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Secular Buddhism

125 - Keep Calm And Carry On Skillfully

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In light of the ongoing spread of COVID-19, I wanted to share some thoughts about skillful action. In this episode, I will also share my thoughts about the koan "There is Nothing I Dislike".

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Secular Buddhism Podcast.

0:04.6

This is episode number 125. I am your host Noah Rasheda.

0:09.5

And today I'm going to talk about skillful action in times of uncertainty and stress.

0:21.2

Keep in mind you don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist.

0:26.1

You can use it to learn to be a better whatever you already are.

0:33.6

Before jumping into the podcast topic for today, I want to discuss and share some thoughts around

0:40.2

the Zen Kuan that I shared in the last podcast episode. And this is the Kuan that goes like this.

0:46.3

Lin Yee said, there is nothing I dislike. Now I mentioned in the previous podcast episode,

0:52.6

this is one of those lifetime kuan's that you could really work with this for the rest of your

0:58.8

life. Constantly analyzing and asking yourself, how is that possible to reach a state where there's

1:07.4

nothing that I dislike. And like I said, I like this Kuan a lot and I like to revisit it.

1:15.4

Think about it often. And I want to share some of my thoughts around it. But first I want to share

1:20.6

some of the thoughts that were shared in our discussion group. So on the Patreon community for

1:26.4

the podcast, we have discussions around the podcast episodes around the Zen Kuan's and many other

1:33.4

things. But these are some of the thoughts that came out of the discussion around this specific

1:39.1

Kuan. So Christina said, open quote, there are parts of me ego states that dislike things and

1:46.5

suffer from these emotions. But I the I am parentheses can choose to access other parts and

1:53.6

ego states that will help me find inner peace about these things through mindfulness and meditation

1:59.0

through choosing. I can think and act more skillfully despite this liking the person or situation.

2:05.8

And then she goes on to say, it's also fun to think there's nothing I like. You can play with

2:10.4

this and ask yourself, aren't there also times when I don't even like the things in people. I almost

2:16.0

always like who am I in those moments. Close quote. And I really like what Christina shares here.

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