Luissa Burton
Today’s episode explores a journey from the fashion runway to the meditation hall. An actress, model, and beauty queen, Luissa Burton discusses the circuitous route that ultimately brought her to medi...
15 Tammi 20212h 19min
Detached Engagement: Racial Equity Training in the Vipassana organization of S.N. Goenka
What place does engagement in social justice issues have, if any, within vipassana meditation centers in the tradition of S.N. Goenka? That is question Clyde Ford is asking, and is at the heart of a t...
6 Tammi 20211h 55min
Voices: Burmese Theravada in a Catholic Land, Part 2, Raymond Riveria
This is the second episode in our series exploring Filipino meditators affected by the Dhamma of the Golden Land. Here, we tell the story of just one Filipino meditator: Raymond Riveria, or Mon for sh...
27 Joulu 20201h 23min
Sebastien Le Normand
Myanmar is the dream destination for so many meditators and spiritual seekers, and this was certainly the case for Sebastien Le Normand. A published author and French yogi in the tradition of S.N. Goe...
18 Joulu 20201h 46min
COVID-19 Pandemic: Dealing with Disruption
The Buddha’s teachings of liberation were not meant only for prosperous and stable times, but also for when things are uncertain, or even perilous. Perhaps no moment in recent years has tested the mis...
8 Joulu 20202h 6min
Voices: Burmese Theravada in a Catholic Land, Part 1
If you reference the Philippines, vipassana meditation practice and Buddhist study are not the first things that come to mind! That is because this heavily Catholic island nation is pretty much the on...
29 Marras 20202h 4min
Media Corner: The Power Of Ethical Spiritual Intelligence
Alan Clements’ new book, Burma: Voices of Freedom, is a monumental achievement, a work more than three decades in the making. Alan interviewed hundreds of people in order to examine the intersecting l...
19 Marras 20202h 48min
Media Corner: The Discovery of Mindfulness
“Having already witnessed first-hand the transformation of mindfulness from mysterious curiosity to commercialized buzzword, going back to read about a time when so much was still so unexplored genera...
10 Marras 20202h 42min
