9, early morning July 10, Bhante Kusala and I were caught up in a flash flood. I almost drowned and shouldnโt be alive. But here we are. Our recollection of what happened.
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Wow! Look at this cute retreat space, only an hour outside of Gdaลsk with @dhammanomad in October. Considering ๐ค I love the Polish countryside. The butter is usually unreal. I donโt know why their butter is like nothing Iโve ever tasted.
Can meditation really feel like "using the Force"? โก
I was offline on a meditation retreat for the July 4th holiday, so I'm late posting this โ the irony of being too busy meditating to promote my meditation podcast is not lost on me ๐
My latest ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐โข๏ธ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ guest is FINALLY (Jedi) Meditation Master ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด @dhammanomad !! ๐ธโจ๐ง Many of you know him for his meditation attainments, but did you know what got him here?
Such a living example to demonstrate what happens when you follow intuition instead of a template:
๐ Watched Star Wars as a kid โ decided to become an actual Jedi
๐ชฝ Near-death experience (NDE) โ first glimpse that reality isn't what it seems
๐ง First yoga session โ major opening that started his spiritual path
๐ Heartbreak at 16 โ expelled from school
๐๏ธ Wandered the Himalayas for years (and nearly died doing it)
๐ชท Now teaches "Dhamma without Dogma" โ bound to no school, fluent in all of them
He also shares first-hand experience of the deepest meditative states (jhana, cessation) that most people never even hear of.
YES, the Force is real. ๐๐ช
Watch here๐ (bonus point: you'll get lots of laughter for free! ๐)
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ. ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ (๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ) ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
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๐ชท If this resonates, Delson's own website & talks might be the turning point in your life (for the better, I promise!)
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Had a blast talking with @yixue_zhao about gratitude, my "bad boy" phase, the journey, and what's next. My new spirit animal has become the capybara, as you'll see. Anyway, I haven't had so much fun doing a podcast as I did here.
Delson's @dhammanomad teaching is a rare gift to our modern world.โจI urge you to see it for yourself, and it might become a turning point in your life (for the better, I promise!). ๐ชท
This podcast gives context on his INCREDIBLE life journey. Even if you don't care about the podcast, at least check out his website & talks, and you can thank me later. ๐ It's truly a hidden treasure!! We're lucky to come across this. ๐ฅฐ