Burgs Podcast

Following the Buddha's enlightenment, a great Brahma asks the Buddha to teach others the path out of suffering.  This leads to the Buddha's first teaching and the turning of the wheel of Dharma which has existed to this day. The truth lies within each and every single one of us waiting for us to discover it for ourselves. What are you going to do with your time here? 

Burgs tells the early life story of the Buddha.  Born as a prince, Siddhattha Gotama was destined to become either a great monach or a great spiritual leader.  Leaving his palace in his late twenties, he encounters human suffering and the very next day renouces the life of sensual pleasures to live the life of a wandering ascetic.  He learns from the greatest teachers of the age, followed by under...

Our culture is built on the idea that we should always be challenging ourselves to achieve more and we drive ourselves to our limit for long periods of time. The result is that we can live our lives in an over-stimulated state for years and we are never deeply at rest. This can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing. Our nervous system can be in a coping state the entire time, always pushi...

There are many offerings out there promising quick fixes and instant transformation. Yet the journey to free ourselves from suffering is a gradual process where we let go layers of conditioning in stages. This podcast explores how it is consciousness which is the greatest conditioning factor in our life and transforming this is a progressive path.  

We are currently at an axis point where we are being asked to let go the persuit of our creations and feel more alive. Can we find the courage to do what is being asked of us and stand up for the freedoms of future generations, just as past generations have done? 

Burgs explores how we always have the choice to make our suffering the making of us, no matter how painful it might be.  "Healthy grief" is honouring our separation and a true state of love, as opposed to "unhealthy grief" which is not willing to accept the way things are. Grief is a process that can open us up more completely to life and does not need to shut down our capacity...

Burgs explores the nature of love we have with a partner. He examines how attachment can smother our love and how fear only shrinks the heart. Healthy relationships require sacrifice and hard work. We should seek to love people unconditionally for who they are rather than expect more than is reasonable. 

In this episode, Burgs explores what we mean by loving kindness and that if we are going to love others, we must first find love for ourselves.   It includes a meditation with reflections on self-love, acceptance and healing our relationship with ourselves. 

In this podcast Burgs investigates how we can enter deeply into our experience so that the innate truth it contains reveals itself, beyond our limiting thoughts and ideas.  The podcast journey's into this state of presence where we learn to rest within the experience so it reflects perfectly its true nature.  From this state we can see clearly into our life and are prompted act according to i...

This podcast is an edited version of Burgs' radio show through YouTube livestream on Sunday 24th May 2020. The topic of discussion is Letting Go - What does it mean to let go? The episode continues to explores the various aspects of letting go, whether it be in our lives or on the cushion whilst meditating. A number of audience led questions are answered during the show which helps explore th...

This podcast is an edited version of Burgs' radio show through YouTube livestream on Friday 22nd May 2020. The topic of discussion is Letting Go - What does it mean to let go? The episode explores the various aspects of letting go, whether it be in our lives or on the cushion whilst meditating. A number of audience led questions are answered during the show which helps explore the theme of th...

This podcast is an edited version of Burgs' new radio show through YouTube livestream on Saturday 9th May 2020. The topic of discussion is forgiveness. The episode explores some of the harder areas in our lives where we might find it hard to find forgiveness for others, as well as ourselves.  Since the coronavirus Covid-19 has put the world on lockdown in early 2020, Burgs has been hosting a...

In this podcast Burgs investigates the notion that when we actually see how consciousness functions, we start to engage with the spiritual path as a rite of passage; a rite of passage out of spiritual adolescence where we feel we may be owed something by life to a point where our perspective deepens into a state of spiritual maturity where we see we are responsible for our own wellbeing and the we...

This episode continues an interview with Burgs where he discusses why and how we could approach looking after our consciousness. The interview discusses why many people are currently feeling so disconnected and confused about what to do in the face of the climate emergency and great social upheaval, and looks at how to develop a new attitude to life and to our minds in this time of great uncertain...

This episode is an interview with Burgs where he discusses why and how we could approach looking after our consciousness. The interview discusses why many people are currently feeling so disconnected and confused about what to do in the face of the climate emergency and great social upheaval, and looks at how to develop a new attitude to life and to our minds in this time of great uncertainty. htt...

In this podcast, Burgs introduces and discusses the notion of what he calls the Give Back Generation. This is an attitude and way of being that seeks to encourage us to think of our lives in terms of being net contributors to life and to our planet so that by the end of our lives we have put back more than we have taken out at all levels. The group discussion looks at the various aspects of this w...

In this podcast, the first in the series from The Art of Meditation, meditation teacher Burgs sits with a panel of his students to discuss how me might respond to what is happening globally, from the climate emergency to the need for rapid social change. The podcast looks at how we might develop a new attitude to these global challenges and seeks positive and practical solutions in the face of muc...