Deconstructing the Heart Sutra, with Jayarava Attwood
Buddhist scholar Jayarava Attwood speaks with host Michael Taft about the history of the Pali Canon, how ideas about karma & dependent arising contradict each other, the shifting grounds under the app...
20 Tammi 201959min
Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness, and Buddhist Meditation, with Erik Davis
Michael Taft speaks with Erik Davis about author Robert Anton Wilson, anarchism in the 1970s, Terrence McKenna, P.K. Dick, psychedelics, cultures of awakening now and then, Zen practice, and more. Eri...
14 Joulu 20181h 4min
What Can AI Tell Us about the Human Mind? with Joscha Bach
Host Michael Taft speaks with Joscha Bach about artificial intelligence; the sense of self; building a civilizational intellect; what it is like to be a mind?; the relationships between motivation, em...
18 Marras 20181h 3min
Doubt, Faith, and Fun in Meditation Practice, with Daniel Ingram
Daniel Ingram and Michael Taft talk about the Fire Kasina practice, how making mental objects the focus can lead to deep awakening, balancing wisdom and faith, processing trauma with meditation practi...
23 Loka 20181h 14min
Feminism, Sexual Misconduct, and the Guru in Buddhism, with Chandra Easton
Chandra Easton and Michael Taft talk about gender and sexual misconduct in Buddhism, why compassion must be a part of spiritual practice, and the place of the guru in modern culture. Chandra shares he...
11 Loka 20181h 22min
Deconstructing Michael, with Erik Newton
Turning the tables on the usual show format, host Michael Taft gets interviewed by Erik Newton. They talk about the meaning of awakening, the paradox of suffering, the end of seeking, the value of per...
18 Syys 20181h 2min
Emptiness, Liberation, and Beauty, with Rob Burbea
In this episode host Michael Taft speaks with Rob Burbea about Rob’s book, Seeing That Frees, the power of perception (ways of seeing), his creative methods of working with meditation practice, medita...
27 Elo 20181h 1min
Walking, Nature, and Engaged Buddhism, with Christopher Titmuss
In this episode, host Michael W. Taft speaks with senior dharma teacher Christopher Titmuss about yatra—meditative pilgrimage without a destination—the power of nature, the importance of deconstructin...
14 Elo 201853min
