Analytical Meditation: Going Beyond Coffee Table Dharma
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, one of the foremost teachers in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism, joins us to discuss his efforts in creating a genuinely Western form of the traditional...
21 Juli 201521min
Zen Masters: Dressing the Donkey with Bells and Scarves
Long-time American Zen practitioner Stuart Lachs has spent some 40 years practicing Zen. First with Suzuki Roshi at the Tassajara Monastery in California and then with Eido Shimano Roshi, Walter Nowic...
21 Juli 201528min
The Darker Side of Zen: Institutions Defining Reality
"What the teacher really offers the student is literally living proof that all this talk and the seemingly impossible goals [of Zen] can be realized in this lifetime.” – Baker Roshi in the Introductio...
21 Juli 201522min
Mind Like Space
Our conversation with Susan Piver continues this week as we wrap our discussion on the relationship between meditation and writing. We also also explore the role that intention plays in offering or ma...
21 Juli 201524min
Susan Piver: The Fearless Writer
When Susan Piver’s book, The Hard Questions, hit the top of the NY Times Bestsellers list (and stayed there) she decided that she needed to deepen her practice immediately. Listen in this week as spea...
21 Juli 201520min
Every Generation Creates the Dharma Anew
The Round Table Geeks continue their exploration of Whitney Joiner’s article, “Dive-bar Dharma”. In a flurry of paradox, perspectives, humor, and exploration they tackle questions of integrating dharm...
21 Juli 201530min
Finding the Future in the Past
Hokai Sobol and John Peacock continue their discussion about how the Buddha and Buddhism are described in the earliest Buddhist writings. By getting more accurate with translations of the earliest wri...
30 Apr 201525min
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Buddhist scholar and Chaplain Danny Fisher, joins us to explore various stories, or narratives, that run through the Buddhist world. There are a variety of different kind of stories in the Buddhist tr...
18 Apr 201130min
