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Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox

Nov 23, 2019

We’ve been working for our own happiness our whole lives. Every action we’ve taken has been to create or restore happiness. If we have put all this effort into a singular objective—our own happiness—and we are still not happy and satisfied, then we must be using the wrong methods. The Buddha taught that our...


Nov 16, 2019

The Buddha taught The Four Noble Truths to show people a path to lasting peace and happiness. Buddha, like universal doctor, diagnosed why we suffer and have dissatisfaction. The prognosis is good, for there is a cure. The cure lies in the Eightfold Path, a noble, wise and compassionate way of life. This episode offers...


Nov 11, 2019

We’re always going to refuge to something to solve our problems or alleviate our suffering. We’ve been doing this our whole life. We might take refuge in drugs, wealth, another person or food. But these are ‘false refuge’ because they do not provide lasting satisfaction and can even cause more problems. Buddhism...


Nov 4, 2019

This week we try to practice and improve our patience.The practice of patience is to keep a peaceful state of mind by accepting things as they are— having given up the idea that things should be other than the way they are. Further, this week we will try to untie a knot in our life, something that continuously causes...