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The Road Home with Ethan NichternEp. 151 - Buddhist Geeks, 21st Century Practice, and The Duhkha of PalestineEthan welcomes Buddhist Geeks Co-Founder, teacher, and Palestinian-American Dharma teacher Vince Fakhoury Horn. They discuss the rise of "podcast dharma" in the early 21st century, Vince's path to teaching meditation, Vince's experience of his Palestinian heritage, why it's hard to get Dharma teachers to speak out about the genocide in Gaza, The Buddhist practice of Mohsen Mahdawi, and the complex legacy of Chogyam Trungpa and Tibetan refugees in relation to the Palestinian experience. Vince Fakhoury Horn is part of a new generation bringing dharma, meditation, & mindfulness to life in the 21st century. A computer engineering dropout turned f...
2025-08-061h 01
Buddhist GeeksTrudy Goodman on Kōbun Chino OtogawaVince Fakhoury Horn is joined again by dharma teacher Trudy Goodman, founder of InsightLA, to share reflections on her beloved teacher, Kōbun Chino Otogawa. Kobun (February 1, 1938 – July 26, 2002), also known as Chino Otogawa Roshi, was a Japanese Zen priest who brought his unique and deeply compassionate teachings to America. Renowned for his unconventional approach, he emphasized practicing dharma within daily life, often blending traditional Zen wisdom with a quiet, everyday presence that resonated with many students. In this conversation, Trudy shares stories of Kobun’s compassionate presence, his devotion to helping those suffering, and his profound yet playful approach to te...
2024-11-181h 07
Buddhist GeeksTechnological Metamodernism with Stephen ReidIn the episode on "Technological Metamodernism," Vince Fakhoury Horn and Stephen Reid discuss the intersection of technology, metamodernism, and the potential middle paths that navigate between techno-optimism or e/acc and eco-dystopianism or doomerism. They explore how emerging technologies can be aligned with deeper values, such as sovereignty, relationality, and wholeness, while also addressing the challenges of our current technological trajectory.Episode Links:👤 StephenReid.net✉️ Stephen Reid in Correspondence - Stephen's substack🔗 Futurecraft - The site where the Technological Metamodernism course is being hosted.🤑 Support the open sourcing of the Technological...
2024-08-1656 minBuddhist GeeksThe Phases of Insight with Vince F HornIn this episode, Vince Fakhoury Horn presents on The Phases of Insight, a contemplative map that charts the process from the moment one begins seeking, up to the moment of initial awakening.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2024-06-1955 minBuddhist GeeksJhāna Drama with Vince F. HornIn this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn shares his experience of working with the meditation startup Jhourney, and raises concerns about their insufficient training and appropriation of Buddhist meditation practices, advocating for a more responsible and deeply informed approach to secularizing Jhāna meditation.Episode Links:📝 The Second Generation of Mindfulness by Vince F. Horn🔗 The Meditation Research Project🔗 The Jhana.communitySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2024-06-1035 minBuddhist GeeksSeveral Ways to Meditate with Vince F HornIn this episode, recorded during a Buddhist Geeks Retreat, Vince Fakhoury Horn teachings on several ways to meditate, including Concentration, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, Inquiry, Awareness, Embodiment, and Imaginal forms of practice. Each approach to meditation leads to different results, even as the ultimate goal remains the same, which is to realize the essential nature of mind, and be able to embrace the ongoing journey of exploration and growth.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2023-12-2851 minBuddhist GeeksContemplating the Anomalous with Vince F HornThis talk, titled "Contemplating the Anomalous" was given by Vince Fakhoury Horn on a Buddhist Geeks retreat in July, 2023. It explores the stages of a paradigm shift in understanding, going from ignoring the anomalous, to encountering anomalies and experiencing resistance, to exploration, and finally toward genuine transformation. Using examples from both Science and Meditation Vince attempts to illustrate the learning process as it’s experienced from each point of view. This talk also touches on the topic of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and the potential for a collective paradigm shift in our understanding of the Universe and our place in...
2023-10-0933 minBuddhist GeeksWhy Meditatewith.ai?Meditatewith.ai is a web app prototype, aimed at demonstrating the possibility of learning Multiplayer Meditation–an out-loud, social, interactive, & trauma-informed protocol–with an AI partner first. The purpose of the company behind this prototype, Interbeing Inc, is to improve the mental health and well-being of all humans using interpersonal meditation practices. In this episode, recorded during an event inside the Buddhist Geeks Network, co-founders Vince Fakhoury Horn & Chris Ewald introduce what they’ve been working on for the first time in public, and then field a wide variety of questions from participants.Episode Links...
2023-09-1343 min
Healing Connections#19 - Journeying with Huachuma (San Pedro) the Grandfather MedicineApostol and Max talk about the Huachma which is also called San Pedro and is referred to the grandfather medicine (compared to Ayahuasca being the grandmother). Max shares his recent experience of a 2-week Huachuma retreat in Peru and Apostol shares his one-time initiatiory experience involving Huachuma and a Temazcal (swedge lodge). They extensively talk about ancestoral trauma and how to work with it using plant medicine. At the end Max shares his comparison between MDMA and Huachuma as two hear-opening medicines.Notes:The social meditation practice at the beginning is inspired by similar practices created...
2023-07-231h 01Healing Connections#11 - Shameless Joy and HealingIn this episode, Liana and Max dive into the critical role joy played in their healing journeys. Liana talks about discovering "ordinary" joy after being inspired by Rick Hanson's work on rewiring the "survival" brain. She talks about making conscious choices in shifting from a heavily dominant negative focus to including and growing positive and pleasant experiences. She talks about untangling joy from shame and some of the burdens of that pairing. Max talks about the importance of giving yourself permission to be joyful and how his own limiting beliefs about joy were an initial obstacle to him having more...
2023-05-2837 min
Buddhist GeeksKenneth Folk on Bill HamiltonVince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time teacher, Kenneth Folk, to share about his beloved teacher, Bill Hamilton, who American dharma teacher Shinzen Young referred to as "an unsung hero of Western Mindfulness." Bill was an enigmatic dharma teacher who practiced in the Insight-Theravada tradition. He was the founder of the Dharma Seed library, did more than 7 years of silent retreat practice, and wrote an excellent contemporary dharma book called "Saints & Psychopaths."Episode Links:👤 Kenneth Folk👤 Vince Fakhoury Horn📖 Saints & Psychopaths by Bill Hamilton🔗 Dharma Seed📺 Remem...
2023-04-191h 08
Buddhist GeeksTrudy Goodman on SeungsahnVince Fakhoury Horn is joined by dharma teacher Trudy Goodman, founder of InsightLA, to share reflections on her beloved teacher, Seungsahn. Seungsahn Haengwon (Sungsan Haeng'weon Daeseonsa, August 1, 1927 – November 30, 2004), born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen.Episode Links:👤 Trudy Goodman👤 Seungsahn📺 Bob Newhart Therapy: Stop It!👤 Maha Ghosananda🎧 Zen Predator📖 Sex in the Forbidden Zone by Peter RutterMemorable Quotes:"What am I?" – Seungsahn...
2023-02-221h 04
Buddhist GeeksVince Fakhoury Horn on Our Beloved TeachersIn this episode, hosted by Vince Fakhoury Horn, we kick off a new series called Our Beloved Teachers. In this episode Vince explains how this a new kind of community podcast series, aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while preserving the oral history of BuddhaDharma, in the digital era. We call it a "community podcast series" because anyone can submit a recording to the series–all you need are the production skills to pull off the recording, and the connections to find a suitable guest. Episode Links:...
2023-01-2315 min
Buddhist GeeksOur Beloved Teachers: Coming SoonHello friends. This is Vince Fakhoury Horn, and I'm here to share a bit about this upcoming Buddhists Geeks Community Podcast Series, called Our Beloved teachers. Our Beloved Teachers is a new kind of podcast series aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while also preserving the oral history of Buddhism, Buddhist Dharma, in the digital era. This project was conceived of and is being executed by Buddhist Geeks, and is made possible with support from the Lenz Foundation and Hemera Foundation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...
2023-01-1601 min
Doomer OptimismDO 106 - Hylo and Bioregional OrganizingDiscussion about bioregional organizing and the @hylo project. Guest host @vincefhorn with @cognazor Guests: @clarebear8080 and @gabbymcnabb
Learn more about Hylo and how to onboard your community here: https://hylozoic.gitbook.io/hylo/
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Tom Watson
- Working with Terran Collective, engineering Hylo
- Dancer, cartographer, novice land steward
- Former youth rites of passage facilitator, former intelligence analyst, former Ultimate frisbee player
- Interested in: Cultural regenera...
2023-01-051h 42
Buddhist GeeksThis Great Network of Interbeing, with Vince F Horn“‘To be’ is to inter-be.” – Thích Nhất HạnhIn this episode–taken from a Dharma Talk at the Garrison Institute in 2022–Vince Fakhoury Horn teaches on the complexity of Interbeing, looking at "it" from 3 distinct perspectives:Interbeing within OurselvesInterbeing with OthersInterbeing inside NatureTaken together, these three form a great network of Interbeing, one which opens us to the self-similar & fractal nature of interdependence. At every scale, we inter-are.Episode Links:Thích Nhất HạnhWhat is Social Meditation?The Roots of 'Radical'Networkologies: A Philosophy of Networks for a Hyperc...
2022-08-1741 minBuddhist GeeksMagic and the Four Immeasurables, with Vince F HornIn most modern contexts the topic of magic is taboo, because it isn’t Rational. Here, Vince Fakhoury Horn makes the claim that magic can also be understood and practiced in a Transrational way. He does this by unpacking several perspectives on magic, and then links those with the Buddhist teachings on the open heart: The Four Immeasurables.This episode was recorded during a recent Buddhist Geeks Retreat on Heart Magic. Join us from August 3–10, 2022 at the Garrison Institute in NY for a week-long retreat on the same topic!Episode Links:🔗 Hea...
2022-07-0647 min
The Nishant Garg Show#192: Vince Fakhoury Horn — New Age Spirituality, Reverse Engineering of Enlightenment, Awareness Training, Waking up vs Cleaning up, 6 ways to Meditate, Meditation on Psychedelics, and MoreVince Fakhoury Horn is part of a new generation of teachers, facilitators, & translators bringing dharma to life. A computer engineering dropout turned full-time contemplative, Vince spent his 20s co-founding the ground-breaking Buddhist Geeks podcast, while simultaneously doing a full year, in total, of silent retreat practice. Vincent began teaching in 2010 and has since been authorized in both the Pragmatic Dharma lineage of Kenneth Folk, and by Trudy Goodman, guiding teacher of InsightLA. Vince has been called a “power player of the mindfulness movement” by Wired magazine and was featured in Wired UK’s “Smart List: 50 people who will change the worl...
2022-03-101h 02
Doomer OptimismEpisode 20 - Vince Horn w/ Dr. Jason SnyderOn this episode of Doomer Optimism, Dr. Jason Snyder (@cognazor)has a discussion with Vince Horn (@VinceFHorn)about Buddhism, homesteading, and what it means to find peace (and even joy) in our current moment of perpetual crisis.
About Vince Horn
Vince Fakhoury Horn is part of a new generation of teachers & translators exploring dharma in the age of the network. A computer engineering dropout turned full-time contemplative, he spent his 20s co-founding the ground-breaking Buddhist Geeks Podcast, while simultaneously doing a full year, in total, of silent retreat practice. Vince began teaching in 2010...
2022-02-231h 21Buddhist GeeksWe Were Made For These Times, with Kaira Jewel LingoIn this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness meditation teacher, mentor, and author of the recently released book, "We Were Made For These Times". Here they discuss the unique times of peril and opportunity that humanity current faces, and how the teachings on equanimity, or inclusiveness, might just be the only thing that we can reliably fall back on.Episode Links:👤 Kaira Jewel Lingo📖 "We Were Made For These Times: 10 Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption" by Kaira Jewel...
2022-01-121h 06
Meta PerspectiveVince F. Horn and Daniel Ingram, MD - Dharma Lineage and 21st Century DharmaIn this discussion we are joined by Vince Fakhoury Horn and Daniel Ingram, MD to discuss idea's regarding Dharma Lineage and Dharma in the 21st Century. Including Dharma Transmission and more. See Here: https://youtu.be/yWJ8FSO7LAg
2021-11-221h 20
Redesigning the DharmaWhat Does It Mean to Redesign the Dharma with Vincent Horn from Buddhist GeeksEpisode 1 of Redesigning The Dharma by Sahaja Soma features a conversation with Vincent Horn from Buddhist Geeks. The episode explores progressive perspectives on understanding and adapting Buddhist teachings in the context of contemporary times. Some topics touched upon include The Dharma and its inclusion in the mindfulness movement, cultural differences in its practice and interpretation in different countries, the notion of awakening and how it influences the practice, and the role of Dharma in addressing social issues such as climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion, and so much more.Episode Highlights:01:10 The...
2021-11-161h 12Redesigning the DharmaWhat Does It Mean to Redesign the Dharma with Vincent HornEpisode 1 of Redesigning The Dharma by Sahaja Soma features a conversation with Vincent Horn from Buddhist Geeks. The episode explores progressive perspectives on understanding and adapting Buddhist teachings in the context of contemporary times. Some topics touched upon include The Dharma and its inclusion in the mindfulness movement, cultural differences in its practice and interpretation in different countries, the notion of awakening and how it influences the practice, and the role of Dharma in addressing social issues such as climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion, and so much more.Episode Highlights:01:10 The...
2021-11-161h 12Buddhist GeeksThe 2nd Great Iteration of Buddhism, with Vince F HornIn this dharma teaching, given to a cohort of teachers-in-training, Vince F. Horn gives a broad strokes introduction to the 2nd Great Turning, or Iteration, of Buddhism, known as Mahayana Buddhism. Vince speaks about the 2nd Iteration's emphasis on emptiness (sunyata), the understanding of emptiness as interdependence, and the two equal wings of liberation: emptiness & compassion. Finally, he explores the primary ideal of the Mahayana tradition, the Bodhisattva.Episode Links:👤 Vince Fakhoury Horn📄 Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma👤 Judith Simmer-Brown👤 Nāgārjuna📄 Mūlamadhya...
2021-10-2722 minMeta PerspectiveVince Fakhoury Horn - Buddhist GeeksIn this episode of Meta Perspective we are joined by Vince Fakhoury Horn, one of the co-founders of Buddhist Geeks. We discussed the Pragmatic Dharma Movement, Awakening, UFOs, and much more. See Here: https://youtu.be/-YWqO7fmI48
2021-10-181h 12Buddhist GeeksThe Gradual and Sudden Tracks, with Vince F HornIn this pragmatic dharma retreat talk Vince Fakhoury Horn explores Meditation Track A–the gradual track–and Meditation Track B–the sudden track. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-09-2749 minBuddhist GeeksHow to Find your People in an Unjust World, with Kate JohnsonIn this conversation, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Buddhist meditation teacher Kate Johnson, author of Radical Friendship, a newly released book which found its roots in a talk that Kate gave in 2013 at an in-person Buddhist Geeks Conference, entitled Waking Up to Power & Privilege in Our Communities. Vince & Kate speak about a variety of topics related to practicing dharma and living together in an unjust world.Episode Links:👤 Kate Johnson📖 Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World by Kate Johnson🎙The...
2021-09-131h 10Buddhist GeeksMeditating in The Goldilocks Zone, with Vince HornIn this dharma talk, Vince Fakhoury Horn talks about the Goldilocks Principle as it's applied to meditation. He illustrates this Goldilocks Zone–just the right amount–by talking about a spectrum between Concentration and Investigation. How do find the middle way, i.e. the Goldilocks Zone, in our own practice?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-07-2848 minBuddhist GeeksEvolving Dharma, with Tasshin Fogleman & Vince Fakhoury HornIn this episode of the Buddhist Geeks Podcast Vince Horn is interviewed by Tasshin Foggleman. The episode originally appeared on Tasshin's Reach Truth Podcast, and is now airing here on Buddhist Geeks. During the interview Tasshin asks Vince to share about the evolution of the Buddhist Geeks organization, including an in-depth exploration of Transparent Generosity, Holacracy, & Open Source Dharma–three of the elements of the Buddhist Geeks organization that make it particularly unique. This conversation is framed in terms of the evolution of dharma, looking at how dharma evolves not just through updates to the language of it...
2021-06-091h 28Buddhist GeeksA Compassionate Conversation, with Gabriel Menegale WilsonIn this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Gabriel Menegale Wison, one of the authors of the recently released book, “Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart.” In this dialogue, we explore Gabriel’s background as an Integral Zen practitioner & Facilitator, looking specifically at how he brings the art of conversation into difficult areas of relationship. Our conversation centers particularly around how to have difficult conversations related to racial identity.Memorable Quotes“I want to engage in the exploration of more radical identities that can cohere us cooperatively so that w...
2021-04-141h 28Buddhist GeeksLove & Rage, with Lama Rod OwensIn this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with Lama Rod Owens, author of the newly released book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation.Memorable Quotes“To begin with this is not a mindfulness book on how to bypass anger and focus on happiness. Nor is this a book about using any other spiritual path to transform the nature of anger into something more profound or transcendent. This book is about facing our anger and welcoming it as a teacher and friend so it can help us to benefit ou...
2021-01-261h 12Buddhist GeeksBrightmind 🤝 Better World, with Toby SolaIn this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with CEO and Head Teacher at the popular meditation app Brightmind, Toby Sola. Memorable Quotes"The broader mission of Brightmind is to help you establish positive feedback between your meditative practice and your ability to make the world a better place." - Toby SolaEpisode Links📱 Brightmind Meditation👤 Toby on Twitter🔗 Monastic Academy👤 Shinzen Young👤 Soryu Forall🔗 Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School🔗 Forte Labs📖 Sacre...
2020-12-1452 minBuddhist GeeksThe Fascism this Time, with Theo HoreshIn this timely episode–released just weeks before the 2020 US Election–host Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by human rights advocate, public intellectual, and old friend Theo Horesh. Theo is a long-time meditator, was one of the earliest guests on Buddhist Geeks, and is author of several books, including the one that serves as the basis for this conversation: “The Fascism this Time : And the Global Future of Democracy.” During this conversation Vince & Theo explore what Fascism is–both historically & philosophically–how nihilism and despair are playing out in global society right now (especially in America), the many dimensions of human ident...
2020-10-151h 12Buddhist GeeksThe Reality of Materiality, with Greg ThomasIn this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with journalist, educator, & scholar Greg Thomas to meditate together on race. Greg’s work is informed by Integral Theory, the philosophies of Albert Murray and Ralph Ellison, and draws upon the rich history of the African American experience and Jazz. In this dialogue, Greg shares his reflections on race, from an integral perspective, exploring the potential for liberation–especially from racial ignorance & animus–on personal, cultural, & institutional levels.Memorable Quotes“Race is just one more tool of the ego to separate and to create...
2020-10-071h 09Buddhist GeeksDeconstructing Decentralised Organizing, with Richard D. BartlettIn this episode, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in conversation with Richard D. Bartlett. Rich is the author of Patterns for Decentralised Organising and a contributing author for Better Work Together. He is a co-founder of Loomio and The Hum. He is a Director and longstanding member of Enspiral. In finding where convergence resides among them, Vince and Rich explore many interesting topics including Decentralised Organising, Microsolidarity, Fractal Narcissism, and the Occupy Movement.Memorable Quotes“In a time of massive disruption, where the stakes are really high and everyone has skin in th...
2020-09-301h 05Buddhist GeeksMeditating on Race, with Emily HornIn this episode, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time partner, and Teaching Lead of Buddhist Geeks, Emily Horn, to meditate together on race. They discuss the unique opportunity for transformation presenting itself to white people, and share some of their personal stories regarding racial conditioning, and how/why this largely invisible conditioning makes this conversation on difference so difficult to engage in. Memorable Quotes“I know that trust is earned, I can’t just put up a sticker on my wall and call it safe, no matter how much I’m dedicated...
2020-07-2854 minBuddhist GeeksYou've Got to Remember that God is an Idiot, with Vinay GuptaFrom practicing hindu tantra with a guru he met at a new age bookstore in Chicago, to building open source hexayurts on the playa of burning man, to helping launch the second biggest crypto-network, Vinay Gupta is a man on a mission. Bringing a Vaderesque approach to spiritual, social, cultural, & engineering topics, Vinay offers an ultra-compelling apocoloptimistic vision of the future. -Vince Fakhoury HornMemorable Quotes:"Social problems can be fixed with social change, and engineering problems have to be fixed with better technology. And most of what's wrong with capitalism is...
2020-04-241h 29