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10 Fields of Zen, Field 7 – Opening Your Heart: Self-Acceptance and Non-Separation (1 of 2)
Episode 288
The seventh Field of Zen Practice is Opening Your Heart. Working explicitly to open your heart not only benefits other living beings, it puts you in …
1 year, 8 months ago
A Few Useful Teachings for Tumultuous Times
Episode 287
In a time of political divisiveness, many of us look to the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha for solace, strength, and guidance. I offer…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ending Dukkha: Taking Care of this Precious Life (2 of 2)
Episode 286
In the last episode, I offered seven points about the role of Dukkha in our life and practice and discussed the first five points. In this episode I'…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ending Dukkha: Taking Care of this Precious Life (1 of 2)
Episode 285
While physical and emotional pain, discomfort, and longing are an inevitable part of human life, Dukkha is existential angst we add to such experienc…
1 year, 9 months ago
Reflections on Continuous Practice and Dogen's "Gyoji" (2 of 2)
Episode 284
It's challenging to make our Dharma practice continuous – maintaining awareness and appropriate conduct each moment of our lives. In his essay Gyoji,…
1 year, 9 months ago
Reflections on Continuous Practice and Dogen's "Gyoji" (1 of 2)
Episode 283
Our goal in practice is to live in accord with the truth, or the Dharma - not only while sitting in meditation or studying Buddhism, but every momen…
1 year, 10 months ago
Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life? (2 of 2)
Episode 282
This is part two of my discussion "Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life?" In Part 1 I talked about the moral stress t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Cutting Moral Corners: Is Buddhism Compatible with 21st-Century Life? (1 of 2)
Episode 281
As long as we remain engaged in 21st-century life, at least in any industrialized society, we are part of an infinitely complex web of karma that cov…
1 year, 11 months ago
Stories of My Teachers - A Live Talk*
Episode 280
In a lineage tradition like Zen, your understanding, manifestation, and expression of the Dharma is deeply influenced by your teachers, and by their …
1 year, 11 months ago
279 - Talking about Politics as a Buddhist - A Live Talk*
Episode 279
I am on sabbatical for the month of August, so this is a recent live talk* I gave at Bright Way Zen. This is, of course, a very timely topic with a m…
1 year, 11 months ago