{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"As Ordinary As Your Own Breath","description":"Image of the sea and the raft: we hold onto our raft, but this brings suffering - can we let go, enter the sea and become spiritually reborn? This is the question Arthabandhu asks us.&amp;nbsp; Spiritual death does not only mean esoteric meditation practices; it means confronting the vagaries and difficulties of life with honesty and courage and seeing what we can learn from them. By opening up to new experiences, life becomes more vivid and enjoyable - if we can just face the fear. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Sea As Spiritual Death given at Young Men Retreat,  Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2012. *** Help us keep&amp;nbsp;FBA&amp;nbsp;Podcasts free for everyone! Donate&amp;nbsp;now Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast:&amp;nbsp;Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a&amp;nbsp;week. Apple Podcasts&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Spotify&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;YouTube &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.freebuddhistaudio.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42225190\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204501125"}