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Podcast: Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Episode: Episode 28: Refuge
Description: Everyone looks for refuge or relief from their pain. This is natural, but when we turn to the wrong types of refuge it causes us more problems. For example, when people turn to drugs or alcohol for refuge from suffering, sometimes they become addicted and a host of problems follow. If we eat ice cream to relieve our anxiety, this is an incorrect refuge because it does not solve our difficulty. The sign that we are turning to the wrong objects for refuge is that it does not relieve our suffering (and often causes painful complications). What can we...