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Back to SearchA monk asked his teacher, "I am pecking from inside the shell. I beg you, Master, please peck from outside." May 5, 1985
Season 2 Episode 74
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains that when most of us listen to a teacher talk, what we hear is determined by our conditioning. When one talks to God in his thoughts, he is not talking to God. …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
First is learning, called hearing. Then approaching. Then transcending. Lola Apr 14, 1985
Season 2 Episode 73
During this talk, Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, has a bad cough, which she lightheartedly uses in her discussion about how to hear and how to listen. To listen like a tape recorder, without thinking.…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
As illusions drop, as attitudes drop, how relaxing it is to be at ease with yourself. Mar 31, 1985
Season 2 Episode 72
You are born into pleasure and pain, and eventually emotions develop. Then centuries of conditioning. From your parents, from your culture. How many personalities and faces do you have? All creating …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The depth in saying “I don’t know.” Mystica Theologica. Lola Jul 22, 1985
Season 2 Episode 71
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses Mystica Theologica by St Dionysias. He said religious experience can’t be described. Like music: as much as you might name notes, no description is adequate to…
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Zen masters never tell the truth. July 15, 1985
Season 2 Episode 70
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, recounts the tale of Zen Master Hogen who studied with Keishin Zenji. Once Keishin Zenji asked him, 'Joza, where do you go?' “Hogen answered, 'I am making pilgrimage aim…
Published on 9 months ago
"The mind dwells in the cave of the heart. He who conquers it frees himself from slavery." May 26, 1985
Season 2 Episode 69
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains how you can ask questions about the meaning of life all day long. But who is the questioner? Usually we take the wrong approach to these questions. The question…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The mightiest fighting rooster does not crow about his might. Jun 24, 1984
Season 2 Episode 68
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, shares the teachings of Lao Tzu. He was not a brave man. Or a coward. Courage does not play a role in the sage. The mightiest fighting rooster does not crow about his mi…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
When you’re silent, there is one mind. When you’re thinking, you are many. Jun 10, 1984
Season 2 Episode 67
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains how a mirror reflects everything before it. It reflects young you when you’re young. It reflects old you when you’re old. But the mirror isn’t old or young. It …
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Examine your past so it doesn’t govern you. The past is dead. Stop living it. Oct 30, 1983
Season 2 Episode 66
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains how when you’re happy, sad, pleased, unpleased—it’s all in your periphery. It is not really you. When you’re happy, sad, pleased, displeased—it’s all in your pe…
Published on 10 months ago
What must wake up in you for you to be awake? Oct 29, 1989
Season 2 Episode 65
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the wisdom of Zen Master Ikkyu. What must wake up in you for you to be awake? Where do you go when you’re in a deep sleep? Buddhism is a religion of the individ…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago