- Consciousness Does Not Arise Alone in Early Buddhism
We will look at consciousness in early Buddhism: how does it arise? Can it arise alone? We will consider these questions with reference to several texts from early Buddhism.
- The Buddha's Argument for Non-self Through Impermanence: It's Strange!
The second argument the Buddha uses in his Second Sermon on non-self involves impermanence. I'll look at his argument there and why it seems rather odd to our ears. I'll consider one potential subtext for the Buddha's argument, and what…
- Digging the Roots of Our Complacency: the Problem of Neutral Feelings in Early Buddhism
Complacency can be a problem in our personal lives, and a disaster on a national or even a global scale. Where does complacency come from? We will look to one of its roots, following a path laid down in the teachings of early Buddhism. We…
- Coronavirus Wisdom: Learning from Difficulty
The Coronavirus can provide us wisdom teachings. We will look at one in this video. In particular we will look at how important it can be at times to step out of our ordinary lives and in so doing overcome our ordinary tendencies towards…
- The Unconscious in Early Buddhism?
The unconscious plays a key role in recent theories of psychology. Does it have any counterpart in Buddhism? Well ... sort of. We will look at the suttas of early Buddhism in particular, at one way we may be able to recover some ideas…
- Breaking Our Sense Sphere Attachments
What are the "sense spheres" and how do they get us attached in unskillful ways? How do we go about breaking these attachments? We'll discuss all that in this video.
- Mindfulness of Dharmas Part 1
Fourth and last of the foundations of mindfulness is Mindfulness of Dharmas. In this introduction, we will discuss what that means in this context, and begin going through the practices involved in this foundation. In particular we will…