85 episodes
The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern Be Here Now Network
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4.7 • 102 Ratings
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The Road Home podcast with Ethan Nichtern is a contemporary exploration of Buddhist teachings. Since 2001, Ethan has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and workshops around New York City and the United States. Formerly a Shastri, a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition, and on the part-time faculty at Eugene Lang College at New School University and has lectured at Brown, Wesleyan, Yale, NYU, FIT, Antioch and other universities, and as well as at many meditation/yoga centers and conferences around the country and world.
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Ep. 84 - Keep It Simple
Discussing the dharma of politics, Ethan Nichtern delves into the creation of suffering and shifting into a more intentional era in 2023.
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“I like the teachings within the complexity that bring us back to simplicity because when life gets going and your to-do list gets long, it’s just those little reminders that pierce the speed of the day. — Ethan Nichtern
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Ep. 83 – Communication and Community with David Nichtern
Ethan Nichtern welcomes David Nichtern back to the show for an extremely moist conversation around communication, community, interdependence, aging, and much more.
David Nichtern is the Founder of Dharma Moon and the host of the Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck podcast on Be Here Now Network.
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“When there’s good communication, you build community. It’s no accident those two words have the same root. You’re communing.” – David Nichtern
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Ep. 82 – The Heart of Who We Are with Caverly Morgan
Exploring relativity and ultimate truth, Ethan Nichtern and Author Caverly Morgan discuss reconciling what we learn in our practice with the noise of the world.
Caverly Morgan is a meditation teacher, author, speaker, and nonprofit founder. She is the founder and Lead Contemplative of Peace in Schools—a nonprofit which created the nation's first for-credit mindfulness class in public high schools. She is also the founder of Presence Collective, a community of cross-cultural contemplatives committed to personal and collective transformation, creating spaces for wisdom exchange and belonging. Caverly is the author of A Kid’s Book About Mindfulness. Her new book for adults, The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together, will be released through Sounds True November 29th and is now available for pre-order.
“I knew intuitively that the relative experience of reality was not separate from the absolute and that I longed for a pathway that could allow me to articulate how that is so.” – Caverly Morgan
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Ep. 81 – How a Control Freak Lets Go
On the cusp of crucial midterm elections in America, Ethan Nichtern talks about finding the middle path between complacency and being a control freak, and why we need to let go of attachment to outcomes.
“The control freak knows how to show up, but they don’t know how to let go. The complacent person knows how to let go, but they don’t know how to show up. And what we’re really talking about is showing up, then letting go of outcome.” – Ethan Nichtern
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Ep. 80 - Crucial Questions: Reincarnation
Explore reincarnation with Ethan Nichtern in this philosophically charged episode of The Road Home Podcast!
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“Consciousness is bigger than just this one finite lifetime in this biochemical human body.” – Ethan Nichtern
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Ep. 79 - The Buddhist Enneagram w/ Susan Piver
This week on The Road Home Podcast, Ethan Nichtern discusses the intersection of Buddhism and enneagrams with internationally renowned meditation teacher and author, Susan Piver.
Susan Piver has an international reputation as an exceptionally skillful meditation teacher. She teaches workshops and speaks on mindfulness, innovation, communication, relationships, and creativity. Susan has been a student of Buddhism since 1995, graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004, and was authorized to teach meditation in 2005. In 2012, she founded The Open Heart Project, the world’s largest online-only meditation center. Susan is also a New York Times bestselling author.
Her newest book is The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship. You can keep up with Susan on Instagram and Twitter.
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Customer Reviews
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This podcast is a joy to listen, an essential part of my dharma practice. It is an excellent intersection of Buddhist practice and contemporary society , presented in a thoughtful articulate voice that deepens understanding of both elements. I strongly recommend this podcast to anyone. Oz
Bad speaking habits
Tried to listen to episode 80, but the constant use of “uh” and “um” drove me crazy. I’d advise you to write your speeches instead of ad libs. Or try to control your bad speaking habits.
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I really enjoy this podcast - it’s a relief to hear dharma that appreciates the current state of things - I respect that race, class, gender, sexuality, and the struggle of marginalized people are thoughtfully discussed by Ethan and his guests, as well as foundational teachings of mindfulness and Buddhism.