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16. On Unconditional Giving, Near-Death-Experience, Can Westerners be ’True’ Buddhists? (#42)

Release Date: 12/01/2023

14. On Fear, Friendliness in Zen, Puffed Up Ego, Becoming, and Silence(#56)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

- Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - responds to questions from students in an inspiring manner based on his Zen practice and life experiences. He reminds the listener how to stay awake to life and understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly online meeting of questions & responses. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen...

13. Not Squandering One's Life, Subtle Manifestations of Violence, and the Meaning of Peace and Healing (#55)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

12. On Staying Focused, Zen Study, Belonging, Healthy Relationships, and Feeling Safe (#54)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

- Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - responds to questions from students in an inspiring manner based on his Zen practice and life experiences. He reminds the listener how to stay awake to life and understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly online meeting of questions & responses. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . Book recommendations:- Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice (Oakwood Publishing 2021)- AT...

11.On Dealing with Defiance, Emotional and Physical Pain, and Having Courage

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

10. On Assisted Suicide, Praise&Blame, Self-Compassion, Failure, and Attachment (#52)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - responds to questions from students in an inspiring manner based on his Zen practice and life experiences. He reminds the listener how to stay awake to life and understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly online meeting of questions & responses. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice (Oakwood...

9: About Selfish Desires, Seeking Stability, No Soul, Sitting Meditation (#51)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - responds to questions from students in an inspiring manner based on his Zen practice and life experiences. He reminds the listener how to stay awake to life and understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly online meeting of questions & responses. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: . For more information: Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the...

8.Bringing Meditation to Life (#50)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - speaks on the topic “Bringing Meditation to Life” during a public talk in October 2023 in Germany. He addresses his own inherited karma and how Buddhist practice helped him to transform that karma. Today his life is based in being-of-service. "When healing occurs to self, all past generations experience healing”, states Claude AnShin Thomas. The questions at the end of the talk include such as: - How important is it to have a teacher? - How has your view of death and dying changed from the...

7. Addressing Feeling Hurt, Value of Commitment, Dealing with Craving, Consciousness of Plants and Inanimate Objects

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

You can find ZalthoLIVE on all major podcast channels: Apple, Google, Spotify, AmazonMusic, and Audible and also here: These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108...

6: Spiritual Discipline Versus Control, Emotional Challenges, Upside of Anger (#48)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

You can find ZalthoLIVE on all major podcast channels: Apple, Google, Spotify, AmazonMusic, and Audible. These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108...

5. Living at Peace with Traumatic Experiences

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

On Vietnam Veterans Day, 29 March, Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, Vietnam combat Veteran, and author - gave a talk to the employees of a cancer-biotech company. Their interest was that Claude AnShin Thomas’ own journey of healing and transformation of the wounds of war mirror the turbulences and peace finding efforts in high stakes crisis and hardship of many people, to include cancer patients. For more information: Contact Email: Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen...

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These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk, Combat Veteran, and Author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind.

This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses.

For more information: https://zaltho.org/

If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected]

Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations:

- Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice (Oakwood Publishing 2021)

- AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003)

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If you are interested in a specific question, this is the list of questions that Claude AnShin responded to and the time stamps for those questions so that you can go directly to the topic that is of most interest to you.

Questions and Time Stamps:
01:11
What do you look forward when you go back to the US? What do you hope for?
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2:04
I met a young man who was asking for money to buy himself something to drink. I told him I don’t want to give him money but that I would buy him something to drink. He did agree. In this case, is this unconditional giving?
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3:19
As Buddhist practice originated in Asia, how much do we need to look there regarding authentic practice?
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4:31
Can you speak about relative and absolute a bit? Do relative and absolute ever cross or come together at all?
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6:22
I had a near death experience two days ago. What surprised me is that I wasn’t too afraid of death, but I was terrified of leaving alone my little son and my wife. How do I deal with this without controlling another's life?
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8:21
Is there any sense in feeling upset and disrespected when a religious text is being burned?
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9:48
I was traveling yesterday and people were driving very erratically. A group of cars got into a pileup, and I drove by and thought that was 'poetic justice'. Is my thinking just crazy?
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10:58
What do you say to someone who asserts: the “true” Buddhism exists among people in Asia or people of Asian descent and not among Western converts like you or me?
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12:04
Is there meaning to define ourselves as Buddhist?
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12:49
What would be your reaction when someone says a comment like: "All the BASF places are closing now in Ludwigshafen and so all the Turkish people will go away, and then it’s finally German again.”
How would you react to such sentences?
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13:58
Do you never have the wish or a desire to convince someone else about a right or wrong position?
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14:46
Someone said that on the 4th of July they were thanking their father and grandfather for fighting. I was tempted to say something about what the 4th of July stands for. All this is a waste of time, did I understand this correctly?
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17:03
What is with finding a compromise when there are two different opinions and a discussion is necessary to find a compromise?

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