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Back to SearchInstructions for the Working Stiff w/ Emily Eslami
Episode 285
“Never think you’re better than the show. It’s not pleasant to work with, and it doesn’t make the work any easier.” - Emily Eslami
Emily gets brass…
3 years ago
Mountains Walk, Rivers Talk (Return to the Mountains & Rivers Sutra) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 283
“I came to this because I'm a disillusioned person, and they said that's okay. That's the point. But now they’re saying that there is something that …
3 years ago
Degenerate Dharma (The Diamond Sutra & Buddhist Cosmology) w/ Jason Dodge
Episode 282
“When I found out that we're in the degenerate dharma ending age where nobody can get enlightened, I thought, ‘That sucks. Why am I even doing this t…
3 years ago
Friends Without Benefits (Sangha) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Episode 281
“It's brave of them to let people just step in and screw up. But it's not about how well you do, or whether you want to do it - we have a task and ea…
3 years ago
Mind Blowing Mediocrity - (The Witness Mind) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 280
“If you watch a movie where somebody's having a bad day, you laugh along and empathize and think ‘Well that's a good movie about a guy having a bad d…
3 years, 1 month ago
Forget Yourself (Non Duality) w/ Emily Eslami
Episode 279
“The cornerstone of non dualism is that you can’t even hold onto non dualism - that non dualism is itself dualistic.” - Emily Eslami
Emily unpacks …
3 years, 1 month ago
Blooming Buddhas (Zen Gardening) w/ Helena Harvilicz
Episode 278
“Plants are actually great meditation teachers. They really know how to stay put even in the face of danger.” - Helena Harvilicz
Crowd favorite Hel…
3 years, 1 month ago
Summer of Space (Writer’s Block and the Faith In Mind Inscription) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 277
“To really do this practice is to let go of the wheel and assume someone's driving. And that's gonna be terrifying every time.” - Dave Cuomo
Dave c…
3 years, 1 month ago
Comes and Goes (The Tathagata) w/ Jason Dodge
Episode 276
“It’s not your zazen, it’s just zazen. And it’s going all the time.” - Jason Dodge
Jason unpacks the meaning behind the Buddha’s beguiling nickname…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Red Badge of Suffering (Single Minded Effort) w/ Emily Eslami
Episode 275
“There’s a feeling of, if I was stressed out, then it must have been really good. Or people say, ‘I would meditate but I don’t want to lose my edge.’…
3 years, 2 months ago