Joel Tagert explores the first limb of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path, samyag drishti or True Seeing. Living consciously begins by paying attention - and actually, it begins by paying attention to the act of paying attention, to understanding where and how and why we direct our gaze.
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If you wander, you might just find it.
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Cover photo by Elizabeth Delap.
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This is the first episode of a series exploring the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path as an embodied, energetic practice. Beginning with the Buddha's very first sermon ("Turning the Dharma Wheel"), Joel unpacks the deep symbolism of the dharmachakra, including a close look at the word dukkha, usually translated as "suffering" but more precisely indicating misalignment: a wheel spinning out of true. The Eightfold Path, then, is how we true the wheel of our lives.

Joel also considers the links between the Buddhist path and yogic traditions, arguing that traditional commentaries and common English translations have stripped these teachings of their somatic depth, turning a whole-body practice into an intellectual checklist. This series aims to restore that somatic dimension, approaching each of the eight limbs as embodied and energetic training.
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Cover art is "Turning the Eight-Limbed Wheel" by Joel Tagert.
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Music is "Daybreak" by Kite Flight.
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