Be Here Now Network

Indigenous scholar Apela Colorado, Ph. D., joins Anita Sanchez to explore the power of dreamwork and practical ways to reconnect our inner and outer polarities. This week on The Four Sacred Gifts, Anita and Dr. Apela Colorado discuss: - A loving prayer for all of those who are suffering around the world - Inner connection between the self and larger reality - Dr. Apela’s experience growing up embe...

Offering listeners a way to live life fully, Trudy Goodman explores how to overcome the brain's negative bias by inclining the mind toward appreciation. In this episode, Trudy Goodman gives a lecture on: - The mind’s tendency to view things negatively - How evolutionary wiring shapes what we notice and what we miss - A powerful teaching from loved ones at the end of life: do all things with joy -...

Raghu Markus and Psychoanalyst Dr. Jeffrey Rubin unpack how mindfulness, empathy, and self-understanding connect the worlds of Buddhism and Western therapy. In this Mindrolling episode, Raghu and Dr. Rubin discuss: - Jeffrey’s traditional upbringing and the unexpected spiritual experience he had during a basketball game - Key parallels between Western psychotherapy and Buddhist wisdom - How “hover...

Defining the nature of Bodhicitta, Joseph Goldstein explains that enlightenment is inevitable when compassion and emptiness coexist. This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein thoughtfully articulates: - Bodhicitta: the heart-mind of awakening and working for the benefit of all beings - Living in the world while still remembering the truth of non-self and impermanence - The beauty of selflessness...

Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares why ‘sometimes we need a story more than food.’

Speaking across the decades from the 1960s to the 2010s, Ram Dass shares stories about his mother and father, and explores what it means to honor our parents and incarnation. This episode of Here and Now is a compilation of Ram Dass discussing what it means to honor our parents and our incarnation. We begin in 1969 at the family farm in New Hampshire. Ram Dass talks about how most of our efforts t...

Connecting to the timelessness of the present moment, Gil Fronsdal offers practical steps towards the only source of true happiness: contentment. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explores: - Seeing the timeless present through photographs - Enjoying the preciousness of our limited time here on earth - How corporate, capitalist America prefers people who are discontent - What the B...

RamDev shares how to make every moment a living prayer, carrying the essence of mantra and devotion into both the sacred and the mundane. This week on Healing at the Edge, RamDev explores: - RamDev’s personal struggles with integrating practice into his daily life - Bringing heartfulness into mundane activities as a form of ceaseless prayer/practice - Practicing out of richness, abundance, and ade...

Raghu sits down with clinical psychologist and meditation teacher Dr. Tucker Peck to explore the meeting point of dharma and psychotherapy. In this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu and Tucker discuss: - Tucker’s first mind-altering meditative experience on the beach - Including the dharma in psychotherapy and Tucker’s work in meditation as a therapeutic modality - How Tucker developed a relationship...

Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi explore how facing suffering with love can awaken the courage to heal our world.

Blending creativity, business, and parenthood, Jonathan and Miya Eden join David Nichtern to discuss bringing stories to life through animation. In this episode, David, Jonathan and Miya explore: - How Jonathan and Miya met and became both personal and creative collaborators - The process of animating and creating content for Pengwee and Ruby - Animating meditative processes and a modified story o...

Ram Dass talks about finding a balance between emptiness and compassion, then answers questions from the audience, including on how to deal with fear around current events. The Ram Dass community gathers regularly to engage in meaningful discussions about the podcast. We invite you to join us and share your curiosities, insights, and wisdom. Sign up for the General Fellowship to receive event invi...

Responding to a variety of dharma questions on meditation, effort, and impermanence, Joseph Goldstein explores the mystery of consciousness. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein responds to questions on: - The benefits of doing walking meditation...

Founder of Fireside Project, Joshua White, reflects on becoming a ‘loving rock’ and how Ram Dass’s teachings sparked his creation of a psychedelic peer support line. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Joshua White outlines: - How Joshua grew up feeling alienated from his Jewish roots - The realization that we truly can just be observers of our own thoughts - The inner knowing that there is more...

For episode 272, we are launching a new series on the Metta Hour, centered on kids, in honor of Sharon’s first children’s book, Kind Karl, coming out on December 9th! Co-authored by Jason Gruhl, this illustrated picture book is for 4-8 year-olds and is a new children’s adaptation of Sharon’s beloved book Lovingkindness. To learn more about Sharon’s forthcoming children’s book, Kind Karl, and pre-o...

Merging art, science, and spirit, authors and intellectuals Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross illuminate why creativity is essential for humanity. In this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu, Susan, and Ivy explore: - Redefining art as any medium that allows someone to express themselves - Learning to see the world with fresh eyes and creative curiosity - The powerful reflection: has there ever been a time wh...

Buddhist teacher David Nichtern explains that making friends with the mind and internal world is the first step to relating better with the people around us.

Through soulful insights on detaching from the ego and expanding the heart, Krishna Das reminds us that surrender is not defeat, it’s the deepest devotion to God.

Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi explore ‘inner climate change,’ guiding us through meditation and reflection on transforming the world by becoming the Tree of Enlightenment.

Celebrating the release of There Is No Other, a new book of teachings from Ram Dass' lectures, Parvati Markus and Raghu Markus listen to and reflect on some of the material used in its creation. This special episode of Here and Now celebrates the new book, There Is No Other, a collection of teachings taken from Ram Dass’ lectures. In these times, Ram Dass’ teachings on wholeness and unity are more...

Carried by a discourse on The Heart Sutra, teacher and author Susan Piver joins Raghu to explore the truth of emptiness. This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Susan chat about: - Practicing The Heart Sutra with only one syllable: ahh - The truth of emptiness through recitation of non-truths - Understanding emptiness as bliss, not as voidness - The commitment to self interest that many westerners exp...

Holding gratitude for the ways Mother Earth supports all beings, Spiritual Healer Taita Pacha Kanchay describes the indigenous mission to be a voice for the land. This time on The Four Sacred Gifts, Anita and Taita Pacha Kanchay chat about : - The profound indigenous connection to Mother Earth and the wisdom of listening to her deeply - Healing the planet by embracing unity and recognizing all bei...

Vipassana teacher Trudy Goodman explores how trusting in the dharma and in ourselves leads to a more peaceful, present life.

For episode 271, Sharon sits down with poet, author and Zen master Henry Shukman. After a spontaneous spiritual awakening at the age of 19, Henry embarked on a long journey of healing and deeper awakening through meditation. Since then, he has been leading a growing number of practitioners in Europe and the US. He is the Spiritual Director Emeritus of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mex...

Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi share uplifting spiritual wisdom on how inner climate change shapes outer climate healing, the environment, and the future of humanity.