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Suburban DharmaBrahmaviharas on Father's DayIn this Dhamma talk on June 15, 2025, at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles, Subodha reflects on Father’s Day and how the Buddha says that part of a parent’s job is to teach children how to be in the world. Subodha discusses the brahmaviharas, the sublime attitudes of goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity as a useful frame of reference to nurture the emotional intelligence of our youth.
2025-06-2932 minSuburban DharmaHelping OthersIn this Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on May 25, 2025, Subodha shares his thoughts on how we use Buddhism to help others, especially those going through a time of crisis. He shares stories from the Pali Canon and the commentaries while also reflecting on his education in psychotherapy and chaplaincy.
2025-06-0328 minSuburban DharmaGrateful To Be HereIn this Dharma talk given at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on May 11, 2025, Subodha talks about the importance of being a person of integrity and teaching others by example and how that is the way the Buddha says we truly repay our parents for bringing us into the world as he reflects on Mother’s Day.
2025-05-1717 minSuburban DharmaReal-Life BuddhismIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on April 20, 2025, Subodha contrasts the Buddhism on display in a recent season of a popular TV show with the Buddhism that exists in real life and leads to the end of all stress and suffering.
2025-05-0227 minSuburban DharmaGrasping the DhammaIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on March 16, 2025, Subodha discusses some of the common ways that we grasp the Dhamma incorrectly in the West and what it means to confidently practice the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma.
2025-03-2129 minSuburban DharmaTranscending Love and HateIn this Dhamma talk given on February 16, 2025, at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles, Subodha talks about love and hate in the Pali Canon and how goodwill, metta, transcends both. He also shares the work of John O’Donohue to articulate the importance of knowing ourselves well to achieve true intimacy with ourselves and others.
2025-02-1730 minSuburban DharmaPeace on EarthIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on December 15, 2024, Subodha shares his thoughts on people out in the world celebrating and approving of taking a life. He shares the Buddha’s instructions on having goodwill for even the smallest of lifeforms and even the worst of people no matter the circumstances. Peace on Earth begins with the peace we have in our hearts.
2024-12-2826 minSuburban DharmaSeclusion in a Confusing WorldIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on November 17, 2024, Subodha shares his thoughts on a world that often seems to make little sense and the pain and stress that comes with living in it. He shares the story of Christopher Thomas Knight, who, seeking seclusion, lived in the woods of North Pond, Maine for 27 years without human contact. Living in the woods, on the periphery, he survived through burglary, as he regularly broke into the cabins nearby, taking what he needed to survive. This story is contrasted with the skillful seclusion of the Buddhist...2024-12-0223 minSuburban DharmaUnwholesome and Wholesome RootsIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on October 20, 2024, Subodha discusses the unskillful qualities and skillful qualities inside us. Attention is given to how the Buddha talked about the unwholesome qualities and how important it is to abandon them in Itivuttaka 88 of the Pali Canon.
2024-10-2927 minSuburban DharmaBases of PowerOn this talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on September 15, 2024, Subodha shares about his ongoing recovery from Bell’s Palsy and his reflections on the bases of power as a means of cultivating consistency in cultivating the Dhamma.
2024-09-2126 minSuburban DharmaSeeing the Buddha as a FatherIn this Dhamma talk at IBMC on 6/16/24, Subodha discusses the Buddha’s fear and discontent that made him leave his home and become a renunciant. There is a brief summary of the Buddha’s lesson to his son, Rahula, and how this lesson aligns with the factors for becoming a stream-enterer.
2024-06-1726 minSuburban DharmaProtect Your GoodwillIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on May 12, 2024, Subodha talks about how all Buddhist traditions train in developing goodwill and compassion for all beings. He also elaborates on why we must protect our goodwill and our hearts if we want to ensure we are skillful in our interactions with others.
2024-05-1524 minSuburban DharmaSkillful Conduct Now and LaterA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. In this Dharma talk, Subodha discusses Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood as well as how Buddhist karma differs from Jain karma. The Kumara Sutta, Udana 5:4 in the Khuddaka Nikaya is also shared in this talk.
2024-04-2426 minSuburban DharmaKnowledge and VisionIn this Dhamma talk at IBMC on March 17, 2024, Subodha talks about a bad movie he watched in 2002 and uses it to have a larger discussion on knowledge and vision on the path as outlined in the Kimattha Sutta (AN 11:1).
2024-03-2224 minSuburban DharmaIntention and PurposeIn this Dhamma talk at the international Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on February 25, 2024, Subodha discusses Samma Sankappa, Right Resolve, and how we are encouraged live purposeful lives of renunciation, non ill-will, and harmlessness.
2024-02-2823 minSuburban DharmaGetting Caught in the VinesIn this Dhamma talk on January 21, 2024, Subodha discusses right view and right resolve and their importance on the path. An example of the importance of right view comes in the form of a commonly shared story in American Buddhist circles and the lessons we might take from it.
2024-01-2327 minSuburban DharmaThe Snake and the RaftIn this Dhamma talk at IBMC on December 17, 2023, Subodha talks about the Alagaddūpama Sutta (MN 22) and how unskillful views can be a detriment to our path and an obstacle to unbinding. In this, there is a discussion about things that might be allowable for laypeople but defeat a monastic, making them no longer a member of the sangha.
2023-12-2033 minSuburban DharmaHouseholder RenunciationIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on November 19, 2023, Subodha talks about some questions he came across by lay Buddhists in regard to their spouses and romantic partners and attachment. Subodha touches upon the theme of letting go while being a layperson married and living in society.
2023-11-2033 minSuburban DharmaBeing Dependent on the WorldIn this Dhamma talk at IBMC on October 15, 2023, Subodha shares a concern that a friend of his shared that the Dhamma is harder to practice today in contemporary life than it was in the time of the Buddha and his disciples. Subodha gives an answer to this concern based on the conditions of the world and human nature today.
2023-10-1727 minSuburban DharmaSeeing Lessons EverywhereIn this Dhamma talk at the IBMC Los Angeles on September 17, 2023, Subodha discusses how, once we are well established in the Dhamma and the Buddha’s categorical truths, we are able to confidently derive Dhamma lessons from unlikely sources. Subodha then illustrates this by looking at The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and relating the teachings there to the Dhamma.
2023-09-1939 minSuburban DharmaAvoiding a Thicket of ViewsIn this talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on August 20, 2023, Subodha discusses the growing dichotomy between religion and science in our current discourse and how that has led to some Buddhists distancing themselves from Buddhism as a religion and turning to science to explain and prove Buddhist belief and practice with sometimes disastrous results. Subodha proposes a way to avoid the whole thicket of views entirely by not placing any limits on the Dhamma.
2023-08-2035 minSuburban DharmaTrading Aging for the AgelessIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center on July 16, 2023, Subodha reflects on getting older and the maturity that we often gain over the passage of years. This is contrasted with the maturity that comes from studying and practicing the Dhamma, which is an ageless maturity that can take us all the way to the deathless. Responsibility, friendliness, ardency, alertness, and mindfulness are some of the qualities discussed.
2023-07-1834 minSuburban DharmaStart with YourselfIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on June 18, 2023, Subodha reflects on his complex relationship with Father’s Day and the harmful messages from family and society that we internalize. Proposed as ways to think and act skillfully with ourselves and others are the psychological concept of reparenting, the Buddhist teachings on being an admirable friend to oneself, using the perception of not-self in determining what internal narratives are worth developing as we train our minds, and generating sincere goodwill and compassion for ourselves as a necessary component to having sincere goodwill and compassion fo...2023-06-1931 minSuburban DharmaThe Dhamma Pure and SimpleIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on May 21, 2023, Subodha discusses five of the six characteristics of the Dhamma and how they relate to a teaching from the late Upasika Kee Nanayon, a laywoman Dharma teacher from Thailand. The translation of her teachings referenced in the talk is Pure and Simple, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
2023-05-2432 minSuburban DharmaThe Buddha's AusteritiesIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on April 16, 2023, Subodha discusses the misconception that it is the torture and strict asceticism that the Buddha did while still a seeker that led to his awakening. It is his overcoming of his fear of pleasurable meditation and pleasures not associated with sensuality or unskillful mental qualities that led to his realization of the path and his awakening. It is this that we emulate.
2023-04-1837 minSuburban DharmaVen. Thich Thien-An and Three Essentials of the PathIn this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 3/19/23, Subodha shares his thoughts on Ven. Thich Thien-An’s legacy as the founder and first abbot of IBMC. Sharing from Ven. Thich Thien-An’s book, Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice, Subodha gives his interpretation of three essentials of the practice: great faith, great doubt, and great determination.
2023-03-2134 minSuburban DharmaEscaping Mara's GraspA Dhamma talk given at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 2/19/23. Subodha shares his first encounter with Buddhism as a child and the story of the Buddha overcoming Mara, the Buddhist personification of death that appears in several stories attempting to dissuade people from living the holy life and attaining liberation. How can the belief in Mara be used skillfully in our practice today to free ourselves of defilements?
2023-02-2329 minSuburban DharmaMistakes and What Comes AfterA Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 1/15/23. Subodha shares a story from the Pali Canon about two monks who get into a fight and one commits a transgression that the other does not forgive. The Buddha weighs in on the matter, saying what is unwise and wise in regard to transgressions and pardoning. Subodha then relates this to his own past and a humbling lesson he learned as a young man.
2023-01-1631 minSuburban DharmaDefining True HappinessA Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 12/18/22. Subodha shares lessons from the Pali Canon on what constitutes true happiness and why it is worth pursuing.
2022-12-2133 minSuburban DharmaBreathing and Mental SeclusionA Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 11/13/22. Subodha shares thoughts on living a quiet life in the forest being a waste if the mind is not also secluded. He shares a reading from the Viveka Sutta (SN 9:1) on the importance of training the mind away from the hindrances. The third tetrad of the Anapanasati Sutta (Mindfulness of Breathing Sutta), dealing with the mind, is explained as a tool for mental happiness.
2022-11-1734 minSuburban DharmaDhamma for the Real WorldA Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 10/23/22. Subodha discusses what it means to practice the Buddha’s teachings in our modern time and place.
2022-10-2333 minSuburban DharmaA Murder of CrowsA Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 9/18/22. Subodha shares a story about driving by a casino and then shortly after witnessing a murder of crows making a game out of consuming roadkill as they dodge oncoming cars. These events are then related to the eight worldly conditions and how the Buddha teaches us to be free of them.
2022-09-2027 minSuburban DharmaBeing Kind to SnakesA talk at IBMC Los Angeles on 8/14/22. Subodha begins with a story about an encounter with a rattlesnake to build on the themes of kindness, skillfulness, and discernment.
2022-08-1434 minSuburban DharmaThe Map and the TerrainA talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 7/10/22. Not getting caught up on arguing over maps when they can be so different from the terrain. Maps are useful when they an accurate guide and put to use, but we still need to be innovative and adapt when needed. And we eventually transcend the need for a map at all because we’ve reached the destination.
2022-07-1229 minSuburban DharmaMindfulness and Other TreasuresA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 6/5/22. Subodha shares his experience of practicing meditation while sick and severely short of breath.
2022-06-0629 minSuburban DharmaI am MettaA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 4/24/22.
2022-04-2430 minSuburban DharmaAnxiety in the MindA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 3/13/22
2022-04-2431 minSuburban DharmaResolutions for the New YearA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 1/2/2022. Subodha shares the Yoga Sutta (AN 4:10) and the four burdens of sensuality, becoming, views, and ignorance. Craving and clinging to these burdens impact the way we think and our existence in the present and future.
2022-01-0235 minSuburban DharmaSimplicity and ContentmentA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 12/12/21. Subodha reflects on the importance of simplicity and contentment on the path especially as it relates to the hectic holiday season.
2021-12-1337 minSuburban DharmaPrecepts are About FreedomA Dharma talk at the IBMC Sunday service on Zoom 11/21/2021. Subodha talks about the problem with the modern temptation to view traditional Buddhism as repressive and unnecessary in the pursuit of a peaceful mind. He shows how the precepts, especially those kept by dedicated lay disciples of the Buddha on the four moon phases, are taken on voluntarily to emulate the way of life of the Noble Ones, those who have achieved liberation. In this light, the precepts are about freedom.
2021-11-2632 minSuburban DharmaLiving and Dying WellA talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles Sunday service on 10/10/21. In memory of his late friend, Subodha gives a Dharma talk on the seven treasures as a guide to living and dying well.
2021-10-1531 minSuburban DharmaDealing with the Five Hindrances During Troubled TimesA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles Sunday Zoom service on 9/12/21. Tragedies large and small are discussed, including the attack on September 11. The five hindrances are framed as coping mechanisms for troubled times. And then some tactics for working with the five hindrances are offered.
2021-10-0133 minSuburban DharmaThe Power of the Present MomentA Dharma talk at the IBMC Sunday service on Zoom, 8/15/21. Subodha shares how the lesson he is preparing for the kids in Dharma school on the Eightfold Path reminded him of a book he read over twenty years ago called Way of the Peaceful Warrior. He then contrasts one of the teachings from the book about the present moment with the Buddha’s teachings on “appropriate attention” showing how the Buddha teaches a purposeful directing of the mind to realizing the Four Noble Truths in meditation.
2021-08-1632 minSuburban DharmaBuddhism the Holistic WayA Dharma talk at the IBMC Sunday service on Zoom 7/25/21. Subodha shares some of his thoughts on teaching the Noble Eightfold Path to children at an online Dharma school. This leads to a reflection of how Buddhism and the Eightfold Path encompass one’s whole life.
2021-07-2530 minSuburban DharmaHappiness: The Opposite of SufferingA Dharma talk given at the IBMC Sunday Service on Zoom, 6/20/21. The Buddha’s lessons on developing path factors to a reliable happiness and transcend suffering and stress are shared as a contrast to the popular view that the stresses of life are to be accepted.
2021-06-2030 minSuburban DharmaPaving the Path with the Five AggregatesA Dharma talk at the IBMC Zoom Sunday Service. Subodha talks about the five aggregates not as an objective description of a human being, but as the Buddha’s explanation of why we suffer and how to find liberation by changing the activities of the mind by abandoning desire and developing dispassion.
2021-05-3025 minSuburban DharmaHow to Know You Are Making Progress on the PathA Dharma talk at the IBMC Sunday service on Zoom, 4/25/21. Subodha discusses the Devadaha Sutta (SN 22:2) as a good summary of the path and why we follow it. He also talks about meditation and its role in measuring progress, looking at heart and mind. When developing skillful mental qualities and abandoning unskillful mental qualities, how does the heart feel? Is it heavy, like dragging a cart behind you, or light like your shadow that follows you?
2021-04-2528 minSuburban DharmaTrue EquanimitySubodha gives a Dharma talk at the IBMC Zoom Sunday service on 3-7-21. He shares life lessons with his grandfather and lessons that the Buddha shared with his son. Rahula, on meditation and equanimity. The Sutta discussed is MN 62, Maha Rahulovada Sutta.
2021-03-0731 minSuburban DharmaFalling in Love with MeditationSubodha gives a talk at the IBMC on 2/14/21, Valentine’s Day, about falling in love with meditation and entering into a committed relationship with Buddhist practice by developing the seven factors for awakening. The Khaya Sutta, SN 46:26, is discussed in reference to the seven factors and how their development leads to the abandonment of craving. Subodha also discusses the poet Mary Oliver.
2021-02-1429 minSuburban DharmaFear and Terror in the WildernessA Dharma talk at the International Meditation Center Los Angeles Zoom Sunday service on 11/29/2020. Subodha discusses the fear and anxiety that he felt being alone in the dark as a child and what Buddhism can teach us about how to overcome fear and terror.
2020-12-0632 minSuburban DharmaIntegrity in the Face of Ambiguous LossA Dharma talk at the IBMC Zoom Sunday service on 10/18/20. Subodha talks about the importance of being honest and upright about our practice, even in difficult times, with a gentle attitude.
2020-10-1928 minSuburban DharmaIs Meditation Onepointedness?Subodha, still staying socially distant at home, shares his views on meditation. He specifically addresses the absorptions (jhanas) and ekaggata (stillness of mind) in regard to concentration (samadhi). He also shares his experience teaching a children’s dharma school over the weekend and his plans to begin a weekly meditation group.
2020-07-1347 minSuburban DharmaEnjoying the Silence at HomeSubodha gives an informal talk in his home on 5/21/2020. He discusses the importance on cultivating an enjoyment for silence, solo retreating at home, and being more discerning about our media consumption. He also shares upcoming plans for more guided meditation and dharma discussion online through Facebook, Instagram, and Zoom.
2020-05-2128 minSuburban DharmaBonus Episode: Guided Breath Meditation 2This guided meditation was recorded via Zoom on 4/14/2020 for the University of the West Chaplaincy Club and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. This meditation is roughly 10 minutes in length and utilizes the breath to cultivate a calm abiding.
2020-04-1411 minSuburban DharmaBonus Episode: Guided Breath MeditationThis guided breath meditation was recorded live via Zoom on 3-31-2020 for the University of the West Chaplaincy Club and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The meditation is approximately 15 minutes in length with verbal instruction and periods of silence for the meditator.
2020-04-0917 minSuburban DharmaSpecial Episode: Covid Chronicles Part OneIn this special episode recorded on 3/21/2020, Subodha is accompanied by his wife Christina. They discuss many topics including right effort, the eight-fold path, meditation, mindfulness of breathing and more! This is a first in a series of Dharma discussions the two plan on sharing throughout the Safer At Home shutdown in California. Any questions, comments, or topic ideas can be sent to subodha@suburbandharma.org
2020-03-2249 minSuburban DharmaMaking Fear UsefulA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on March 17, 2020. Subodha gives a talk on Samvega (an existential dismay and urgency) and Pasada (mental clarity) as useful mental qualities that can be cultivated by reflecting on aging, illness, death, impermanence, and karma.
2020-03-1841 minSuburban DharmaKeeping the Five Faculties in TuneA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 2/16/20. Subodha discusses the Five Faculties with a special focus on the second faculty through the story of Venerable Sona as found in the Numerical Discourses of the Pali Canon.
2020-02-1736 minSuburban DharmaNot Self and Santa ClausA Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 12/15/19. Subodha discusses how he learned the truth about Santa Claus not existing and relates that to how he first understood Anatta (not self) to mean soullessness and how his views have changed.
2019-12-1831 minSuburban DharmaFarming the DharmaA Dharma talk given at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 11/17/19. Subodha discusses the Kasibharadvaja Sutta, in which the Buddha explains to a Brahman farmer how training in the eightfold path is like farming.
2019-11-1830 minSuburban DharmaIs Buddhism Selfish?A talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 10/20/19. Subodha discusses the Sedaka Sutta from the Samyutta Nikāya. The name he forgot in Pali was Medakathālikā, one he will now never forget again.
2019-10-2332 minSuburban DharmaDiligence On The PathA Dharma talk at the IBMC on 9/15/19. Subodha talks about being diligent on the path when we are busy being happy and even when we’re not perfect in our practice.
2019-09-1828 minSuburban DharmaRahula’s First LessonA Father’s Day Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on June 16, 2019.
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Urban Dharma Podcast"Father's Day"A Sunday Dharma Talk by Steven Subodha Nuñez at the IBMC - 6.16.192019-06-1929 minUrban Dharma Podcast"Ratthapala and Four Summaries of the Dhamma"A Sunday Dharma talk (4.21.19) by Steven 'Subodha' Nuñez at the IBMC2019-04-2330 minSuburban DharmaRatthapala and Four Summaries of the DhammaA talk at the IBMC on 4/21/19.
2019-04-2232 minSuburban DharmaInstant Gratification and the Gradual PathA Dharma talk at the IBMC on 3/31/19.
2019-04-0626 minSuburban DharmaSpecial 2019 AnnouncementsThere are some changes in store for Suburban Dharma in 2019, including a new RSS feed, new recording equipment, production software, and upcoming guided meditations for those interested.
2019-01-0204 minSuburban DharmaChristmas and Sympathetic JoySubodha talks about having a birthday the day after Christmas and mudita, sympathetic joy.
2018-12-1830 minSuburban DharmaBuddhism and Existential TherapySubodha shares some thoughts on the similarities between the views of the human condition in existential therapy and those found in Buddhism.
2018-11-2031 minSuburban DharmaTaking a Trip Through My BrainSubodha shares some thoughts on how the fetter of conceit manifests on the path and how we might respond to it skillfully.
2018-10-2229 minSuburban DharmaBuddhism and Self-CareSubodha shares his views on Buddhism as one of the best forms of self-care. Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, mentioned in the Dhamma talk, can be found at https://www.abhayagiri.org/home/
2018-09-2028 minSuburban DharmaThe Problem with Mixing Drugs with the DharmaAt Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society on 8/19/18, Subodha discusses a recent news story about psychedelic drugs and Buddhist practice and his belief that the two are not compatible. Many have turned to drugs because they feel that Buddhism has not been enough for them on its own and they feel that their journey in Buddhism has plateaued. Subodha challenges the belief that Buddhist meditation can ever stagnate or plateau when practiced correctly. Perhaps there are some beliefs we have about meditation that need to be examined. Are we hungry for spiritual experiences instead of liberating insight?
2018-08-2032 minSuburban DharmaNo Escape From SufferingSubodha gives a talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in Los Angeles on 7/15/18 sharing stories of escape, how they failed, and how that ties to Buddhist wisdom. There is no escape. The only way is through.
2018-07-1631 minSuburban DharmaThoughts on Father's DaySubodha shares stories about growing up and the relationship he has with his father in honor of Father’s Day.
2018-06-1831 minSuburban DharmaThe Six Sense BasesSubodha gives an overview of the six sense bases and the thirty-seven qualities of awakening as presented in the Mahasalayatanika Sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya.
2018-05-2127 minSuburban DharmaThe Alchemy of BuddhismA talk given by Subodha at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society on the alchemy of Buddhism. Buddhism gives us tools for transmuting greed into generosity, hatred into kindness, and delusion into wisdom. Through following the Eightfold Path, we are able to see the magic in the ordinary.
2018-04-3039 minSuburban DharmaCultivating ReverenceSubodha talks about reverence as an attitude we can develop toward ourselves and the world around us as a way of growing our wisdom.
2018-04-1629 minSuburban DharmaNegative Thoughts and Letting GoSubodha gives a talk at the Sunday service at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on the topic of negative thoughts and what he means by letting go of them. Find out more about the International Buddhist Meditation Center by visiting www.ibmc-la.org and more about Subodha by visiting www.suburbandharma.org2018-03-2032 minSuburban DharmaMaking the Path Our OwnSubodha talks about quotes by Kukai and Basho, Japanese poets, about mastery in poetry and calligraphy and how they work as analogies for the Buddhist path toward liberation, where mastery is of the self and the tools are the Noble Eightfold Path and our own bodies and minds.2018-02-2629 minSuburban DharmaThe Nature of InsightSubodha discusses what role vipassana, or "insight" plays in Buddhist meditation in the Theravada tradition and in his experience as a meditator.2018-01-2436 min