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 54: Do no harm
Episode 53: End craving. Choose peace.
Episode 52: Be the gift, the blessing, the miracle
Episode 51: the Power of Your Words
Episode 50: Who am I? Who do I want to be?
Episode 49: How to Purify Bad Karma
Episode 48 - Everything is Perfect
Episode 47: Dedicated to the Ones I Love
Episode 46: Definite Emergence
Episode 45 - Tantra Part 2
Episode 44: Introduction to Tantra
Episode 43: Why the Laughter, Why the Joy?
Episode 42: The Bodhisattva's Perfection of Patience
Episode 41: Forgiving ourselves, forgiving others
Episode 40: Anger Management 101
Episode 39 - Practicing non-violence
Episode 38 - Actions Create Self
Episode 37: The Mirror of Karma
Episode 36: Malfunctioning Labels
Episode 35: The Way of the Spiritual Warrior
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Tara Brach
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
The Way Out Is In
Learn Buddhism with Alan Peto
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein