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A Place Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Sangha as Community (2 of 2)
Episode 328
In Buddhism, we have three treasures: Buddha, teachers or our own awakened nature; Dharma, the teachings or the truth itself, and Sangha, the communi…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
A Place Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Sangha as Community (1 of 2)
Episode 327
In Buddhism, we have three treasures: Buddha, teachers or our own awakened nature; Dharma, the teachings or the truth itself, and Sangha, the commun…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
No Buddhist Bible: A Brief Overview of 2500 Years' Worth of Buddhist Texts (1 of 2)
Episode 326
You may have discovered there are lots of Buddhist teachings and texts. Jews have their Torah, Christians their Bible, Muslims their Quran, and Hindu…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Imagine Yourself as a Buddha and Unblock Your Natural Generosity
Episode 325
In Buddhism, we are guided by the ideal of a Buddha, or awakened being. One of the characteristics of a Buddha is unconditional and selfless generosi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Yunmen's "Every Day Is a Good Day"
Episode 324
In koan #6 from the Blue Cliff Record, Yunmen says, "Every day is a good day." I explore this koan, including the way we sometimes imagine our real l…
6 months ago
Zazen As Defiant Self-Care
Episode 323
Since the term arose in 1950's, "self-care" has referred to a number of different things. If we consider self-care to be things you do to remain phys…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Q&A: Relationships, Cultural "Zen," No-Self, and Confession
Episode 322
This a Q&A episode based on questions I've received from listeners: Does Zen have anything to say about human relationships? Can we learn anything fr…
7 months ago
How Buddhist is Zen? The Buddha's Teachings Compared to Radical Nondualism
Episode 321
Viewed historically, Zen is a form of Mahayana Buddhism that evolved from the original forms Buddhism that were established in India after the Buddha…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Two Ends of the Spiritual Practice Tunnel: Self-Power Versus Other-Power
Episode 320
Zen Buddhism exemplifies practice based in self-power, or jiriki. Pure Land Buddhism exemplifies practice based in other-power, or tariki. These are …
8 months, 1 week ago
Q&A: Universal Life, the Bodhisattva Vow and Monasticism, and Other Traditions
Episode 319
This is one of my unscripted Q&A episodes, where I answer questions submitted by listeners. If you have a question, go ahead and send it to me at ze…
8 months, 3 weeks ago