Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat is the meaning of movement and rest, in Zen and Christian practice? Dec 13, 1981
Season 1 Episode 43
Zen Roshi (and ordained Christian minister), Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the Christian notion of sin. In Aramaic sin means to miss, and does not hav…
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As you breathe into the tanden (Hara), your focus deepens and mysteries will reveal themselves. You don’t have to solve them—they reveal themselves to you. Apr 14, 1981
Season 1 Episode 42
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee discusses oneness and self-restraint. Eventually there is serenity and a child-like innocence. And the innocent Self see…
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Are you free or is your conditioning controlling you? Dig into yourself and ask “Who am I?” Jun 21, 1981
Season 1 Episode 41
What is happiness? The tale of the farmer who demanded from God to have control of the weather, and God said yes. Challenges in life are how you lear…
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We are divided between our senses and our thinking, our body and soul, matter and consciousness. Jun 14, 1981
Season 1 Episode 40
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses finding ways to integrate ourselves. Strengthening the tanden (Hara). How to work on the division between our…
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Zen practice is not an intellectual endeavor. The tale of the blind man and the lantern. Feb 17, 1985
Season 1 Episode 39
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the meaning of knowledge and ignorance in Buddhism and the Bible. The Tree Of Knowledge and the Tree Of Life. …
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When you look in the mirror, do you see you? When you are silent, it speaks. Your absence is its presence. Feb 10, 1985
Season 1 Episode 38
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses Chinese Master Yoka Daishi. We were all born with our true religion. It is essential in us. Not some borrowe…
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Understanding 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 a…
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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? I…
2 years, 3 months 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, …
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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 so…
2 years, 4 months ago