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Podcast: Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Episode: Episode 11: Buddhist Psychology
Description: EPISODE 11 RECORDED 10.18.18 Buddhist Psychology  Buddhist Teacher JoAnn Fox explains how the mind creates every moment of consciousness. By understanding the way the mind works we can learn to control our own mind. We can create a beautiful, happy world for ourselves, even if our world is currently dark or painful.  The five all accompanying mental factors (feeling, discrimination, intention, contact, attention) work together with the eyes, ears etc. to create our experiences. Intention for example, moves our mind to the object we choose to pay attention to. Intention functions to create ou...