Sep 22, 2026 · 36 min · 9 segments
 This Dhamma talk was offered on August 29, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist…
That's what practice is in the end, is this sense that when the Buddha speaks of the middle way, there's just such a A spectrum of what we call a middle way of both the practice of view, a middle way of perspective, how do we hold things.
How much effort do we put in? How much do we relax? How much do we hold? How much do we let go? And there's not a clear formula, really.
It's all about how willing are we to learn and how willing are we to tune into our experience so that we can...
That translation of dukkha-nirodha is Yeah, mostly usually translated as cessation, so the ending of dukkha, but also as pointed out by Prabhupada, this great scholar practitioner, the meaning is just as valid if we translate it as non-arising, the non-arising of dukkha.
So that's...
And that's really what practice is.
And of course there's all the different techniques, all the different methods, all the different things, things that we do and need to do, should do.
But within all of that is the opportunity to really just release, relinquish, let go, kind of stand in this middle way of freedom from dukkha.
And the mind, the heart, does need to be clear and sharp and still.
But how is that accomplished? Sometimes it's accomplished through effort.
Sometimes it's accomplished through letting go.
This is the learning.
So that willingness to Attuned to, say, repetition.
Our life is a series of repetitions.
I mean, just to exist, we've got to breathe in and breathe out.
That's a repetition.
Eat every day.
We've got to sleep.
All these things.
We repeat, but do we learn from them or do we just go through it mindlessly go through the motions of living.
That's what practice is in the end, is this sense that when the Buddha speaks of the middle way, there's just such a A spectrum of what we call a middle way of both the practice of view, a middle way of perspective, how do we hold things.
How much effort do we put in? How much do we relax? How much do we hold? How much do we let go? And there's not a clear formula, really.
It's all about how willing are we to learn and how willing are we to tune into our experience so that we can...
That translation of dukkha-nirodha is Yeah, mostly usually translated as cessation, so the ending of dukkha, but also as pointed out by Prabhupada, this great scholar practitioner, the meaning is just as valid if we translate it as non-arising, the non-arising of dukkha.
So that's...
And that's really what practice is.
And of course there's all the different techniques, all the different methods, all the different things, things that we do and need to do, should do.
But within all of that is the opportunity to really just release, relinquish, let go, kind of stand in this middle way of freedom from dukkha.
And the mind, the heart, does need to be clear and sharp and still.
But how is that accomplished? Sometimes it's accomplished through effort.
Sometimes it's accomplished through letting go.
This is the learning.
So that willingness to Attuned to, say, repetition.
Our life is a series of repetitions.
I mean, just to exist, we've got to breathe in and breathe out.
That's a repetition.
Eat every day.
We've got to sleep.
All these things.
We repeat, but do we learn from them or do we just go through it mindlessly go through the motions of living.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.
