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Back to EpisodesDealing With Stress, Trusting Intuition, Being Vulnerable, War in the Ukraine
Season 2
Episode 10
Published 3 years, 11 months ago
Description
These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply.
This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience.
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Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations:
- Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice
- AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003)
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(1:05) Q: Other teachers do "Dharma talks". What is your understanding of this and how do you work differently with the topic, such as in the Questions and Responses?
2:03 Q: Do you perceive pressure and how do you deal with it?
8:15 Q: Is my wish to want to feel connected also a conditioned expectation of what the world should be and another disguise for my suffering?
10:44 Q: How do you relate to what is your intuition today in contrast to before your Buddhist practice?
13:09 Q: Is vulnerability needed to be human in its full range?
16:31 Q: How was your trip to Miami and the people you met there?
21:46 Q: What do you think of the current situation in Europe, specifically how Russia may take the war to other countries?
24:05 Q: Is there something in yourself where you feel connected to your younger self, emotionally or with feelings from then?
27:53 Q: Do you put a lot of stock in first impressions?
29:00 Q: How come you and KenShin are separated by your screens?
31:50 Q How can you tell the difference between watching things unfold versus the stories we tell ourselves that confirm our bias?