Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
“It's brave of them to let people just step in and screw up. But it's not about how well you do, or whether you want to do it - we have a task and each person embodies it. If we’re getting anything here, it’s that authenticity.” - Gyokei Yokoyama
They say you don’t choose your family, and in Zen we don’t pick our sanghas. Gyokei discusses what it means to practice with a sangha, why it can be the trickiest and most rewarding of the big three jewels (Buddha, Dharma, & Sangha), and the kind of authentic bonding that only happens when we don’t get to choose who we sit next to in the zendo. In a culture of transactional communities, what are we getting out of this one? How can we tell the difference between being taken advantage of in a community, versus doing our part to a greater whole? And how do we run a successful operation when the operating plan is to let people screw it up? Find out here.
Emily Eslami - About the Lies I Haven't Told You (The Precepts pt 5 - No Lying)
Erik Andersen - Angel of Doubt
Emily Eslami - Black Vipers & Cold Rocks (Precepts pt 4 - Sex & Desire)
Dave Cuomo - Zen's Golden Dark Age (History of Zen)
Wilcox Gwynne - No Trigger Warning Needed (What Was I Doing There??)
Emily Eslami - Nothing to Lose (The Precept pt 3 - No Stealing)
Dave Cuomo - The Beautiful Boring of Blockhead (History of Zen - Shitou vs Mazu!)
Emily Eslami - First Gift (The Precepts pt 2 - Not Killing)
Dave Cuomo - Inconceivable! (The Vimalakirti Sutra - pt 2)
Dave Cuomo - Thank You For Being (The Vimalakirti Sutra - pt 1)
Erik Andersen - The Poor Way
Emily Eslami - On Shaky Ground (The Precepts pt 1 - Historical Background)
Emily Eslami - Old Bones, Dull Brains (Ceaseless Practice pt 2!)
Dave Cuomo - Stillness Screaming
Sara Campbell - The Fuzzy That Is Neither Warm Nor Cold (What Am Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Is This Working??
Cat Kilmer - What Am I Doing Here?? (Love & Reality)
Emily Eslami - Ceaseless Practice
Dave Cuomo - Having Once Paused (History of Zen - Ikkyu)
Emily Eslami - Equanimity
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