How Do You Love Without Being Attached? | Kevin Griffin

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we're tackling some thorny dharma questions. For example: How do you love someone without attachment? How do you love yourself when the self is allegedly an illusion? Our guest today is a repeat customer, Kevin Griffin. He joined us a few months ago in an episode about the nature of craving and addiction. This time, Kevin's back with a semi-skeptical take on loving-kindness -- that venerable, if somewhat misunderstood, Buddhist practice. Our conversation is centered around a book he wrote, called Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World. We talk about lovingkindness vs. "living kindness," the dangers of modern metta practice, and the idea that you don't have to feel love all the time (but can still seek to handle situations with non-ill-will). Please note: This conversation includes brief references to addiction and other forms of suffering. If you don't already have the Ten Percent Happier app, download it for free wherever you get your apps: https://10percenthappier.app.link/download-app. Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/kevin-griffin-370

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0:00.0	This is the 10% happier podcast.
0:06.4	I'm Dan Harris.
0:09.0	Hey, hey, we're tackling some thorny Dharma questions on the show today.
0:16.2	This is stuff that can trip a lot of us up pretty badly actually.
0:19.7	For example, how do you love somebody without being attached or how do you love yourself
0:26.0	when the self is allegedly an illusion?
0:29.5	We're going to get into these questions and much, much more with my guest today who's
0:32.8	a repeat customer.
0:34.6	His name is Kevin Griffin.
0:36.2	The first time Kevin was on this show, we talked a lot about the nature of craving and
0:40.2	addiction.
0:41.2	I enjoyed that conversation immensely.
0:43.2	Apparently you did as well because the numbers were awesome.
0:47.3	So we're bringing them back on.
0:48.8	Kevin, for the uninitiated, is both a long time Buddhist practitioner and also a 12 step
0:54.6	participant.
0:55.9	This time he's back with a semi-skeptical take on loving kindness that venerable, if
1:01.6	somewhat misunderstood Buddhist concept and practice.
1:06.1	Our conversation really is going to center around a book that Kevin wrote called Living
1:10.2	Kindness, Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World.
1:14.0	Kevin's book is actually being re-released this month with a slightly new title, Living
1:18.4	Kindness, Meta Practice for the whole of our lives.
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