Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFirst 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.…
1 year, 7 months 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 …
1 year, 7 months 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 y…
1 year, 7 months 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…
1 year, 8 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 t…
1 year, 8 months 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 mig…
1 year, 8 months 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 …
1 year, 8 months 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 h…
1 year, 9 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…
1 year, 9 months ago
Once we understand we are not the masters of our thoughts—but victims—we can stop cooperating. Lola Mar 17, 1985
Season 2 Episode 64
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, recounts tales of Master Fugai. Lola gives a detailed explanation of meditation. How the word meditation, historically,…
1 year, 9 months ago