Stephen Batchelor & Joan Halifax: 05-31-2014: A Culture of Awakening (Part 8b)




Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast show

Summary: Episode Description: Discussion session following the fifth lecture. Topics include: The third task and operant conditioning, reward, the contingency of all schemas, the lack of capitalization in the language of the suttas, nirvana as an open space rather than a transcendent state to attain, the world "delusion" in relation to the fourfold task and eightfold path, and how the dharma is "difficult to see." For Series description and Teacher BIOs, please visit Part 1. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: A Culture of Awakening: All 18 Parts