The Zen of Everything

Episode 97: Prayer

March 31st, 2023  |  23 mins 55 secs

Is there prayer in zen?

Episode 96: Thinking about Thoughts

March 17th, 2023  |  26 mins 3 secs

We think thoughts all the time. Why do we have these thoughts, and how do we deal with them?

Episode 95: Buddha Basics 13: Practice, Practice, Practice

March 3rd, 2023  |  24 mins 25 secs

What does it mean to practice zen?

"Every tick of the clock holds all of time in the universe."

Episode 94: Zen and Creativity

February 17th, 2023  |  24 mins 30 secs

The Zen arts have very strict rules, which you can break when you've mastered them.

Episode 93: Rules and When to Break Them

February 3rd, 2023  |  25 mins 50 secs

Part of Zen tradition is to follow silly rules in order to become free of silly rules.

Episode 92: Motivation

January 20th, 2023  |  25 mins 48 secs

How do zen people get motivated? Is sitting zazen a form of procrastination?

Episode 91: Monastic Life at Home

January 6th, 2023  |  24 mins 11 secs

Should you try to live a monastic life at home? 

Episode 90: Buddha Basics 12: Equanimiousness

December 23rd, 2022  |  25 mins 24 secs

We discuss why a Zen vacuum cleaner comes with no attachments. We speak passionately about equanimity, and revel in non-attachment.

Episode 89: Buddha Basics 11: DharmaSangha

December 9th, 2022  |  25 mins 4 secs

In the triumvirate of the three jewels, dharma and sangha are inferior to the Buddha, but are they really?

Episode 88: Buddha Basics 10: Is Zen (Even) Buddhism

November 25th, 2022  |  24 mins 51 secs

Some people say that Zen isn't really Buddhism. We disagree.

Episode 87: Buddha Basics 09: The Divine Abodes

November 11th, 2022  |  23 mins 14 secs

We discuss the bramavihara, or four divine abodes, and Jundo chants to bring the moon back.

Episode 86: Buddha Basics 08: Let's Meet the Paramitas

October 28th, 2022  |  23 mins 35 secs

We discuss the paramitas, or the virtues of a bodhisattva.

Episode 85: Buddha Basics 07: WhatsaWhosaBodhisattva

October 14th, 2022  |  24 mins 44 secs

We answer the timeless question of, what is, who is a Bodhisattva.

Episode 84: Buddha Basics 06: Born-Again Buddha

September 30th, 2022  |  25 mins 11 secs

What's all this stuff about rebirth? Can we really be reborn as the god of the perfect bagel, or as slugs?

Episode 83: Buddha Basics 05: The Octo-Holistic Lifestyle

September 16th, 2022  |  25 mins 8 secs

The eightfold path describes how we should live.

Episode 82: Buddha Basics 04: Break That Chain!

September 2nd, 2022  |  32 mins 48 secs

The twelve steps of dependent origination describe how the self is formed, how we perceive the world, and how we grasp and desire things.