The Zen of Everything

Is zen competitive? Is competition a bad thing? Treeleaf Zendo Tour de France Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Can zen make you happy? Should it? Treeleaf Zendo The Origins of the Pursuit of Happiness No Stupid Questions: Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer? Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

There are a number of precepts that have to be followed by Zen practitioners. Jundo and Kirk discuss these precepts, and how strict they are. Treeleaf Zendo The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts What is the Rakusu? Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or...

There are a lot of rituals in Zen. Where do they come from? Why are they still performed? And what's the thing about the number 108? Treeleaf Zendo 108 (Wikipedia) Mala (Wikipedia) Heart Sutra (Wikipedia) Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate...

Many Zen priests in Japanese Buddhism have active sex lives, others are celibate. We discuss how Buddhism treats sex, and how it makes the world go around. Treeleaf Zendo Buddhism and sexuality (Wikipedia) Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate...

Jundo explains the importance of lineage in Zen, how the teachings have been handed down over the centuries from Zen teachers to students, in an unbroken chain. Treeleaf Zendo Zazenkai Sunday June 21st with Writer-Zen Historian Barbara O'Brien Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping? Zensabō Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com ....

In this time of protests around the world, we discuss how Zen approaches injustice and protest. Treeleaf Zendo For Justice & Peace Socially DIS-engaged Buddhism Metta (Loving Kindness) for All in Social Unrest Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and ple...

"Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures, not depending on words and letters." With that in mind, Jundo and Kirk discuss Zen books: how to read them, what to read, and when to burn them. Treeleaf Zendo Bodhidharma (Wikipedia) Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Buddhism For Dummies Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind The Circle of the...

Sitting meditation can be painful for a lot of people. Jundo and Kirk discuss how to sit without pain, or how to accept the pain when sitting. Treeleaf Zendo Alexander Technique Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra Phantom limb syndrome Seiza bench Invisibilia: For Some Teens With Debilitating Pain, The Treatment Is More Pain Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-o...

Walking can free your mind, but can also be an act of meditation. Treeleaf Zendo Mount Tsukuba Kinhin: The Dignity of the Buddha Alexander Technique Photo: Tea Tray Ensō Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Is zen all about silence? Treeleaf Zendo John Cage's 4′33″ Suzuki Roshi's talk on the difference between "sound" and "noise" Isolation tank Correction: Jundo meant a blue jay; listen here Into Great Silence Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rat...

In these times, we need hope. Jundo and Kirk discuss how we can cultivate hope. And we learn that the name for the Zen of Everything podcast in Japanese would be Zen no Zen. Treeleaf Zendo Abbott & Costello Who's On First Cast Away Viktor Frankl (Wikipedia) Medicine Buddha (Wikipedia) Jizo (Wikipedia) Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.co...

With many people going into quarantine, Jundo and Kirk discuss how this time can be beneficial, and how washing your hands can be the act of a Boddhisatva. Treeleaf Zendo Master Dogen's Instructions for Washing the Hands Tonglen (Wikipedia) Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your fa...

With a potential pandemic looming, Jundo and Kirk talk about rumors, unreasonable and reasonable fear, plagues of the past and today, and a good Zen attitude to sickness and death. Treeleaf Zendo Coronavirus rumors fuel panic buying of toilet paper in Japan Vatican Insists Pope Francis Only Has a Cold — Not Coronavirus Shit stick (Wikipedia) Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an...

What is "original Buddhism?" In the absence of texts from the Buddha's times, how can we know what the Buddha really taught? And how does the corpus of later texts help us understand Buddhism? Treeleaf Zendo Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World Stephen Batchelor The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World Buddhism in the Shadow of...

Jundo and Kirk talk about zen and parenting. Treeleaf Zendo Biography of Gautama Buddha (Wikipedia) Dr. Seuss books Winnie the Pooh The Giving Tree Stone Soup Zen Shorts Puppy Mind Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Jundo and Kirk discuss "hard" and "easy" zen. Has zen become too easy? Is it too hard? You are New York all along. Treeleaf Zendo Junici Saga: Memories of Silk and Straw The Next Track podcast Honkyoku Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the...

Jundo and Kirk talk about zen and war. How should zen practitioners act when faced with war? How can we prevent war? Treeleaf Zendo Brian Daizen Victoria: Zen at War “Zen at War” Brian Victoria: Throwing Bombs at Kodo Edwin Starr: War (YouTube) Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or you...

Jundo and Kirk discuss how Christmas and Zen can find common ground, and discuss their favorite Zen Christmas carols. Treeleaf Zendo Rohatsu - Bodhi Day (Wikipedia) Joseph Campbell: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Santa Bodhisattva Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Wikipedia) Christmas in Japan Allen Ginsberg chanting the Heart Sutra Kaz Tanahashi's ensos Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a...

You've probably heard about kōans, those enigmatic zen dialogs that make no sense. Jundo and Kirk discuss the origin and history of kōans, what they mean, how they work, and what the sound of one hand clapping really is. Treeleaf Zendo Kōan (Wikipedia) Tang dynasty (618–907) Song dynasty (960–1297) John Daido Loori (Wikipedia) Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Dahui Zonggao (Wikipedia...

Is meditation easy? Is it difficult? Jundo and Kirk talk about shikantaza meditation and the importance of intention. And Jundo discuss his patented Insta-Zen technique. Treeleaf Zendo The Circle of the Way The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes...

Jundo and Kirk discuss the idea of oneness. The good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly are all facets of the great jewel. Treeleaf Zendo Transparent eyeball (Wikipedia) Emerson and Zen Buddhism Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the pod...

Jundo and Kirk discuss the Dokusan room, the place where the teacher tests students and students test the teacher. What goes on can be romanticized and overemphasized, misused and misunderstood (especially by modern westerners), yet greatness sometimes happens too. Treeleaf Zendo Philip Kapleau: The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment Brad Warner: Hardcore Zen Teachers chec...

Jundo and Kirk discuss differences between the way zen is practiced in the west compared to in Japan. Treeleaf Zendo Philip Kapleau: The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo Paris Hilton takes Buddhist monk Shopping Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, pleas...

Jundo and Kirk talk discuss favorites. What is the best ice cream flavor? What is the best fruit? Do favorites matter? Do appearances matter? Treeleaf Zendo Wabi-sabi (Wikipedia) Introduction to Agama Sutra: The First Buddhist Scripture (on Wei Nung) Theme music by Kiku Day . To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com . If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes...