Various Strands of Buddhism and the Meaning Crisis (Clip)
Ian talks about various strands of Buddhism, including Tibet and its philosopher rule, and Zen’s founder’s saying a lot of words about the problems with expressing things with words. This is within t...
24 Loka 20255min
The Brothers Grimm's "Bearskin"
A soldier returns from the wars, and now that his parents have died, he seeks shelter with his brothers. But they reject him, and he wanders, penniless and starving, into a field. The wind shifts, a...
20 Loka 202547min
Going the Right Way Without Knowing It (Clip)
The story teaches that one wants to find the good-hearted, but hard-working parts, and bring in the creative magic, and over time, alchemize the tyrannical ruler, and overcome him, without ruining its...
20 Loka 20252min
The Brothers Grimm’s “The Fisherman and His Wife”
The Brothers Grimm’s “The Fisherman and His Wife” A fisherman lived with his wife in a miserable pigsty by the sea. When he went fishing, he pulled up a large flounder, a prince who began speaking ...
17 Loka 202546min
Two Passive Brothers Mindlessly Moving Through Life (Clip)
The first two sons of the king’s gardener are passive, choosing the pleasure inn over the shabby one, and they end up as condemned robbers. These hedonistic brothers ignore wise advice and go instead...
16 Loka 20254min
Vervaeke Buddhism & Parasitic Processing
In “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis,” Ep. 13, “Buddhism and Parasitic Processing,” John Vervaeke, based in Stephen Batchelor’s idea that we’ve gravely misinterpreted Buddhism in the West, outlines h...
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Unconcerned with Outward Glory (Clip)
On appearances: Robin Hood voluntarily descends in society. That way, he can see what is happening on the ground. Perhaps those who truly speak to the people attract all sorts. For the full vide...
12 Loka 20253min
The Witch’s Unchanging Having of Beauty in Jonathan Pageau’s “Rapunzel” (Clip)
Did the evil stepmother queen in “Snow White” grow a bit from then to this story? Well, she is still trying for unchanging beautiful perfection. She does not go the way of nature. (From a discussio...
8 Loka 20252min
