Shows
The Zen of EverythingEpisode 108: A Look BackHow did we get here? Jundo and Kirk discuss how they got involved in Buddhism and Zen.
Treeleaf
108
What are the 108 Defilements (Bonno)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Meditation in Action
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation
John Cage: Indeterminacy
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
- Karl Marx: Capital
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Renpo Niwa Zenji
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi: Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi: How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
Shunryu Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Philip Kapleau Roshi: The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching...2023-07-0727 minThe Zen of EverythingEpisode 103: Jundo's Decluttering TipsWe have too much stuff. We discuss the CohenJundo method of decluttering.
Treeleaf
- Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
The Heart Sutra
Avalokiteśvara (Kannon)
Buddha Basics 02: Dukkha Sucks
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Ushiku Daibutsu
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The universe is a cosmic joke, and we are the punchline.
Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Kirk's podcasts
Nishijima Roshi: The Dish Rack Teachings
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Episode 95: Buddha Basics 13: Practice, Practice, Practice
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"Every tick of the clock holds all of time in the universe."
Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Nishijima Roshi: The Dish Rack Teachings
Steve Howe: Clap
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Chiku Za (Kodama Hiroyuki): Koku (shakuhachi music)
Takemitsu: From me flows what you call Time
Photo: Tea Tray Enso
John Daido Loori: The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life
Audrey Yoshiko Seo: Enso: Zen Circles of Enlightenment
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Monty Python: Four Yorkshiremen
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Episode 15: I'm Dreaming of a Zen Christmas
Tsundoku
Historical European new year dates
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
What Makes You Not a Buddhist
The Cup
Mubi
Episode 62: Buddhisms
John Cage: Indeterminacy
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
Bramavihara
Life Is Hard by Kieran Setiya review
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
Paramitas
Episode 31: The Precepts
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
List of bodhisattvas (Wikipedia)
Stephen Batchelor, Living with the Devil
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
Episode 35: Karma
Hungry ghosts
Gil Fronsdal, Should I Believe in Rebirth?
Pascal's wager
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
The Eightfold Path
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
Dependent origination
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Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
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"Dukkha is sucky, but sukha is ducky."
Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
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"They're all the same Buddha, which is no buddha at all."
Treeleaf
Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance
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2022-07-2227 minThe Zen of EverythingEpisode 71: Zen in SpaceJundo announces a new beginning for the future of zen in the universe.
Treeleaf Zendo
April 1
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Treeleaf Zendo
Treeleaf Memorial for Electronics
Plum Blossoms in Japan: Best Places to See 2022
Dogen on plum blossoms
Daisy, Apple's recycling robot
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Treeleaf Zendo
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Treeleaf Zendo
George Lakoff: Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Episode 62: Buddhisms
Where the Heart Beats; John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists
Soto Buddhist Zen Association
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
Good for Nothing, interview with Shohaku Okumura
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Zen Master's Dance
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo
Steven Heine: Dogen, Japan's Original Zen Teacher
Dogen Casts Off "What": An Analysis of Shinjin Datsuraku
The Life of Zen Master Dogen (movie)
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf Zendo
Rohatsu - Bodhi Day (Wikipedia)
Joseph Campbell: The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Santa Bodhisattva
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Wikipedia)
Christmas in Japan
Allen Ginsberg chanting the Heart Sutra
Kaz Tanahashi's ensos
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Treeleaf Zendo
Why I Wear The Exact Same Thing to Work Every Day
Getting Things Done, David Allen
Episode 62: Buddhisms
Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
FakeSpot
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Treeleaf Zendo
Schools of Buddhism (Wikipedia)
Stephen Batchelor
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Treeleaf Zendo
Shippei
Jundo on the Secular Buddhist Podcast
The Zen Master's Dance
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Treeleaf Zendo
Rationale for not Eating Meat in Buddhism (Treeleaf forum)
Steven Heine: Like Cats and Dogs: Contesting the Mu Koan in Zen Buddhism
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Treeleaf Zendo
Episode 58: In the Moment
The Goldilocks principle
Soryo (僧侶)
Golden, B.C., woman nearly hit by meteorite in her own home
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Treeleaf Zendo
Treeleaf Forum: Being Moderate On "Being In The Moment"
Great Fool: Zen Master Ryōkan; Poems, Letters, and Other Writings
Kshana
Chronon
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Treeleaf Zendo
Ted Lasso
Succession
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"Once you are on the cushion, it is Buddha's butt on the cushion."
Treeleaf Zendo
Zen (Wikipedia)
Zencastr
Shikantaza: The Non-Benefits of Zazen
The Zen Master's Dance
Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
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Treeleaf Zendo
Amongst White Clouds (film)
Road to Heaven (book)
Seek Nothing, Just Sit
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Next Track
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Treeleaf Zendo
Hotel California
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Treeleaf Zendo
Cover of manga about Dogen in the boat
Hokie
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Treeleaf Zendo
Episode 32: Happiness
Wheel of Time
Bernie Glassman (photo with his clown nose)
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Doors: L. A. Woman
Dukkha
Carvel
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
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Treeleaf Zendo
Fukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into sea
The Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident: An overview (UN report)
Japan sees earliest cherry blossoms on record as climate warms
Mysterious Plumes of Methane Gas Appear Over Bangladesh
The Buddha’s Footprint - An Environmental History of Asia
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Treeleaf Zendo
Bodhicitta (Wikipedia)
How to Say Bodhicitta (YouTube)
Cultivating the Empty Field
Most plastic will never be recycled – and the manufacturers couldn’t care less (The Guardian)
CRISPR (Wikipedia)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe
Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku (30 translations)
The History of Sumo in Religion
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Treeleaf Zendo
Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe
Tiny Homes (Treeleaf forum)
Peek Inside Tokyo Apartments
Tiny House Nation (Netflix)
George Carlin: Stuff
Marie Kondo tchotchkes
Hoarders (Netflix)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe
Jīvaka (Wikipedia)
COVAX
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Treeleaf Zendo
Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe
Giri/Haji
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Game of Thrones
Schitt's Creek
The Queen's Gambit
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Treeleaf Zendo
Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe
How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, translation of Tenzo Kyokun with commentary by Kosho Uchiyama.
A series of old video talks by Jundo Cohen on I...2021-01-2224 minThe Zen of EverythingEpisode 42: EgoThe ego can be big or small, solid or permeable. Is the "ego" the "self," and when is ours too big?
Treeleaf Zendo
The Zen Master's Dance, Jundo's book
Kosho Uchiyama: Opening the Hand of Thought
Shunryū Suzuki
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Zen Master's Dance, Jundo's book
The Goldilocks Zone (Wikipedia)
Helios (Wikipedia)
The Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hahn
Lou Tannen's
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Treeleaf Zendo
Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping?
The kōan mentioned is Dasui’s Aeonic Fire
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Treeleaf Zendo
Writers retreat: seven authors on their outdoor escapes from lockdown
Buddha nature (Wikipedia)
Episode 24: Walking
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Treeleaf Zendo
George Lakoff on "your brain on Trump"
Swastika (Wikipedia)
Episode 36: A Zen Guide to Elections
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Zen Master's Dance
Dōgen
Caodong school
Huineng
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things
Lotus Sutra
Stupa
Episode 13: Meditation Is Easy
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Treeleaf Zendo
Vote
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Treeleaf Zendo
Karma (Wikipedia)
The Sopranos
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Treeleaf Zendo
Nyoi (Wikipedia)
Sluggard waker (Wikipedia)
Keisaku (Wikipedia)
Hossu (Wikipedia)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Tour de France
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Origins of the Pursuit of Happiness
No Stupid Questions: Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?
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Treeleaf Zendo
The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts
What is the Rakusu?
Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
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Treeleaf Zendo
108 (Wikipedia)
Mala (Wikipedia)
Heart Sutra (Wikipedia)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Buddhism and sexuality (Wikipedia)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Zazenkai Sunday June 21st with Writer-Zen Historian Barbara O'Brien
Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping?
Zensabō
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Treeleaf Zendo
For Justice & Peace
Socially DIS-engaged Buddhism
Metta (Loving Kindness) for All in Social Unrest
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Treeleaf Zendo
Bodhidharma (Wikipedia)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Buddhism For Dummies
Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism
What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind
The Circle of the Way
The Three Pillars of Zen
Opening the Hand of Thought
How to Cook Your Life
The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
2020-05-2928 minThe Zen of EverythingEpisode 25: Sitting with PainSitting meditation can be painful for a lot of people. Jundo and Kirk discuss how to sit without pain, or how to accept the pain when sitting.
Treeleaf Zendo
Alexander Technique
Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Phantom limb syndrome
Seiza bench
Invisibilia: For Some Teens With Debilitating Pain, The Treatment Is More Pain
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Treeleaf Zendo
Mount Tsukuba
Kinhin: The Dignity of the Buddha
Alexander Technique
Photo: Tea Tray Ensō
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Treeleaf Zendo
John Cage's 4′33″
Suzuki Roshi's talk on the difference between "sound" and "noise"
Isolation tank
Correction: Jundo meant a blue jay; listen here
Into Great Silence
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Treeleaf Zendo
Abbott & Costello Who's On First
Cast Away
Viktor Frankl (Wikipedia)
Medicine Buddha (Wikipedia)
Jizo (Wikipedia)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Master Dogen's Instructions for Washing the Hands
Tonglen (Wikipedia)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Coronavirus rumors fuel panic buying of toilet paper in Japan
Vatican Insists Pope Francis Only Has a Cold — Not Coronavirus
Shit stick (Wikipedia)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
Stephen Batchelor
The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
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Treeleaf Zendo
Biography of Gautama Buddha (Wikipedia)
Dr. Seuss books
Winnie the Pooh
The Giving Tree
Stone Soup
Zen Shorts
Puppy Mind
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Treeleaf Zendo
Junici Saga: Memories of Silk and Straw
The Next Track podcast
Honkyoku
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Treeleaf Zendo
Brian Daizen Victoria: Zen at War
“Zen at War” Brian Victoria: Throwing Bombs at Kodo
Edwin Starr: War (YouTube)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Rohatsu - Bodhi Day (Wikipedia)
Joseph Campbell: The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Santa Bodhisattva
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Wikipedia)
Christmas in Japan
Allen Ginsberg chanting the Heart Sutra
Kaz Tanahashi's ensos
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Treeleaf Zendo
Kōan (Wikipedia)
Tang dynasty (618–907)
Song dynasty (960–1297)
John Daido Loori (Wikipedia)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Dahui Zonggao (Wikipedia)
Hakuin Ekaku (Wikipedia)
Episode 11: The Dokusan Room is Kinda Baloney
Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice
The Blue Cliff Record
The Gateless Gate
The Book of Equanimity
The True Dharma...2019-12-1328 minThe Zen of EverythingEpisode 13: Meditation Is EasyIs meditation easy? Is it difficult? Jundo and Kirk talk about shikantaza meditation and the importance of intention. And Jundo discuss his patented Insta-Zen technique.
Treeleaf Zendo
The Circle of the Way
The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation
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Treeleaf Zendo
Transparent eyeball (Wikipedia)
Emerson and Zen Buddhism
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Treeleaf Zendo
Philip Kapleau: The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
Brad Warner: Hardcore Zen
Teachers checking students (Treeleaf forum thread)
Jack Kornfield: After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
Honkyoku: Kirk's shakuhachi website
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Treeleaf Zendo
Philip Kapleau: The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
Paris Hilton takes Buddhist monk Shopping
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Treeleaf Zendo
Wabi-sabi (Wikipedia)
Introduction to Agama Sutra: The First Buddhist Scripture (on Wei Nung)
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Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Malaria vaccine launched in Kenya: Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to roll out landmark vaccine in pilot introduction
Dieter Rams' Ten principles for good design
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (YouTube)
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If...2019-09-2028 minThe Zen of EverythingEpisode 7: Zen and Religion, Sutra Thumpers, and Mindfulness MeditationJundo and Kirk discuss whether you can practice Zen Buddhism if you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or believer in another religion.
Meditation helped me drag myself out of self-loathing and failure
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Kannon Bodhisattva robot unveiled at Kyoto temple to share Buddha's religious teachings
Guanyin (Wikipedia)
The hard question (Wikipedia)
Trolley problem (Wikipedia)
Susan Blackmore
Ian McEwan: Machines Like Me
Love in another dimension: Japanese man 'marries' Hatsune Miku hologram
Doomsday Book (Wikipedia)
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Just a little reminder: Shikantaza Zazen is --not-- "Meditating"
Toddler Destroys Sand Mandala (YouTube)
Meet The Woman Who Feels No Pain...
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Kōdō Sawaki (Wikipedia)
lKKYU was a DRUNKEN HORNDOG (Facebook)
Dalai Lama 'deeply sorry' for remarks about women
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Treeleaf Zendo
He’s Playing His Cards Right
Ikkyū (Wikipedia)
Welcome to "Simple Living" - Chapters 1 and 2
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Treeleaf Zendo
Śūraṅgama Sūtra (Wikipedia)
Dōgen (Wikipedia)
Monkfish (Wikipedia)
Zazen: Not Sitting is as Vital as Sitting
SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Yes! No! Sometimes! NEVER!
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If y...2019-06-2828 minThe Zen of EverythingEpisode 1: Cats, Lawyers, Health, Women, and RoshisFor the first episode of The Zen of Everything, we explain why we started this podcast, and what we plan to do. We then explore whether cats are zen masters, discuss Buddhist lawyers, talk about practicing zen with health problems, explore the idea of calling the Buddha a "she," and explain what a roshi is. (Note: if you're just discovering the podcast, we recommend that you skip ahead to episode no. 6 when we find our footing; you can come back to the first five episodes later, but it took us a while to get into the right groove.)
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