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Back to SearchDave Cuomo - A Confident Confusion
Episode 234
“Enlightenment might be inherent, but it’s not natural to humans for some reason. In some places they will literally beat it into or out of you. So m…
4 years ago
Mota Mynttinen - Bottoms Up! (What Am I Doing Here??)
Episode 233
“It was always about what am I contributing? What am I doing out in the world? But yeah, I’m not shooting so high anymore. It’s true, there are impor…
4 years ago
Dave Cuomo - Beyond Comprehension (Vimalakirti Sutra ch 6)
Episode 232
“If you train yourself to always be confident, competent, and charismatic, you're going to walk into a room and either alienate or inspire everybody,…
4 years ago
Gyokei Yokoyama - Moment of Truth (Retreat Talk pt 2)
Episode 231
“…when you’re totally beaten up and you don’t know what to do, that’s the moment of truth - when suddenly all those Buddhist teachings you’ve read ab…
4 years, 1 month ago
Gyokei Yokoyama - Let’s Be Friends (Retreat Talk 1)
Episode 230
“Bodhisattva’s determination is not something that makes you feel leashed or confined. This kind of determination frees you…. It's not self-sacrifice…
4 years, 1 month ago
Dave Cuomo - Ballad of a Blue House (Shitou’s Straw Hut Song)
Episode 229
“There’s a thousand ways of speaking, infinite understandings, all just inviting you to befriend your unknowing.” - Shitou Xiqian
Dave brings us a …
4 years, 1 month ago
John Nilsson - Continuing Bewilderments (What Am I Doing Here??)
Episode 228
”…it was like, ooh, I don't have to count breaths? I liked that idea… no anchor, nothing holding me to this cushion… where was I going to go?
It was …
4 years, 1 month ago
Dave Cuomo - Why Bother? (Why Not?! (Vimalakirti ch 5))
Episode 227
“The goal here isn't to stop feeling pain. We need you to feel pain." - Dave Cuomo
In pt 4 of our Vimalakirti series , the great bodhisattva Manjus…
4 years, 2 months ago
Gyokei Yokoyama - Pressure Pot
Episode 226
“We all think that we're a good person, that we're some form of intelligent. In the monastery, they compassionately take that away and help us rememb…
4 years, 2 months ago
Emily Eslami - Good Grief
Episode 225
“Part of grief is that you can't predict it. It just happens and you have no control over it. And some of that aspect of grief is accepting that you …
4 years, 2 months ago