• Ep. 134 - The Power of Choice: The Five Precepts as a Recipe for Transformation

  • Jan 31 2025
  • Length: 53 mins
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Ep. 134 - The Power of Choice: The Five Precepts as a Recipe for Transformation

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  • Ethan discusses a classic Buddhist concept, sīla (or shila), through the lens of knowing where to place our attention and action, knowing "what to cultivate and what to reject." Choices shift energy and energy can build power, and that power can be the difference between awakening and confusion. Ethan also argues, using the five precepts (or five mindfulness trainings) as a guide, that this might be the key to building new powerful systems in the world. He also examines a rule for social change involving only 3.5% of us making different, more awakened choices. Imagine if only a few percent of us shifted our energy from harmful systems into something healthier.

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