Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWe identify with everything but ourselves. Possessions, emotions, thoughts. But not our true selves. What is true silence? Mar 12, 1983
Season 1 Episode 46
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, recounts the tale of the student who visits a teacher, whose only answer to his questions is to sweep fallen leaves. Al…
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Chuang Tzu and appreciating the useless in the world. Mar 6, 1983
Season 1 Episode 45
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains how existence renders actual . Non-existence renders useful. It is not the walls, but the seemingly non-actual…
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The intellect cannot penetrate consciousness. When you drop thoughts, consciousness is present. When you drop the pseudo self, the True Self is present. July 12, 1981
Season 1 Episode 44
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains that when we are born we emerge from a mysterious life source, and when we die we return to that source. And n…
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What 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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