Podcast Episodes

Wen-Tzu – Verse 8 – How Do We Respond Like an Echo?

…to perceive things without being blinded and to respond echolike without minding

— Thomas Cleary, Wen-Tzu, Verse 8

Don't forget to use the resources…

3 years, 9 months ago

Wen-Tzu – Verse 7 – How Desires Affect Your Essential Nature

When people lose their essential nature by following desires, their actions are never correct. To govern a nation in that way results in chaos; to go…

3 years, 9 months ago

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, 9 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 months ago