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Path of Enlightenment - Stage Six, Seven, Eight - The Miseries from 2021-07-19T15:37:07

Today we discuss the Buddhist concept of the Miseries (in a fun way!). This is a stage on the path of enlightenment in which you understand the impermanence of life, the inevitability of aging a...

Path of Enlightenment - Stage Five - Dissolution from 2021-07-12T15:58:32

Today we center our conversation on Dissolution, the fifth stage on the Path of Enlightenment, which is the breakdown of the experience of the barrier between inside and outside and the beginnin...

Path of Enlightenment - Stage Four - Arising and Passing from 2021-07-04T18:13:32

On this episode of Deepening Your Practice, we talk about the fourth stage of the progress of insight, the knowledge of arising and passing. Discussed as a "point of no return" this knowledge ch...

Path of Enlightenment - Stage Three - Part 1 from 2021-06-28T15:51:03

In this episode, we continue our discussion on the Path of Enlightenment and, in particular, focus on the third stage, which is development of the knowledge of impermanence and the comprehension...

The Path of Enlightenment - Stage Three from 2021-06-14T15:46:02

On today’s episode we discuss the sensory world and its basis in conditionality, which allows us to infer that patterns of arising and passing rooted in karma will be repeated and therefore allo...

The Path of Enlightenment - Stage Two - Part Two from 2021-06-14T15:46:02

On today’s episode we discuss the sensory world and its basis in conditionality, which allows us to infer that patterns of arising and passing rooted in karma will be repeated and therefore allo...

The Path of Enlightenment - Stage Two from 2021-06-04T23:17:02

Today we discuss enlightenment as a goal, the desire to end the experience of suffering from both Buddhist and secular perspectives, and the usefulness of different spiritual contexts on meditat...

The Path of Enlightenment - Stage Two - Part One from 2021-06-04T23:17:02

Today we discuss enlightenment as a goal, the desire to end the experience of suffering from both Buddhist and secular perspectives, and the usefulness of different spiritual contexts on meditat...

The Path to Enlightenment Part 2 from 2021-05-30T21:07:18

We dive into the difference between mental and physical phenomena and breakdown the raw sensing experience and the ways the mind acts to bring those senses into a comprehendible experience. &nbs...

The Path of Enlightenment - Stage One from 2021-05-30T21:07:18

We dive into the difference between mental and physical phenomena and breakdown the raw sensing experience and the ways the mind acts to bring those senses into a comprehendible experience. &nbs...

The Path to Enlightenment from 2021-05-25T03:09:17

Today we cover parts of the history of Buddhism and discuss different paths to enlightenment including the old, the new, and the hybrid.  

Captured live on 5/20/21.

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Attachment Conditioning from 2021-05-16T17:16:42

In today’s episode we discuss the process of stabilizing your mind-state and how to identify when your experience of the world is being warped by a filter of self.

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Deepening Your Practice: Emotional Regulation as Preliminary Practice from 2021-05-07T22:57:31

Continuing our conversation from the previous episode, we discuss how an honest inside practice can create emotional disruption and the practical ways to manage that disruption

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Emotional Regulation as Preliminary Practice from 2021-05-07T20:57:31

Continuing our conversation from the previous episode, we discuss how an honest inside practice can create emotional disruption and the practical ways to manage that disruption

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Deepening Your Practice: The End Goal of Practice from 2021-05-02T20:32:40

In this episode, we discuss the purpose of practice, what can get in the way of your practice, and strategies to avoid being pulled out of the present moment.  

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The End Goal of Practice from 2021-05-02T18:32:40

In this episode, we discuss the purpose of practice, what can get in the way of your practice, and strategies to avoid being pulled out of the present moment.  

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Deepening Your Practice: Organizing Your Practice from 2021-04-24T01:45:50

Continuing our DYP series, we discuss the Mindfulness movement in the West and weigh its benefits and deficiencies in relation to Attachment Theory.  

Captured live on 4/22/21. Listen

Deepening Your Practice: Compassion for All Sentient Beings from 2021-04-16T22:42:06

In this episode, we discuss climate change, population growth and density, immigration, and the ways our different global cultures engage with understandings of karma and the cycle of reincarnat...

Deepening Your Practice: Compassion for Neutral Person from 2021-04-02T22:42:26

Today, we speak about holding space with the Neutral People that we encounter in our lives and what the appropriate amount of energy required is for these peripheral relations. Captured live on ...

Compassion for Neutral Person from 2021-04-02T20:42:26

Today, we speak about holding space with the Neutral People that we encounter in our lives and what the appropriate amount of energy required is for these peripheral relations. Captured live on ...

Deepening Your Practice: Compassion for Friends and Family from 2021-03-26T20:16:36

In this episode we go in depth into Compassion practice and how to build a working model for your relationships with Friends and Family. Captured live on 3/25/21.

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Compassion for Friends and Family from 2021-03-26T19:16:36

In this episode we go in depth into Compassion practice and how to build a working model for your relationships with Friends and Family. Captured live on 3/25/21.

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Compassion Practice for Difficult People from 2021-03-15T15:48:52

Continuing our series on Compassion practice, we discuss what it is that can make an individual difficult to interact with and how to assess the macro-values of yourself and others to identify c...

Compassion Practice for Neutral Person from 2021-03-05T23:05:57

Continuing our series on Compassion practice, we discuss the varied levels of empathy that different types of people might exhibit, and how to build the compassion skills to understand and navig...

Compassion Practice for Friends and Family from 2021-03-01T18:55:20

We continue our discussion of Compassion practice, focusing on the different forms of relationships that we participate in and how to better recognize their characteristics. Captured live on 2/2...

Compassion Practice for a Close Person from 2021-02-22T18:59:42

Our deep dive into Compassion Practice continues with developing compassion for a person who is close to you in your life.  Captured live on 2/18/21.

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Compassion Practice for Self from 2021-02-16T02:43:44

George expands upon the Compassion Practice skill set he began last week to focus on how to develop compassion for yourself - which is often one of the hardest things to do. Captured live on 2/1...

Compassion Practice from 2021-02-08T22:06:56

Embark on a new cycle for the weekly Dharma talk with an exploration of Compassion practice, which is an empathetic practice. Different from classic Metta practice, George explains the why and h...

Checking Your Reality (Tajjapannatti) - Part 2 from 2021-02-01T21:48:54

George continues his exploration of Tajjapannatti, which translates to "constantly going back" (tajji) and "conceptual reality" (pannatti). Captured live on 1/28/20.

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Checking Your Reality (Tajjapannatti) from 2021-01-22T21:58:20

The Pali word Tajjapannatti translates to "constantly going back" (tajji) and "conceptual reality" (pannatti). George traces how this concept helps explain how the conceptual reality yo...

Organizing Your Practice from 2021-01-18T19:18:09

The new year is always a great time to set intentions and organize and commit to your practice. George offers some practical advice drawing from his own experience meditating. Captured live on 1...

Home for the Holidays from 2020-12-19T19:20:31

George shares some of his experiences growing up in regards to religion and the holidays, and offers some perspective for this particularly challenging holiday season for many. Captured live on ...

Metta Vipassana Retreat Practice from 2020-12-12T04:34:31

George explores the value of retreat practice and how it can be the cornerstone of developing a consistent meditation practice. Captured live on 12/10/20.

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The History of Addiction Part 2 from 2020-12-07T22:32:28

George continues his discussion the history of addiction in the USA, and how it connects to meditation practice and attachment styles . Captured live on 12/4/20.

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The History of Addiction from 2020-11-21T01:41:30

George takes a detour from the Vipassana exploration to discuss the history of addiction in the USA, and how it connects to meditation practice. Captured live on 11/19/20.

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Special Reading: "The Lower Manhattan Dormitory Effect" from 2020-11-14T15:00

George reads from his new book "The Lower Manhattan Dormitory Effect" - a recollection of downtown life in New York City in the late 70s and early 1980s reflected on from here in LA: 2020.

Examining the Self and the World from 2020-11-14T00:54:09

George continues his deep dive into Vipassana meditation exploring what it means to examine the self and the world in practice. Captured live on 11/12/20.

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The Three Marks of Existence from 2020-11-09T01:32:40

George continues his exploration of Vipassana meditation with a deep dive into the three marks of existence: impermanence (anicc?), non-self (anatt?) and unsatisfactoriness or suffering (du?kha)...

Vipassana Meditation - Focus In/Focus Out from 2020-10-30T21:19:47

George explains the technique of Vipassana meditation using see, hear, feel practice applying focus in and focus out. Captured live on 10/29/20.

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Vipassana Meditation & The Sensory Experience from 2020-10-27T17:59:19

This talk explores Vipassana meditation techniques and how touching into the sensory experience can tap into the nature of how we form self and world. Captured live on 10/22/20.

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Compassion for All Sentient Beings from 2020-10-16T20:27:42

In this recording, George explores compassion practice for all sentient beings. Captured live on 10/15/20.

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Compassion for Difficult People from 2020-10-12T03:26:42

George breaks down compassion practice for "difficult people" and shares a story about how a teacher in Myanmar was more blunt and explained how Americans are reluctant to describe people as "en...

Compassion fro Friends and Family from 2020-10-12T03:16:22

Compassion practice, in the Buddhist sense, means turning toward the suffering experience of someone else and being willing to hold that experience. George breaks down the different models for e...

The Dhammas from 2020-08-31T20:38:07

George returns to the original text of the Satipa??h?na Sutta to explain the dhammas,  the original elements of the Buddhist teachings. Captured live on 8/27/20

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The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness from 2020-08-31T20:28:16

Continuing the exploration of the Satipa??h?na Sutta, George delves into the fourth foundation of mind­fulness: mindfulness of mental objects. Captured live on 8/20/20.

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Mind: The Sixth Sense from 2020-08-21T21:14:11

George continues exploring the Satipatthana Sutta delving into the Buddhist concept of the mind as a sixth sense and how it relates to the more traditional Western concepts of the senses. Captur...

Deeper Meditation for Householders from 2020-08-04T04:11:55

While in some traditions enlightenment was really only the goal for monastics, Mahasi Sayadaw’s revolutionary teachings brought the notion to householders as well. George delves the topic in thi...

The Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) Protocol from 2020-08-04T04:04:13

The Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) Protocol was developed by Daniel P. Brown and is a technique to help repair attachment disturbances by guiding practitioners to imagine their ideal parent. George expl...

Feeling Tones Part 2 from 2020-07-20T21:27:49

Continuing his deep dive into fe Satipatthana Sutta, George continues his deep dive into how feeling tones, or the sensing experiences, influence practice, and how they relate to the path to enligh...

Feeling Tones from 2020-07-12T23:49:05

Continuing his deep dive into the Satipatthana Sutta, George explains how feeling tones, or the sensing experiences influence practice, and how they relate to the path to enlightenment. If you wo...

The Satipatthana Sutta - Part 2 from 2020-07-06T21:16:12

George continues his exploration into Mahasi Sayadaw’s Satipatthana Sutta via his own teacher Shinzen Young. This is the Pali foundation of the practice of mindfulness, and it is traditionally focu...

The Satipatthana Sutta from 2020-06-28T21:23

George shares his interpretation of Mahasi Sayadaw’s Satipatthana Sutta via his own teacher Shinzen Young. This is the Pali foundation of the practice of mindfulness, and it is traditionally focuse...

Metta Practice for Difficult People from 2020-06-23T03:15:08

Metta practice in general is intended to be for all beings. This particular practice for difficult people can be used an antidote to anger, which can be helpful during this time of upheaval and unc...

Sitting Into Sadness (Metta for Friends and Family) from 2020-06-16T23:05:03

After reflecting on the recent violence and racism afflicting the United States, George gets into some apt and timely metta practice for friends and family.

Dissolution (The 5th Stage of Insight) from 2020-06-11T23:31:06

George dives deep into the 5th Stage of Insight from Mahasi Sayadaw’s “Manual of Insight” with an exploration of the concept of dissolution. Captured live on 6/4/20.

Racism in America: A Buddhist Response from 2020-06-04T00:01:16

Recorded before our nation erupted in protest in nearly every city, George explored a Buddhist perspective on the murder of George Floyd and racism in America. Captured live on 5/28/20.

Knowledge of Arising and Passing from 2020-05-27T15:07:02

There are many Dharma maps that help organize one’s practice. George explores this concept, while talking about his own journey with Mahasi Sayadaw’s Manual of Insight. Captured live on 5/21/20.

Metta For Close People from 2020-05-18T21:26:49

After two weeks of Vipassana practice, we explore some Metta (loving-kindness) practice this week, focusing on close people in our lives. Captured live on 5/14/20.

Can You See the Forest for the Trees? from 2020-05-13T17:49:30

George breaks down how the experience of self emerges when you look within and gets into the Vipassana practice of knowledge by comprehension. Captured live on 5/7/20.

Three Marks of Existence from 2020-05-11T21:48:36

George explains the Buddhist concept of the three marks of existence: anicca (impermanence), dukkha (unsatisfactoriness) and anatta (non-self). Captured live during our weekly Thursday night virtua...

Discerning Conditionality from 2020-05-05T22:31:50

George continues the exploration into Vipassana meditation with a deep dive into the second stage of insight focusing on the concept of discerning conditionality.

The Second Stage of Insight from 2020-04-21T02:29:55

Captured live during Mettagroup’s new weekly online Dharma talk, George Haas discusses the second stage of Insight from Mahasi Sayadaw’s Manual of Insight. The definitely text on Vipassana meditati...

Metta Practice for Self from 2020-04-14T05:18:39

A deep dive into loving-kindness practice for yourself - captured live during our new weekly virtual Dharma talk and sit. Read more about it at https://www.mettagroup.org/classes#drop-in-classes

What Are We Looking For When We Meditate from 2020-04-07T05:09:19

George breaks down the basic nature of meditation and why it is a valuable pursuit, focusing in on the three characteristics of existence.

Collaborative Relationships from 2020-03-10T20:18:23

George breaks down how collaborative relationships work and how early childhood attachment style can affect primary relationships later in life.

Early Care and Attachment Conditioning from 2019-12-02T17:14:25

George outlines how early care during infancy and early childhood has a profound effect on the attachment style that will emerge later in life for an adult. An equally informative listen for anybod...

Cultivating Authentic Connections from 2019-11-01T16:48:32

In the modern world, it’s often more difficult than we think to cultivate meaningful, authentic personal relationships. This episode explores why that’s the case, why it’s important to make those c...

Metta Practice from 2019-10-15T00:29:02

Captured live on retreat, George breaks down what metta (loving-kindness) meditation practice is, how to do it, and why it’s valuable. Along the way we find out about the differences between “wet” ...

Developing Automatic Compassion from 2019-09-24T21:37:04

Relationships are about balance - but it’s not always equal. When a partner cannot properly mentalize to self-regulate, responding with compassion and attending to their needs in the moment can be ...

Mentalizing from 2019-08-27T04:34:55

The ability to mentalize - being aware of your own mind state as well as that of another person - is one of the key components in being able to make meaningful connections and maintain healthy rela...

Navigating Attachment Style and Primary Relationships from 2019-08-12T22:00

George breaks down the common behaviors associated with each attachment style and how they can affect relationships.

Coupling for Single People from 2019-07-30T20:24:07

Captured live in Los Angeles as a part of Mettagroup’s brand new Meditation x Attachment for Relationships series, this is an excerpt from a daylong exploring how and why attachment style affects o...

Early Childhood Attachment and the Buddhist Path from 2019-07-15T20:07:40

George draws connections between the psychological attachment style established during early childhood and the components that make up the traditional Buddhist path.

Understanding Attachment Conditioning from 2019-03-28T03:12:05

Finding true happiness can often seem insurmountable. The reason, in large part, is the attachment conditioning that happens during early life. George breaks down why this is the case, and how real...

The Ideal Parent Figure Protocol Part Two from 2019-03-04T22:31

George delves deeper into The Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) protocol with a discussion about the five stages of developing secure relationships followed by a guided meditation that offers a hands-on wa...

The Ideal Parent Figure Protocol from 2019-02-09T19:22:48

Captured on retreat, George Haas discusses the Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) Protocol. Through a guided meditation, this technique, developed by Daniel P. Brown, allows you to imagine the ideal parent...

Exploration! Meditation x Entrepreneurship from 2018-12-13T00:23:16

George is joined by long-time entrepreneur and meditation student Ben Smith for an in-depth discussion about the connections between meditation and finding meaning in work. In this insightful episo...

Attachment and Enlightenment from 2018-06-28T17:10:09

When most teachers discuss "attachment" in relation to meditation, they're talking about the Buddhist sense of the word. However, there's also many links between psychological attachment and medita...

The Mind-Body Connection from 2018-05-10T12:09:36

George discusses the body-mind and how attachment strategies are connected to our physiological experiences. Recorded live at our new weekly drop-in class on the Mettagroup terrace in Los Angeles. ...

Getting Started with The Meaningful Life from 2018-04-19T17:10:30

Captured during the first class of The Meaningful Life Six-Month Intensive (now called Meditation x Attachment), this brief talk gives an  overview of George Haas's signature teaching. Drawing conn...

Meditation Interventions for Addiction from 2018-03-02T18:53:50

This special episode of the podcast offers a highly informative introduction to George’s signature course Meditation Interventions for the Addiction Process (MIAP). Drawing on the same attachment-b...

Mind States and Spiritual Development from 2018-02-20T17:26:48

Recorded on day three of this past Winter Retreat in Central California, George explains how as your practice develops you can learn how to recognize and regulate your mind states, and how that is ...

Metta-Vipassana Meditation and Psychological Attachment from 2018-02-07T01:31:44

Welcome to the Meditation x Attachment with George Haas Podcast. Our new format will explore the connections between ancient Buddhist meditation techniques and modern psychological attachment theor...

Entering Metta Jhana from 2018-01-30T15:44:42

Marking the end of our journey exploring Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, this podcast is from the final Deepening Your Practice class in Echo Park. This dharma talk explores metta jhana, going ...

Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions from 2018-01-20T03:38:19

George takes a break from Mahasi Sayadaw’s Manual of Insight to acknowledge the role of New Year’s resolutions and how they affect practice. Jumping off from there, he gets into Dr. Dan Siegel’s “w...

The Ten Fetters from 2017-12-26T23:10:05

Branching out from the traditional Theravada Buddhist view, George explains how his teacher, Shinzen Young, takes a more distinctly American view of the ten fetters. This continues the Contemplatio...

The Six Senses from 2017-12-13T02:03:24

George explains how the arising and passing (appearance and disappearance) of physical phenomena occurs with the five senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and thinking.

The Five Aggregates from 2017-12-06T16:07:26

Starting with a brief discussion of Burma's influence on Western meditation styles, George then delves into the text of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, drawing connections between the experienc...

The Five Hindrances from 2017-11-22T20:55:15

regret, and doubt, and delves into the context of how they unfold. This marks the beginning of the Contemplation of Mental Objects section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight.

Worldly and Unworldly Pleasure/Displeasure from 2017-11-17T22:05:53

Vedna, the Pali word for feeling tones, describes the capacity to sense, which can be pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. The experience breaks down further into worldly and worldly. George explains i...

Wise and Unwise Attention from 2017-10-25T04:03:02

Delving deeper into the concept of awareness of awareness, George unpacks how the experience of the self is dependent on the conditions of the moment. He also tells the story of the Buddha and the ...

Realizing Mind from 2017-10-20T20:17:20

George discusses the concept of realizing mind, or in more Western terms awareness of awareness, and describes the differences between sensing and awareness. From the"Contemplation of Mind" section...

Mind States from 2017-10-13T23:09:40

Moving on to the "Contemplation of Mind" section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George discusses the eight mind states ranging from the ordinary to the esoteric and explains how meditation ...

Pleasure and Displeasure from 2017-09-20T21:59:35

George breaks down how the first milestone of spiritual maturity is the ability to recognize that you have a mind-state and that it can distort how you perceive your own sensing experience, and giv...

Contemplation of Feeling from 2017-09-12T22:21:02

Embarking on a new section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George explains why "mind" is considered the sixth sense in Buddhism and unpacks how feelings can be pleasant, unpleasant or neutral.

Clear Comprehension from 2017-08-30T03:11:55

After a close reading of the text explaining how the sensing experience unfolds based on past experiences, George gets into how childhood experiences influence future mind states and reviews the fi...

How to Note General Activities from 2017-08-22T20:03:11

Continuing his discussion of the Contemplation of the Body section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George gets into the sense of self vs. no-self and how the mind interprets the sense experi...

How to Observe Thought from 2017-08-21T16:00:21

George narrows in on what the "mind door" is and discusses how thought is related to the typical physical senses. This discussion continues Chapter Four of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight.

The Four Primary Material Elements from 2017-08-08T20:01:18

Based on the traditional categorizations of earth, fire, water and air, this episode examines the somewhat pre-scientific point of view on the four energies in the body. Of course, there's some enl...

Contemplation of the Body from 2017-07-30T00:49:29

This episode wraps up the section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight that deals with the physical aspect of sensing as it relates to practice. Along with a succinct review of the chapter, George...

Sixfold Equanimity from 2017-07-19T01:22:37

George reviews the paths to classical enlightenment and explains how it is indeed possible for ordinary householders to achieve insight, before getting into some specific techniques for finding eq...

Sense Experience Without Implosion from 2017-07-17T20:14:49

With poignant contemporary observations, and a dose of humor of course, George explains how developing mindfulness leads to equanimity even in the face of defilements that arise during practice. Fr...

The Arising and Nonarising of Mental Defilements from 2017-06-27T21:00:04

Defilements, or impurities, naturally arise during practice. George describes how this relates to vipassana practice, breaking down how the meaning of the word "vipassana" ("divide' and "see") conn...

Learning and Logical Thought from 2017-06-21T14:12:56

A conversational look into the body-mind connection and how it relates the first five states of the 16 stages of insight. This continues George's exploration of khanika samadhi (momentary concentra...

The Case of Seeing from 2017-06-13T20:07:04

George continues on Chapter Four of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, delving into the physical nature of seeing and how it connects to consciousness. A spirited Q&A with the students ensues, cov...

Five Kinds of Phenomena from 2017-05-24T23:07:43

George discusses the five kinds of phenomena that arise during practice, describing how to explore them and how they relate to neuroscience. Along the way he gets into his own path and how it seren...

The Development of Mindfulness from 2017-05-17T23:51:39

George unpacks the five kinds of phenomena that occur during meditation, describing how different mind states relate to metta (loving-kindness) and vipassana (insight) practice. This marks the begi...

Lessons to Learn from Those Who Take the Vehicle of Tranquility to Enlightenment from 2017-05-11T16:36:22

Delving into the techniques that are used to reach jhana, George and his students also discuss the challenge of moving from concentration to insight practice. This marks the last section of Chapter...

Inferential Insight: Knowledge by Comprehension from 2017-05-03T19:16:09

Nearing the end of "Absolute and Conventional Realities," chapter three of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George explains how inference relates to insight practice and how memory relates to di...

Should One Meditate on Past, Present or Future? from 2017-04-26T23:24:25

Expanding upon the technique of focusing on internal vs. external phenomena, George explains how contemplation of the past, present and future relates to meditation. From Chapter Three of Mahasi Sa...

Appropriate Objects for Meditation from 2017-04-11T00:37:53

Drawing on some of the foundations of his Meaningful Life curriculum, George forges onward into the Two Kinds of Insight section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight. After exploring the text dire...

The Two Meanings of Activity from 2017-03-28T01:00

George gets back to Chapter Three of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight to explore the difference between absolute and conventional reality, honing in on how insight meditation affects that percept...

Metta Jhana and Attachment from 2017-03-14T01:43:46

Recorded during The Meaningful Life Winter Retreat at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, this episode connects the dots between the psychology and physiology of childhood attachment with the specif...

Hearsay and Such from 2017-02-28T23:57:17

In this decidedly meta (and also metta) episode, explore one of the basic challenges of learning about Buddhism: how does anybody - including the teacher - explain something that can only be exper...

What Is Reality? from 2017-02-13T21:00

George breaks down the difference between ultimate reality vs. relative reality, connecting the dots between the original Pali terms and their modern interpretation. Drawing on the original text fr...

States of One-Pointedness from 2017-01-30T20:43

Sex! Drugs! Veganism! George discusses how one-pointed meditation leads to the ethical undertaking of the five precepts of Buddhism. Delving into how concentration practice on generosity opens the ...

The Practice of Generosity (Special Episode) from 2017-01-17T04:00

Taking a break from his ongoing exploration of Manual of Insight, George discusses the practice of generosity in Buddhism. This special episode of the DYP podcast delves into the basic ethics of th...

The Dangers of the Lower Realms (and more!) from 2017-01-03T15:00

A fascinating look at karma, reincarnation and the traditional Buddhist vision of hell. The visceral, Dantean descriptions are paired with George's own unique secular Buddhist analysis. This contin...

Overcoming the Hindrances (Talk & Meditation) from 2016-12-19T23:21:20

A short dharma talk is followed by a guided meditation focused on overcoming the hindrances by going from concentration to insight. If you've never been to a class in person with George, this is a ...

Hindrances of Enlightenment from 2016-12-07T04:39

Covering the five major hindrances to enlightenment, the conversation gets into how noting can be an effective way to deal with them, and the visual and physical aspects of meditation.

Enlightenment for Householders from 2016-11-22T04:00

Continuing the rich discussion of Chapter Two of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George explains why the tome was nothing short of revolutionary for householders. Along the way, he touches on c...

Tranquility to Enlightenment from 2016-11-07T22:58:38

In a wide-ranging and fascinating talk, George gets into the history of the Burmese style of Buddhist practice, his own path to teacher Shinzen Young, and what liberation from suffering really mean...

Insight to Enlightenment from 2016-10-24T23:58:02

An enthusiastic exploration of the revolutionary change in meditation practice developed by Mahasi Sayadaw when he declared that momentary insight was the equivalent of jhana in Chapter Two of Manu...

Purification of Mind Part 2 from 2016-10-11T06:23:09

George continues his in-depth exploration of "Purification of Mind" from Chapter Two of Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw. Delving further into the value of practicing both concentration and insi...

Purification of Mind Part 1 from 2016-10-03T19:58:06

Using Chapter Two of Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw ("Purification of Mind") as a jumping off point, George discusses moving between concentration and insight practice, the difference between...

Purifying Conduct with Meditation from 2016-09-01T22:32:53

Engaging in the Socratic method that George most enjoys, this is a spirited discussion of Purifying Conduct with Meditation from Chapter One of Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw. Touching on rein...

Purification of Conduct for Laity Part 2 from 2016-08-11T22:57:09

George continues his discussion of Purification of Conduct for Laity, from Chapter One of Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw, including an amusing anecdote about the monastic who couldn't resist g...

Purification of Conduct for Laity Part 1 from 2016-08-04T18:13:29

In this episode, George discusses Purification of Conduct for Laity, from Chapter One of Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw, as well as the process of moving from metta to vipassana practice.

Purification of Conduct for Monks from 2016-07-14T16:05:03

Drawing on his own experiences on retreat in Burma and explaining how the instruction also relates to householders, George discusses Purification of Conduct for Monks from Chapter 1 of Manual of In...

Manual of Insight: Introduction from 2016-06-24T17:17:39

Over the next several months this podcast will offer a deep exploration of vipassana (insight) meditation using the most comprehensive text on the subject, Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw. In t...

Introduction from 2016-05-05T01:01:12

Welcome to the podcast version of Deepening Your Practice, a long-running meditation class held at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society in Los Angeles with teacher George Haas. It is inte...