Podcast Episodes

Save a Ghost

How do we practice saving a ghost, when that ghost seems to be everywhere?

In the zen buddhist tradition we have the archetype of the hungry ghost—a b…

2 years, 8 months ago

Dana Paramita: Simple Generosities

Offer flowers on a distant mountain to all beings —Dogen Zenji

In this dharma talk we explore the beautiful practice of giving, generosity, on the thr…

2 years, 8 months ago

Right in the Middle of Our Longing

To follow one’s longing. Or even to listen to one’s longing–can be uncomfortable. It can be deeply inconvenient. Painful to feel this desire, this wa…

2 years, 9 months ago

Living our Vows

In order to live our vows, or to live from our life purpose we will encounter challenges. During this talk we explore some common inner challenging v…

2 years, 9 months ago

Making Impossible Vows

We live our visions for ourselves and the world. If we see that world as a hopeless place, inevitably we will treat it as such.

The Buddhas and Ancest…

2 years, 9 months ago

Life Purpose as Koan

The Dharma empowers us to ask essential questions. This talk is an invitation to question, to really question and to live into these questions.

Often…

2 years, 9 months ago

The Unconditioned Vow

The question of life purpose is one that comes up throughout our lives.

Maybe you are in a life transition

Maybe you started out pursuing one career b…

2 years, 10 months ago

What is Practice?

A common phrase you may hear in Zen meditation groups is: What is your practice? In this talk I explore the thread that runs through all practice for…

2 years, 10 months ago

Practicing with Fear & Anxiety

Part of being human is that we have big emotional responses or have emotional responses. There is nothing wrong with having emotional responses. What…

2 years, 11 months ago

Opening the Skies

Spaciousness/emptiness is considered the Ground of Being or the Mind-ground—the heart of who we are.

Here spaciousness is love. But maybe not love in…

3 years ago