John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, continues the discussion of the path to awakening as presented in the book "Approaching Buddhism" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. In this episode, John presents important findings on wellbeing from the perspectives of both modern science and Buddhism. John brings clarity to the mind and body interactions, emotions as mental states, and the causality of emotions. He includes a talk by neuroscientist Richard Davidson to enrich the understanding of current scientific research on wellbeing. This episode was recorded on October 5th, 2022.
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May you flourish in your practice and may all beings swiftly be free of suffering.