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Episode 44 - In beauty I walk: beauty, appreciation and wabi-sabi
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This episode is in two parts. In Part One I explore some ideas about beauty, both those that define beauty as an ideal or transcenden…
8 hours ago
Episode 43 - Zen teacher Dogen
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In this episode I talk about the very influential Japanese Zen teacher, Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), and also say a little about an earli…
2 months ago
Episode 42 - Zazen & just being here
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In this episode I share some thoughts about what I have learnt from zazen practice and how it has come to be so central to my life. I…
3 months ago
Episode 41 - Charles Reznikoff: poet as witness
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In this extended episode I talk about the American poet, Charles Reznikoff, and about the two movements or trends in modern poetry wi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 40 - The arts of awakening & selfing
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In this episode I explore ideas about nirvana, awakening and what we mean by ‘the self,’ as described in the Buddhist traditions foun…
6 months, 1 week ago
Episode 39 - Gary Snyder: his life & poetry
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In this extended episode I talk about another American poet, essayist and environmental activist, Gary Snyder. You might like to take…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 38 - Mutability, time & presence
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The brevity of life and the nature of time are topics that humans have puzzled over for at least two thousand years – and probably fo…
10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 37 - Dialogue, religion & the arts
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In this extended episode I suggest a few avenues of exploration concerning the arts as agencies of dialogue and how the arts can offe…
1 year ago
Episode 36 - David Hume & Isaiah Berlin
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In this extended episode, I talk about the ideas and insights of two thinkers, David Hume who lived in the eighteenth century, and Is…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 35 - Learning, awakening & empowerment
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In this episode I explore some of the issues surrounding educational methods and processes in contemporary Buddhism and suggest chang…
1 year, 3 months ago