Resting in the Waves, Epilogue : This final episode of Resting in the Waves helps us recognize our own habits of mind, move beyond our home base, and engage with the practice. Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written b

Fluidity of Fluidity

Jul 20th, 2021 14m 45s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 8: This episode considers how to integrate swirls upon swirls of life's interdependent aspects and how to navigate absolute and relative realities—all with fluidity. Ultimately, it explores the emptiness of flui

Fluidity of Life

Jul 6th, 2021 26m 12s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 7: The practice is not just about meditation, but how clearly and heartfully we relate to the rest of our life. This episode discusses how we can bring awareness and compassion into our daily life as we move throu

Fluidity of Practice

Jun 20th, 2021 47m 14s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 6: This episode considers how to tether the wild mind to a home base. It also compares and contrasts awareness with will, and weaves together four factors that comprise the process of "mind" with the 6 R’s. Resti

Steadiness of Practice

Jun 6th, 2021 30m 17s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 5: This episode features the prerequisites for spiritual practice and an overview of three branches of Buddhism. It also examines three essential practices at the root of the Buddha’s teachings and the 6 R’s of wi

Fluidity of Awareness

May 20th, 2021 45m 12s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 4: Buddhist meditation is about awareness. This episode explores indirect experience—exploring phenomena without intellectual bias. If we can see our actual experience accurately without distortion, that is eno

Fluidity of Mind

May 6th, 2021 26m 36s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 3: This episode examines awareness, mind, self, and the four ingredients that make up the process that we call mind.Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by Doug Kraft, published by Easing

In the Buddha's Words

Apr 20th, 2021 26m 16s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 2: This episode offers an introduction to the teachings of the Buddha, how they can be summed up as “everything is in process,” and what that means for us as practitioners.Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's

Senses of the Self

Apr 6th, 2021 14m 20s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 1, part 2: This episode examines a spectrum of senses of self, from extreme distortion, through coping mechanisms, to freedom of non-identification with self.Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was

How We Perceive the World

Mar 20th, 2021 18m 53s

Resting in the Waves, Chapter 1, part 1: This episode examines subconscious phenomena in the brain that influence how we perceive the world around us and our own sense of self.Resting in the Waves: Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity was written by

Welcoming the Mind's Fluidity

Mar 6th, 2021 14m 48s

Resting in the Waves, Introduction: This book begins with an allegorical poem about a duck in the ocean waves. The Introduction then breaks down the title and subtitle of the book in a word-for-word study of what it means to rest in the wave

Befriending the Demons

Feb 20th, 2021 57m 12s

Hindrances can be viewed as distortions, obstacles, or demons. They distort consciousness but show us where there's imbalance that hides wisdom. Tension, aversion, and yearning distort our perception, but we don't need to look at these hindra

"The Conscious Perspective" Interview

Feb 6th, 2021 1h 14m

Doug Kraft discusses a wide range of topics with Gary Haskins of The Conscious Perspective Podcast (#29). Their topics include confronting suffering, suffering is to be understood, different ways to express universal truths, turning toward th

Introduction to Meditation

Jan 20th, 2021 1h 6m

Meditation is remembering to see the movements of the mind's attention. We don't need to change ourselves; we release and get out of the way. The Buddha left instructions on how to do this. The paradox is that we don't turn away from anythin

Unfolding into Nibbana

Jan 6th, 2021 1h 3m

Stages of meditative understanding, jhanas, are based on direct experience that unfolds into nibbana. In meditation, jhanas provide arbitrary markers for gradual transitions to nibbana. With uplifted qualities and softening in meditation, we

Engaging Mindfulness for Rest of Life

Dec 20th, 2020 1h

Clear awareness is possible when the attitude of mind is clear and light. If our minds are full of grasping and aversion, what we see is distorted. We tend not to notice distortion because we look through our attitudes instead of at them.

"What are you?" Inquiry

Dec 6th, 2020 1h 41m

This workshop is based on going deeply into the question “What are you?” and responding from a place that is deeper than concept and story lines.This episode with Doug Kraft was recorded in November 2016, at a retreat given in Hawaii. Support t

Three Essential Practices

Nov 20th, 2020 44m 21s

The so-called Four Noble Truths are the core of the Buddha’s teaching. They are not capital “T” truths, but simple meditation instructions. The first three could be translated as turning toward, relaxing into, and savoring. And they are powerfu

How Buddhism Entered the World

Nov 6th, 2020 1h 45m

Reconstructing the historical Buddha — who he was, the culture and traditions that shaped him, and how he would have been perceived by his contemporaries — helps give insights into how he thought and what he taught.This episode with Doug Kraft

Buddha and the Human Experience

Oct 20th, 2020 1h 7m

The essence of what the Buddha taught is universal; it shows up in other places, including contemporary poetry and lyrics. He discovered wisdom deep in human experience. Buddhist practice starts with the notion that nothing needs to be fixed.

Being Nothing

Oct 6th, 2020 1h 47m

Most of humanities problems arise from a hyper-developed sense of self. Yet do we really have a self? A century from now, will my existence have made any difference? What matters? How can we lighten up a sense of self and be nothing?This episod

Dhamma Gifts

Sep 20th, 2020 59m 17s

Dhamma gifts reflect the ways we are already enlightened and the ways we are most vulnerable. Through them we connect with the core of life itself. Ahimsaka’s story illustrates how our natural sensitivities can be both gifts and hindrances.Sup

Buddha's Map: Jhanas

Sep 6th, 2020 1h 59m

The jhanas are the Buddha’s map of how the mind-heart unfolds from quiet joy to the edge of enlightenment. Each stage includes and transcends its predecessors. This talk describes how to recognize and work this map and beyond.This episode with

Thriving in Difficult Times

Aug 20th, 2020 38m 7s

When faced with difficulty, we instinctively tighten up. The tension focuses our attention onto the world around us to go after something we want or get away from something threatening. But sometimes there is no solution out there: There are no

Inner Landscape, part 2

Aug 6th, 2020 1h 31m

This three-part talk is a 3-way conversation between our direct experience, the Buddha’s comments on experience, and science. It explores the components of phenomena (khandas), how to work with them, and ways to skillfully alleviate suffering.