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Dave Cuomo - Catastrophe! (History of Zen - Shenhui & The An Lushan Rebellion
In the year 757 in the middle of a catastrophic civil war surrounded by ruins and disaster, a monk named Shenhui stands on a hastily built grass plat…
6 years, 5 months ago
Dave Cuomo - Siren Songs and Bluejays
Dave reads us excerpts from Suzuki's talk "The Bluejay Will Come Right Into Your Heart" and adds some of his own commentary on embracing distraction,…
6 years, 5 months ago
Emma Roy - Buddha's Anger
Emma Roy takes us on a journey through one of our favorite pieces of Zen writing, The Harmony of Difference and Equality. We get a poetic reading of …
6 years, 5 months ago
Dave Cuomo - Explaining the Joke (History of Zen - Shenxiu)
In the year 700, a humble mountain monk named Shenxiu was called to the Chinese capitol by the Empress Wu. Within just a few years he almost single h…
6 years, 6 months ago
Dave Cuomo - The Great Cosmic Joke (Nishijima’s Four Views)
Dave Cuomo delves into Nishijima’s Four Views with SOAR!, the handy four letter acronym that explains all reality. It’s the “philosophy of action” th…
6 years, 6 months ago
Emily Eslami - Stupid Joy
Emily Eslami gives us a Zen take on sympathetic joy. With readings from Dogen, Sawaki, the Pali Canon and more she takes us through on honest and vul…
6 years, 7 months ago
Jack Taylor - What Am I Doing Here??
Jack Taylor regales us with his personal practice story as part of our ongoing series where sangha members try to answer the question of what they’re…
6 years, 7 months ago
Emily Eslami - No Death
I wish I could tell you this was the talk where Emily unveils the secret Zen teachings on immortality, but alas, as you probably could have guessed, …
6 years, 7 months ago
Dave Cuomo - Zen Begins! (History of Zen - Bodhidharma)
He's the man, the myth, the legendary founder of Zen himself. Some claim he never existed, some claim his eyelids invented tea leaves while he was of…
6 years, 7 months ago
Miranda Javid - Faking It
Miranda Javid brings some light to the tricky and relatable issue of feeling like an imposter in the zendo. Is it possible to fake it in zazen? Can a…
6 years, 8 months ago