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Book Review: Kosho Uchiyama's "Opening the Hand of Thought"
Episode 211
Uchiyama Roshi's Opening the Hand of Thought is a great book for the beginner as well as the advanced practitioner of Zen. Uchiyama manages to balanc…
4 years ago
Book Review: Kyogen Carlson's "You Are Still Here"
Episode 210
This book is a treasure in that it collects in one place the essential subjects and themes of Kyogen Carlson's teaching, which remains faithful to hi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Book Review: Issho Fujita's "Polishing a Tile"
Episode 209
In this episode I review Issho Fujita's Polishing a Tile. This is far and away my favorite book on zazen of all time, and it covers other essential a…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nine Benefits of Practice in Difficult Times
Episode 208
4 years, 1 month ago
Dirt Zendo, Cloud Zendo, One Sangha: Buddhist Community in the Digital Age
Episode 207
In the last episode, I talked about the new phenomenon of a virtual space for practice, including its merits and benefits. In this episode, I talk ab…
4 years, 1 month ago
Dirt Zendo, Cloud Zendo, One Sangha: Buddhist Community in the Digital Age – Part 1
Episode 206
Since COVID lockdown, Buddhist communities have greatly expanded their online practice opportunities. Virtual spaces are surprisingly effective for p…
4 years, 2 months ago
Motivation for Practice: What Do You Love Most Deeply?
Episode 205
In order to find motivation for diligent practice, it can help to identify and connect with what you love more than anything else in the whole world.…
4 years, 2 months ago
Buddha-Nature: What the Heck is It and How Do We Realize It? Part 2
Episode 204
This is my second episode on one of the central teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, that all beings have Buddha-Nature (buddhata). I discuss more about w…
4 years, 3 months ago
Buddha-Nature: What the Heck is It and How Do We Realize It? Part 1
Episode 203
One of the central teachings of Mahayana Buddhism is that all beings have Buddha-Nature (buddhata). Awakening to this Buddha-Nature allows one to att…
4 years, 3 months ago
Two Truths: Everything is Okay and Everything is NOT Okay at the Same Time
Episode 202
Reality has two dimensions. Along the dependent dimension, our world is unequivocally full of greed, hate, delusion, and suffering, and any moral per…
4 years, 3 months ago