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Episode 35 - Learning, awakening & empowerment
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In this episode I explore some of the issues surrounding educational methods and processes in contemporary Buddhism, and suggest change…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 34 - Kenneth Rexroth: his life and poetry
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In this episode I talk about the American poet, essayist and translator, Kenneth Rexroth. Like Gary Snyder, who I will speak about in…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 33 - Mindful meditation & creativity
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In this episode, somewhat longer than usual, I explore some of the relationships between mindful meditation and creativity – what we …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 32 - Mindful Solidarity - an interview with Mike Slott
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In this special episode I interview, Mike Slott, about his new book titled, Mindful Solidarity: A Secular Buddhist Democratic Sociali…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 31 - Daoism (Taoism)
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In this extended episode I explore some of the main ideas and beliefs of Daoism (also known as Taoism) - highlighting aspects of Daoi…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 30 - John Dewey
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In this extended episode I share some thoughts on a strand of philosophy known as ‘pragmatism’ as realized in the work of one of its …
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 29 - Climate action & eco-grief
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In this episode I share some more thoughts on global warming, climate action and eco-grief. This is a revised and extended version of…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 28 - Soren Kierkegaard
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In Episode 21 I talked about existentialism and mentioned that while Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and other existentialist th…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 27 - 'Suchness,' Zen & window cleaning
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In this extended episode, I am going to talk about the notion of tathata, or ‘suchness,’ and relate this to the Zen practice of ‘bare…
2 years ago
Episode 26 - Cultivating mindful ethics
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In this episode, I return to the question discussed in Episode 22, that is, what kind of ethical values may be necessary to the devel…
2 years ago