Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
"In classical Buddhism, the fundamental mistake is that getting what you think you want will make you happy. In Zen they seem to say the fundamental delusion is that you exist at all.
This is why Zen is so weird. We're trying to look at what comes before awareness, and that's hard. It’s really hard to be aware of something that precedes awareness. But not impossible....” - Dave Cuomo
Dave takes us for a freewheeling ride on that big beautiful ferris wheel of life we call samsara, aka The 12 Fold Chain of Dependent Origination. It’s the great pie chart of all reality that Buddha warned us we can either wake up to, or be doomed to repeat over and over again. But do we really want it to end, or can we find a way to make the ride a little less bumpy? How does anything happen and do we actually have any control over it? Is reality just a mistake and would knowing that make any difference?? Does the ACZC sangha want to get down on some seriously nerdy Buddhist theory??? Find out (and let us know) here…
Gyokei Yokoyama - Moment of Truth (Retreat Talk pt 2)
Gyokei Yokoyama - Let’s Be Friends (Retreat Talk 1)
Dave Cuomo - Ballad of a Blue House (Shitou’s Straw Hut Song)
John Nilsson - Continuing Bewilderments (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Why Bother? (Why Not?! (Vimalakirti ch 5))
Gyokei Yokoyama - Pressure Pot
Emily Eslami - Good Grief
Dave Cuomo - A Stranger to Cares (Discernment vs Discrimination)
Jason Dodge - Get Lost (Ryokan and Zen Arts)
Dave Cuomo - Silly Human Stuff (Yogacara - The Thrilling Conclusion)
Erik Andersen - A Hairsbreadth of Difference
Dave Cuomo - “Now What??” (Vimalakirti pt 3)
Leon Sandler - Spinning Plates (What Am I Doing Here??)
Gyokei Yokoyama - Spiritual Fermentation (Jukai)
Dave Cuomo - Swooning Buddhas! (Vimalakirti Sutra -ch 2)
Jordan Mylet - An Unmitigated Good (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Aching Joy (Yogacara - The Afflictions)
Emily Eslami - Brightness
Sara Campbell - Playtime
Dave Cuomo - A New Normal (Yogacara - Beneficial Factors)
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