We explore the stories of everyday people who have had their lives changed by the blissful and therapeutic states of jhana meditation. The jhanas are profoundly altered states of meditation that are a growing trend among meditators and scientists. We believe pragmatic instruction and feedback can save you months or years of stagnant practice. We've heard from hundreds of regular people who meditate (from engineer to musician) that have had their lives transformed by these states. Now, you ca ...
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Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks, we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an “ism”, Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or “map” was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts and alternatives were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized: Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointe ...
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Just a kid from New York who dropped out of school with a 4.0 that travels the world and builds businesses. I like to learn stuff so I invite cool guests on my podcast.
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Dedicated to liberation in all its forms, Deconstructing Yourself is passionate about fearlessly investigating, attempting, and questioning all things to do with awakening, meditation, mindfulness, brain hacking, consciousness, neurofeedback, and more. Your host Michael W. Taft interviews some of the most interesting thinkers, authors, and teachers around, as well as other offerings. In this hard-hitting, radical, and fun podcast we look at secular post-, non-, un- Buddhism, Vajrayana, nondu ...
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Talks on Buddhist Suttas by Bhante Vimalaramsi and Delson Armstrong- A variety of suttas is discussed and what they mean. We teach Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM) . We teach the BrahmaVihara Metta (Lovingkindness) practice with the goal of attaining Nibbana in this very life.
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This podcast consists of Dharma talks given by Bhikkhu Cintita of the Sitagu Monastery in Austin, TX. Each talk illuminates some aspect of the Buddha's teachings. Bhikkhu Cintita (or "BC") is an American-born, Burmese-ordained monk in the Theravada tradition and a former Zen priest. Before that he was a professor and corporate researcher in cognitive science and artificial intelligence. He has written five books on Buddhism and is always working on another.
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Dave Lukas, The Misfit Entrepreneur_Breakthrough Entrepreneurship
Dave M. Lukas, Entrepreneur, Author, Investor
The weekly podcast with serial entrepreneur, Dave M. Lukas, devoted to giving you incredibly useful and unique insight from the world's top entrepreneurs with a focus on their non-traditional methods for achieving success, their Misfit side. Misfit was created to give YOU the best, actionable advice to accelerate your success! The show's open format and Misfit 3 concept, combined with Dave's intuitive and engaging interview style quickly uncovers each guest's key tools, tactics, and tricks t ...
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Evolving Dharma in the Age of the Network
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Honest explorations into the contemplative path, psychedelics, life and death, animism, and beyond.
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Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
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Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
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WISDOM TALKS is a weekly podcast where John Barter provides reflections and teachings on applying practical wisdom to daily living. These reflections and insights often come from John’s understanding of the Buddha’s teachings, his own experience of Buddhist Monastic life and his work as a mindful and wisdom based psychologist.
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Do Explain is a conversational podcast centered around questions of individual and collective human progress. Originally inspired by the visionary worldview of David Deutsch, the podcast has expanded into a lighthearted exploration of growth and progress in all its forms. Common discussion topics include the nature of mind, meaning, and knowledge; technologies of personal transformation; and the future of human flourishing. Hosted by the irrevocably curious dickhead, Christofer Lövgren.
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Dharma Seed is dedicated to preserving and sharing the spoken teachings of Theravada Buddhism in modern languages. Since the early 1980's, Dharma Seed has collected and distributed dharma talks by teachers offering the vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness) practices of Theravada Buddhism. New recordings are being added continuously from contemporary dharma teachers.
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The Queen Of Business Operations - Jhana Li | Ep 20
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Why do so many people become entrepreneurs and start businesses, yet so few actually do any serious numbers? I have your answer... it's operations. Today I got to sit down with Jhana Li, the Queen of Ops. She tells us all about what it takes to run successful operations inside of your business.By Danny Seliger
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412: Mastering Operations: Jhana Li's Proven Methods to Scale and Optimize Your Business
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Jhana Li. Jhana is the founder of Spyglass Ops, a firm with a special focus on operations to scale small and mid-sized businesses. Jhana ran her first company while living out of a van traveling through North and South America. She has consulted with over forty 7 and 8 figure businesses and has coached over 500 fo…
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Dukkha/Suffering - The Links of DO w/Delson Armstrong -AI Voice
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A discussion of all aspects of the Dukkha link in DO. Book Available on Amazon. This book is being read by an AI cloned voice using Delson's voice with permission (elevenlabs.io) DelsonArmstrong.comBy Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened …
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Practicing the Diamond Sutra with Ken McLeod
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Host Michael Taft speaks with eminent Buddhist teacher, translator, and author Ken McLeod about how to use the Diamond Sutra as a practice text. What is the sutra really getting at? Is it merely an ancient and enigmatic philosophical puzzle or can we use it as a powerful pointing out instruction? Ken McLeod began his study and practice of Buddhism …
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414: How to Break Free of Limiting and Beliefs and Unlock Your True Potential with Britt Lefkoe
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Britt Lefkoe. Britt is a business and leadership development coach, who specializes in coaching entrepreneurs and executives specifically following in the footsteps of her father, Morty Lefkoe, taking a belief-based, neuroscientific approach to business and personal development. She has spent 20 years helping peop…
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The Link of Bhava or Becoming by Delson Armstrong
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Delson explains the link of Bhava/Becoming/Existence/Habitual Tendencies link of dependent origination.By Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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413: Unlock Your Inner Power: Christy Whitman on Harnessing Desire and Transforming Your Life
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Christy Whitman. Christy is a New York Times bestselling author, transformational leader, and CEO and founder of the Quantum Success Coaching Academy, a 12-month Law of Attraction coaching certification program. Christy has helped thousands of people worldwide to achieve their goals through her empowerment seminar…
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Explains concepts of Forgiveness Meditation as taught by Bhante VimalaramsiBy Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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Host Michael Taft talks with meditation teacher and author Henry Shukman about love, original love vs. original sin, wellbeing intense enough to be called “blessedness,” seeing your original face outside of time, the four zones of love, experience as inseparable boundless space, experiencing love as the purpose of our lives, and much more. Henry Sh…
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I Interviewed A Real Estate Mogul That Wrote 18 Books - Robert Shemin | Ep 19
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I'm super pumped about this episode because I got to interview one of, if not the heaviest hitter in Medellín, Colombia... Robert Shemin. This guy has written 18 books, shared the stage with Tony Robbins, Donald Trump and many other household names, as well as a real estate and investment portfolio most couldn't even dream of. I had a blast picking…
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This Guy Rode His Bike From Alaska To Colombia - Matt Cacioppo | Ep 17
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I wouldn't believe this guy if I hadn't seen a mountain of pictures, videos and tracking to prove it... Matt literally rode his bicycle (a literal bike, not a motorcycle) from the top of Alaska, all the way to Colombia. *Edit, at the time of writing this caption, he made it all the way to the bottom of South America, making it so that he literally …
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411: From $900 to Millionaire: Kayla Logue's Story of Radical Responsibility and Creating Success
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Kayla Logue. Kayla went from divorced with $900 to her name at 25 to millionaire in just a few years. How did she do it? By taking radical responsibility for herself and owning her life. She found a niche in the real estate space joining a business selling land. From there, she built out the business to where she …
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What's It Really Like Being A Digital Nomad? - Adam Taylor | Ep 16
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Meet Adam, a true digital nomad-entrepreneur hybrid. This guy was a broke rugby player a few years back... Got into sales, worked his way up, and in a matter of a few years, travels the world and runs a done-for-you agency as well as many other business ventures. This was a fun one to record, I hope you enjoy.…
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What is the real reason so many people fail in entrepreneurship? Why do people love jobs so much? What can we do to stay on track? This is all stuff that we go over in this episode, hope you enjoy.By Danny Seliger
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I Interviewed The World's #1 Courage Coach - Laban Ditchburn | Ep 15
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This is a special episode for me, as I got to interview not only the World's #1 Courage Coach, but also great friend of mine, Laban Ditchburn. We chat about what it's like to cold call CEOs of major companies, and how to sustain a thriving relationship with your partner. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating this episode…
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Social Media Secrets & My Origin Story (on the What if it Did Work? Podcast with Omar Medrano) | Ep 14
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This was the first podcast I ever agreed to go on, recorded back in January 2024 with good friend of mine and client Omar Medrano. Speaker note: Since this podcast was released, I am no longer VP of the company that is mentioned in the episode. In February 2024 I left and officially launched my portfolio of media companies that has grown month over…
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410: Lessons for Hannah - Emotional Intelligence
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Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened …
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Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation coach Peter McEwen about the traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice of tummo, deity yoga, the subtle body, ways that tummo practice can go wrong, bliss and semen retention, existential terror and staying with disturbing experience, and much more. Peter McEwen is a meditation coach and the founder of The Field…
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409: Roman Empire Parallels: Seizing Opportunities Amid Economic Chaos with Jeremy Ryan Slate
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Jeremy Ryan Slate. I’ve known Jeremy for almost a decade. We started our podcasts about the same time and have shared the stage together at a number of events over the years. If you don’t know Jeremy, he is the host of the Jeremy Ryan Slate show, which studies the highest performers in the world and dives deep int…
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Guided Meditation - Letting Go of the 5 Aggregates with Delson Armstrong
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1:20 min full guided meditation using lovingkindness to the directions to build your Samatha and then use a guided process by Delson to let go of everything!By Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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Day 8 MN 38 Dependent Origination w/Bhante Saccananda
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June 6, 2024 MN 38 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta Bhante explains Dependent Origination. Sati, son of a fisherman is back with his argument with the Buddha over Reincarnation vs Rebirth being the truth.By Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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Day 5 MN 7 Simile of the Cloth Bhante Saccananda
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The wholesome and unwholesome.By Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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Day 3 MN 55 Jivaka Sutta with Bhante Saccananda
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MN 55 June 1, 2024 Jivaka was the Buddha's doctor.By Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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MN 52 Man from Attananggara Novice monks ordination by Bhante Saccananda.By Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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408: Building Wealth from Scratch, How Julie Roy Went from $25K Debt to Multi-Million Dollar Success
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Julie Roy. Julie is a multi-millionaire entrepreneur that was born into an Italian immigrant family and raised in Windsor, Ontario. She started working when she was just nine and did all kinds of odd jobs, including digging graves. From a very young age, she decided not to let her personal or financial mindset be …
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Day 1 Orientation for Novice Monks -Reviewing the Ceremony and precepts and refuges in Pali
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May 30, 2024 Ceremony Review for 11 new monks. www.dhammasukha.orgBy Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn shares his experience of working with the meditation startup Jhourney, and raises concerns about their insufficient training and appropriation of Buddhist meditation practices, advocating for a more responsible and deeply informed approach to secularizing Jhāna meditation. Episode Links: 📝 The …
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407: From CIA to CEO, Rupal Patel’s Journey to Entrepreneurial Success
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Rupal Patel. Rupal’s career has taken her from CIA officer in military briefing rooms in jungles and war zones to becoming a serial entrepreneur in corporate boardrooms and international stages. She took her CIA experience and for over a decade has been building businesses and providing mentorship as a consultant …
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This is the fifth talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita
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This is the fourth talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita
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This is the third talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita
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Observables and their contingencies
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This is the second talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita
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Introduction to Satipatthana Rethought
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This is the first talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita
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406: From Teacher to Construction CEO: Chelsea Husum on Success, Balance, and Breaking Industry Norms
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Chelsea Husum. Chelsea is a true Misfit Entrepreneur. She is a standout in the male dominated construction industry building a massive business, American GPR & Coring in Denver, CO which provides core drilling and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) services. Chelsea has been features everything from FOX to ABC and CBS…
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What It Really Takes To Win On Instagram In 2024 (on The Arena with Akram Nassri) | Ep 13
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By Danny Seliger
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Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened …
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404: How to Skyrocket Your Entrepreneurial Success with Amber De La Garza's Productivity Strategies
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Amber De La Garza. Amber is a coach, trainer, speaker, writer, and host of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast. Her focus is helping small business owners maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most by improving their time management and elevating their productivity. Amber’s work has …
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Audio -The Path to Nibbana -(Updated) path through the jhanas to Awakening By David C Johnson
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The entire book as read with an AI professional Eleven-Audio text to speech in David's voice. A very accurate reading with the latest revision Oct 2023 of David's book. Includes forgiveness instructions. A thorough guide to the unique method of Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM), based on the earliest Buddhist texts. Authored by David Johnso…
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403: Socks, Smiles, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit; The John's Crazy Socks Story
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneurs are John and Mark Cronin. They are the father-son team that created John’s Crazy Socks, a social enterprise with a mission to spread happiness. They bootstrapped their business into the world’s largest sock store with multi-million dollar revenues and have been named EY’s Entrepreneurs of the Year as well as multipl…
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Forgiveness Meditation Talk with Delson Armstrong
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Delson Armstrong https://www.dhammasukha.org/delsonarmstrong.info Forgiveness Meditation https://www.dhammasukha.org/forgiveness-meditation Delson Armstrong https://www.dhammasukha.org/delsonarmstrong.info Sponsors Freedom of Mind Foundation https://freedomofmind.foundation/ Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org…
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Jhanas, Technology, and Tradition with Stephen Zerfas
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Host Michael Taft speaks with entrepreneur and meditator Stephen Zerfas on using technology to potentially enhance the learning of the jhanas, Zerfas’ background in meditation and jhana practice, and the vision of scaling adoption of the jhanas on a global scale. Stephen Zerfas a cofounder of Jhourney, a startup that is currently creatings meditati…
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402: Beyond the Game, Success Lessons from a 30+ Year Entrepreneur Career with Brian Biro
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Brian Biro. Where to start with Brian. He is ranked as one of the top motivational speakers in the world and Top 10 interactive speakers in the US. He has delivered over 1900 presentations around the world over the last 34 years and is a best-selling author of 16 books. If that’s not enough, he has been featured e…
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#4 RightMindfulness- 8-fold Path Series with Delson Armstrong
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4th zoom talk by Delson about Right Mindfulness that is based on Right View. What is Mindfulness - a new perspective based on the suttas. Apr 21-24 The sutta MN 117 -The Great 40 -is explained in part starting with Right Intention. 8 Fold Path Zoom series Sponsored by https://freedomofmind.foundation/ Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dham…
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#5 Right Collectedness/ What is Jhana? 8-fold Path Series with Delson Armstrong
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5th zoom talk by Delson about Jhanas in Right Collectedness The sutta MN 117 -The Great 40 -8 Fold Path Zoom series Sponsored by https://freedomofmind.foundation/ Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org/ A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/…
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