Rethinking Thanksgiving: A Buddhist Perspective #209

In the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated this week. It's a time that brings up a variety of challenges for many people: family conflicts, political disagreements, concerns about overeating, and the painful historical roots of the holiday in colonial exploitation of Indigenous people. In this episode, a private talk and meditation originally shared with the Train a Happy Mind community during last year’s Thanksgiving is revisited. In that talk, the speaker grapples op...