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Episode 25 - Michel de Montaigne & Samuel Beckett
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In this extended episode, I explore some of the ideas and values that inform and animate the work of the sixteenth-century French thi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 24 - Transmission, transformation and secular Zen
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In this episode I talk about my many years of Zen meditation practice and relate my experience to the development of a sceptical, sec…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 23 - Interwoven nature
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In this episode I talk about the relationship between body, mind and world from the perspective of someone who has been practicing za…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 22 - Mindful ethics, capitalism & sustainability
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In this episode I suggest that the current neo-liberal forms of capitalism are unsustainable insofar as they are damaging to our plan…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 21 - Existentialism - another Dharma Road
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We each have to find, or maybe construct, a dharma road upon which we can walk in peace with care and attention – cultivating wellbei…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 20 - Transience, clinging & non-attachment
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In this episode I share some thoughts about impermanence, clinging and the value of non-attachment. I also reflect on what it means t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 19 - Buddhism, interdependence & ecology
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In this episode I trace some parallels between Buddhist and ecological views of the world. We live in a universe of interwoven and in…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 18 - Poetry & paying attention
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In this episode I explore the relationship between poetry and paying attention – the ways in which poets are mindful - noticing thing…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 17 - Scepticism, Buddhism & Zen - being a mindful sceptic
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In this episode I offer a few personal thoughts on what might be called a ‘sceptical approach to Zen Buddhism,’ or, perhaps more accu…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 16 - John Cage & Zen: a chattering silence
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In this extended episode I explore some of the ideas and works of the American multi-disciplinary artist, John Cage – who was born in…
3 years ago