Episodes
3 days ago
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.25
3 days ago
3 days ago
This is my dharma talk on March 25, 2024, about Surrender. Why do we cling so tenaciously to the illusion of control? How is letting go conducive to our growth, joy, and freedom? How do we learn to trust the deeper and wiser forces that govern our destiny?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.11
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
This is my dharma talk on March 11, 2024, about Self-Love. Why is one's level of self-love such an important issue in all areas of one's life? What is the relationship of self-love and self-discipline? How does the path of self-love involve embracing the paradoxes of healing?
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.04
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
This is my dharma talk on March 4, 2024, about being a Spiritual Warrior. How deep is the strength of your discipline? How courageous are you in facing yourself? How fiercely do you pursue what you know is best for you?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.26
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 26, 2024, about White Privilege. For white people, how does the challenge of seeing and unpacking our white privilege resemble many other challenges on the spiritual path? How does Buddhism help us to understand the harm caused by white privilege? How willing are we to embrace all the sacrifices necessary to love all beings?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.19
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 19, 2024, about Living a Noble Life. What does it mean to move through the world in a noble way? What truly motivates our virtues and our efforts to do good in the world? Why does Buddhism describe the four central truths and the eightfold path as noble?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.12
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 12, 2024, about Emptying and Emptiness. Why do the world's religious traditions all urge us to empty ourselves out? How does the deep spiritual logic of emptying ourselves run so counter to the stories about consumption and filling ourselves up that are so prevalent in this culture? What is meant by the Buddhist idea of emptiness? This talk fell on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.05
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 5, 2024, about Radical Self-Responsibility. What does it mean to take deep responsibility for how we feel and for our emotional states? How do we embrace responsibility for our boundaries and for how others impact us? Why is it that we cannot find the rich satisfaction that we seek and that we intuitively know we deserve unless we make the decision to grow up fully in life?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.29
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 29, 2024, about the Archetypal Feminine. How deeply and how well do we receive life? What is our relationship to flow? How do we understand our place in the interconnection of all things? This talk fell during the week of the Celtic holiday of Imbolg.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.22
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 22, 2024, about the Buddhist path to facing difficulties. What is our attitude toward difficulties? Do we recognize the futility of playing the blame game? What would it look like to embrace deep responsibility in our lives?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
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Monday Jan 15, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.15
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 15, 2024, about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. How just and fair are the “rules” that we follow and that we use to judge others, especially when we’re upset? In what ways are we merely lukewarm in our commitment to what we know is right? How much are we willing to embrace being extreme in the pursuit of what we know is for the highest good?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.