HeyJaredThe Road Home with Ethan Nichtern
Ethan Nichtern is a Buddhist teacher and student. He is the author of the books Confidence, The Road Home, and The Dharma of the Princess Bride, and the host of The Road Home podcast.
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Guided Meditation: The Four Reminders - The Impermanence of Objects (opens the original)
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Attached is a 29 minute guided meditation and short talk detailing our first look into impermanence, the impermanence of a cherished object in your life or world.Suggested books to go along with our Fall ‘26 study of the “Four Reminders”Turning Confusion into Clarity by Yongey Mingyur<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/awakening-from-the-daydream-reimagining-the-buddha-s-wheel-of-life-david-nichtern/77
Ep. 183 - Conscious Parents, Conscious Daughters, Conscious Sons with Dr. Shefali (opens the original)
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On the latest episode of The Road Home podcast, I am joined by bestselling author, clinical psychologist and Buddhist meditator Dr. Shefali. Her work combines Western psychology with Eastern wisdom, and explores the challenges facing both parents and children (and the inner child in all of us) from a crucial perspective of authenticity and presence. This week she simultaneously released not one but two new books at once: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/raising-conscious-daughters-building-
Ep. 182 - The Three Poisons (opens the original)
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On the latest episode of The Road Home podcast, we dive into one of the deepest and most crucial teachings of Buddhist philosophy of the mind: the three poisons. These could also be called the three confused habitual responses to the present moment. In this dharma talk, we go “under the hood” of how our moment by moment experience unfolds, and how our observation of our confusion can be simplified to the exploration of three simple momentary experiences, as well as our three confused reactions t
Guided Meditation: The Four Reminders - Freedom from the Self-Hatred of the “Lower Realms” (opens the original)
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Attached is a 29 minute guided meditation and short talk detailing our freedom from the so-called “lower realms” of cyclical confusion (samsara). The guided meditation begins at the 2’08” mark. All you have to do to attend these Thursday Morning (8am ET) sessions live is be a paid subscriber to The Road Home substack and you will receive a video link to join the group each week. In September and October we will move on to the second set of contemplations, exploring the truth of impermanence and
Guided Meditation: The Four Reminders - Freedom from Obsession with Bliss and Power (opens the original)
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Attached is a 32 minute guided meditation and short talk detailing our freedom from the so-called “higher realms” of cyclical confusion (samsara). The guided meditation begins at the 6’15” mark. All you have to do to attend these Thursday Morning (8am ET) sessions live is be a paid subscriber to The Road Home substack and you will receive a video link to join the group each week. In September and October we will move on to the second set of contemplations, exploring the truth of impermanence and
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