10: On Freshly Presenting, German Book Tour, About Aging, Tangible Evidence of Practice in Daily Life

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: -       Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice (Oakwood Publishing 2021) -       AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003) https://zaltho.org/en/media/our-books.html Questions and Time Stamps:1:20: I wanted to ask this question to AnShin and KenShin but I can also now ask it of GenRai. If you wouldn't have become a monk or a nun which other job would have interested you? ****3: 08: Your introduction to Questions and Responses and for meditation sounds to me always as fresh as you would do it for the first time. How do you do it? ****4:50: Do you want to share something about the program of the promotion of the book that you have in Germany? ****9:29: I was reading recently about the 5 Remembrances and they seem pretty straight forward. I was wondering if you had anything to add or experiences with the 5 Remembrances? ****15:03: How is KenShin doing? ****16:10: What is your relation with "supernatural?" ****17:45: Do you think that a change of opinion is connected with age or aging? ****19:05: Would you be willing to share about humor and what you think about it? ****20:38: What are some tangible ways that you incorporate your practice into daily life? ****27:34: How do you work with resentments when they come up? ****30:09: Sometimes I hear something that is meant "Buddhist psychology". What do you know about this? ****31:43: Could you imagine situations where emotionality is important to have? ****33:56: I am interested to get more information about your disappointment about when a friend just does not connect anymore with you?  ****36:12: I am just wondering about the name "AnGyo" and the red scarves.. What do those mean?