The Zen of Everything

Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn

The Zen of Everything

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The Zen of Everything

Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn

The Zen of Everything

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The Zen of Everything

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How did we get here? Jundo and Kirk discuss how they got involved in Buddhism and Zen.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)108 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number))What are the 108 Defilements (Bonno) (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/s
Aren't buddhists supposed to maintain equanimity all the time, not have bad thoughts, not be jealous or angry? Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Vinaya rules about sex (https://en.dhammadana.org/sangha/vinaya/227/13sg.htm)James Austin: Zen
Was the Buddha a proto-communist, or did he go with the flow and the status quo?Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)- Karl Marx: Capital (https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/work
Was the Buddha a proto-communist, or did he go with the flow and the status quo?Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)- Karl Marx: Capital (https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/work
Some zen practitioners get ordained, becoming unsui, or "clouds in water," which means they are trainee zen monks or priest. We discuss ordination and what it means.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (http
Zen is the transmission outside of words. But there sure are a lot of books about Zen. We look at some of the best books on Zen. Soto Zen, that is. Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vN
We have too much stuff. We discuss the CohenJundo method of decluttering.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)- Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everythi
Jundo attempts to explain the Heart Sutra in 25 minutes. Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)The Heart Sutra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra)Avalokiteśvara (Kannon) (ht
Big and small, two extremes, but, in zen, there's no difference.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Ushiku Daibutsu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushiku_Daibutsu)If you want to g
For our 100th episode, we have a freewheeling chat about what we've learned from making this podcast. Like two guys chatting in a pub... The universe is a cosmic joke, and we are the punchline.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen:
The five hindrances are sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, anxiousness and worry, and doubt. But if there's nothing to obtain in Zen, do they even matter?Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https:
Do we know anything?Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please follow in Appl
Is there prayer in zen?Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial
We think thoughts all the time. Why do we have these thoughts, and how do we deal with them?Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Episode 95: Buddha Basics 13: Practice, Practice, Pr
What does it mean to practice zen? "Every tick of the clock holds all of time in the universe." Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Nishijima Roshi: The Dish Rack Teachings (https
The Zen arts have very strict rules, which you can break when you've mastered them.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Chiku Za (Kodama Hiroyuki): Koku (shakuhachi music) (https://
Part of Zen tradition is to follow silly rules in order to become free of silly rules.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-
How do zen people get motivated? Is sitting zazen a form of procrastination? Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everyt
Should you try to live a monastic life at home? Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Monty Python: Four Yorkshiremen (https://genius.com/Monty-python-four-yorkshiremen-live-annotat
We discuss why a Zen vacuum cleaner comes with no attachments. We speak passionately about equanimity, and revel in non-attachment.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Episode 15: I
In the triumvirate of the three jewels, dharma and sangha are inferior to the Buddha, but are they really?Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.ki
Some people say that Zen isn't really Buddhism. We disagree. Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyentse_Norbu)W
We discuss the bramavihara, or four divine abodes, and Jundo chants to bring the moon back.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Bramavihara (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmaviha
We discuss the paramitas, or the virtues of a bodhisattva. Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)Paramitas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pāramitā)Episode 31: The Precepts (https://
We answer the timeless question of, what is, who is a Bodhisattva.Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/)Jundo Cohen, The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp)List of bodhisattvas (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bodhis
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