Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
In today's episode, we explore the profound concept of renunciation in Buddhism. True renunciation isn't about abandoning pleasure but transforming our relationship with it. Join us as we unravel the complexities of renunciation and explore a path to genuine contentment.
Renunciation is the wish to break free from the cycle of suffering (samsara) by overcoming our deeply ingrained mental habits of ignorance and attachment. We begin by realizing the futility of expecting lasting satisfaction from transient phenomena (material things, people, opinions, expectations of others, etc.)
Renunciation, therefore, is not a denial of happiness but a liberation from the cycle of suffering caused by our grasping, exaggerating, and distorting attitude toward pleasure and happiness.
Renunciation creates a profound shift in perspective where we no longer rely on sensory pleasures for happiness. When we realize renunciation, we awake to an unlimited, internal source of happiness.
Whoever, having cut off every fetter,
Does not tremble,
Is unbound and beyond attachment,
I call a brahman
--Buddha, The Dhammapada (Verse 397)
References with Links
Buddha (1986).The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A. (Website). Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon. Courtesy .of Nibbana.com. For free distribution only, as a gift of dhamma. Retrieved from https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=396
Je Tsongkhapa (2014). Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, by Je Tsongkhapa, Volume 1 (Kindle). Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Joshua Cutler, Editor-in-Chief, and Guy Newlan, Editor.
Find us at the links below:
Website: BuddhismforEveryone.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Buddhismforeveryone
Podcast Facebook Group: Join our private group at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/sanghatalk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buddhism.with.joann.fox
Donate through Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5XPAHDDMJGD7S
Episode 175 - Make Your Own Destiny
Episode 174 - Staying calm
Episode 173 - How to begin the path to Nirvana
Episode 172 - Releasing Negative Self Concepts
Episode 171 - Wisdom, The Antidote To All Suffering
Episode 170 - Freedom from Envy
Episode 169 - Transforming Ordinary Life Into Spiritual Training
Episode 168 - Purifying Our Speech, Purifying Our World
Episode 167 - How Not To Cause Harm
Episode 166 - Restraint
Episode 165 - The Jewel of Spiritual Community
Episode 164 - Taking Refuge in Dharma
Episode 163 - Refuge in Buddha
Episode 162 - Overcoming Fear
Episode 161: Manifesting Dreams and Goals
Episode 160 - Attachment To What Is Non-virtuous
Episode 159 - Let Go Of The Past Present and Future
Episode 157: Constant Craving Versus Letting Go
Episode 156 = Practicing Non-attachment with Family
Episode 155 - The Heart of Awakening
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Hello Heaven Podcast
Buddhist Society of Western Australia
Tara Brach
The Way Out Is In
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Secular Buddhism