Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOff the Rails (Faith In Mind Inscription) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 274
“When I look people in the eye lately they seem a little savvier, a little more self aware, and a good bit more confused. And I trust that.” - Dave C…
3 years, 2 months ago
Weltschmerz, Alcohol, & Sarcasm (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Helena Harvilicz
Episode 273
“A Zen teacher once told me, ‘I’ve been watching you and you're a good sitter.’ And I think that's what they tell the people that are kind of stupid …
3 years, 2 months ago
Just Here to Make Friends (Meaning & Hierarchy) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Episode 272
“I kept asking the same questions, what is this about? Where's the teaching? And then they teach us, if you can't see everything there is, then that'…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Theory of Nothing (A Brief History of Emptiness) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 271
“The fact that the word ‘emptiness’ is still upsetting people 2,500 years later tells me, that must be an important lesson. Clearly it’s something we…
3 years, 3 months ago
Anxious Epiphanies (What Am I Doing here??) w/ Tanya Orlov
Episode 270
“What brought me to meditation was a desire to essentially eradicate my own neurosis. But the instruction to focus on not just what's happening insid…
3 years, 3 months ago
Free Fall (Ambitions & Emptiness) w/ Sara Campbell
Episode 269
“I feel very confident… confident that I don't know what the f*** I'm doing.” - Sara Campbell
Sara takes us on a personal tour of ambition and empt…
3 years, 3 months ago
Dave Cuomo - A Noisy Hullabaloo (How to Make Peace)
Episode 268
“The hardest thing for me to do is to peacefully watch somebody else screw up their life. But I'm told that's a big part of true compassion - letting…
3 years, 3 months ago
Henry Zander - A Real Heart Warmer (What Am I Doing Here??)
Episode 267
“Wind is liberated from the mountain, I is liberated from nothing at all… I’m here because I need y'all, because practice doesn't make sense without …
3 years, 4 months ago
Dave Cuomo - Just Be Normal (History of Zen - Dahui vs Hongzhi)
Episode 266
“They say you can’t intellectualize Zen, but don't short change yourself. If your brain wants to understand it, do that first. The old masters all di…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sara Campbell - Midnight at Dawn
Episode 265
“If you don't understand the way right before you, how will you know the path as you walk?” - Shitou Xiqian
Sara reflects on some challenging lines…
3 years, 4 months ago