Doug's Dharma
@dougsdharma.bsky.social
Hello! I'm Doug Smith, I run Doug's Dharma on YouTube and the Online Dharma Institute. I've also got a podcast "Diggin' the Dharma" with my friend Jon Aaron. PhD in philosophy.
Today's video: Am I Enlightened? What Early #Buddhism Says -- youtu.be/W3u18K5xL1E
Am I Enlightened? What Early Buddhism Says
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November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today's video: Am I Enlightened? What Early #Buddhism Says -- youtu.be/W3u18K5xL1E
Today's video: Avoiding the Trap of the 'Intelligent Fool' in #Buddhism -- youtu.be/Ksxej1dCTgo
Avoiding the Trap of the 'Intelligent Fool' in Buddhism
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November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today's video: Avoiding the Trap of the 'Intelligent Fool' in #Buddhism -- youtu.be/Ksxej1dCTgo
Today's video: Free Will Worth Wanting: the Buddha's Radical Answer #Buddhism -- youtu.be/mzZ4PcwbJtk
Free Will Worth Wanting: the Buddha's Radical Answer
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October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Today's video: Free Will Worth Wanting: the Buddha's Radical Answer #Buddhism -- youtu.be/mzZ4PcwbJtk
Today's video: Beyond "Weakness of the Will": A Buddhist Guide #Buddhism -- youtu.be/jyMhA6UZZJ4
Beyond "Weakness of the Will": A Buddhist Guide
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October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today's video: Beyond "Weakness of the Will": A Buddhist Guide #Buddhism -- youtu.be/jyMhA6UZZJ4
Today's video: What Is True Wisdom? The Buddha's Perspective #Buddhism -- youtu.be/Ger9h33r8Lk
What Is True Wisdom? The Buddha's Perspective
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October 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today's video: What Is True Wisdom? The Buddha's Perspective #Buddhism -- youtu.be/Ger9h33r8Lk
Today's video: One Counter-Intuitive Early Buddhist Secret to Happiness #Buddhism -- youtu.be/ypiz1bl5hxY
One Counter-Intuitive Early Buddhist Secret to Happiness
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October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today's video: One Counter-Intuitive Early Buddhist Secret to Happiness #Buddhism -- youtu.be/ypiz1bl5hxY
Today's video: 6 Ways #Buddhism Got Me Through a Scary Night -- youtu.be/luvp0ZSSeBE
6 Ways Buddhism Got Me Through a Scary Night
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September 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today's video: 6 Ways #Buddhism Got Me Through a Scary Night -- youtu.be/luvp0ZSSeBE
Today's video: Why Did the Buddha Warn Against Views? #Buddhism -- youtu.be/IzinQ4r7s10
Why Did the Buddha Warn Against Views?
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September 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today's video: Why Did the Buddha Warn Against Views? #Buddhism -- youtu.be/IzinQ4r7s10
Today's video: Who’s Really Enlightened? The Buddha’s Surprising Take #Buddhism -- youtu.be/2jL9F7b7kfQ
Who’s Really Enlightened? The Buddha’s Surprising Take
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September 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today's video: Who’s Really Enlightened? The Buddha’s Surprising Take #Buddhism -- youtu.be/2jL9F7b7kfQ
Today's video: Why the Buddha Might Tell You to Log Off: Practice in a World of Sensory Overload #buddhism -- youtu.be/K6sbls1uzt0
Why the Buddha Might Tell You to Log Off - Practice in a World of Sensory Overload
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September 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today's video: Why the Buddha Might Tell You to Log Off: Practice in a World of Sensory Overload #buddhism -- youtu.be/K6sbls1uzt0
Back in the saddle! Today's video: Is Regret Holding You Back? The Buddha's Surprising Approach #Buddhism -- youtu.be/1MPFVkANplM
Is Regret Holding You Back? The Buddha's Surprising Approach
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September 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Back in the saddle! Today's video: Is Regret Holding You Back? The Buddha's Surprising Approach #Buddhism -- youtu.be/1MPFVkANplM
Hi folks, no video out this week: I had a trip to the hospital, emergency appendectomy. Lots of fun and games! I'll be doing a livestream about it over on Patreon and expect to be back to the regular video release next week.
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hi folks, no video out this week: I had a trip to the hospital, emergency appendectomy. Lots of fun and games! I'll be doing a livestream about it over on Patreon and expect to be back to the regular video release next week.
Today's video: What Did the Buddha Say About Time? #buddhism -- youtu.be/Fo96KED3PhA
What Did the Buddha Say About Time?
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August 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today's video: What Did the Buddha Say About Time? #buddhism -- youtu.be/Fo96KED3PhA
Today's video: Playfulness on the Path: The Buddha and Humor #buddhism -- youtu.be/toZ-U26iCbc
Playfulness on the Path – The Buddha and Humor
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August 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today's video: Playfulness on the Path: The Buddha and Humor #buddhism -- youtu.be/toZ-U26iCbc
Today's video: What Did the Buddha Say About the Nature of Reality? #buddhism -- youtu.be/oCsBs824rxs
What Did the Buddha Say About the Nature of Reality?
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August 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today's video: What Did the Buddha Say About the Nature of Reality? #buddhism -- youtu.be/oCsBs824rxs
Today's video: Three Ways We Cling to a Self — And How to Let Go #buddhism -- youtu.be/fsdO0ojCLrA
Three Ways We Cling to a Self — And How to Let Go
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July 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today's video: Three Ways We Cling to a Self — And How to Let Go #buddhism -- youtu.be/fsdO0ojCLrA
Today's video: Why Did the Buddha Say the Mind Was Like a Monkey? #buddhism -- youtu.be/mpkWFn5KaOY
Why Did the Buddha Say the Mind Was Like a Monkey?
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July 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today's video: Why Did the Buddha Say the Mind Was Like a Monkey? #buddhism -- youtu.be/mpkWFn5KaOY
Today's video: How Did the Buddha Teach Nonviolence Without Being Passive? #buddhism -- youtu.be/_Reed8IFv-g
How Did the Buddha Teach Nonviolence Without Being Passive?
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July 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today's video: How Did the Buddha Teach Nonviolence Without Being Passive? #buddhism -- youtu.be/_Reed8IFv-g
New article of mine up at Tricycle online: What Does Stream-Entry Mean? #buddhism -- tricycle.org/article/what...
What Does Stream-Entry Mean?
A closer look at the first irreversible step on the path to enlightenment
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July 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New article of mine up at Tricycle online: What Does Stream-Entry Mean? #buddhism -- tricycle.org/article/what...
Today's video: What Did the Buddha Teach About Love and Relationships? #buddhism -- youtu.be/-oQiCveY-Rw
What Did the Buddha Teach About Love and Relationships?
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July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today's video: What Did the Buddha Teach About Love and Relationships? #buddhism -- youtu.be/-oQiCveY-Rw
Good day to split wood.
July 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Good day to split wood.
Today's video: The Deeper Freedom in Buddhist Renunciation #buddhism -- youtu.be/Ou7iVfUG2xU
The Deeper Freedom in Buddhist Renunciation
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June 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today's video: The Deeper Freedom in Buddhist Renunciation #buddhism -- youtu.be/Ou7iVfUG2xU
Today's video is unfortunately somewhat topical: What Is a "Fool" In Early Buddhism? #buddhism -- youtu.be/Y87ObheErVU
What Is a "Fool" In Early Buddhism?
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June 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today's video is unfortunately somewhat topical: What Is a "Fool" In Early Buddhism? #buddhism -- youtu.be/Y87ObheErVU
Today's video: Buddha's Advice on Discussion and Debate #buddhism -- youtu.be/aM71qEEI1yI
Buddha's Advice on Discussion and Debate
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June 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today's video: Buddha's Advice on Discussion and Debate #buddhism -- youtu.be/aM71qEEI1yI
Today's video: Solitude: Its Advantages and Drawbacks in Buddhist Practice #Buddhism -- youtu.be/D_7vrCTHcz4
Solitude: Its Advantages and Drawbacks in Buddhist Practice
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June 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today's video: Solitude: Its Advantages and Drawbacks in Buddhist Practice #Buddhism -- youtu.be/D_7vrCTHcz4