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Lama John Buchanan
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Join acclaimed yoga and Tibetan Buddhist teacher John Buchanan in this lighthearted conversational podcast series. lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com

  1. 06/24/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 09)

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com/subscribe

    50 min

  2. 05/10/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 08)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com In this episode, Lama John continues discussing the first topic, “The Five Aggregates,” from the classic text “A Manual of Key Buddhist Terms: Categorization of Buddhist Terminologies With Commentary” by Kawa Paltsek. (Click here for an overview of the text.) Continuing with the Non-associated compositional factors started in the previous episode, Lama J…

    5 min

  3. 04/27/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 07)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com In this episode, Lama John continues discussing the first topic, “The Five Aggregates,” from the classic text “A Manual of Key Buddhist Terms: Categorization of Buddhist Terminologies With Commentary” by Kawa Paltsek. (Click here for an overview of the text.) Lama John begins by talking about how when we first begin meditating it’s hard to see results, t…

    5 min

  4. 03/31/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 06)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com In this episode, Lama John continues discussing the first topic, “The Five Aggregates,” from the classic text “A Manual of Key Buddhist Terms: Categorization of Buddhist Terminologies With Commentary” by Kawa Paltsek. (Click here for an overview of the text.) Lama John spends the first few minutes describing the essence of the effortless path of Mahamudr…

    11 min

  5. 03/19/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 05)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com In this episode, Lama John continues discussing the first topic, “The Five Aggregates,” from the classic text “A Manual of Key Buddhist Terms: Categorization of Buddhist Terminologies With Commentary” by Kawa Paltsek. (Click here for an overview of the text.) Lama John first talks about his recent revelation and decision to begin labeling himself as a Ma…

    3 min

  6. 03/04/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 04)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com In this episode, Lama John continues discussing the first topic, “The Five Aggregates,” from the classic text “A Manual of Key Buddhist Terms: Categorization of Buddhist Terminologies With Commentary” by Kawa Paltsek. (Click here for an overview of the text.) He continues talking about the fourth aggregate, that of Compositional Factors, also known as me…

    5 min

  7. 02/17/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 03)

    In this episode, Lama John continues discussing the first topic, “The Five Aggregates,” from the classic text “A Manual of Key Buddhist Terms: Categorization of Buddhist Terminologies With Commentary” by Kawa Paltsek. (Click here for an overview of the text.) First he talks about his recent two-week retreat, where he discovered the new approach that he will take moving forward with his teaching. He then talks about the fourth aggregate, that of Compositional Factors, also known as mental formations (sankharas), that are considered willful mental actions, triggered by some object, that produce karma. There are 51 psychic factors, which are further delineated into omnipresent factors, determining factors, virtuous factors, six root afflictions, secondary afflictions, and changeable factors (the first two are discussed in this episode). We all experience these factors differently, based on our karma, and the nature of our belief system makes it so that we see only what we believe. He then describes how mindfulness can be for good or bad and similarly our knowledge can be correct or incorrect. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com/subscribe

    51 min

  8. 01/15/2024

    The Five Aggregates (part 02)

    In this episode, Lama John continues discussing the first topic, “The Five Aggregates,” from the classic text “A Manual of Key Buddhist Terms: Categorization of Buddhist Terminologies With Commentary” by Kawa Paltsek. (Click here for an overview of the text.) He dives into the second and third aggregates, feeling and recognition, and describes the role they play in our happiness and the perception of our reality. As always, karma plays a big role in everything. He describes the three feelings (happiness, suffering, neutral) and how we experience each of the three realms of recognition (desire, form, and formless). He further explains how stability of awareness leads to greater serenity and how, in the formless realm, we can disappear entirely from our concept of self. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lamajohnbuchanan.substack.com/subscribe

    59 min
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