Dr. Rick Hanson

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

Oh, sweet. So I grew up a casual Methodist. That was kind of the framework and tons of respect, certainly for Jesus as a teacher and a realized being. That said, the forms of all that just didn't somehow connect with me. The way I was communicated just felt kind of... small and dogmatic and kind of bossy. So then I land in college, the doors are kicked wide open, right?

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.

We're talking 1969, 70, and all the rest of that. And toward the end of college, I just had an interest in seeing, oh, what's out there in the Eastern traditions, which I didn't know really anything about. And I encountered Buddhist teachings, which in the roots of them are arguably not even religious. They're psychological, essentially.