Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUnderstanding Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching and the Middle Way. Non-action, yet nothing remains undone. Sep 22, 1985
Season 1 Episode 37
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching. Also, the tale of the master swordsman, the rat and the palace cat. If you look for an enemy, you will find one. If I give a gift and i…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Do not sit in meditation waiting for enlightenment. Direct your attention to the mind. And, what is faith? Mar 2, 1986
Season 1 Episode 36
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the beginning stanzas of the Diamond Sutra. What to do with our thoughts? Where is the mind? What is faith? Is there a wisdom that is the ground of mind? Where…
Published on 2 years ago
Exploring the meaning of the Dhammapada. Listening to teachings as if you are an empty tape recorder. Sep 4, 1983
Season 1 Episode 35
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, on listening to teachings as if you are an empty tape recorder—not judging, evaluating, or comparing. The Dhammapada, or stepping into the dharma. Also, our world is re…
Published on 2 years ago
What is this life living you? It’s the same as that which sings in the birds. Jan 8, 1984
Season 1 Episode 34
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains that when you breathe, it is not you doing the breathing. As you watch this breath, in time you’ll discover something remarkable about it. To begin work toward …
Published on 2 years ago
A Christmas message for Zen practitioners about the birth of the light within. Dec 20, 1986
Season 1 Episode 33
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, was also an ordained Christian minister. At the holiday she shared a message about Christ within each of us. How we live a dark, deep mystery, and within that darkness t…
Published on 2 years ago
To witness the apparent in the real and the real in the apparent. One mind sees both worlds. Jan 26, 1986
Season 1 Episode 32
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains that what we see with our senses—the world in which we live—is a world of effects. The causes are hidden. To witness the apparent in the real and the real in th…
Published on 2 years ago
We try to both change and remain the same—the hook that many are on. Jun 7, 1981
Season 1 Episode 31
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, suggests we resist trying to recreate an earlier experience in meditation. The sword loses its edge with constant feeling. Your earliest memories at 3 or 4 or 5… that wa…
Published on 2 years ago
Meditation is about life and death. Nirvana is not. The thundering silence. 1990 Sesshin Friday
Season 1 Episode 30
We are born with this body which brings with it our parents, our grandparents and other lives. Then our essence is added. Then circumstances.Then there is what we do with all this. Also, the thunderi…
Published on 2 years ago
Learning to differentiate what you see, what you think and what you feel. Aug 16, 1981
Season 1 Episode 29
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, asks: who will tell you when your mind is playing tricks on you? The importance of learning to differentiate what you see, what you think and what you feel. Also, distin…
Published on 2 years ago
Your ego has no power to do anything. It’s impotent. Dec 6, 1981
Season 1 Episode 28
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, asks: If you were absolutely alone on the planet, would you be rich or poor? Would you be beautiful or ugly? Your ego, which establishes all your opinions, isn’t even re…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago