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Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast — 319 episodes
Controlling the Message (Rage & Repression) w/ Sara Campbell
What to Love in Everything (Listening Practice) w/ Dave Cuomo
Tune In (Deep Listening) w/ Matthew Sherling
Bones to Pick (Post Traumatic Growth) w/ Dave Cuomo
Some Kind of Freak (The Inner Critic) w/ Sara Campbell
Silence! (Silence) w/ Beth Kaiserman
A Kind of Magic (Magic in Zen) w/ Dave Cuomo
A Cool Girl with Cute Shoes (Right Livelihood) w/ Sara Campbell
A Blessing & A Curse (Depression & Impermanence) w/ Samm
The Sardine Sutra (Robbery & Restlessness) w/ Matthew Sherling
By Nature (Camping Retreat) w/ Dave Cuomo
Animal Nature (Self Trust) w/ Sara Campbell
Happy Accident (History of Zen: The Samye Debate) w/ Dave Cuomo
Silly, Sincere, Savvy (Zuise) w/ Dave Cuomo
Riptide (Change) w/ Heather Ross
Born to Run (Ryokan) w/ Dave Cuomo
Two Way Relationship (Spiritual Crises) w/ Sara Campbell
Pith & Prayer (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Cole Agustin
A Bountiful Bummer (What Makes You Not a Buddhist?) w/ Dave Cuomo
A Material Mystery (Choice & Renunciation) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Zensplain (The Final Answer) w/ Bryan Turley
Charmed (Story & Superstition) w/ Sara Campbell
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Bodhisattva Vows) w/ Dave Cuomo
Chad (Zen & Dating) w/ Sara Campbell
Wobbly Wheel (Worth & Attention) w/ Matthew Sherling
Wet Rat (Split Selves & Souls) w/ Samm
Snarkcerity (Zen 101) w/ Dave Cuomo
There May Be Politics (Anger) w/ Patrick Carroll
Hot Flash! (Energy) w/ Sara Campbell
Toon Town (Sustainable Weird) w/ Dave Cuomo
Escape Artist (Commitment) w/ Sara Campbell
Goblin Mode (Bad Habits) w/ Chris Arnett
Non Compete Clause (Buddha and Democracy) w/ Dave Cuomo
Drunkards, Dharma, Scum & Sangha (Cooking) w/ Henry Zander
It’s All Uji, Baby (The Time Being) w/ Dave Cuomo
Ordinarily Extraordinary (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Beth Kaiserman
Dark mind, Radiant heart (Rohatsu) w/ Sara Campbell
Tiny Revolutions (Transmission) w/ Dave Cuomo
Kerplunk! (Zen and the Art of Art) w/ Matthew Sherling
The Golden Tone (Nostalgia) w/ Sara Campbell
An Unwanted Koan (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Resa Alboher
The Authenticity Problem (Hopeless Faith) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Economics of Enlightenment (Abundance?) w/ Sara Campbell
So Intimate (Not Knowing) w/ Heather Ross
Zen Love Stories (Famous Zen Couples) w/ Dave Cuomo
Get Lost (True Teachers) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Can’t We All Just Get Along? (Accord) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Deserving & The Undeserving (Doormats & Compassion) w/ Jordan Mylet
Maybe It’s Me? (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Bryan Turley
Imperially Alone (Loneliness) w/ Sara Campbell
Enjoy Your Self (Making Peace) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Abstract Folder (Agency and Acceptance) w/ Matthew Sherling
Home Unbound (Safety & Anxiety) w/ Samm
Faith With Eyes Wide Open (Boundaries & Scandal) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Big Gulp (Healthy Desire) w/ Sara Campbell
My Greatest Wish (Zazen Yojinki) w/ Keizan Jokin
Go Be Clever (AI & Zen) w/ Dave Cuomo
Bring It On! (Obon, Ghosts, & Materialism) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
...& Then You Grow Up (Grief & Emotional Regulation) w/ Dave Cuomo
Hard Feelings (Change & Transiency) w/ Mota
Fool’s Errand w/ Jordan Mylet (Meditation & Optimization)
Off the Hook (Impermanence & Ambition) w/ Sara Campbell
This. Is a Good Idea (Buddhist Creation Story) w/ Dave Cuomo
Waiting for Vairocana (Flash Fiction!)
Holy Hypocrisy (Buddhist Modernism) w/ Dave Cuomo
Blind Spots & Breakthroughs (What Am I Doing Here) w/ Matthew Sherling
The Real Point (Magic and Daranis) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Likes of You (Loving Kindness) w/ Sara Campbell
Boiled Over (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Tip Dunn
A Little Special (Daily Practice) with/ Dave Cuomo
Take it Easy w/ Kiyo Tezuka
Rabble Rousing (History of Zen - Shenhui & the Art of Zen Marketing) w/ Dave Cuomo
Lights Out (Negative Self Talk) w/ Chris Arnett
Monk Mode w/ Sara Campbell (2 Truths - pt 2)
No Days Off (The 2 Truths) w/ Dave Cuomo
Frenemies (Zero Sum Thinking) w/ Dave Cuomo
Marriage Material (12 Fold Chain) w/ Sara Campbell
Freestyle! (Don’t Waste Time) w/ Pedro Peres
A Quiet Cockiness (Zen 101) w/ Dave Cuomo
Chaotic, Reckless, Wakefulness (How to train Zen) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Open Secrets (How to teach Zen) w/ Dave Cuomo
Spiritual Anarchy w/ Dave Cuomo
An Unsettled Life w/ Henry Zander
Epiphany! (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Andy Thomas
The Body Poetic w/ Henry Zander
The Raw Impulse of Inspiration (Body/Mind Practice) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Good Prison (Sh*t Talk & Criticism) w/ Jordan Mylet
Embodied Economics w/ Dave Cuomo
Wonderfully Useless (Profitless Pursuit) w/ Patrick Carroll
Mystically Curious (Wellness?) w/ Dave Cuomo
Rearview Mirror Quarterbacking (Feminine & Masculine in Zen) W/ Sara Campbell
Shake the Quake (Confidence & Certainty) w/ Dave Cuomo
Controlled Demolition (Anger) w/ Chris Arnett
You are Invited (Harmony & Discord) w/ Dave Cuomo
Revenge Fantasy #3 (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Samm
Spiritual Security (Spacetime & Community) w/ Dave Cuomo
Holy High (Intoxicants) w/ Patrick Carroll
I Blame God (Regret & Responsibility) w/ Dave Cuomo
Pop! (Music, Sound, and Consciousness) w/ Robert Holliday
Win/Win/Win (Spiritual Attainments) w/ Dave Cuomo
Little Awakenings (Stuckness) w/ Jitsujo Gauthier
Resting Bodhi Face (No Pressure) w/ Sara Campbell
A Magnanimous Mess (Conflict & Zen) w/ Dave Cuomo
Reverently Rogue w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
The Angry Cloud Diaries (Monastery Report pt 2) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Corpse of Wisdom (Monastery Report pt 1) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Easy Way w/ Muhō Nölke
A Shorter Conversation (Arguments & Conflict) w/ Emily Eslami
Don’t Worry, It Gets Worse w/ Corey Warner
Goodness Shattered w/ Dave Cuomo
Gnarly Fields of Chill (Twisted Karma) w/ Jordan Mylet
Barefoot & Drinking (Poetry Corner) w/ Henry Zander
The Lighter Side of Darkness (Story Time) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Shadow of Happiness (The 5 Powers) w/ Sara Campbell
You Are the Problem w/ Emily Eslami
Lost & Found (Meaning & Purpose) w/ Dave Cuomo
An Awesome Group of Weirdos (The Fruits of Zazen) w/ Sara Campbell
Yeah, No (The ❤️ Sutra) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Winning Ticket (Spiritual Bypassing) w/ Tanya Orlov
Mutual Conspiracy (Sonic Meditations) w/ Robert Holliday
Your Kindness & Your Hatefulness (See y’all soon) w/ Dave Cuomo
Rote Reverence (Rituals) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
The Why Question w/ Jitsujo Gauthier
A Clever Game (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Pedro Peres
F#@k Around and Find Out (Prajna (Wisdom)) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Messy Middle (The Curse of Self Awareness) w/ Heather Ross
Dharmically Unqualified (Dharma Combat) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Liberty’s Laments (Year of the Wood Dragon) w/ Dave Cuomo
A Subtle Sober Magic (Zazen) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
A Seat at the Table (Meditation) w/ Dave Cuomo
The Problem With Happiness (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Patrick Carroll
Effortless Efforts (Energy & Depression) w/ Dave Cuomo
Sorrowful Splendor w/ Sara Campbell
A Long Loving Look Into the Darkness w/ Dave Cuomo
Tantrum of the Tathagata (Story Time)
Embracing the Suck (Space Flowers) w/ Jason Dodge
Dukkha Happens (Patience) w/ Dave Cuomo
Free and Unavoidable Things w/ Gyokei Yokoyama (Great Compassionate Mind)
Surprised and Delighted (Self Compassion & the 5 Skandas) w/ Sara Campbell
A Carnage of Compassion pt 1 (Compassion Monsters & the 5 Skandas) w/ Dave Cuomo
Aimless Affirmations (Empowerment vs Emptiness) w/ Sara Campbell
Where’d the Glow Go? (Morality) w/ Dave Cuomo
Fierce Compassion (The Magic Hour) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
The Great G(r)ift (Generosity) w/ Dave Cuomo
Clarity, Purpose, and Joy w/ Curtis Fabens
Burn it Down (Alignment & Blockages) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Ruinous Revelations (Dongshan’s “It’s Only This”) w/ Dave Cuomo
Baseline (Finding Balance) w/ Jitsujo Gauthier
Nobody’s Fool (The Five Skandhas) w/ Dave Cuomo
Consistent Inconsistency (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Ish Lipman
Baby Come Back (The Three Returns) w/ Dave Cuomo
On the Road with Herman the Worm Boy w/ Sara Campbell
A Terrifying Teaching (Diamond Sutra ch 14) w/ Jason Dodge
Tell Me What You Want (Desire & The 4 Noble Truths) w/ Dave Cuomo
Every Day is a Good Day w/ Shumyo Kojima
Dawdling Destiny (How I Spent My Summer Vacation) w/ Henry Zander
Over the Wall (Monastic Training Report) w/ Dave Cuomo
Settled Questions w/ Sara Campbell
Kind Mind (Zen & Multitasking) w/ Helena Harvilicz
Instructions for the Working Stiff w/ Emily Eslami
Mountains Walk, Rivers Talk (Return to the Mountains & Rivers Sutra) w/ Dave Cuomo
Degenerate Dharma (The Diamond Sutra & Buddhist Cosmology) w/ Jason Dodge
Friends Without Benefits (Sangha) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Mind Blowing Mediocrity - (The Witness Mind) w/ Dave Cuomo
Forget Yourself (Non Duality) w/ Emily Eslami
Blooming Buddhas (Zen Gardening) w/ Helena Harvilicz
Summer of Space (Writer’s Block and the Faith In Mind Inscription) w/ Dave Cuomo
Comes and Goes (The Tathagata) w/ Jason Dodge
The Red Badge of Suffering (Single Minded Effort) w/ Emily Eslami
Off the Rails (Faith In Mind Inscription) w/ Dave Cuomo
Weltschmerz, Alcohol, & Sarcasm (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Helena Harvilicz
Just Here to Make Friends (Meaning & Hierarchy) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
The Theory of Nothing (A Brief History of Emptiness) w/ Dave Cuomo
Anxious Epiphanies (What Am I Doing here??) w/ Tanya Orlov
Free Fall (Ambitions & Emptiness) w/ Sara Campbell
Dave Cuomo - A Noisy Hullabaloo (How to Make Peace)
Henry Zander - A Real Heart Warmer (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Just Be Normal (History of Zen - Dahui vs Hongzhi)
Sara Campbell - Midnight at Dawn
Dave Cuomo - How to Stop Time
Gyokei Yokoyama - Original Flavor
Emily Eslami - Nothing Special
Dave Cuomo - Babbling Buddhas (Mountains and Waters Sutra pt 1)
Jason Dodge - Mad Happy Buddha
Dave Cuomo - “Dark Feet, Dark Wings”
Robert Holliday - The Sounds of Silliness (What Am I Doing Here??)
Erik Andersen - Like A Rhinoceros
Dave Cuomo - Beyond You (Vimalakirti - The Thrilling Conclusion)
Gyokei Yokoyama - Good Ripples
Sara Campbell - Nowhere to Hide
Dave Cuomo - One Bright Mistake
Dave Cuomo - “Slumming It” (Vimalakirti Sutra ch 10 & 11)
Gyokei Yokoyama - “Leave No Trace”
Heather Ross - Something Special (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Bursting the Bubble
Gyokei Yokoyama - Call and Response
Dave Cuomo - House Style
Erik Andersen - Take it Easy
Dave Cuomo - Thunderous Silence (Vimalakirti Ch 9 - Non Duality)
Emily Eslami - The Worst Horse
Dave Cuomo - Space Dust (Host and Guest)
Erik Andersen - “An Unfortunate Sequence of Events” (Sacred or Mundane?)
Dave Cuomo - Heavenly Hells! (Vimalakirti Sutra ch 8)
Sara Campbell - Instruction Manual for Living (The Wayward Mind)
Emily Eslami - Mind Waves, Mind Weeds
Dave Cuomo - A Quiet Resistance (Political Engagement in Buddhism)
Dave Cuomo - Flowers Abound! (Vimalakirti ch7 - The Goddess)
Erik Andersen - City of Illusion
Gyokei Yokoyama - The Great Experiment
Dave Cuomo - A Confident Confusion
Mota Mynttinen - Bottoms Up! (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Beyond Comprehension (Vimalakirti Sutra ch 6)
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)
Dave Cuomo - What’s Happening? (You! (The Time Being))
Erik Andersen - Beautiful and Savage
Dave Cuomo - ”Are We Entertained?” (Vimalakirti Sutra pt 1)
Dave Cuomo - A Low Rumble (Happy Rohatsu!)
Emily Eslami - May The Real Buddha Please Stand Up (Linji‘s ”Kill the Buddha”)
Dave Cuomo - How Much Do You Want to Know? (Yogacara - Five Omnipresent Factors)
Sara Campbell - World‘s Created, World‘s Destroyed
Dave Cuomo - Space
Gyokei Yokoyama - The Simplest Thing
Dave Cuomo - Grump & Gruff (Bodhidharma‘s Outline of Practice)
Leslie Mundy - Near Happenstance (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Dave Cuomo - Leggo My Ego (Yogacara - Manas (Self Consciousness))
Sara Campbell - A Different Way of Being Hopeless (Genjo Koan)
Emily Eslami - Holy S**t
Dave Cuomo - Trust Fall (The Singing of Dragons)
Dave Cuomo - DIY(T) (Teachers in Zen)
Corey Warner - The Sweet Spot (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Pure Non Sense (Yogacara - The Six Senses)
Colin Young - Words are Hard! (What Am I Doing Here??)
Emily Eslami - One Rule to Rule Them All (The Three Pure Precepts)
Dave Cuomo - Empty Innocent Space (Yogacara - The Storehouse Consciousness)
Dave Cuomo - The Good Life (Renunciation)
Dave Cuomo - Buddha's Baggage (Yogacara pt 1)
Emily Eslami - Triple Treasure, Triple Treat! (The Three Refuges)
Dave Cuomo - What Do You Want? (Love & Self Care)
Emily Eslami - The Cheat Sheet of (un)Reality (10th Precept - No Disparaging the Buddha, Dharma, & Sangha)
Dave Cuomo - The Great Mistake (Ignorance - part deux!)
Dave Cuomo - Ignorance is Bliss (pt 1 - The 12 Fold Chain)
Emily Eslami - Love Potion ((#)9th Precept - No Giving Way to Anger)
Dave Cuomo - Fringe Benefit
Emily Eslami - My Missing Piece (8th Precept - No Coveting)
Dave Cuomo - A Functional Fantasy Land
Dave Cuomo - Karma Happens
Emily Eslami - The Fundamental Human Disaster (7th precept - No Praising Self or Berating Others)
Dave Cuomo - An Unknowable Hope (Inmo)
Emily Eslami - Stuck in the Mud With You (6th Precept - No Speaking of Past Mistakes)
Dave Cuomo - Bursting Buckets of Buddha!
Emily Eslami - Cloudy Days in the Great Brightness (5th Precept - No Intoxicants)
Dave Cuomo - A Celebration of Silliness (History of Zen - Tozan & Rinzai!)
Dave Cuomo - Sacred Unhinged
Emily Eslami - About the Lies I Haven't Told You (The Precepts pt 5 - No Lying)
Erik Andersen - Angel of Doubt
Emily Eslami - Black Vipers & Cold Rocks (Precepts pt 4 - Sex & Desire)
Dave Cuomo - Zen's Golden Dark Age (History of Zen)
Wilcox Gwynne - No Trigger Warning Needed (What Was I Doing There??)
Emily Eslami - Nothing to Lose (The Precept pt 3 - No Stealing)
Dave Cuomo - The Beautiful Boring of Blockhead (History of Zen - Shitou vs Mazu!)
Emily Eslami - First Gift (The Precepts pt 2 - Not Killing)
Dave Cuomo - Inconceivable! (The Vimalakirti Sutra - pt 2)
Dave Cuomo - Thank You For Being (The Vimalakirti Sutra - pt 1)
Erik Andersen - The Poor Way
Emily Eslami - On Shaky Ground (The Precepts pt 1 - Historical Background)
Emily Eslami - Old Bones, Dull Brains (Ceaseless Practice pt 2!)
Dave Cuomo - Stillness Screaming
Sara Campbell - The Fuzzy That Is Neither Warm Nor Cold (What Am Doing Here??)
Dave Cuomo - Is This Working??
Cat Kilmer - What Am I Doing Here?? (Love & Reality)
Emily Eslami - Ceaseless Practice
Dave Cuomo - Having Once Paused (History of Zen - Ikkyu)
Emily Eslami - Equanimity
Erik Andersen - Emptiness and Compassion (We're All In This Together)
Jason Dodge - What Am I Doing Here?
Dave Cuomo - Blinding Darkness
Love & Emptiness w/ Emily Eslami
Dave Cuomo - Good Friends (History of Zen - The Platform Sutra)
Michele Roldan-Shaw - Street Buddhism (Jataka Tales)
Erik Andersen - Worry Time
Dave Cuomo - Catastrophe! (History of Zen - Shenhui & The An Lushan Rebellion
Dave Cuomo - Siren Songs and Bluejays
Emma Roy - Buddha's Anger
Dave Cuomo - Explaining the Joke (History of Zen - Shenxiu)
Dave Cuomo - The Great Cosmic Joke (Nishijima’s Four Views)
Emily Eslami - Stupid Joy
Jack Taylor - What Am I Doing Here??
Emily Eslami - No Death
Dave Cuomo - Zen Begins! (History of Zen - Bodhidharma)
Miranda Javid - Faking It
Emma Roy - Zen and the Art of Marketing Zen
Emily Eslami - Well, This is Uncomfortable (Death by Fire, Death By Ice)
Dave Cuomo - Something from Nothing (History of Zen - The situation in Ancient China)
Dave Cuomo - A Brief History of Not Knowing
Emma Roy - A Time Outside of Time
Emily Eslami - The Great Mistake
Dave Cuomo - Give Up, Give In
Emily Eslami - It's a Miracle!
Emma Roy - Self Caught Jail
Dave Cuomo - Who You Calling Perfect?? (History of Zen - Buddha Nature)