151 - Observation and Action

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Observation in Buddhist practice is an active thing, it's not passive and it's not a form of resignation. The skilled observer, observes precisely in order to be able to act more skillfully.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Secular Buddhism Podcast.
0:05.2	This is episode number 151.
0:07.9	I am your host Noah Rochetta and today I'm going to talk about the skillful practice
0:13.2	of observation.
0:14.6	As always keep in mind you don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist,
0:22.2	you can use what you learn to be a better whatever you already are.
0:26.2	If you're interested in learning more about Buddhism, check out my book No Nonsense
0:31.2	Buddhism for Beginners, available on Amazon, or listen to the first five episodes of this
0:37.0	podcast.
0:38.0	You can find those easily by visiting SecularBudism.com and clicking on the link that says Start
0:44.0	Here.
0:45.0	If you're looking for a community to practice with or to interact with, consider becoming
0:49.6	a patron by visiting SecularBudism.com and clicking on the link to join our community.
0:55.2	Alright, so for today's podcast episode, this is actually the second time I'm recording
1:02.0	this.
1:03.0	I just finished recording the entire episode only to discover that my microphone was muted.
1:09.6	So here we go round two.
1:13.0	One of the reasons I enjoy recording podcast episodes is because I consider each of these
1:20.6	concepts as a tool.
1:23.0	Imagine that you have a big toolbox and each concept is a tool that you can pull out
1:28.2	and with one simple phrase, like life is like a game of Tetris or the parable of the
1:34.9	raft or who knows what is good and bad, things like that.
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