Dharma in Plain English

Sailesh Maharjan

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BUDDHISM
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You will find simple tips and steps to learn, practice, and reflect on ancient Buddhist and Eastern philosophy.

10/16/2023

Mindful Body Scanning

Trouble sleeping? Listen to this "Mindful Body Scanning" podcast. I wish you restful night :)

12 min
10/13/2023

Episode 7: Loving Kindness: Limitless

The practice of loving-kindness goes against the human instinct. From the evolutionary perspective, humans, like other living organisms, are programmed to survive and thrive despite the emotional, psychological, and social costs that may ensue. Loving Kindness (Metta in Pali) is one of four sublime qualities that can be learned and cultivated by any human being as an antidote to strong emotional charge, i.e., anger, hatred, envy, jealousy, ill-will, etc. There are several benefits of practicing loving kindness daily. A discourse named "The Benefits of loving kindness (metta-nisansa sutta) describes 11 positive outcomes of this practice. Loving-kindness enables a person to fall asleep effortlessly, wake up peacefully, and avoid nightmares during sleep, which should motivate us to embrace this noble attitude.

9 min
05/03/2023

Episode 6: Loving Kindness: A Noble Attitude

Loving-kindness is a counterintuitive approach to developing a noble attitude.

11 min
04/28/2023

Episode 5: Loving Kindness Toward Adversaries

Loving kindness toward outside and loved ones is easy. In this episode, you will hear the prompt to practice loving kindness toward people who are unfriendly or against you. We should attempt to make peace with those individuals, not broiling more negative thoughts but showing loving kindness. This practice will allow us to have peace of mind first and then transfer the same peaceful action and speech to those individuals.

10 min
04/09/2023

Episode 4: Loving Friendliness Meditation

Loving friendliness meditation is a variation of loving-kindness meditation.

10 min
03/27/2023

Episode 3: Benefits of Loving Kindness Meditation

We love ourselves the most. Perhaps we are unaware of it. But we do. So start showing loving kindness to yourself first, then expand it to others. Start practicing loving kindness in your thoughts, speech, and action. There are 11 benefits of the loving-kindness practice.

11 min
03/26/2023

Episode 2: Loving Kindness Meditation

Loving-kindness meditation is one of the simplest forms that allows you to show compassion and kindness toward yourself and others.

11 min
03/26/2023

Episode 1: Introduction

This is a brief introduction of myself and the purpose of this podcast. Art: "Calm" The Buddha's face is my latest painting. It shows how to remain calm amid calamity.

6 min

8 Episodes

You will find simple tips and steps to learn, practice, and reflect on ancient Buddhist and Eastern philosophy.

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Sailesh Maharjan
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Dharma in Plain English

Dharma in Plain English

Episodes

Mindful Body Scanning

Episode 7: Loving Kindness: Limitless

Episode 6: Loving Kindness: A Noble Attitude

Episode 5: Loving Kindness Toward Adversaries

Episode 4: Loving Friendliness Meditation

Episode 3: Benefits of Loving Kindness Meditation

Episode 2: Loving Kindness Meditation

Episode 1: Introduction

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