70 - Buddhist Practice: Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts and Emotions
"Intrusive" thoughts and emotions arise repeatedly with enough intensity for them to be disturbing or distracting, even though they aren't objectively relevant or helpful as they're arising. In this e...
18 Elo 201827min
69 - The Soto Zen Goal of Goallessness: How to Awaken Without Trying
The goal of Buddhism is to awaken to what's true, because the truth is liberating. And yet my tradition, Soto Zen, points us toward the "goal of goallessness," telling us we'll awaken if only we give ...
4 Elo 201823min
68 – Relating to Buddhist Teachings 2: Wrestling with the Teachings
From the perspective of most Buddhist lineages, including Zen, study is essential. In this episode I'll get into why that is and present a practical way you can engage with Buddhist teachings in a fru...
29 Heinä 201826min
67 – Relating to Buddhist Teachings 1: Their Abundance, Diversity & Authenticity
If you've spent any time at all studying Buddhism, you've discovered there are lots of Buddhist teachings and texts. What should you choose to study? Where do you begin? How much do you really need to...
21 Heinä 201824min
66 - Buddha's Teachings 8: Four Brahmaviharas, or Sublime Social Attitudes - Part 2
In Part 2 of my series on the Brahmaviharas, I explore teachings about how to cultivate Metta, or goodwill, in an unlimited or boundless way. (Which is the idea.) As we try to extend Metta to everyone...
14 Heinä 201826min
65 – Dealing with Fear, Anger, and Hatred as a Buddhist
I've been getting a lot of questions from people about how to deal with fear, anger, and hatred as a Buddhist – our own as well that of others, especially at a time when people are so divided, and doi...
2 Heinä 201831min
64 - Shikantaza: Having the Guts to Just Sit and Let Go of Doing Anything
I've been sitting zazen for over 20 years, but only recently have I had the guts to really do shikantaza, or "just sitting," and it feels profoundly liberating. In this kind of zazen, you utterly let ...
23 Kesä 201829min
63 - Buddha's Teachings 7: The Four Brahmaviharas, or Sublime Social Attitudes - Part 1
The Buddha taught the importance of the four Brahmaviharas, or sublime attitudes: Goodwill, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. These are the emotions we should cultivate toward other beings ...
19 Kesä 201828min
