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Welcome to Pragmatic Buddhism, a podcast offering down-to-earth Dharma talks, mindful reflections, and unscripted conversations for curious minds.
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Buddhism Is a Way, Not the Way (opens the original)
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What if you could explore Buddhism without having to believe that Buddhism is the one true path? In this episode, Glenn leads a discussion with the Columbus sangha that explores one of the most important and most easily overlooked aspects of a pragmatic approach to Buddhism: don't cling to Buddhism itself. Glenn and the sangha talk about what happens when Buddhists become attached to their own philosophy, how engaged Buddhism challenges the idea that accepting reality means simply accepting the
Aspiration, Appreciation, Conviction: Batchelor on Resolve, and Why Trust Isn't Faith (opens the original)
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What do you do with a teaching that asks you to trust something you can't prove? James from the St. Louis sangha reads Stephen Batchelor's "Resolve" chapter and his answer is to keep the trust pointed at yourself and at the decision you already made, rather than at a claim about the universe. He works through Batchelor's three words for resolve — aspiration, appreciation, conviction — through the idea that our conditioning behaves like an addiction, and through Buddha nature, which he handles ca
Can AI Teach Us Buddhism? Why Practice Still Matters (opens the original)
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AI can give us almost endless information about Buddhism, but can information actually transform us? In this thought-provoking Dharma talk, Tim Curtis explores what gets lost when we confuse knowing about the Dharma with experiencing it. Using AI, meditation, and the famous Good Will Hunting distinction between knowledge and lived experience, Tim asks if we can truly understand the Dharma without actually practicing it. This compelling conversation is for anyone interested in Buddhism as somethi
Is My Brain a Liar? (opens the original)
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Mary had heart surgery in her twenties and came out with a blind spot her brain filled in. She didn't know she couldn't see this spot until someone asked why she wasn't taking pills that were sitting right in front of her. She still uses the question: "Is my brain a liar?" on herself when she assumes someone's mad at her. This week's St. Louis sangha talk starts there and moves into Thich Nhat Hanh's seven factors of awakening, a five-year-old watch someone finally took out of a box, and why pra
The Middle Way of Pragmatism: James, Dewey, and Why Buddhism Isn't Atheism (opens the original)
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What do you do when someone states, flatly, that God exists, or that God does not? Glenn's answer in The Middle Way of Pragmatism is to slow down. Notice when you're reacting to a claim only because it clashes with your own view. Then ask what you can actually prove. Glenn traces this through William James, the long history of atomic theory, and an old warning against accepting a claim just because someone asserts it. He's careful about the limits of the idea, too. Staying open on the big questi
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