All Episodes

Prayer as Practice: Listening, Compassion, and Interdependence

Right Attitude: Sitting Without Chasing

Bach, Forest Bathing, and the Zazen You Didn't Know You Were Doing

You're Doing It Wrong (And That's the Point): Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Buddha Nature in a Distracted World

Change, Dissatisfaction, and the Self: The Three Marks of Existence

What Does “No Self” Really Mean?

A Talk on Winter Solstice: Turning Toward the Light

What is Pragmatic about Pragmatic Buddhism?

What Do We Mean by Karma?

Sitting with Discomfort

What is Zazen, Really?

Using Difficulty as Practice

Meaning with a Capital M

Mind Training for a Reactive World

Sympathetic Joy: Joy Without Comparison

Why Sangha Matters: The Forgotten Jewel

Before the New Year, Pause

The Wisdom of Not Knowing

Maybe It’s Just a Thought (Or Something Else)

Kindness as a Way of Seeing

The Buddha Said, Don’t Take My Word for It

Right Here, Right Now

Pragmatism: Philosophy You Can Use

Improvising the Dharma: Lessons from Jazz

Causality: Seeing the Patterns That Shape Us

You Are Perfect in This Moment (And Can Always Get Better)

Craving, Aversion, and the Trouble With Control

Craving, Addiction, and the Search for Contentment

Words Shape the Path: From Noble Truths to Ennobling Realities

The Parable of the Arrow of Suffering

Enlightenment and the Self: Stories We Tell

Why Enlightenment Isn’t Just About You

Enlightenment as a Verb: Living the Practice

Realization: What Enlightenment Really Means

Not-Self: Letting Go of the Story of “Me”

Living with Life’s Discontent

Nothing Lasts Forever And That’s the Point

Seeing Clearly: The Three Marks of Existence