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Buddhism Beyond Belief with Susan Piver

Susan Piver

How Do You Help Someone Who is Dying?

July 24, 2026 4:00am 16 min

Send us Fan MailThis is a shorter episode, recorded while my family and I accompany my mother through hospice care. I reflect on an instruction I received when I first learned to meditate: resting more fully on the out b...

What is Emptiness?

July 17, 2026 4:00am 31 min

Send us Fan MailWhat does "emptiness" actually mean in Buddhism? It is one of the most misunderstood teachings, often taken to mean nothingness or the absence of meaning. In this episode, I discuss emptiness through the ...

Four Reminders that Deepen Spiritual Practice

July 10, 2026 4:00am 27 min

Send us Fan MailThis week I share one of the central teachings in Tibetan Buddhist practice: the Four Reminders that turn the mind toward the dharma. I had a recent conversation with Lama Sonam Rinpoche who said to me mu...

How to Live as a Mystic

July 03, 2026 4:00am 28 min

Send us Fan MailIt’s episode 60! A perfect place to reach a summation of my new book, Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics which posits that meditation is not about becoming a better version of yourself. It is a sp...

We Dream on Behalf of Others: Presence, Agency, and Staying Sane

June 19, 2026 4:00am 24 min

Send us Fan MailThis episode picks up on the sixth principle of spiritual practice from my new book, Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics: We Dream on Behalf of Others. Meditation protects our minds from the incess...

The Inexplicable Magic of Cleaning Up After Yourself

June 12, 2026 4:00am 28 min

Send us Fan Mail“The first rule of magic is containment,” said the great Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way and many other books. This points to the idea that the world we live in changes the way our minds and hea...

The Importance of Spiritual Boundaries

June 05, 2026 4:00am 33 min

Send us Fan MailThe spiritual path asks you to open up, and the more you do so, the more you feel everything: your tenderness, things you’ve been avoiding, your deepest longings. It’s important to stay open to all of thi...

The Wisdom of a Broken Heart

May 29, 2026 4:00am 27 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I explore one of the most persistent misunderstandings about meditation: that it is supposed to make you feel better. From my experience, meditation does not numb heartbreak or smooth out...

The Way is Personal

May 22, 2026 4:00am 30 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I reflect on a recent meditation and writing retreat where participants explored grief, heartbreak, violence, loss, and the experiences that shape us most deeply. I talk about why the per...

Ritual Sustains Spiritual Practice

May 15, 2026 4:00am 20 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I explore why spiritual practice becomes sustainable through ritual, not force. I share the story of a month-long meditation retreat where I discovered an unexpected sense of ease in both...

Starting Over: Meditation for Mystics

May 08, 2026 4:00am 31 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I reflect on a recent conversation in the Open Heart Project sangha about scientific research on meditation. Yes, meditation can improve brain function and mood. But if we stop there, we ...

Do Buddhists Pray?

May 01, 2026 4:00am 17 min

Send us Fan MailHere is a new episode after an unexpected pause. I’m moving to a new house and that has stirred disorientation, emotional complexity, and a break from familiar patterns. The truth is, I just didn’t know i...

Recap: The Noble Eightfold Path

April 17, 2026 4:00am 42 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I bring all eight steps of the Noble Eightfold Path together. This teaching is a way of living, not a project of self-improvement. This is about how we relate to experience and how that s...

The Noble Eightfold Path: Step Eight: Right Samadhi

April 03, 2026 4:00am 25 min

Send us Fan MailThis week we arrive at the final step of the Noble Eightfold Path: Right Samadhi, often translated as concentration or absorption. If the earlier steps help us see clearly and act with intention, this fin...

The Noble Eightfold Path: Step Seven: Right Mindfulness

March 27, 2026 4:00am 31 min

Send us Fan MailThis week we explore Right Mindfulness, the seventh step of the Noble Eightfold Path. While the earlier steps shape how we see and act in the world, this step turns us inward again, toward our direct expe...

The Noble Eightfold Path: Step Six: Right Effort

March 20, 2026 4:00am 29 min

Send us Fan MailThis week we explore Right Effort, the sixth step of the Noble Eightfold Path. While the earlier steps guide how we understand reality and how we act in the world, Right Effort begins to turn inward. It c...

A Powerful New Take on the Enneagram (from my new book)

March 13, 2026 4:00am 50 min

Send us Fan MailThis episode, we pause our exploration of the Noble Eightfold Path before returning next week with Right Effort.This week, Shambhala Publications (my favorite publisher) is reissuing my book, The Buddhist...

The Noble Eightfold Path: Step Five: Right Livelihood

March 06, 2026 4:00am 26 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I explore Right Livelihood, the fifth step on the Noble Eightfold Path. We began with Right View and Right Intention, then moved into speech and action. Now we turn to how we earn a livin...

The Noble Eightfold Path: Step Four: Right Action

February 27, 2026 4:00am 26 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I explore Right Action, the fourth step on the Noble Eightfold Path. We begin with Right View and Right Intention, then move outward into speech. Now we take those steps into how we live ...

The Noble Eightfold Path: Step Three: Right Speech

February 20, 2026 4:00am 26 min

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I explore the third step of the Noble Eightfold Path, Right Speech, and why it might more accurately be called Right Listening. I begin with a story about the so-called “Marcus Syndrome”,...

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