Episode 21: Finding Enlightenment in a Digital Age

with Adriana DiFazio

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Episode Description:

What does the path of awakening look like in a noisy technological world? With so many of us in our own bubbles, how do we shift the meaning of mindfulness to be more inclusive not only to other humans, but to all beings everywhere? Tune in to hear Adriana & Prerna discuss a modern and integrated Buddhist framework that supports our daily lives & helps us navigate our technology use. Learn about the power of sangha (community) and how this informs our path towards enlightenment.“We won’t reach awakening if it only exists on our cushion” - Adriana DiFazio.

Adriana DiFazio (she/her) is a meditation teacher, Buddhist animal studies researcher, and chaplain-in-training. She co-founded and facilitates the Mixed Race Meditation Group, celebrating and healing the multiracial identity, and has been a part of the founding teams of Weekly Dharma Gathering, Dharma Vote, and Exubrancy. She is a 2016 graduate of MNDFL’s 300-HR Meditation Teacher Training, the Mukpo Institute, a three month meditation retreat program, and is currently pursuing her Masters of Divinity in Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement at Union Theological Seminary in NYC.

Show Notes:

Join us for RESTART: An 8-Week Digital Pause program led by Adriana DiFazio & Prerna Manchanda

• social dilemma talk

• Nir eyal - social antibodies

• 3 poisons Buddhism

• John Welwood

• Sudden v gradual enlightenment

• Pema Chodron

• 3 fold path - ethics (action), concentration, insight (wisdom)

• Headspace app - Andy Puddicombe

• Loving kindness/ metta, Tonglen- compassion practices

• Chögyam Trungpa / Shambala

  • spiritual materialism (using spirituality to accumulate)

• Right speech - Mindful Communication

• Wrathful compassion - Tibetan teaching

• Rev Angel Kyodo Williams

  • Radical dharma

  • “without inner change, there can be no outer change; without collective change, no change matters.”

• Anthropomorphism

• Sangha

Reminders

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