What's all this stuff about rebirth? Can we really be reborn as the god of the perfect bagel, or as slugs? Treeleaf Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance Episode 35: Karma Hungry ghosts Gil Fronsdal, Should I Believe in Rebirth? Pascal's wager Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

The eightfold path describes how we should live. Treeleaf Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance The Eightfold Path Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

The twelve steps of dependent origination describe how the self is formed, how we perceive the world, and how we grasp and desire things. Treeleaf Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance Dependent origination Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Buddhism often talks about how there is no self, but there is a self; if not, we couldn't take selfies. But at the same time there's no self. No problem. Treeleaf Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Dukkha, often translated as "suffering," is at the heart of the four noble truths of Buddhism. But dukkha is about much more than suffering: it also means stress, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction. Its opposite is sukha, which means pleasure, happiness, and comfort. "Dukkha is sucky, but sukha is ducky." Treeleaf Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow...

This is the first episode of our Buddha Basics series, which looks at the basics of Buddhism as never expressed before, featuring the irreverent comments of Reverend Jundo, a real Zen Roshi. No Buddha BS here. In this Buddha Basics episode, we look at why there are so many Buddhas, an infinite number of Buddhas, and who's who. "They're all the same Buddha, which is no buddha at all." Treeleaf Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an...

We discuss abortion and women's right to choose from a Buddhist perspective. Treeleaf Mizuko kuyō Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

How big is the universe? How long is time? Treeleaf Edwin A. Abott: Flatland Where Is The Center of the Universe? Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We generally avoid politics, but with the increased gun violence in the US, we had to talk about zen and guns. Treeleaf Water Margin Daiho Hilbert Osaka school massacre Dr. Stef Aupers: Conspiracy theories between secular scepticism and religious salvation Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

What is the zen of music? How does music touch us and make us feel one with the world? And was the Eurovision Song Contest was very good this year? Treeleaf Eurovision 2022 participants Guo Gu The Zen Master's Dance Grateful Dead, Morning Dew (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77) The Next Track, Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 Merlin Bird ID Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like...

After the blues, the good times. Treeleaf Shunryu Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Even zen monks get the blues sometimes. Treeleaf Thelonius Monk: Blue Monk Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

What is beautiful to zen practitioners? Treeleaf Ryōan-ji garden John Cage: Ryōan-ji Treeleaf NOW! calendar, to find Washin's sittings Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Jundo announces a new beginning for the future of zen in the universe. Treeleaf Zendo April 1 Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We use technology frequently, but we need to handle it wisely and respect it, with balance and moderation, and, occasionally, honor it. Treeleaf Zendo Treeleaf Memorial for Electronics Plum Blossoms in Japan: Best Places to See 2022 Dogen on plum blossoms Daisy, Apple's recycling robot Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate...

Zen doesn't often talk about love: romantic love, love for family, love for country, or just a simple love of tea. Treeleaf Zendo Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We don't always have to agree with everyone. Sometimes we have to dissent. Treeleaf Zendo George Lakoff: Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think Episode 62: Buddhisms Where the Heart Beats; John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists Soto Buddhist Zen Association Thich Nhat Hanh Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app,...

Zazen is good for nothing, according to Kodo Sawaki. If so, then why do we sit? Also, ice cream sundaes and Möbius strips. Treeleaf Zendo The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo Good for Nothing, interview with Shohaku Okumura Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

A key phrase of Dogen's teaching is "dropping body and mind," a description of his enlightenment. Jundo and Kirk discuss what this means, and how you can drop body and mind when sitting zazen. Treeleaf Zendo The Zen Master's Dance Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo Steven Heine: Dogen, Japan's Original Zen Teacher Dogen Casts Off "What": An Analysis of Shinjin Datsuraku The Life of Zen Master Dogen (movie) Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question,...

It's a new year, and everything is always new, except when it's not. "The past is today that was yesterday. And the future is yesterday that will be tomorrow." Treeleaf Zendo The Zen Master's Dance Theme music by Kiku Day. To submit a question, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Our 2019 Christmas episode was so good, and we realized that we would never be able to record a better Christmas episode, so we decided to rebroadcast it this year. Jundo and Kirk discuss how Christmas and Zen can find common ground, and discuss their favorite Zen Christmas carols. Treeleaf Zendo Rohatsu - Bodhi Day (Wikipedia) Joseph Campbell: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Santa Bodhisattva Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Wikipedia) Christmas in Japan Allen Ginsberg chanting the...

How do we choose among the many things available to us? There are too many breakfast cereals; do we really need them all? Which coffee or tea do you choose? And what about big choices? Should we stay or should we go? Treeleaf Zendo Why I Wear The Exact Same Thing to Work Every Day Getting Things Done, David Allen Episode 62: Buddhisms Blink, Malcolm Gladwell FakeSpot Theme music by Kiku Day. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast,...

Jundo and Kirk talk about the various flavors of Buddhism. They are not all the same, and we discuss the differences between the various schools that have changed over the centuries. Treeleaf Zendo Schools of Buddhism (Wikipedia) Stephen Batchelor Theme music by Kiku Day. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Jundo and Kirk discuss tradition in zen. What are those funny sticks that the zen masters have, and what are they used for? Treeleaf Zendo Shippei Jundo on the Secular Buddhist Podcast The Zen Master's Dance Theme music by Kiku Day. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Jundo and Kirk examine whether Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals deserves a critical reappraisal. And they talk about animals, sentience, and eating meat (or not). Treeleaf Zendo Rationale for not Eating Meat in Buddhism (Treeleaf forum) Steven Heine: Like Cats and Dogs: Contesting the Mu Koan in Zen Buddhism Theme music by Kiku Day. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected]. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and...