Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
On Zen in America, Shunryu Suzuki, and the San Francisco Zen Center
Episode 54
Michael Downing teaches creative writing at Tufts University. This conversation features a deep dive into Michael’s nonfiction book Shoes Outside the…
4 years ago
Mark Epstein, "The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life" (Penguin, 2022)
Episode 165
A remarkable exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein reflects on one year’s worth of therapy sessions with his patients to obse…
4 years ago
China, Buddhism and the Belt and Road Initiative in Mainland Southeast Asia
Episode 54
Launched in 2013 by Chinese President XI Jinping, China’s Belt and Road initiative has manifested throughout Southeast Asia in the form of multibilli…
4 years ago
On the Rinzai Way and Korinji Monastery
Season 1 Episode 48
Meido Roshi is the abbot of Korinji monastery in Wisconsin. In 2008 Meido Roshi received inka shomei ("mind seal"), designating him an 86th-generatio…
4 years ago
On Japanese Buddhist Art
Season 1 Episode 47
Michael Vanhartingsveldt is a contributing columnist at Buddhistdoor Global. He works full-time at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. He did his …
4 years ago
On "Naked Monk," Diligence, and Buddhist Practice
Season 1 Episode 46
Hugo Bernard is the author of Naked Monk. His first work of Buddhist fiction was a short story written in high school. He is working on several novel…
4 years ago
On the Zen Odyssey of Ruth and Sokei-an Sasaki
Season 1 Episode 42
Janica Towne Anderson (author of Zen Odyssey) is a master falconer and has been a student and teacher of esoteric traditions for fifty years. She has…
4 years ago
On Writing and the Monk Life
Season 1 Episode 40
Shozan Jack Haubner is the pen name of a Zen monk whose essays have appeared in The Sun, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and the New York Times, as well as i…
4 years, 1 month ago
On Jesuits and Zen
Season 1 Episode 38
Robert Kennedy, S.J. is one of several practicing Catholic men and women who are recognized by the Buddhist community as zen teachers. He is the auth…
4 years, 1 month ago
On Chan Buddhism
Season 1 Episode 36
Guo Gu (Dr. Jimmy Yu) is the founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center and is also the guiding teacher for the Western Dharma Teachers Training course a…
4 years, 1 month ago