Ch. 20: The Path

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Teaching Peace

Brooklyn Peace Center

47 episodes

4 days ago

Teaching Peace is a podcast from Brooklyn Peace Center exploring the many paths to justice and reconciliation. Hosted by Rev. Dr. Jason Storbakken, the series features conversations with educators, theologians, organizers, artists, and spiritual leaders on the practices and pedagogies of peacebuilding. Alongside longform interviews, the podcast includes shortform series like Dhammapada: A Sacred Path to Liberation and Sister Sister—offering meditations on sacred wisdom, global sisterhood, and liberating practice. To learn more, visit www.brooklynpeace.center

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Ch. 20: The Path

Teaching Peace

12 minutes 50 seconds

2 months ago

Ch. 20: The Path

The path to liberation doesn’t begin with certainty—it begins with a single step.

In this episode of Teaching Peace, we explore Chapter 20 of the Dhammapada, where the Buddha invites us to reflect on The Path—not as a fixed road, but as one made by walking. Jason Storbakken traces Siddhartha Gautama’s journey from prince to seeker, from privilege to awakening, and the lessons he discovered in choosing intention over status, and purpose over comfort.

This episode explores:

How Gautama left behind the path handed to him to discover the one that leads to freedom
The Middle Path—not moderation, but a dynamic third way that resists extremes
Insights from Bob Marley, Jesus of Nazareth, and Antonio Machado on the meaning of “the way”
How walking the path transforms us—through meditation, intention, and community
The spiritual and psychological power of holding multiple perspectives with compassion

As Buddha said: “I have walked this path that leads to liberation, and by walking this path I have shown the way.” (v. 275b)

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