Zen Talking: Zhaozhou's Nothing Lacking
Zen Talking
Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ou8o2m/from_the_open_thread_not_lacking/? ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What...
info_outline
Zen Talking: Moon Face Buddha - Social Media and Mental Health
Zen Talking
Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Social media... rZen... health... Zen has always been "social media" in it's history 95 Theses and Periodic table of the Elements as...
info_outline
Zen Talking: Bodhidharma's Mind and Anxiety Pacification
Zen Talking
Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: ###Link to all episodes:...
info_outline
Zen Talking: Zhaozhou's Bright or Dark
Zen Talking
Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ...
info_outline
Zen Talking - Eating Grass: Reincarnated Almsgiver's Ox
Zen Talking
#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1o6d09y/lonely_footnote_60_feeding_grass/ ###Link to episode: Alms Giver's Ox, Tribeless Men, and the Loneliness Epidemic ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? THE MALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC IS ROOTED IN NOT HAVING A "TRIBE" IN BOOKS Knowing: Blurt vs know-where-to-search vs believe it must be "somewhere". Five Ox herding Zen pictures IS NOT NOT NOT the Buddhist 10 bulls. New word! Oxbullcow. Is the "white bull" = Zen bull #5 ? Oxbullcow Cases by type: 1. Zen Masters...
info_outline
Zen Talking: Zen's Traditional Violence... which goes a little off topic
Zen Talking
#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1nwytsk/i_choose_violence_zen_study_in_a_violent_tradition/ ###Link to episode: ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Cancel Culture as violence. Zen Cancel Culture via Xiangyang. Physical violence. Psychological violence. Political speech, political violence. And some nerd segues into Asian desserts, Asian studies funding, the monkey in Edgar Allen Poe, the 49th Case. # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get...
info_outline
Zen Talking: How hard are koans?
Zen Talking
#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1n9p3s9/some_zen_koans_can_be_incredibly_absurd_but_how/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Theory of study: If you can't read French, then of course French confuses you. If confusing yourself is your religion, you still can't claim that the French intended to confuse you by using French language. Specific translations questions. How the Case makes total sense if you translate it correctly. # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody...
info_outline
Zen Talking: Belly for Zen
Zen Talking
#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1mgiv6r/building_a_single_belly_for_zen/ The Illusory Man by Zhonfeng Mingben 12. Enter The Gate Abruptly Understand that the Great Illusory Dharma Gate is right at the soles of your feet and has never moved a single hair. You just need for your delusions to be snuffed out, for your point of view to end. When you take a false step and trample on your attachments, then you'll know that Taiyuan heard a gong at the same moment Dongshan crossed the river, and there will be no separation between us. When you get here to the...
info_outline
Zen Talking: Xuefeng's Grain of Rice
Zen Talking
#Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/askZen/comments/1mg51jw/making_sense_of_the_bcr_case_5_xuefengs_grain_of/ Xuefeng said to his group, (One blind man leading a crowd of the blind. It's not beyond him.) . "Pick up the whole world, and it;s as big as a grain of rice." (What technique is this> I myself have never sported devil eyes.) ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Reading this case from two viewpoints: original audience and modern audience. Two entirely different contexts with different...
info_outline
Zen Talking: Zen and Buddhism
Zen Talking
#Post(s) in Question ### Post: There wasn't a post! ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Despite connection problems and mic quality, an interesting conversation with someone who knocked on some doors and has thoughts about that. I didn't edit the longest part because of integrity! No? It's because low production value is our brand! Not really? Okay, then... because it takes too long and I'm busy? # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you...
info_outline#Post(s) in Question
Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ize5fb/sincerity_is_it_the_topic_or_the_format_or_the/
Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831
# What did we talk about?
How do we test for sincerity in books, conversations, and life? Does it matter?
This problem just gets worse from every angle.
Also a movie recommendation.
#You can be on the podcast! Use a pseudonym! Nobody cares!
Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be interviewed. We are now using libsyn, so you don't even have to show your face. You just get a link to an audio call. Buymeacoffee, so I'm not accused of going it alone:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ewkrzen