7. Addressing Feeling Hurt, Value of Commitment, Dealing with Craving, Consciousness of Plants and Inanimate Objects
ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
Release Date: 05/13/2024
13. On Addiction Recovery based on Buddhist Practice (#69)
ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - speaks about recovery from addiction in relation to Buddhist practice and responds to questions 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 at an online talk as the keynote speaker at an online summit conference of the international Buddhist Recovery Network. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . ...
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12. On Ambivalence, Attention, Resistance on Pilgrimage and in a War Zone #68
ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
- Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, peace activist, 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 on September 14th, 2025 after Claude AnShin Thomas' weeklong visit to Odessa, Ukraine and a 5-day pilgrimage in and around Cologne, Germany. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please...
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11. Claude AnShin Thomas with Veterans on Acceptance, Surrender, Balance, and Indecisiveness
ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
- Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - responds to questions from veterans based on his decades of Zen practice and his life experiences to include war. 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 period of questions & responses during a 5-day veterans retreat in March of 2020 to address the consequences of military post-traumatic stress. For more information: If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . Book recommendations: ...
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10. Useful Responses on the War in the Ukraine (repost from March 2022)
ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
- Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, peace activist, 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 in spring 2022. For more information: If you want to ask Zen monk Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . Zen Book recommendations:- Bringing...
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9. On Community, Self Esteem, Problem Solving, and Walking on Pilgrimage
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...
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8. On Self Denial, Wisdom, Delusion, Chastity and Making Mistakes
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...
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7. Bearing Witness to War: Reflections on Violence, Identity, and the Path to Peace, Claude AnShin Thomas Speaks With Veterans
ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
- Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - speaks with veterans on the themes of personal transformation, the complexity of war, and the deep moral and spiritual inquiry reflected in the questions—while remaining short, impactful, and thought-provoking. 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 HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003) - On...
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6. On Silence, Arguing, Being Rejected, Arrogance, and Getting Older
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...
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5.On Manifestation, Loss, Communication, Passion, Expectations, and Daily Routines
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 Zen monk Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . Zen Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of...
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4.On Sincerity, Working with: a Busy Mind, Powerlessness, Low Moods, Physical Pain, Rats, Real Teachers
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...
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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.
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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:
01:15
You said that Keith received the Dharma name “DaiShin”. What does this name mean?
1:44
DaiShin, how was the ordination process for you?
2:08
Was there any issue with the administrators of the ordination location (concentration camp Dachau, Germany)?
3:16
Would you speak a bit about ‘commitment' and how the quality of commitment has changed in your life as a monk?
5:11
To review our personal past: is this just a sign of attachment or can it be healthy?
7:00
If I feel hurt by something someone has said, is it important to let them know?
9:44
How do you “surf the urge” when you have a craving?
12:14
Where is this refrigerator (re:previous response) standing now? Is it still existing?
13:17
Do you think at some level you and the refrigerator are connected?
13:32
Could you share with us what has maybe been the happiest day of your life?
13:56
Do you think inanimate objects such as cushions and refrigerators have consciousness?
14:21
What about the consciousness of plants?
15:26
Do you know the feeling of shame about your supposed weakness in connection to your traumatization?
17:40
Is it about falling right into the shame and to feeling it?