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Raghu Markus and Norman Ohler explore the history of drugs in the Third Reich and how this ultimately lead to the psychedelic age in America. Mindrolling is brought to you by Reunion. Reunion is offering $250 off any stay to the Love, Serve, Remember community. Simply use the code “BeHere250” when booking. Disconnect from the world so you can reconnect with yourself at Reunion. Hotel | www.reunion...

Connecting grief, faith, and devotion, RamDev describes the spiritual price we pay when we ignore the fundamental grief we all experience. In this episode, RamDev explains to listeners: - The many forms that grief can come in - Grief in our daily lives and feeling subtly separate from God and others - How deep grief can shatter our faith - Faith as an integral motivator for our practice - The cycl...

Omid Safi sits down with Mike Petrow and Drew Jackson from The Center for Action and Contemplation, founded by Franciscan friar Richard Rohr, to explore how a unified approach to spirituality can deepen our faith. This podcast was originally published on the Everything Belongs Podcast, produced by The Center for Action and Contemplation (CFAC). The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) is an e...

Standing up for compassion in this powerful new Dharma Talk, Jack offers a steady spiritual rudder for navigating turbulent politics with the heart of a Bodhisattva. Learn the Dynamic Art of Interactive Guided Meditation with Jack Kornfield in this online masterclass beginning April 7! Sign up at bit.ly/JackMasterclass “It’s a time to get quiet and remember that you’re here for a beautiful purpose...

In this unique talk from 1970, Ram Dass explores the confluence of dualism and nondualism, how the One and the many exist simultaneously, and why all of life is about tuning up. Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ramdass and get on your way to being your best self. Reunion is offering $250 off any stay to the Love, Serve, Remember commu...

Offering a powerful guided metta practice for current times, Jack teaches listeners how to open the heart and become a beacon of kindness for ourselves and others.

Explaining the fruits of dedicated practice, Krishna Das urges listeners to move past instant gratification and artificial forms of awakening. This episode is brought to you by Dharma Moon. Join Buddhist teachers David Nichtern and Professor Robert Thurman for a free online event on Tuesday, March 4th at 6pm ET. Together, they'll explore the power of lineage, tradition, and the evolution of mindfu...

In this engaging Q&A session, Jack and Trudy explore romance, impermanence, attachment, diffusing anger, manifesting your dreams using mindfulness, and more! Learn How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman – join now at bit.ly/ThriveInLove “If you actually become mindful, then it’s possible to choose a direction, to envision, to i...

Bringing together mindfulness and science, Anu Gupta offers transformative tools for dealing with hatred and prejudice. Check out Anu Gupta’s 2024 book, Breaking Bias, to learn more science-backed methods for unraveling stereotypes and prejudices. Mindrolling is brought to you by Reunion. Reunion is offering $250 off any stay to the Love, Serve, Remember community. Simply use the code “BeHere250”...

Sharing insight from Maharaj-ji, Krishna Das discusses reaching higher states of consciousness through service, repetition, and purification. This episode includes wisdom from Krishna Das on: - Shedding our belief system of ego and separate self - The importance of regular practice and finding time everyday - Learning from Maharaj-ji through dreams and meditation - Finding Maharaj-ji in our world...

Ram Dev helps listeners recognize the divine nature and inner light that already exists inside of each one of us. In this episode, RamDev goes over: Incarnations of light as we move through the winter solstice Coming together in community to explore our inner light Navigating grief through the holidays The divine presence that is beyond time and form The light within us that is waiting to be recog...

Exploring Bhakti, Buddhism, and lessons from wise teachers, Krishna Das and Robert Thurman come together for a wide-ranging discussion. In this episode, Krishna Das and Robert Thurman discuss: - The miracles of Maharaj-ji - How all people are wholly embraced by divine love - Bhakti as devotional heart-to-heart merging - An exploration of dreams and being happy to let go - Being brave enough to hav...

Love is in that air as Jack explores the nature of desire, relationships, and spiritual passion—offering wisdom on stabilizing the heart, navigating distractions, and awakening to the timeless and sacred. Learn How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman beginning Feb 17 – join anytime at bit.ly/ThriveInLove “If you know what it’s l...

Ram Dass and Stephen Levine explore how all the experiences in our lives, including the process of dying, can be an opportunity to grow and awaken out of the illusion of separateness. Listen to this full podcast ad-free and support these great talks from the Ram Dass Archive. 7-day free trial: patreon.com/RamDassPodcast This episode of Here and Now is part two of a talk by Ram Dass and Stephen Lev...

Visionary artist, Martina Hoffmann, describes her encounters with spirit through dreams, nature, psychedelics and more. In this episode, Martina Hoffman offers a talk on: - Encountering spirit through dreaming, nature, and more - The interweaving of creativity and spirit - Attempting to express the ineffable - Entering into meditation through art - Martina’s expansive spiritual evolution - Lucid d...

Breaking free from cause-and-effect and the formal ideas of Confucianism, Alan Watts describes mutual arising as the key idea of the Tao. This time on Being in the Way, Alan Watts describes: Chinese philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism Our roles in social life and Confucianism as the way for people involved in the world Taoism as the way for those who do not prescribe to formal patterns How the...

Distinguishing merit that leads to mundane happiness from merit aimed at liberation, Joseph Goldstein describes sources of dharmic joy. This episode is part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. If you are just jumpi...

Rekindling the ancient art of listening, Jack shares how we can transform our lives through nourishing inner stillness and simplifying the mind. This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. “The Divine waits for us to taste the food and not just read the menu.” – Jack Kornfield In this episode, Ja...

Opening the doorway to transformation, Jack and Dr. Hübl explore spiritual discernment, identity, “central casting,” overcoming nervous system triggers, reframing trauma, and more. The ‘wisdom of insecurity’ is to learn that it’s okay to feel insecure—that it’s part of our human law—and to love anyway.” – Jack Kornfield In Part 2 of this episode originally airing for Dr. Hübl’s ‘Spiritual Healing...

In this defining talk, Jack shares his adventurous journey to Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, and how upon returning home, he had to learn to embody a heart of authenticity. Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield” a year-long online program on mindfulness, love, community, and connection. Join in anytime at bit.ly/Awakening2025 “Being w...

Sharing spiritual mementos from his world travels, Dakota Wint sits with Raghu to explore finding God everywhere and at any time. “Everyone of these different societies, tribes, cultures, they all boil down to the same premise…it’s all God.” – Raghu Markus This time on Mindrolling, Raghu and Dakota converse about: Dakota’s travels throughout Ethiopia Rastafarian tradition and its origin in Ethiopi...

onsidering how right effort drives our achievements and potential for happiness, Joseph Goldstein teaches us more about the dhamma. This episode is part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. If you are just jumping i...

Exploring how to untangle the threads of intense desire, teacher Trudy Goodman offers direction on meeting the Dharma. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman discusses: - Being incarnated into this desire-body - Diversity within desire and being tuned into different frequencies - The pressure to conform to expectations - Difficulty in knowing our deepest desires and em...

Ram Dass and Stephen Levine explore how all the experiences in our lives, including the process of dying, can be an opportunity to grow and awaken out of the illusion of separateness. Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ramdass and get on your way to being your best self. This show is also sponsored by Magic Mind, a matcha-based energy s...

Getting down to the basics of Sufism, James Cooke and Omid Safi discuss the mystery of love and our enmeshment with God. This time on the Sufi Heart podcast, Omid Safi and James Cooke discuss: - Sufism and mystical Islam - Getting closer to a divine reality - Types of love within Sufism - Recognizing that we are interwoven with all things - Pure love as the antidote of ego - How we are enmeshed wi...