Buddhist Enlightenment: Impermanence, No Self, and the Dark Night of the Soul
Rev Left Radio
Breht O'Shea
4.8 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2021
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Breht is joined by Dr. Daniel M. Ingram, author of "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha", to discuss what Enlightenment is in the Buddhist tradition, what it feels like from the inside, what it can and cannot offer the individual and society, spirituality and mysticism on the fascist right, perennialism, the adaptability of capitalism, tips and advice for starting a spiritual journey, and so much more!
Check out Daniel's website: https://www.integrateddaniel.info/
His book "MTCB" (free): https://www.mctb.org/
Dharma Overground: https://www.dharmaoverground.org/
The EPRC: https://theeprc.org/
Outro Music: "Fixed and Dilated" by Aesop Rock
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to RevLeft Radio. |
| 0:08.4 | I have a wonderful episode for you today. |
| 0:10.8 | It's with Daniel M. Ingraham, who is the author of mastering the core teachings of the |
| 0:15.4 | Buddha, the founder of the Dharma Overground, and all around Buddhist, thinker, intellectual, |
| 0:21.6 | practitioner, etc. |
| 0:23.4 | We discuss a lot of things that it's hard to find guests to discuss. |
| 0:27.4 | We almost have to have somebody that has been on the path for so long that has achieved |
| 0:33.2 | awakening within the Buddhist context to have honest, open, and precise conversations about |
| 0:41.1 | what enlightenment is, what it feels like from the inside. |
| 0:45.2 | Why is it worth pursuing? |
| 0:47.4 | After answering a bunch of those questions, we get into a lot of other stuff. |
| 0:51.8 | Daniel is also a leftist and so we discuss politics. |
| 0:55.3 | We discuss spirituality on the fascist right. |
| 0:58.6 | We discuss capitalism, what meditation and even enlightenment can offer in terms of a |
| 1:05.3 | socialist or emancipatory political project and what it can't offer. |
| 1:10.5 | What its limitations are. |
| 1:12.3 | I think there's so much in here that deconstructs over romanticized and over idealized notions |
| 1:19.1 | around what enlightenment is and I think that's incredibly important. |
| 1:24.1 | It's also offering its full benefits because there are many to be had and if there weren't |
| 1:30.0 | people who wouldn't pursue these spiritual practices. |
| 1:33.4 | Daniel is also a perennialist, if you will, which means that he believes that the mystical |
| 1:37.5 | traditions and all religions, right? |
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