Living Clarity https://kadampa.org/series/living-clarity Welcome to Kadampa podcasts, where we explore the art of living a happier and more fulfilling life through the teachings and meditations of Kadampa Buddhism. Buddhism is a philosophy and way of life that has been practiced for centuries, and its principles can be applied to our modern world to help us navigate the challenges of daily life with greater ease and compassion. In these podcasts, we'll delve into the core concepts of Buddhist meditation, such as mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom, and explore how they can be applied to our daily lives to cultivate a greater sense of peace, clarity and happiness. Each episode is an inspiring extract taken from a teaching given by various Kadampa Buddhist meditation teachers worldwide. Whether you're new to Buddhism or have been practicing for years, these podcasts are for anyone looking to live a more peaceful and fulfilling life. So join us on this journey of self-discovery and transformation as we explore the timeless wisdom of Buddhism and its practical applications for modern living. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:21:28 +0000 en-US © 2023 Kadampa Buddhism The art of living a happier and more fulfilling life with wisdom, compassion & mindfulness Kadampa Buddhism episodic Welcome to Kadampa podcasts, where we explore the art of living a happier and more fulfilling life through the teachings and meditations of Kadampa Buddhism. Buddhism is a philosophy and way of life that has been practiced for centuries, and its principles can be applied to our modern world to help us navigate the challenges of daily life with greater ease and compassion. In these podcasts, we'll delve into the core concepts of Buddhist meditation, such as mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom, and explore how they can be applied to our daily lives to cultivate a greater sense of peace, clarity and happiness. Each episode is an inspiring extract taken from a teaching given by various Kadampa Buddhist meditation teachers worldwide. Whether you're new to Buddhism or have been practicing for years, these podcasts are for anyone looking to live a more peaceful and fulfilling life. So join us on this journey of self-discovery and transformation as we explore the timeless wisdom of Buddhism and its practical applications for modern living. Kadampa Buddhism info@kadampa.org false info@kadampa.org Welcome to Kadampa podcasts, where we explore the art of living a happier and more fulfilling life through the teachings and meditations of Kadampa Buddhism. Buddhism is a philosophy and way of life that has been practiced for centuries, and its principles can be applied to our modern world to help us navigate the challenges of daily life with greater ease and compassion. In these podcasts, we'll delve into the core concepts of Buddhist meditation, such as mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom, and explore how they can be applied to our daily lives to cultivate a greater sense of peace, clarity and happiness. Each episode is an inspiring extract taken from a teaching given by various Kadampa Buddhist meditation teachers worldwide. Whether you're new to Buddhism or have been practicing for years, these podcasts are for anyone looking to live a more peaceful and fulfilling life. So join us on this journey of self-discovery and transformation as we explore the timeless wisdom of Buddhism and its practical applications for modern living. No yes ae4e88b2-f396-540a-b398-0b4abc159a2f https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Why We Should Let Go of Anger https://kadampa.org/podcast/why-we-should-let-go-of-anger Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:48:21 +0000 1dc7b942-a8ef-55d9-8252-8e71417e2a38 Gen Demo explores why letting go of anger is essential for a happy life, showing how anger can become a deeply ingrained habit and how it affects the people around us. Through relatable examples, she reveals that although we cannot control difficult situations, we can choose how we respond to them.

Source

]]> Gen Demo explores why letting go of anger is essential for a happy life, showing how anger can become a deeply ingrained habit and how it affects the people around us. Through relatable examples, she reveals that although we cannot control difficult situations, we can choose how we respond to them.

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gen-demo-why-we-should-let-go-of-anger.png Why We Should Let Go of Anger false no 00:18:36 No no Your Mind Is Projecting Everything https://kadampa.org/podcast/your-mind-is-projecting-everything Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:28:10 +0000 08683849-d407-54d4-841e-f1c72a3f0cbb Gen Thekchen introduces emptiness with disarming humor — looking at his audience and showing how the same people can appear as kind or horrible depending entirely on the mind’s projection. He reveals that spiritual practice is simply about reducing exaggeration and bringing our mind closer to reality. Further reading in the following book: The New Eight Steps to Happiness…

Source

]]> Gen Thekchen introduces emptiness with disarming humor — looking at his audience and showing how the same people can appear as kind or horrible depending entirely on the mind’s projection. He reveals that spiritual practice is simply about reducing exaggeration and bringing our mind closer to reality. Further reading in the following book: The New Eight Steps to Happiness…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/gen-thekchen-your-mind-is-projecting-everything.png Your Mind Is Projecting Everything false no 00:14:07 No no What Are You Focusing on? https://kadampa.org/podcast/what-are-you-focusing-on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:24:39 +0000 ca8dce41-d5d1-57d5-9c70-bc5c28165b2b Gen Lamchen explains why thinking harder about a problem so often makes it worse. She shows how attention and mindfulness — the very mental habits that trap us in worry — can be turned around, then offers Shantideva’s simple framework for containing runaway thoughts in just five minutes a day. Further reading in the following books: How to Solve Our Human Problems Guide to the Bodhisattva’s…

Source

]]> Gen Lamchen explains why thinking harder about a problem so often makes it worse. She shows how attention and mindfulness — the very mental habits that trap us in worry — can be turned around, then offers Shantideva’s simple framework for containing runaway thoughts in just five minutes a day. Further reading in the following books: How to Solve Our Human Problems Guide to the Bodhisattva’s…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/What-are-you-Focusing-on.jpg What Are You Focusing on? false no 00:16:42 No no What Authentic Self-Confidence Really Means https://kadampa.org/podcast/what-authentic-self-confidence-really-means Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:36:30 +0000 f95fb126-e89e-5e15-a9f3-591fa4b03c89 Adam Starr explores why our confidence crumbles when life hits hard, using the vivid metaphor of living in a bamboo hut on a beach. Drawing from the Buddhist master Shantideva, he reveals the difference between misplaced confidence and authentic spiritual confidence rooted in openness and humility. Further reading in the following book: Meaningful to Behold…

Source

]]> Adam Starr explores why our confidence crumbles when life hits hard, using the vivid metaphor of living in a bamboo hut on a beach. Drawing from the Buddhist master Shantideva, he reveals the difference between misplaced confidence and authentic spiritual confidence rooted in openness and humility. Further reading in the following book: Meaningful to Behold…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/adam-star-what-authentic-self-confidence-really-means.png What Authentic Self-Confidence Really Means false no 00:17:35 No no Making Hardship Your Spiritual Teacher https://kadampa.org/podcast/making-hardship-your-spiritual-teacher Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:26:53 +0000 8621400c-d88c-5400-87e4-5a807a31f3b7 Gen-la Jampa teaches how to transform unavoidable suffering into spiritual growth. He shares the story of the Indian master Atisha who regarded his rude cook as his most precious companion because he helped him develop patience, explains how acceptance purifies negative karma, and offers practical advice about starting with small annoyances to gradually build unshakable inner peace.

Source

]]> Gen-la Jampa teaches how to transform unavoidable suffering into spiritual growth. He shares the story of the Indian master Atisha who regarded his rude cook as his most precious companion because he helped him develop patience, explains how acceptance purifies negative karma, and offers practical advice about starting with small annoyances to gradually build unshakable inner peace.

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/gen-la-jampa-making-hardship-your-spiritual-teacher.png Making Hardship Your Spiritual Teacher false no 00:20:48 No no How to Change Your Experiences https://kadampa.org/podcast/how-to-change-your-experiences Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:41:30 +0000 2cede1f6-b0c8-5c5f-b64a-9415cba976ea Kadam Bridget explores how meditation and mindfulness can help us change the direction of our life by changing what karma is ripening for us. She explains why our negative thoughts are not our true nature and offers practical advice for noticing unhelpful mental habits before they carry us into more suffering. Further reading in the following book: How to Solve Our Human Problems…

Source

]]> Kadam Bridget explores how meditation and mindfulness can help us change the direction of our life by changing what karma is ripening for us. She explains why our negative thoughts are not our true nature and offers practical advice for noticing unhelpful mental habits before they carry us into more suffering. Further reading in the following book: How to Solve Our Human Problems…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Living-Clarity-KB.jpg How to Change Your Experiences false no 00:14:54 No no The Joy of Overcoming Distraction https://kadampa.org/podcast/the-joy-of-overcoming-distraction Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:01:44 +0000 02e05cab-c544-5108-b729-b873ad78143a Kadam Morten explains how observing the mind itself helps us overcome our greatest obstacle: distraction. He reveals how an untrained mind habitually focuses on things that causes us to suffer and shows how developing concentration allows us to carry inner peace and happiness with us everywhere we go.

Source

]]> Kadam Morten explains how observing the mind itself helps us overcome our greatest obstacle: distraction. He reveals how an untrained mind habitually focuses on things that causes us to suffer and shows how developing concentration allows us to carry inner peace and happiness with us everywhere we go.

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/kadam-morten-the-joy-of-overcoming-distraction.png The Joy of Overcoming Distraction false no 00:13:18 No no Delusions Are Our Only Enemy https://kadampa.org/podcast/delusions-are-our-only-enemy Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:31:20 +0000 f56f32be-d1c4-500a-98f7-725c3d8cbc82 Gen Devi explains that our real problem is never other people or outer conditions, but the distorted states of mind called delusions. She reveals the vast, pure potential hidden beneath them — like a clear sky behind clouds — and shows how these mental habits take hold, and why we can always change them. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

Source

]]> Gen Devi explains that our real problem is never other people or outer conditions, but the distorted states of mind called delusions. She reveals the vast, pure potential hidden beneath them — like a clear sky behind clouds — and shows how these mental habits take hold, and why we can always change them. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gen-devi-delusions-are-the-only-enemy.png Delusions Are Our Only Enemy false no 00:14:45 No no The Real Source Of Loneliness & Pain https://kadampa.org/podcast/the-real-source-of-loneliness-pain Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:18:01 +0000 10ac486c-6223-530a-9d56-4726e266ee26 Gen Gomlam explains that our worst mental habit — desirous attachment — is very sneaky. Unlike the pain of anger or jealousy, attachent actually feels good at first. It exaggerates people’s good qualities and hides the bad, creating an illusion of perfection that inevitably leads to pain. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

Source

]]> Gen Gomlam explains that our worst mental habit — desirous attachment — is very sneaky. Unlike the pain of anger or jealousy, attachent actually feels good at first. It exaggerates people’s good qualities and hides the bad, creating an illusion of perfection that inevitably leads to pain. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gen-gomlam-the-real-source-of-loneliness-pain.png The Real Source Of Loneliness & Pain false no 00:15:25 No no Build Confidence Nothing Can Destroy https://kadampa.org/podcast/build-confidence-nothing-can-destroy Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:33:37 +0000 390e4cbf-7087-5873-9148-b9f7caeb025e Gen Demo explains how to build a self-confidence that doesn’t depend on what we achieve or what others think of us. She shows how our potential, our everyday good actions, and our power to overcome negativities creates an unbreakable confidence and frees us from discouragement. Further reading in the following books: Meaningful to Behold Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life…

Source

]]> Gen Demo explains how to build a self-confidence that doesn’t depend on what we achieve or what others think of us. She shows how our potential, our everyday good actions, and our power to overcome negativities creates an unbreakable confidence and frees us from discouragement. Further reading in the following books: Meaningful to Behold Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gen-demo-build-confidence-nothing-can-destroy.png Build Confidence Nothing Can Destroy false no 00:20:12 No no Your Whole Life Can Be Meditation https://kadampa.org/podcast/your-whole-life-can-be-meditation Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:50:09 +0000 6a16b1b4-9209-5136-b725-05b613069266 Gen Chodor gives advice on overcoming a common objection to meditating: “I don’t have the time to meditate”. He explains how any activity — eating, driving, even watching Netflix — can become a meditation practice. Learn how to do regular daily activities with special states of mind that transform life into the path to happiness. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

Source

]]> Gen Chodor gives advice on overcoming a common objection to meditating: “I don’t have the time to meditate”. He explains how any activity — eating, driving, even watching Netflix — can become a meditation practice. Learn how to do regular daily activities with special states of mind that transform life into the path to happiness. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gen-chodor-your-whole-life-can-be-meditation.png Your Whole Life Can Be Meditation false no 00:17:14 No no Live Like a Spiritual Traveler https://kadampa.org/podcast/live-like-a-spiritual-traveler Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:09:03 +0000 8c932c45-88fc-5536-8973-d8863fd2b817 Gen Tara explains how our life completely transforms when we begin to see ourselves not as permanent residents of this life but as travelers passing through. She teaches how this view loosens our grip on gain and loss, redefines daily life as an opportunity to invest in ourselves spiritually, and enables us to live lightly and joyfully. Further reading in the following books: Joyful Path of…

Source

]]> Gen Tara explains how our life completely transforms when we begin to see ourselves not as permanent residents of this life but as travelers passing through. She teaches how this view loosens our grip on gain and loss, redefines daily life as an opportunity to invest in ourselves spiritually, and enables us to live lightly and joyfully. Further reading in the following books: Joyful Path of…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/gen-tara-live-like-a-spiritual-traveler.png Live Like a Spiritual Traveler false no 00:16:49 No no Why Patience Is True Strength https://kadampa.org/podcast/why-patience-is-true-strength Mon, 18 May 2026 09:26:56 +0000 b07363ad-ab5f-5efb-ba13-92bb94ae3a44 Gen-la Jampa introduces patient acceptance as the genuine solution to daily problems. He challenges the modern view that patience is a weakness, revealing instead the inner strength required to refuse our well-worn mental grooves of intolerance — and the mental freedom that comes from accepting what is. Discover how changing our mind from resistance to acceptance is a revolutionary approach to…

Source

]]> Gen-la Jampa introduces patient acceptance as the genuine solution to daily problems. He challenges the modern view that patience is a weakness, revealing instead the inner strength required to refuse our well-worn mental grooves of intolerance — and the mental freedom that comes from accepting what is. Discover how changing our mind from resistance to acceptance is a revolutionary approach to…

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/gen-la-jampa-why-patience-is-true-strength.png Why Patience Is True Strength false no 00:14:25 No no Wisdom that changes the world https://kadampa.org/podcast/wisdom-that-changes-the-world Mon, 11 May 2026 10:55:47 +0000 6f0901d3-aa8b-5e9c-9829-81efb3676e30 In this episode, Kadam Mick Marcon explores how wisdom can literally change the way we see the world — and why that matters for our everyday happiness. He shares real life stories that illustrate how due to ignorance we are deceived by appearances and how simply by turning to our meditation practice we can dispel fear and confusion.

Source

]]> In this episode, Kadam Mick Marcon explores how wisdom can literally change the way we see the world — and why that matters for our everyday happiness. He shares real life stories that illustrate how due to ignorance we are deceived by appearances and how simply by turning to our meditation practice we can dispel fear and confusion.

Source

]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kadam-Mick-wisdom.png Wisdom that changes the world false no 00:13:52 No no