In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Oren Jay Sofer about his brand new book, Your Heart Was Made For This. Oren is a teacher of buddhist mindfulness and author of the previously featured Say What You Mean, which appeared on the podcast as Episode 23. In this episode, we discuss:
- Oren’s motivation for writing the book
- The external expression of the dharma
- The benefits and skill of renunciation
- How equanimity is not about managing expectations, but instead about being more fully with reality, i.e. enthusiasm is not in conflict with equanimity
- The merits of marrying equanimity with beginners mind
- How formal practice creates opportunities in the present moment
- The value of ritual according to the buddha
- Judaism and relationship to the sacred
The book: https://a.co/d/drecH1G