Podcast Episodes

Tao Te Ching – Verse 22 with Sensei Elliston

A good discussion of verse 22 of the Tao Te Ching from a Zen perspective with Sensei Elliston. "If you want to be given everything, give everything u…

3 years, 6 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Verse 6 – Taoist Guidance

Sages do not replace the celestial with the human. Outwardly they evolve along with things, yet inwardly they do not lose their true state. So those …

3 years, 7 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Verse 5 – Real Knowing

Do we make progress spiritually by reading more books and learning more? Is our intellectual knowledge helpful? What does verse 5 mean when it says, …

3 years, 7 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Verse 4 – Real People Are Those Following the Way (Tao)

Today we discussed the fourth verse of the Wen-Tzu. We also discussed verses 13 and 80 of the Tao Te Ching, among others. A lot of discussion about l…

3 years, 7 months ago

Tao Te Ching – Verse 21 with Sensei Elliston – Enlightenment

A good discussion of verse 21 of the Tao Te Ching from a Zen perspective with Sensei Elliston. We discussed, among other things, enlightenment, being…

3 years, 7 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Verse 3 – How to Follow the Way!

Today we discussed the third verse of the Wen-Tzu. We also discussed verses 21 and 39 of the Tao Te Ching. A lot of discussion of "How to" today mean…

3 years, 8 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Verse 2 – Unlearning

Today we discussed the second verse of the Wen-Tzu, which compliments several verses of the Tao Te Ching. We discussed verses 48, 81, and several mor…

3 years, 8 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Verse 1 – A Description of a Higher Power

Today we discussed the first verse of the Wen-Tzu, which works very well with the first verse of the Tao Te Ching. A good discussion of how we see Go…

3 years, 8 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Introduction – Looking Within

Today we started Thomas Cleary's 1991 translation of Wen-Tzu. According to the introduction, this is the first translation of this text into English.…

3 years, 8 months ago

Tao Te Ching – Verse 20 with Sensei Elliston – Must I Fear What Others Fear?

How much of a role does unnecessary fear play in your life? A good conversation today with Sensei.

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3 years, 8 months ago