# Learning is Remembering: The Outer, Inner, and Secret Teachers Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346/learning-is-remembering-the-outer-inner-and-secret-teachers Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346/learning-is-remembering-the-outer-inner-and-secret-teachers.md Podcast: [Buddhism Beyond Belief with Susan Piver](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346) Published: 2026-08-07T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2456053/episodes/19609329-learning-is-remembering-the-outer-inner-and-secret-teachers.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2456053/episodes/19609329-learning-is-remembering-the-outer-inner-and-secret-teachers.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346/episodes/learning-is-remembering-the-outer-inner-and-secret-teachers Duration seconds: 1286 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail How do we recognize a true teacher? In this episode I talk about the outer teacher, the inner teacher, and the secret teacher. Along the way I share a story from teaching the Heart Sutra, reflect on an unexpected lesson about joy, and use a piece of music to show how wisdom can reach us through content, direct experience, and the context in which it all unfolds. Highlights: What the outer, inner, and secret teacher represent in Buddhist practiceWhy real learning is often base... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346/episodes/learning-is-remembering-the-outer-inner-and-secret-teachers/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346/learning-is-remembering-the-outer-inner-and-secret-teachers.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.