Buddhist Wisdom from a Beloved Teacher

Beloved Buddhist Dharma Teacher Joanne Friday shares her down-to-earth translations of the Buddha’s teachings in order to help us suffer less and enjoy our lives more. Joanne was ordained as a Dharma Teacher in the Tiep Hien Order, the Order of Interbeing, by Buddhist monk and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

Episodes

The Realm of the Mind is Mine

October 18, 2023 • 33 mins

Speaking during the runup to the 2020 election, Joanne points us to the tools to take care of our own consciousnesses during difficult times. She reminds us that we always have a choice: to contribute to the hell realms on earth, or to create heaven for ourselves and others. The talk includes the Plum Village song “The Realm of the Mind.” Dharma talk originally given on October 13, 2020, to the Mind Tamers Sangha, Rhode Island.

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Peace Within, Peace Without

October 13, 2023 • 35 mins

Joanne takes us through the process of transforming our anger, showing ourselves nothing but lovingkindness and understanding so that we can offer that to the world. The talk begins just after a guided meditation, to which she refers.

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Guidelines for Choosing Wisely

September 29, 2023 • 35 mins

Joanne gives an overview of the first six of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings, showing that they are guidelines for us, to help us choose our actions wisely as we go through our lives. She shows us how they can guide us to avoid causing more suffering in the world, and to transform our own.

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Are We Sure?

September 15, 2023 • 2394 mins

Dharma talk originally given on July 13, 2020, to the Peaceful Waters Sangha, Rhode Island.

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Hiding in the Practice

September 1, 2023

By going one step beyond stopping and calming our breath, we can transform our suffering and bring peace to ourselves and others. Mindfulness and concentration can help penetrate our habit energies, and ignorance of our interconnectedness with each other becomes love and understanding. (July 2013)

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Why We Meditate & Guided Meditation

August 18, 2023

Joanne shares how mindfully following our breath allows us to stop, rest and calm ourselves, unifying our mind and body. This practice allows us to concentrate and truly exercise free will, we can respond skillfully when suffering arises. A guided meditation follows.

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"At the Foot of the Mountain" - Interbeing Explained in Song

August 4, 2023 • 1135 mins

Joanne uses the song "At the Foot of the Mountain" and Thay's story about the river to illustrate how we are made of every single thing in the cosmos and how awareness of our interconnectedness makes peace, harmony, and fearlessness possible. The song “At the Foot of the Mountain” is sung by the Nuns of Plum Village, from the recording "Mountains" available from Blue Cliff Monastery. (Hartford Day of Mindfulness, 2011)

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Creating Peace in Ourselves, Making Peace in the World

July 21, 2023

Mindfulness practice and social change.

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Getting in Touch with Our True Goodness

July 7, 2023

Joanne describes the basis of our practice as one of coming back to ourselves and taking responsibity for our own happiness so that we can co-create happiness with those around us. (Family Day of Mindfulness, 6-25-2011)

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An Introduction to the Five Mindfulness Trainings

June 23, 2023

, the Buddhist precepts as shaped and made current by the Plum Village Tradition founded by Thich Nhat Hanh. (6-28-2011)

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Looking Deeply in Order to Be of Help: Understanding the Sandy Hook Tragedy

June 9, 2023 • 32 mins

In this Dharma talk from 2012, Joanne asks us to look deeply together at the causes and conditions that create such tragedy in our culture, as well as at how we can take good care of ourselves to transform our own suffering in order to be able to help. The Buddha, she offers, shows us the way out.

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Responding Skillfully to Life

May 26, 2023 • 36 mins

The benefits of non-attachment to views and how to attain such with the practice of developing awareness of our actions.

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A Survival Kit for the Holidays

May 12, 2023 • 35 mins

Developing a "toolbox" for dealing with difficult people and conflicts over viewpoints, differing political views. The practice is developing confidence and strategies for responding to life challenges more skillfully.

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Fear and Love

April 28, 2023 • 37 mins

A 2018 talk on Fear and Love, given by Joanne Friday, a Dharma teacher in the Tiep Hien Order, the Order of Interbeing, founded by Buddhist monk and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. To learn more, or to support Joanne’s work, please visit her website at https://www.joannefriday.com.

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Buddhist Wisdom from a Beloved Teacher

Episodes

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Guidelines for Choosing Wisely

Are We Sure?

Hiding in the Practice

Why We Meditate & Guided Meditation

"At the Foot of the Mountain" - Interbeing Explained in Song

Creating Peace in Ourselves, Making Peace in the World

Getting in Touch with Our True Goodness

An Introduction to the Five Mindfulness Trainings

Looking Deeply in Order to Be of Help: Understanding the Sandy Hook Tragedy

Responding Skillfully to Life

A Survival Kit for the Holidays

Fear and Love

Popular Podcasts

The Realm of the Mind is Mine

Peace Within, Peace Without