The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern
Oren Jay Sofer visits the Road Home Podcast for a conversation about integrating our spiritual practices into how we communicate.
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One of the classic definitions of mindfulness is that it helps us not cling to what is pleasant and not condemn what is unpleasant.
Psychology and Buddhism: what they share, how they differ, and do we need both?
An excerpt from the archive video of the February 2016 teaching on the ‘Satipatthana Sutta’ (also known as the Discourse on the Establishing Mindfulness in the Pali Cannon) with Mark Epstein M.D. from the Force For Good Class Series, recorded at Tibet House US in New York City.
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Mark Epstein, MD, leads those attending PSI's 2019 conference in experiential meditation, and takes questions from audience members.
The bestselling author of Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart combines a memoir of his own journey as a student of Buddhism and psychology with a powerful message about how cultivating true self-awareness and adopting a Buddhist understanding of change can free the mind.
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For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego. We are taught that the ideal is a strong, individuated self, constructed and reinforced over a lifetime. But Buddhist psychiatrist Mark Epstein has found a different way.
The line between psychology and spirituality has blurred, as clinicians, their patients, and religious seekers explore new perspectives on the self.