Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
“If you watch a movie where somebody's having a bad day, you laugh along and empathize and think ‘Well that's a good movie about a guy having a bad day.’ And that's what zazen is, just watching a guy maybe having a bad day. And then I empathize with that guy. And you know what? I usually have a better day after that.” - Dave Cuomo
Dave delves into Keizan’s Three Levels of Zazen and tries to figure out whether the “witness mind” is an accurate description of the mind of zazen, and if not, what is? What’s the difference between ordinary and superior meditation? Do we have a choice in which one we sit and would it matter if we did? And how are we supposed to entertain ourselves in zazen when the things we’ve been wrestling with up and fly away one day? Find out 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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