Episodes

Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Books I Like: The Zen Teaching of Huang Po
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
A little talk about a Zen book I like.

Monday Jan 27, 2025
David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
In which I give my uninformed opinion on David Lynch and his involvement in Transcendental Meditation

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
I Dedicate This Meal to... Donald Trump???
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
For the next 4 years every meal at every Zen center in the USA will be dedicated to Donald Trump. I'll explain how and why.

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
What is Buddhism... to Me
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
In which I fail to answer the question posed in the title.

Friday Jan 10, 2025
Buddhism is a Nerd Subculture
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
In which I discuss how some Buddhists are like Star Trek geeks.

Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
The Buddhist Community
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
My personal reflections on the role of community (sangha) in Buddhist practice.

Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Buddha's Original Teachings
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Does the ancient Pali Canon preserve the actual words of the historical Buddha?

Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Ghosts and Enlightenment Experiences with Ben Goldman
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
In this episode I talk with my nephew Ben Goldman about ghosts and enlightenment experiences. We also get into Scooby Doo.

Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Gods, Aliens, and Jabberjaw with Ben Goldman
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
My nephew Ben Goldman joins me for a wide-ranging discussion about gods and divinity in Buddhism, whether aliens could get enlightened, and how Jabberjaw is a rip-off of Scooby Doo.

Friday Mar 10, 2023
In The Light - Dogen’s Divine Light Part Five
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
The roaring finale of my series on Dogen's essay Komyo (aka Divine Light)! In which everything is explained.. or is it?