Breakdown of types of ignorance in Buddhist teaching. Unpacking some of the terms avijjā and moha. Sketching their different use in the old texts despite their occasional synonymous use.
Excursions into conditionality.
What happens when I'm *not* mindful?
(i) Loss of fluency in our attention —
(ii) Loss of the here & now
(iii) Loss of the space: collapsing into things.
(iv) Loss of embodiment
(vI) Loss of the other
Hindrances – a glance at the list of troubles and how they manifest .
The different starting points of Buddhist and Western psychology. The Buddhas vision of freedom
Different types of troubles: soteriological hindrances (samyojana), afflictions (kilesa), inflations (āsava).
A detailed look at the 5 nivāraṇa, the five psychological obstacles to the cultivation of stillness as the basis for insight and understanding. The phenomenology of their manifestation.
This talk explores how mettā and the brahmaviharās are both means and ends on the path to liberation — the very ground that allows insight to arise, and the natural expression of the freedom that results.
