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Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox

Dec 30, 2018

In this episode we look at how to improve our consideration for others. Consideration for others is defined as a distinct mental factor that avoids actions that harm others for their sake. It enables us to restrain from harmful physical, verbal and mental actions. Consideration for others acts as the basis for...


Dec 17, 2018

“Those who harbor the wish to harm others are no followers of mine” --Buddha. In this episode JoAnn Fox teaches about the virtuous mental factor “sense of shame”, also sometimes translated as “self-respect.To practice this virtuous mind is to begin by examining our life with the question,  “Is there...


Dec 10, 2018

EPISODE 11 RECORDED 10.18.18 Buddhist Psychology

 

Buddhist Teacher JoAnn Fox explains how the mind creates every moment of consciousness. By understanding the way the mind works we can learn to control our own mind. We can create a beautiful, happy world for ourselves, even if our world is currently dark or painful.

 


Nov 19, 2018

Attachment is an often misunderstood concept of Buddhism. Attachment is not about having things or relationships. Attachment is about reacting to things we find pleasant or desirable in such a way that it makes us suffer. In relationships, it is attachment habits that cause many of our problems. Love is the opposite of...


Nov 18, 2018

This episode offers a method to free ourselves from attachment that is causing pain and problems in our life. Attachment is a state of mind that arises from paying inappropriate attention to a desirable object until the mind becomes unpeaceful and uncontrolled and we feel we can not be happy without that object. Whether...