115 - Dogen's Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings - Part 4 - Beneficial Action
In this episode I continue our study of 13th-century Zen master Dogen's essay, "Bodaisatta Shishobo," or what I'm calling the "Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings." I cover "beneficial action...
6 Okt 201930min
114 - Why Your (Real) Happiness Benefits Others
Real happiness is unconditional, and is achieved by releasing our suffering. Even though things are rarely how we would like them to be - within, or in our personal lives, or in the greater world - we...
28 Sep 201924min
113 – Clarification: It's Okay to Use Multiple Types of Meditation
In my enthusiastic endorsement of shikantaza or, "just sitting," I may have given the impression I think a real Zen student would only sit shikantaza, and there's no place in Zen for paying attention ...
20 Sep 201925min
2019-09-11 Off-Week Announcement about SFZC Talk
So sorry... no time to produce a new episode for you this week, but there's still something for you to listen to! I'll be giving the Dharma Talk at San Francisco Zen Center this Saturday, Sept 14th. L...
11 Sep 20192min
112 - Dogen's "Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings" - Part 3 – Loving Words
I continue study of 13th-century Zen master Dogen's essay, Bodaisatta Shishobo, "Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings." In Episode 105 I gave an overview of the essay and defined the bodhisatt...
6 Sep 201925min
111 – You Can't Hold on to Stillness: Practice in Activity
If we're lucky, our practices of meditation and mindfulness give us some sense of spaciousness, stillness, and silence. What about when we engage in activities more complicated and demanding than pote...
1 Sep 201930min
110 - How Understanding Impermanence Can Lead to Great Appreciation
We do not have retreat from appreciation of conditional or material things in order to live an enlightened life. However, we must diligently turn the lens of practice onto all of our relationships to ...
16 Aug 201921min
109 - What Does Buddhism Have to Say About Mass Shootings?
Of course, traditional Buddhism doesn't say anything about mass shootings per se, but it does present teachings on human nature, behavior, and choices. In this episode I discuss the Buddhist of view o...
10 Aug 201922min
