The Man Who Woke up the Buddha - Podcast

Sid and Marcus have breakfast on the porch of the General Store, greeting people as they come and go until Sid has a serious conversation with a friend who lives on the street. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

A two-part episode about how Sid deals with his business partners and betrayers followed by a late-night scene in which Marcus comes upon Sid questioning his Buddhahood. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

After running roughshod over the Buddha’s blessing before meals, Sid tells the story of how, with a lot of help from Di, he made his first million. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid explains his business principles, which have little resemblance to what Courtney and Sistah are going to learn in their class on entrepreneurship. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

After Dr. Jay and his wife Di diagnose Sid's current condition (after he fell while skating) as a condition known as "You're an f-ing idiot," Sid and the Buddha return to watching "Sid & Money: Go Figure," in which he defies common sense the odds and Di's wrath to recover the small fortune he'd lost trading heating oil futures. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subs...

As he lies on the ice doing snow angels, Sid starts to reminisce about the early days of his roller-coaster ride in the world of business and finance. Meanwhile, the Buddha struggles to keep up with Sid’s stories and their spiritual implications, if any. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

While skating on the frozen bay, Sid and the Buddha reminisce and speculate whether their collaboration this time around might have something to do with money. Click here to read this episode. Go to Season 1 Episode #1 Go to Season 2 Episode #1 Go to Season 3 Episode #1 Table of Contents [All Text Posts] Apple Podcasts [All episodes] Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.co...

Marcus opens an email from Sid a few days after Christmas and finds a wild rant that seems to have been written by Sid, the Buddha, the God of Money, and Pāli the Parrot. Click here to read this episode. Go to Season 1 Episode #1 Go to Season 2 Episode #1 Go to Season 3 Episode #1 Table of Contents [All Text Posts] Apple Podcasts [All episodes] Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein....

As we wait for Season Four to begin, I provide full disclosure as to how I, Pāli the savant parrot, and Zoey, Sid's savant granddaughter use AI. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid wakes up in the middle of the night in a rage, and somehow makes it downstairs to the garage before screaming out his fury: at his cancer, his Buddha-hood, and his historical flashbacks. The next day Dr. Jay briefs him and Di on the results of his MRI and Di insists he (and Sid) discuss Sid-Buddha’s increasingly erratic behavior. Fortunately, Pāli has a birds-eye view of what’s going on and ke...

Sid wakes up in the middle of the night in a rage, and somehow makes it downstairs to the garage before screaming out his fury: at his cancer, his Buddha-hood, and his historical flashbacks. The next day Dr. Jay briefs him and Di on the results of his MRI and Di insists he (and Sid) discuss Sid-Buddha’s increasingly erratic behavior. Fortunately, Pāli has a birds-eye view of what’s going on and ke...

The grandchildren celebrate Bodhi Day in Pāli the parrot’s new rec room in the basement by telling Sid about the acts of kindness they did that day. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid gives the grandkids a dharma talk about animal sacrifice with a focus on the Abraham and Isaac story by way of Bob Dylan. Fortunately no animals were harmed in the making of the episode…as long as you don’t count the hamburgers and hot dogs. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid gives the grandkids a dharma talk about animal sacrifice with a focus on the Abraham and Isaac story by way of Bob Dylan. Fortunately no animals were harmed in the making of the episode…as long as you don’t count the hamburgers and hot dogs. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

The grandchildren celebrate Bodhi Day in Pāli the parrot’s new rec room in the basement by telling Sid about the acts of kindness they did that day. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid has a spirited and, at times, convoluted conversation with the leader of a local "Hare Krishna" group about whether all that is is really all that is. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid has a spirited and, at times, convoluted conversation with the leader of a local "Hare Krishna" group about whether all that is is really all that is. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid meets up with his enlightened “park-person” friend LJ who explaines why people don’t recognize Sid’s Buddha nature. It has something to do with ducks. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

After meeting Pāli the Zen parrot and going to Sid’s last radiation treatment, Casper and his grandfather go for a walk around a college campus where they come upon some Bhakti yogis chanting Hare Krishna. Sid is intrigued. Casper is bewildered. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Kesey arrives with Pāli and gets into a deep discussion with Sid about the Pāli Canon as the parrot gets used to his new home. The Buddha, as always, tries to keep the conversation on track. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid’s nephew’s Willy and Junior—along with Junior’s alleged girlfriend Cindy—built a large aviary in the living room at Sid’s house, as he read up on the Buddhist Pāli Canon, Zoey read up on parrot behavior and Di found a way to rise above it all. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid’s nephew’s Willy and Junior—along with Junior’s alleged girlfriend Cindy—built a large aviary in the living room at Sid’s house, as he read up on the Buddhist Pāli Canon, Zoey read up on parrot behavior and Di found a way to rise above it all. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

Sid and Kesey go mano a mano or, rather, master a master in the Buddha department in this, the final episode of Season Two of The Man Who Woke up the Buddha, which also features the arrival of a new character who adds a whole new dimension to the spiritual lessons of the novel. Click here to read this episode. Go to Season 1 Episode #1 Go to Season 2 Episode #1 Table of Contents [All Text Posts] A...

Sid provides somewhat-sage counsel to his grandchildren as they construct a model of the Buddhist stupa (burial marker) he wants placed at his grave. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe

While Courtney and Sistah drive Sid home from radiation, Sistah goes on a brilliant, extended, borderline-manic rap about the excesses of the patriarchy and religious intolerance. Get full access to Fields of Vision at davidblistein.substack.com/subscribe