{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66fa4525be9ddeec92c10303/6a99046d054653259ab62074?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Do You Love A ‘Person’, or Your Mind’s Projection? - Jayasāra","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66fa4525be9ddeec92c10303/1788412920670-a5b3aeb6-7fed-4b56-917d-807aba5ed805.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Can you fall in love with another person, or only with the picture of them you carry around in your head? This week, a Buddhist nun who walked away from a PhD, a career, and most of the things you and I would call fun tells me you can&#39;t. Jayasara lives celibate in a forest hermitage, wakes at 3am, and chops a lot of wood. We talk about booze, lust, gossip, whether a monk&#39;s life costs you the best nights of your life, and why the fireworks you set off on a mountain in Japan are now, according to her, just a blip on the screen of consciousness.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sick of being ruled by your emotions?</strong></p><p><strong>Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, Free Gratitude Club, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun:<a href=\"http://patreon.com/c/TOLclub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> patreon.com/TOLclub</a></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE:<a href=\"http://wakingup.com/primo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a></strong><a href=\"http://wakingup.com/primo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wakingup.com/primo</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>WATCH THE PODCAST</strong> on<a href=\"https://youtube.com/@theoverexaminedlife?si=cRYUpjcd9VdlCh7d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Youtube</a></p><p><strong>Follow Jonah Primo on<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jonahprimo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a></strong><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jonahprimo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a><strong> or<a href=\"https://boxd.it/cjFIF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a></strong><a href=\"https://boxd.it/cjFIF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Letterboxd</a><strong> visit his<a href=\"https://www.jonahprimo.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a></strong><a href=\"https://www.jonahprimo.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></p><p><strong>Jonah writes on<a href=\"https://substack.com/@jonahprimo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a></strong><a href=\"https://substack.com/@jonahprimo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Substack</a></p><p><strong>You can contact The Overexamined Life at team@jonahprimo.com</strong></p>","author_name":"Jonah Primo"}