Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHard Feelings (Change & Transiency) w/ Mota
Episode 384
Mota gets an unexpected phone call and takes the opportunity to dig into some tough love teachings on change and transiency, and how they might even …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Fool’s Errand w/ Jordan Mylet (Meditation & Optimization)
Episode 383
Jordan takes a critical look at the benefits of zazen and questions whether that was ever really the point, or even something we should rely on. Can …
1 year ago
Off the Hook (Impermanence & Ambition) w/ Sara Campbell
Episode 382
Sara goes looking for healthy ambitions in certain impermanence as she rests her case on training with a deeply personal breakdown and exegesis of he…
1 year ago
This. Is a Good Idea (Buddhist Creation Story) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 381
Dave tells us the full creation myth of how Buddhism says this world came to be, how it’s going to end, and all the mishaps and miracles in between. …
1 year ago
Waiting for Vairocana (Flash Fiction!)
Episode 380
Sara Campbell closes out our first official training ango with a flash fiction final - a brief loving study of our favorite Buddha and Bodhisattva ar…
1 year ago
Holy Hypocrisy (Buddhist Modernism) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 379
Dave tackles the big Buddhist question of the hour - are we really learning traditional Buddhism over here or are we making up our own thing and cove…
1 year, 1 month ago
Blind Spots & Breakthroughs (What Am I Doing Here) w/ Matthew Sherling
Episode 378
Poet in residence and long time ACZC collaborator, Matt, generously boils down 14 billion years of carefully cultivated circumstances into one lucid …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Real Point (Magic and Daranis) w/ Dave Cuomo
Episode 377
Dave unpacks the Ryogone, that monster of a magical incantation we’ve recently incorporated into our laid back secular practice here, and along the w…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Likes of You (Loving Kindness) w/ Sara Campbell
Episode 376
Sara hits a roadblock in love and zazen and takes the opportunity to teach us how to turn the worms that turn us sideways into features not bugs. How…
1 year, 1 month ago
Boiled Over (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Tip Dunn
Episode 375
In his eagerly anticipated ‘What Am I Doing Here??’ talk, morning stalwart and life of the party, Tip, takes us to the pivotal personal moments that …
1 year, 2 months ago