Buddhist Geeks - Episode 144: Turning Your Back to the Buddha (Rodney Smith)

Part 2 of Vince's interview with Rodney Smith, of the Seattle Insight Center.

Buddhist Geeks - Episode 144: Turning Your Back to the Buddha

Insight Meditation teacher, Rodney Smith, joins us to explore the topic of "urban dharma"--seeing that the transformative potential of one's life and relationships are on equal footing with silent, more passive forms of meditation. Rodney critiques the common tendency to elevate silent retreat practice above all other aspects of practice. As part of that exploration he also shares a moving story from his time studying with the famous Advaita teacher Nisargadatta Maharaj.

Rodney concludes by exploring what it might it means to be a "Buddhist revolutionary," updating and contemporizing the Buddhist teachings, while "turning one's back to the Buddha and moving forward..."

This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Stepping out of Self-Deception.

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