All Episodes

Bonus Track #9: 2026 Buddha's Birthday Celebration

Ep 36. - Poetically torturous or tortuously poetic

Bonus Track #8: External and Internal Influences

Ep. 35 - A Question About Questions

Bonus Track #7: Cats of the Mind

Ep. 34 - Relationships - Becoming Each Other’s Friend On The Path

Ep. 33 - New Year Revolution

Ep. 32 - There is no such thing as selfless caregiving

Ep. 31 - Powerless Or Powerful: Rethinking Grief, Prayer, And What Remains

Ep. 30 - Practice For The Small Losses So You’re Ready For The Big One

Ep. 29 - Dead Buddhas

Ep. 28 - From the archives- A recording of a meditation class lecture. Painting the life you want

Ep. 28 - 5 Roots: 5. The silent wisdom within us is already complete.

Ep. 27 - 5 Roots - 4. Meditation and Stillness as Your Birthright

Ep. 26 - 5 Roots: 3. The Fire of Perseverance

Ep. 25 - 5 Roots: 2. Wake Up!!!

Ep. 24 - 5 Roots - 1. Turning Belief Into Power

Ep. 23 - Finding Happiness Through Understanding Suffering: A Zen Perspective

Ep. 22 - Buddhism's Bad Rap: Debunking the "Suffering Only" Myth

Ep. 21 - The Raft Gets You There, But Don't Carry It On Your Back

Ep. 20 - Freedom's Paradox

Ep. 19 - The Art of Feeling: Zen Perspectives on Numbness and Awareness

Bonus Track #6: Pornographic Birds of the Mind

Ep. 18 - Beyond Rage: Finding Clarity in a World of Emotion

Ep. 17 - Deafening Murmur Amidst Silence

Bonus Track #5: Eye Opening Ceremony Address

Ep. 16 - The Tapestry of Karma Extends Beyond What You Can See (karma part 2)

Bonus Track #4: From the Mouth of a Thousand Buddhas: "You're Not For You"

Ep. 15 - Beyond Eye for an Eye: The Misunderstood Nature of Karma (Karma part 1)

Bonus Track #3: Buckets of Gold or Manure: It's Your Lift

Ep. 14 - Reincarnation of reincarnation. We reincarnate with every emotion, not just between lifetimes.

Bonus Track #2: Depraved Happiness

Ep. 13 - Sméagol's Ring, Dinosaur Pee, Soda Cans and Other Tales from the Six Realms of Reincarnation

Bonus Track # 1: Hungry Spirituality

Ep. 12 - Aging with Grace: Start Now

Ep. 11 - The Happiness Trap: Your pursuit of happiness might be causing your suffering

Ep. 10 - Worry - One of our most normalized yet destructive mental habits.

Ep. 9 - Forgive! But not from your high horse

Ep. 8 - Beyond Religion: How Belief Shapes EVERYTHING We Do

Ep. 7 - Fan Mail Episode: The Conscious vs Subconscious Mind: A Zen Exploration

Ep. 6 - Fan Mail Episode - "What is self love?..."

Ep. 5 - Fan Mail Episode - Practice & the World

Ep 4. - Let go my ego! Just what is it, why should you let it go, and if you should?

Ep. 3 - Are the inner and outer different, or is it "as is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm"?

Ep. 2 - Not your garden variety patience

Ep. 1 - Words about words