The Backyard Buddhist Podcast

Explore this Meditation to help ease your mind when you are experiencing difficulty.  Supporting your mental well-being through this mindful practice.  

Feelings of being overwhelmed, nervous, anxious, dread, resentment, and anger are all indicators that our Mental Well-Being is off the tracks.  Through meditation I have been able to find the common threads for supporting my own well-being.  Meditation may not be a cure-all but it is a damn good start.  

In this short meditation with Ronn Pawo McLane we focus on noticing the breath to help retrain our attention to be here in the present moment.  Practice this a often as needed grounding yourself in this present moment, no matter what is happening around you.  

I am back and excited to share with you a new season of The Backyard Buddhist Podcast.  In this episode let's talk about enlightenment.  What is it and how do we get there?  Make it simple and cut to the chase!  It is your innate right and ability.  Go For it!     If you'd like to be on the new season of the BYB to talk about your practice email me directly at urgyenpawo@gmail.com

In this episode of the Backyard Buddhist Podcast we are taking about the root of all suffering and most importantly how to spot it.  Once you spot it you can eliminate or at least reduce it's thrall.  We often miss the forest for the trees with reactive and repetitive conditioned responses.  Don't overlook the key to understanding and eliminating your suffering.  

What makes a great singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor or teacher?  Is there a gene that causes greatness?  Oprah says that luck is opportunity meeting preparation. So is greatness the preparation or is it the opportunity?  Join Ronn Pawo McLane for his 40th Podcast Episode and this enlightening conversation about the accessibility of greatness.

We all have experience situations that feel terrible and you wish them to be gone. We have also all had experiences when we felt that someone or something stood in our way of achieving something or getting somewhere. For me, obstacle removing was the first practice that I learned how to surrender. In this episode explore the secret of obstacle removal and path clearing.  Welcome our new contributor Millie, our new Mini Piebald Doxie. 

In the non-dual teachings of the Buddha we find ourselves faced with "The Two Witnesses", those being relative and absolute viewpoints.  In this episode of the Backyard Buddhist we seek to understand both relative and absolute while accessing the pervasive and ever-present unbiased consciousness that illuminates our truest nature.  

Cultivating awakened heart mind or Bodhichitta can be tricky and challenging.  It is more important than ever to find understanding in the challenges of our life experiences and how to navigate those rough waters.  When we endeavor to share the merits of our awakening with and for all begins what do we do about those who have treated us poorly and have wronged us?  It's kickoff time for the Super Bowl of Bodhichitta meet me on the 50 yard line.  As always, please email if I can be of help or assistance Urgyenpawo@gmail.com If you would like to participate in the 28-Day Meditation Program go to www.Cultivatemeditation.academy and use the promo code STARTNOW to get started for just $19 (one time fee)

Everyone of us has been experiencing a divisive time of unrest and discourse.  But what is causing the conditions that seem to breed anger, rage and violence?  How are we unwittingly participating in the perpetuation of these conditions and how do we make a solid change for ourselves and each other?  This week's Backyard Buddhist Podcast has answers and antidotes.  Remember this moment that change happens.