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

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Release Date: 07/24/2024

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ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: - AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003, also...

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8. How To Live the Dharma Today, On Refuge, Relationships, Crisis, and Non-Killing (#78) show art 8. How To Live the Dharma Today, On Refuge, Relationships, Crisis, and Non-Killing (#78)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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:   To support, . If you are interested in a specific question, this is the list of...

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ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: To support us, please . If you are interested in a specific question, this is the list of...

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ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: - AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003, also...

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ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: To support our efforts, please . If you are interested in a specific question, this is the...

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ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: - AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003, also...

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3. What We Inherit, How We Practice, and How We Meet Suffering (#73) show art 3. What We Inherit, How We Practice, and How We Meet Suffering (#73)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: - AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications...

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ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: - AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003, also...

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1. On Authenticity, Illness, and What Practice Asks of Us (#71) show art 1. On Authenticity, Illness, and What Practice Asks of Us (#71)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 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: - AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003, also as...

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14. On Practice, Awareness, Ordination, and Compassion (#70) show art 14. On Practice, Awareness, Ordination, and Compassion (#70)

ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - 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 on October 27th, 2025 in Rotterdam, Netherland where Claude AnShin Thomas gave a public talk and answered questions from the audience. For more information:  If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to . Book recommendations: - AT HELL'S GATE - A...

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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: https://zaltho.org/

If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to info@zaltho.org.

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 the Edges of Sleep: Poems of War and Memory (Oakwood Publishing 2024)

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:

1:19 Would you share your view on assisted suicide?
 
2:28 Are blame and praise obstacles?
 
3:34 Is assisted suicide a form of violence?
 
5:15 How come you prefer to not use the work ‘transition’?
 
5:43 What is failure and how can I accept it?
 
6:50 What is your perspective on meditation that involves visualization?
 
8:13 What have you recently learned from the cats that live with you?
 
9:04 What is your understanding of self-compassion?
 
9:14 Do you still sometimes isolate yourself?
 
9:45 Are contemplation and self-reflection the same?
 
10:26 Did you stop taking drugs immediately or in a process?
 
11:29 Do you read fiction?
 
12:13 Is it possible to keep one’s energy completely stable?
 
13:18 Does practice help to find a place of rest within activity?
 
13:42 Can selfishness and self-compassion be confused?
 
14:02 Would you speak about attachment?
 
15:00 What has been a recent book of fiction that you have read?