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Back to SearchThe similarities between Hassidic Judaism and Buddhism. May 19, 1985
Season 2 Episode 76
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the similarities between Hasidic Judaism and Buddhism.
Many religions are more emotional. Zen practitioners ar…
1 year, 10 months ago
Make the smallest distinction and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. May 12, 1985
Season 2 Episode 75
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the notion of preferences. As the Third Chinese Patriarch of Zen put it: when love and hate are both absent, e…
1 year, 11 months ago
A 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 …
1 year, 11 months 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.…
1 year, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 …
2 years ago