Psychedelic Buddhism: How to Quit Suffering w/ Andras Lenart (#5) 🎤

Andras Lenart has an MA in Health Policy as well an MA in Counselling Psychology. He's a leader amongst his peers and a dear friend.

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Show Notes:

• 5:00 Already Free, by Bruce Tift. An absolute must read for anyone interested in the intersection between Buddhism and Western Psychology or therapy.
• 9:25 Stanford professor of Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman on Neural Plasticity, including a section at the beginning on how early childhood experiences have profound effects.
• 15:55 Be Like Water, Bruce Lee
• 20:00 Gil Fronsdal, Audio Dharma, amazing online buddhist teacher. I'd recommend starting with the following introduction series
• 20:30 Theravada Buddhism, which is the kind of Buddhism I enjoy the most
• 20:45 Thoughts Without A Thinker, by Mark Epstein. One of the first attempts by a modern Westerner to explain what Buddhism is (that's the first part and the part I got the most value out of) and also to explore the similarities and differences of buddhism and freudian psychology. That later half I think is a bit dated (sorry Mark) and filled with faulty assumptions or assertions about how the brain or souls work.
• 21:56 Main Claim of Buddhism: Desire is the source of all suffering. If you wish to end suffering, practice bare (or simple) attention plus mindfulness. See Thoughts Without A Thinker for more information
• 40:22 Andrew Feldmar on Entheogens & Radical Psychotherapy. We're referring to his "anti-intention" approach
• 42:30 Gabor mate intention setting
• 49:43 How do psychedelics help buddhist practice? "Drugs And The Meaning Of Life", by Sam Harris
• 49:55 Sasquatch Music Festival
• 56:24 Aren't Buddhist supposed to avoid drugs?
• 59:20 Connected wisdom teachings of buddhism, aka the eightfold path wiki article
• 1:03:42 Right vs. Wrong, is there good and bad? See Doing What's Beautiful, by Gil Fronsdal.
• 1:04:07 10 points to Gryffindor, on the arbitrary scoring of moral actions. Know your memes
• 1:10:25 Somatic or Embodied Experiencing,
• 1:23:40 Buddhism as the 3rd Path or Middle Way, between aversion or craving