Awaken
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Connecting Wrath with Fierce Compassion
Connecting Wrath with Fierce Compassion
About this podcast
AWAKEN is a Webby Honoree podcast about the dynamic path to enlightenment and what it means to “wake up.” Throughout the series we dive into the personal stories of guests who share how they’ve experienced a shift in their awareness, and as a result, their perspective on life.
Episodes
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- Connecting Wrath with Fierce Compassion · 25 min · Season 6 Episode 3Beneath the ferocity of wrath is a deep sense of compassion. What is the relationship between anger and love? And how can we access empathy for others in difficult situations? A…
- Understanding the Difference Between Anger and Wrath · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 2In the English language, anger and wrath are often grouped together, but in Buddhism they are quite different. Anger is considered a poison, a fire that consumes and destroys…
- Introducing Wrath · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 1Wrath is often perceived as interchangeable with anger or rage. But in the Buddhist tradition, wrath has a very particular meaning as a liberatory, fierce, and protective force…
- Welcome to AWAKEN Season 6 · 2 min · Season 6Welcome to Season 6 of AWAKEN—a Webby Honoree podcast about the dynamic path to enlightenment and what it means to “wake up.” This season explores wrath as a powerful force for…
- Integrating What We’ve Learned · 33 min · Season 5 Episode 8In the final episode, we explore how to integrate what we’ve learned about interdependence over the course of this season into our lives and put it into practice. How can we…
- Considering the Interplay of Culture · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 7The interconnected relationship between artist and viewer is what gives art its meaning and power. Art can capture ideas that are difficult to express in words and make them more…
- Grappling with Our Relationship to Technology · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 6Technology isn’t inherently good or bad—it’s all about how we use it. At its best it can reveal hidden truths, build community, and serve as a tool for living. How can we…
- Taking a Wider View of Health · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 5Our bodies may be the single most tangible reminder of interdependence. But good health isn’t just related to physical functioning—there are emotional and social components as…
- Connecting with the Environment · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 4One of the places we see interdependence at play most clearly is in the natural world. Within our interconnected relationship to the environment comes the potential for humans to…
- Acknowledging Community on a Collective Scale · 26 min · Season 5 Episode 3For centuries people have turned to the image of the Wheel of Life to better understand cause and effect and the very nature of existence. The section of the Wheel depicting the…
- Engaging with Community on a Personal Scale · 22 min · Season 5 Episode 2We may think interdependence is something that needs to be found, but it’s already right here, existing among the people we know and interact with on a regular basis. Our…
- Introducing Interdependence · 23 min · Season 5 Episode 1Interdependence is so foundational to every aspect of our lives that it can be easy to miss. But what happens when we truly wake up to the reality that everyone and everything is…
- Welcome to AWAKEN Season 5 · 2 min · Season 5Welcome to Season 5 of AWAKEN—a Webby Honoree podcast about the dynamic path to enlightenment and what it means to “wake up.” This season explores interdependence, a fundamental…
- Experiencing Realization · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 8We might want to believe that there is a definitive end—a clear point where some patterns have died and new ones have been born—but in fact, we are always in a process of…
- Walking the Path · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 7What does it look like to put what we’ve learned about non-attachment into practice? In this episode, all the guests in the series share their practices for working through their…
- Embracing Freedom · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 6Freedom from attachment doesn’t require leaving home and renouncing all our ties to family and friends like the Buddha did. It’s something that is available to all of us, in each…
- Awakening to Interdependence · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 5How does non-attachment awaken us to our interdependence? We cannot exist without each other and the world around us. When we recognize this fact, not only do we free ourselves…
- Opening to Love · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 4The concept of non-attachment seems particularly confounding in the context of love. How can we not be attached to the people closest to our hearts? It’s not about loving or not…
- Releasing the Ego · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 3Many of the challenges that arise with attachment are related to the ego: who you think you are and how you think others should feel about you. By holding onto our sense of self…
- Introducing Non-Attachment · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 2It’s almost impossible to have no attachments. So what does non-attachment actually mean? Depending on the context, it can be easily misunderstood. But from the Buddhist…
