Being Well Podcast: Attachment, and Cultivating Nonattachment

09 May Being Well Podcast: Attachment, and Cultivating Nonattachment

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LISTEN

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WATCH

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0:00: Introduction

2:10: Learning from Buddhism without trying to be a Buddhist

8:45: Two kind of suffering

12:00: Distinguishing healthy desire and unhealthy desire

19:40: Markers of problematic attachments

24:10: Self-concept and an example from Forrest of relaxation of attachment 

30:25: Balancing Right View and nonattachment

42:25: Pain and release

50:55: What’s useful for you?

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