This talk is on the importance of doing things for no particular purpose, in life and in Buddhist practice. It is largely based on evidence from modern experimental psychology, which closely resonates with traditional Buddhist teachings, and which demonstrates that increased well-being, satisfaction, proficiency, understanding and creativity results when we let go of goals.
Unmasking the world
Whose body and mind?
Seclusion, Samādhi and Jhāna
Observables and their contingencies
Introduction to Satipatthana Rethought
Contemplations of non-self
On Buddhist ethics
Samādhi in the earliest texts.
Was the Buddha a biologist?
What is the Buddha-Sasana?
A history of emptiness
The Buddha’s Method 2/2: insubstantial and conditional
The Buddha’s Method 1/2: practical and subjective
What did the Buddha think of women?(2/2)
What did the Buddha think of women? (1/2)
The four noble truths
The seven awakening factors
The sixfold sphere
The five aggregates
The five hindrances
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