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.
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Episode 130 - Mindful of The Body
Episode 129 - Ultimate Refuge
Episode 128 - The Middle Way
Episode 127 - Embracing The Spiritual Path
Episode 126 - Forgiveness
Episode 125 - Making Positive Habits Stick, The Buddhist Way
Episode 124 - Mindful of Our Own Impermanence
Episode 123 - Attachment To Self
Episode 122 - Non-attachment
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Episode 120 - Right Mindfulness
Episode 119 - Right Livelihood
Episode 118 - Right Action
Right Speech - Episode 117
Episode 116 - Right Effort
Episode 115 - Right View
Episode 114 - Karma Bandits
Episode 113 - Right Intention Part - 3: Harmlessness
Episode 112 - Right Intention Part 2 - Good Will
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