Podcast
Dharma in Plain English
Hosted by Sailesh Maharjan · EN
You will find simple tips and steps to learn, practice, and reflect on ancient Buddhist and Eastern philosophy.
8episodes
Episodes
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Mindful Body Scanning
Oct 16, 202300:12:27Tap to summarizeTrouble sleeping? Listen to this "Mindful Body Scanning" podcast. I wish you restful night :)
Transcribe →Episode 7: Loving Kindness: Limitless
Oct 13, 202300:09:24Tap to summarizeThe practice of loving-kindness goes against the human instinct. From the evolutionary perspective, humans, like other living organisms, are programmed to survive and thrive despite the emotional, psychological, and social costs that may ensue. Loving Kindness (Metta in Pali) is one of four sublime qualities that can be learned and cultivated by any human being as an antidote to strong emotional charge, i.e., anger, hatred, envy, jealousy, ill-will, etc. There are several benefits of practicing loving kindness daily. A discourse named "The Benefits of loving kindness (metta-nisansa sutta) describes 11 positive outcomes of this practice. Loving-kindness enables a person to fall asleep effortlessly, wake up peacefully, and avoid nightmares during sleep, which should motivate us to embrace this noble attitude.
Transcribe →Episode 6: Loving Kindness: A Noble Attitude
May 3, 202300:10:43Tap to summarizeLoving-kindness is a counterintuitive approach to developing a noble attitude.
Transcribe →Episode 5: Loving Kindness Toward Adversaries
Apr 28, 202300:09:46Tap to summarizeLoving kindness toward outside and loved ones is easy. In this episode, you will hear the prompt to practice loving kindness toward people who are unfriendly or against you. We should attempt to make peace with those individuals, not broiling more negative thoughts but showing loving kindness. This practice will allow us to have peace of mind first and then transfer the same peaceful action and speech to those individuals.
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Episode 4: Loving Friendliness Meditation
Apr 9, 202300:10:15Tap to summarizeLoving friendliness meditation is a variation of loving-kindness meditation.
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Episode 3: Benefits of Loving Kindness Meditation
Mar 27, 202300:10:50Tap to summarizeWe love ourselves the most. Perhaps we are unaware of it. But we do. So start showing loving kindness to yourself first, then expand it to others. Start practicing loving kindness in your thoughts, speech, and action. There are 11 benefits of the loving-kindness practice.
Transcribe →Episode 2: Loving Kindness Meditation
Mar 26, 202300:10:59Tap to summarizeLoving-kindness meditation is one of the simplest forms that allows you to show compassion and kindness toward yourself and others.
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Episode 1: Introduction
Mar 26, 202300:05:34Tap to summarizeThis is a brief introduction of myself and the purpose of this podcast. Art: "Calm" The Buddha's face is my latest painting. It shows how to remain calm amid calamity.
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