Ch. 22: Despair

What if hell isn’t a place—but a condition of the heart? In this episode of Teaching Peace , we explore Chapter 22 of the Dhammapada , where Gautama Buddha speaks to the lived reality of despair—not as eternal punishment, but as the result of harmful choices, moral denial, and disconnection from the sacred path. Jason Storbakken reflects on: The Buddhist understanding of “hell” as a state of…