13. Not Squandering One's Life, Subtle Manifestations of Violence, and the Meaning of Peace and Healing (#55)
ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
Release Date: 10/05/2024
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...
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13. Not Squandering One's Life, Subtle Manifestations of Violence, and the Meaning of Peace and Healing (#55)
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...
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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...
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11.On Dealing with Defiance, Emotional and Physical Pain, and Having Courage
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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
info_outlineClaude 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://www.zaltho.org
If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to [email protected].
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:
1:16 Could you speak on the relationship between enabling and compassion?
12:52 How did your neighbor react to your comment and did they continue to drive over the box?