Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
"If you want to know why Zen survived, light the incense, do the sit, and listen. It's what the koans describe, what Dogen tried to explain. There's nothing that could go away, nothing to defend..." - Dave Cuomo
Dave brings us the epic tale of Zen's golden age, when the great masters we know and love from the koans could enlighten you with a single well timed word, a shout, a blow from their stick, or a simple lift of an eyebrow. But it turns out this golden age was also a mini dark age! Just as Zen is flourishing, China spends 200 years in the chaos and confusion of a crumbling society. Did Zen have a special answer for these dark times? And why did it flourish so spectacularly while everything else fell apart around it? Can we believe our own legends or it all just clever PR? Let's find out...
Yeah, No (The ❤️ Sutra) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Winning Ticket (Spiritual Bypassing) w/ Tanya Orlov
Mutual Conspiracy (Sonic Meditations) w/ Robert Holliday
Your Kindness & Your Hatefulness (See y’all soon) w/ Dave Cuomo
Rote Reverence (Rituals) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
The Why Question w/ Jitsujo Gauthier
A Clever Game (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Pedro Peres
F#@k Around and Find Out (Prajna (Wisdom)) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Messy Middle (The Curse of Self Awareness) w/ Heather Ross
Dharmically Unqualified (Dharma Combat) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Liberty’s Laments (Year of the Wood Dragon) w/ Dave Cuomo
A Subtle Sober Magic (Zazen) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
A Seat at the Table (Meditation) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Problem With Happiness (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Patrick Carroll
Effortless Efforts (Energy & Depression) w/ Dave Cuomo
Sorrowful Splendor w/ Sara Campbell
A Long Loving Look Into the Darkness w/ Dave Cuomo
Tantrum of the Tathagata (Story Time)
Embracing the Suck (Space Flowers) w/ Jason Dodge
Dukkha Happens (Patience) w/ Dave Cuomo
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