Practice Happiness
By Mahasukha Center, LA
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Podcast Description
Mahasukha Center serves as the home of ACI-LA (Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles). ACI-LA provides the authentic teachings of Mahayana Buddhism for serious study and personal practice. Mahasukha presents a rich and diverse offering of guided meditations, yoga classes, formal study courses, community events and full-length audio and video teachings available at www.aci-la.org. Renowned American monk Venerable Sumati Marut serves as the Spiritual Director of ACI-LA. As a Ph.D. and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religions, he taught for over 20 years at Columbia University and University of California, Riverside. Recorded at the Mahasukha Center in Los Angeles, the podcasts provide practical spiritual advice for your everyday life. To learn more, please visit www.aci-la.org or write to us at info@aci-la.org
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CleanPH57 - The Grace of Surrender - Mira Kingsley | Understanding emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality, is not something we attain or grasp, it is about letting go of our wrong ideas and surrendering to truth. As taught by Asian Classics Institute teacher Mira Kingsley. Podcast taken from: Mira Kingsley - The 6 Flavors of Emptiness You can listen to the full teaching at: http://aci-la.org/ALLAUDIO/MiraK/Mahamudra/Mahamudra_class2.mp3 The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH56 - Feeling Guilty is Not Part of the Buddhist Path - Alicia Tolbert | Strategies for beating discouragement in our efforts to have a regular spiritual practice and ridding ourselves of anger at ourselves and others in the process, as taught by ACI Teacher Alicia Tolbert. Podcast taken from Alicia Tolbert's ACI Formal Studies Course 1, Classes 5 & 6 You can listen to the full teaching at: http://aci-la.org/ALLAUDIO/AliciaT/Course1/ACI1.5&6.mp3 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH55 - Halloween Unmasked pt. 2 - The Dalai Lama - Kind Teacher or Threatening Criminal? | At certain times of the year we wear masks, see demons around us, and split the world into Us and Them... and not just on Halloween. As taught by Asian Classics Institute teacher Rick Blue. Podcast taken from: Lama Rick's "Taking Halloween Into the Path: Unmasking Our Real Ghosts, Demons and Boogeymen" talk. You can listen to the full teaching at: http://aci-la.org/medialib/index.php/av_media/AudioDisplay/?teacher=4 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH54 - Halloween Unmasked - Identifying the demons we create | At certain times of the year we wear masks, see demons around us, and split the world into Us and Them... and not just on Halloween. As taught by Asian Classics Institute teacher Rick Blue. Podcast taken from: Lama Rick's "Taking Halloween Into the Path: Unmasking Our Real Ghosts, Demons and Boogeymen" talk. You can listen to the full teaching at: http://aci-la.org/medialib/index.php/av_media/AudioDisplay/?teacher=4 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH52 - 4 Ways To Improve Your Meditation pt.1 - Claire Thompson | 4 ways to rapidly improve your meditation practice according to Je Tsongkapa, the founder of the lineage of the Dalai Lamas - as taught by Asian Classics Institute Teacher Claire Thompson (Part 1) Podcast taken from: Claire's Meditation basics course You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10836819 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH53 - 4 Ways To Improve Your Meditation pt.2 - Claire Thompson | 4 ways to rapidly improve your meditation practice according to Je Tsongkapa, the founder of the lineage of the Dalai Lamas - as taught by Asian Classics Institute Teacher Claire Thompson (Part 2) Podcast taken from: Claire's Meditation basics course You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10836819 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH51 - Why Meditate - Claire Thompson | Podcast taken from: Claire's Enlightened Rest talk You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10836819 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH49 - Enlightened Rest - Ambition versus Accomplishment - Mira Kingsley | Asian Classics Institute teacher Mira Kingsley discusses how ambition pervades our life and spiritual practice, and the benefits of practicing being accomplished and complete. Podcast taken from: Mira's Enlightened Rest talk You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13288598 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH50 - Enlightened Rest - Imitating the Divine | Asian Classics Institute teacher Mira Kingsley discusses how we can learn how to live happily and restfully by imitating our teachers and saying, "you go your way, and I'll go your way too". Podcast taken from: Mira's Enlightened Rest talk You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13288598 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH48 - Enlightened Rest - Flip the Statistics - Mira Kingsley | Asian Classics Institute teacher Mira Kingsley quotes spiritual texts and modern statistics to show how our attitude about work and rest is keeping us unhappy, and how we can flip that on its head. Podcast taken from: Mira's Enlightened Rest talk You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13288598 Mahasukha Center, LA The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH47 - Enlightened Rest - Permanant Vacation - Mira Kingsley | Asian Classics Institute teacher Mira Kingsley discusses what our life could look like if we were on vacation all the time, and why we fear space and freedom instead of embracing it. You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13288598 Mahasukha Center, LA www.aci-la.org The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH46 How to Edit Your Reality at Work with 'Scrubs' Editor and Buddhist Teacher Rick Blue | Rick Blue edited many seasons of the popular TV show ‘Scrubs', but was it possible to edit his daily reality in the often negatively portrayed entertainment industry using his Buddhist practice? As a senior Buddhist teacher Rick gives us his insights on how to maintain basic Buddhist principles at work. You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11367642 The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH45 What is a Spiritual Path and do I need one? - Lyndsay Crouse | Are you missing anything if you don't have a spiritual path? How a spiritual path can benefit us and why, by Lama Lyndsay Crouse at the ‘Lamapalooza festival’ Q&A session. Mahasukha Center, Los Angeles, www.aci-la.org You can listen to other teachings by Lyndsay Crouse at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_crouse.html The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH39 Be on a mission, not a chore - Lindsay Crouse | How to make your meditation, your work and your life a sweet offering even when things are difficult. Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lindsay Crouse delivers a beautiful introduction to the third of her 'Good Heart" teachings. Mahasukha Center, LosAngeles, www.aci-la.org You can listen to the whole teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_crouse.html The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH44 What is a 'Teacher' and do I need one? - Cliff Spencer | Using the great Yogi Naropa's journey to find his teacher as an example, senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Cliff Spencer illustrates the benefits and pitfalls of the teacher/student relationship and the development of compassion. Mahasukha Center, LosAngeles, www.aci-la.org You can listen to the whole teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11367642 The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH43 Making Others Happy to Make Ourselves Happy (pt.2) - Lauren Benjamin | The real route to lasting happiness is making others happy and it's the only way to create a lasting sense of well being in our lives. Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lauren Benjamin teaches from both the Buddhist 'Lo Jong' (Good Heart) texts and her own experience. Podcast taken from Lauren Benjamin's 'Lo Jong' (Good Heart) Dharma Essentials course, Class class 2. You can listen to the full teaching at: www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_DE.html The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 1/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH42 Making Others Happy to Make Ourselves Happy - Lauren Benjamin | The real route to lasting happiness is making others happy and it's the only way to create a lasting sense of well being in our lives. Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lauren Benjamin teaches from both the Buddhist 'Lo Jong' (Good Heart) texts and her own experience. Podcast taken from Lauren Benjamin's 'Lo Jong' (Good Heart) Dharma Essentials course, Class class 2. You can listen to the full teaching at: www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_DE.html The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 1/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH41 Meditation, Refuge and the Three Jewels - Mira Kingsley | The Six Preliminaries and Seven Ingredients of a daily meditation practice including an explanation of how to go for Refuge in "the Three Jewels", as taught by Asian Classics Institute teacher Mira Kingsley. The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH36 How to Train Your Wild Mental Stallion - Mira Kingsley | Learn how meditation is a Dharma Essential, especially if we treat it like a Thoroughbred, instead of a miniature pony. From the teachings of Asian Classics Institute teacher Mira Kingsley. The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH40 A Living Lineage - Rick Blue | How the Tibetan Buddhist lineage has been faithfully transplanted into the west at the Mahasukha Center as taught by senior Asian Classics Institute (ACI) teacher Rick Blue. You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11367642 The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH38 How to Sit and Breathe - Meditation Basics pt1 - Claire Thompson | The basic tips and hints you'll need to get you on the meditation cushion everyday whether you're a beginner or an experienced practitioner revising, starting with how to sit and breath. Taught by Asian Classics Institute teacher Claire Thompson. Mahasukha Center, LosAngeles, www.aci-la.org You can listen to the whole teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_thompson.html The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 11/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH37 Buddha-plasty... using the 'Perfections' to create your body as that of a Buddha - Cliff Spencer | How to use the first 3 of the '6 Perfections' to create the merit that leads to the body of a Buddha. From Master Shantideva's classic text "Guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life", as taught by Senior Asian Classics Teacher Cliff Spencer. Mahasukha Center, LosAngeles, www.aci-la.org You can listen to the whole teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_spencer.html The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH35 Demystifying Emptiness - Lindsay Crouse | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lindsay Crouse gives a simple yet insightful explanation of the Buddhist principal of Emptiness. Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH34 Why Aren't We in Control of Our Lives? - Cliff Spencer | Why we can't get our reality to match our expectations as taught by Senior Asian Classics Teacher Cliff Spencer. Mahasukha Center, LosAngeles, www.aci-la.org From ACI Green Tara Retreat Teaching 2010: Class 01 http://www.aci-la.org/teach_spencer_retreat.html The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 10/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH33 A Zen Master, A Monk, and a Rabbi go to play golf - Lauren Benjamin | Learn how deep meditation and the realizations of the path are founded in great compassion and true renunciation. As described by Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lauren Benjamin. The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH32 The 3 types of suffering and how to stop them - Lauren Benjamin | Like a fish trying to imagine fire, we are so used to suffering we can barely comprehend a life without it. Senior teacher Lauren Benjamin explains our suffering and how we can stop it. The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH31 Exiting the Highway to Hell - Rick Blue | Why we must karmically rewrite the script of our lives by getting off of the highway to oblivion as taught by Senior Teacher Rick Blue. The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPH30 What can we truly offer someone? - Cliff Spencer | The three forms of offerings and why and how to give them as explained by Mahasukha's new Spiritual Advisor Cliff Spencer. Mahasukha Center, LosAngeles, www.aci-la.org Podcast taken from the ACI Course X: A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Part 1, Level 3 of Middle Way Philosophy Lama Cliff, Course 10, Class 3 The Mahasukha Center (in Sanskrit "great bliss") is ACI-LA's home. The Center provides a wide range of courses including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers, and informal talks on a variety of subjects. http://www.aci-la.org Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles Mahasukha Center 6512 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (323) 617-3691 | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy should I meditate? - Lauren Benjamin | Why should I meditate? Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lauren Benjamin explains the benefits of meditation, from living a happier life all the way up to enlightenment itself. Podcast taken from: Lauren's BokJinpa Course 1 class 1 You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_bokjinpa.html | 9/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSpiritual Partners: Looking for love in all the wrong places - Lindsay Crouse and Rick Blue | How the happiness we experience in relationships and life doesn't come from something outside of us, taught by Mahasukha senior teachers Lindsay Crouse and Rick Blue. | 9/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSpiritual Partners – Exchanging your self for the other - Lindsay Crouse and Rick Blue | How putting forth effort to make someone we love happy results in our own happiness. Mahasukha senior teachers Lindsay Crouse and Rick Blue explain why. | 8/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRewriting the Script of Your Life - Lindsay Crouse | Actor Lindsay Crouse explains karma using acting analogies. Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 8/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRelationships as an Enlightenment Machine - Rick Blue | Everyone we interact with can be our teacher. Mahasukha senior teacher Rick Blue reveals how. Mahasukha Center, Los Angeles: www.aci-la.org | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSmash Self-Cherishing and Get Happy - Lauren Benjamin | Radical ideas on how to stop the source of all our suffering - thinking about ‘me’ first - as taught by Senior teacher Lauren Benjamin as she explores Buddhist Master Dharmarakshita’s famous text. | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSpiritual Partners: growing and sustaining your love | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lindsay Crouse teaches how to use our understanding of the workings of karma to have happy, lasting relationships. Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 7/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThere Are No Fixed Things, Only Process and Potential - Lauren Benjamin | Senior ACI teacher Lama Lauren Benjamin explains how understanding the Buddhist concept of impermanence can lead you toward wisdom and bliss. You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_bokjinpa.html | 7/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThree Beings Walk Into A Bar - Cliff Spencer | Why three beings can experience the same thing in three different ways and how this understanding relates to the power of changing our lives by changing our karma as explained by Mahasukha Center senior teacher Cliff Spencer. Podcast taken from Cliff Spencer's 'How Karma Works' course. You can listen to the full teaching at www.aci-la.org/teach_spencer.html | 7/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWill Whoever's Talking Please Stand Up, Even If That Person is Me? - Lindsay Crouse | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lindsay Crouse gives a lovely, lyrically concise version of flow, change, interdependence and how we write our own stories. Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 7/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Top 10 Actions to Stop Suffering - Rick Blue | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Rick Blue reviews how to create a wonderful life through stopping 10 misdeeds. Mahasukha Center, Los Angeles: www.aci-la.org | 6/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChange Your World by Making Others Happy - Lauren Benjamin | the inescapable origins of our own happiness as revealed by Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lauren Benjamin. Podcast taken from: Lauren's Dharma Essentials 14, Lojong, Class 2. You can listen to the full teaching at: www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_DE.html | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanArming Yourself Against Anger - Cliff Spencer | Senior A.C.I. Teacher Cliff Spencer teaches us how to eradicate anger from our lives using the classic Buddhist text “Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life”. Podcast taken from Cliff Spencer's Special Course on Killing Anger You can listen to the full class, and the whole course at: www.aci-la.org/teach_spencer_indepth.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCast yourself as an angel - Lindsay Crouse | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lindsay Crouse talks about using your imagination to live a joyful life as a Bodhisattva." Podcast taken from Lindsay's "No More Enemies At All, New York City" - class 2A You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/ALLAUDIO/LindsayC/No_More_Enemies_NY/NoMoreEnemies_NY_Day2a_12.21.09.mp3 | 6/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Movie of your Life - Rick Blue | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Rick Blue describes how karma works like a movie. Podcast taken from Rick Blue's teaching “Books, Bowels and Scrolls Part II” You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/DHARMA101 Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 6/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDevelop a good heart daily with Lojong (pt 2) - Lauren Benjamin | ACI Senior Teacher Lauren Benjamin details how to destroy self-cherishing using Lojong from the brilliant text of Kadampa Geshe Chekhawa. (Part 2 of 2) Podcast taken from Lauren's 'Dharma Essential Course 14 - Lojong, Developing the Good Heart'. You can listen to the full class, and the whole course at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_DE.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 5/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaybe Your Life Is A Fairytale And You Just Don’t Know It - Lindsay Crouse | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lindsay Crouse (with an assist from The Brothers Grimm) addresses the fact that we do indeed create our own universe. Taken from Lindsay’s teaching, “Spelunking Into Paradise”, November 13, 2009 You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_crouse.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 5/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDevelop a good heart daily with Lojong (pt 1) - Lauren Benjamin | ACI Senior Teacher Lauren Benjamin details how to destroy self-cherishing using Lojong from the brilliant text of Kadampa Geshe Chekhawa. Podcast taken from Lauren's 'Dharma Essential Course 14 - Lojong, Developing the Good Heart'. You can listen to the full class, and the whole course at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_DE.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 5/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCan I Be Both Tender and Honest? - Lindsay Crouse | Senior Asian Classics Institute teacher Lindsay Crouse lets us sit in on a conversation at her family dinner table where we soon see how others are a mirror of ourselves. Hamlet makes an appearance too. Podcast taken from Lindsay’s teaching, “Spelunking Into Paradise”, November 13, 2009 You can listen to the full teaching at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_crouse.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 5/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhen is it all right for a Buddhist to kill? - Cliff Spencer | Senior Teacher Cliff Spencer describes how to imagine a life where you are never controlled by anger. Podcast from Cliff's In Depth Course on Killing Anger, Class 2 You can listen to the full class, and the whole course at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_spencer_indepth.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 4/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrue compassion and its mortal enemies - Lauren Benjamin | Senior ACI teacher Lauren Benjamin speaks on developing true compassion and the forces that work against it. Podcast taken from Lauren's 'Dharma Essential Course 14 - Lojong, Developing the Good Heart', Class 1. You can listen to the full class, and the whole course at: http://www.aci-la.org/teach_benjamin_DE.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy karma is not like a boomerang - Cliff Spencer | Senior ACI teacher Cliff Spencer reveals the hidden process of karma and it's different types. Podcast taken from Cliff's 'Foundational Practices - Practice 6' course: "The Four Powers to Remove Negative Karma", Class 1A You can listen to the full class, and the whole course at: www.aci-la.org/teach_spencer_foundation.html Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVenerable Sumati Marut leads a roundtable discussion on the significance of Tibetan Buddhism in America with the ACI-LA senior | Lama Marut speaks with the ACI-LA senior teachers about blending Tibetan Buddhism with Western lifestyle while retaining its legacy and the controversy of living a spiritual life. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVenerable Sumati Marut discusses a practical understanding of major Buddhist principles with ACI-LA senior teachers Rick Blue a | Karma, past and future lives, emptiness. Lama Marut speaks with ACI-LA senior teachers Rick Blue and Cliff Spencer about comprehending these Buddhist fundamentals in everyday terms. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVenerable Sumati Marut talks with the women leaders of ACI-LA | Lama Marut speaks with ACI-LA President Lauren Benjamin and senior teacher Lindsay Crouse about the changing, powerful role of women in Buddhism as it takes root in the West. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVenerable Sumati Marut talks with accomplished TV/film director and editor Rick Blue | Lama Marut speaks with director and editor Rick Blue of the hit TV series Scrubs about how he integrates spirituality into his career and the importance of being a student, especially as an ACI-LA senior teacher. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVenerable Sumati Marut talks with woodworking wunderkind and family man Cliff Spencer | Lama Marut speaks with furniture maker, father, husband and ACI-LA senior teacher Cliff Spencer about how finding his spiritual teacher transformed his self-destructive streak into a life built on happiness and compassion. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLama Marut speaks with ACI-LA President and senior teacher Lauren Benjamin | Lama Marut speaks with ACI-LA President and senior teacher Lauren Benjamin about defining the female role model of a teacher and discovering how meditation feeds happiness. Mahasukha Center, LA: www.aci-la.org | 12/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVenerable Sumati Marut talks with Academy Award-nominated actress Lindsay Crouse. | Lama Marut speaks with Academy Award-nominated actress and ACI-LA senior teacher Lindsay Crouse about her spiritual path as an actor and dedicated practitioner and teacher of Buddhism. Mahasukha Center: www.aci-la.org | 12/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 57 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great Everyday life Buddhism
Sometimes we need to get away from textbook philosophy and see how we can achieve true happiness through everyday life actions and these podcasts do exactly that! thank you ACI LA teachers for making these available to us!
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