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Remember, Remember

"Remember, Remember" is a Dharma talk that seeks to help us find the compassionate heart to speak with others about difficult topics skillfully. Against the backdrop of

Nothing Is Ours

"Nothing Is Ours" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation that asks the question: What if we have nothing to lose because nothing was ever truly ours to keep? In th

Killing The Demons With Kindness

"Killing The Demons With Kindness" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha about one of the more unusual encounters in the Pāli Canon: the Buddha's confrontation wit

The Founder of the OG 4H Club

"The Founder of the OG 4H Club" is the annual obligatory telling of the Angulimala story we all know and love, but with a little humor and hopefully a useful way of frami

The Responsibility of Gratitude

"The Responsibility of Gratitude" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation inspired by a powerful story shared by Dr. Russell Ledet, this Dharma talk explores an ofte

The Other Deathless

"The Other Deathless" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha that asks "What does justice look like when compassion is part of the equation?" In this episode, we e

How Lucky Are We?

"How Lucky Are We?" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation that asks what a little illustrated skeleton have to teach us about life, death, gratitude, and happiness

The Emancipation of The Boundless Heart

"The Emancipation of The Boundless Heart" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha about what it would be like to cultivate a heart without limits. Not simply a kinde

Getting To Know You

"Getting To Know You" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation on how you can really know someone. We ask how well do we really know the people around us? And how oft

Let Go And Don't Know

"Let Go And Don't Know" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on what the Buddha taught about uncertainty, wise attention, and knowing which questions are worth pu

Are You Dying To Know About Rebirth

"Are You Dying To Know About Rebirth" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation in which I share all that I don't know about rebirth, reincarnation, and rebirth linkin

Tilting Toward Happiness

"Tilting Toward Happiness" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on a concept in gaming called being “tilted.” Something goes wrong, frustration takes over, and su

Do You Even Train, Bro?

"Do You Even Train, Bro?" is a Dharma Talk and brief guided meditation on spiritual bypassing and the ways we can sometimes use Buddhist teachings to avoid the very thing

True Story

"True Story" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation about learning to separate what actually happened from what the mind adds to it, how papañca (mental proliferati

Who Do You Think You Are?

"Who Do You Think You Are?" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation on Imposter Syndrome and something the Buddha called Māna. I saw Flea from the Red Hot Chili Pepp

Never Be Lonely Again

“Never Be Lonely Again” is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha exploring the difference between loneliness and being alone. You can be physically alone while carry

Welcome Back, Stay Awhile

"Welcome Back, Stay Awhile" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation offered in the MindfulnessVR community on the Four Right Efforts. The Buddha taught that our prac

Only A Step Away

"Only A Step Away" is a Dharma talk and very brief meditation suggested in the 11th hour in MindfulnessVR by one of our community members. I walked into our gathering wit

Pillars of Thought

"Pillars of Thought" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topic of Intentions, and of moving from stagnant thoughts (Pillars of thought) to actions which h

The BuJo Buddha

"The BuJu Buddha" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the oddly aligned topics of Bullet Journaling and the teachings of the Buddha, and Mahasi Sayadaw's meth