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…
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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