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ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas

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We all desire happiness - what is good, pleasant right, permanent, joyful, satisfying, and easy. But life often brings frustration, dissatisfaction, incompleteness, and sorrow. This podcast channel offers talks and question-response-sessions from Zen Buddhist Monk, Vietnam Veteran, Author, and Peace Activist Claude AnShin Thomas. This is for everyone who yearns for understanding and for embodying the difference we want to see in the world. Let's embark together on a path of ending all wars and truly living peace. https://www.zaltho.org, info@zaltho.org

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6. On Hope, Dealing with Getting Hurt, Being Not-Broken, Connection 14.05.2023 45:18

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: ht...

5. On Life and Various Questions: Awakening, Suffering, Death, Boundaries 29.04.2023 59:34

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to...

4. Online Visit With College Students from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, Asian Philosophy Class 08.04.2023 1:13:38

What is it like to live as a Zen Buddhist Monk? This and other questions from college students Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: info@zaltho....

3. Relationship with Time, Letting go of Fear, Moral Injury, Making Mistakes, Taking Care of Oneself 10.03.2023 41:41

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: info@zaltho.org Want to read up on this topic? Book r...

2. ZalthoLIVE: On Vulnerabillity, Having Children, Addressing Anxiety, What about Therapy? 16.02.2023 23:56

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: info@zaltho.org Want to read up on this topic? Bo...

1. ZalthoLIVE: Dealing with Challenges, Sabotaging Oneself, Death, Senselessness, Paying Attention to Details 24.01.2023 41:26

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: http...

13. ZalthoLIVE: On Fear of Dying, Not Being Controlling, Anchors in Our Lives, Healthy Detachment, Changing Through Practice 08.12.2022 31:53

These are topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question...

12. On Lonliness, Attachment, War in the Ukraine, Awakening, Laziness etc. 11.11.2022 43:35

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: http...

11. ZalthoLIVE: On Intuition, Faith, Facing Complications, Having Choices 05.10.2022 46:34

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. Time stamps: Q: 01:30 What is the me...

10. ZalthoLIVE: Dealing With Stress, Trusting Intuition, Being Vulnerable, War in the Ukraine 30.08.2022 36:49

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: http...

9. ZalthoLIVE: First Impressions, Vulnerability, Our Past, Confronting Fears 06.08.2022 37:53

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: http...

8. ZalthoLIVE: About Directness, Noticing, Intuition, Vulnerability, and the Ukraine War 20.07.2022 25:07

The following questions are what Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on in this episode. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. Q1: (1 min 15 sec) Why do...

7.ZalthoLIVE: College students ask 'What is Living as a Buddhist Monk Like?' 23.06.2022 1:10:36

This is a topic that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on with a group of university students. This episode was recorded during a zoom class. Claude AnShin Thomas: What you all do, what living a Buddhist life is like, why you have chosen such a life? Question #1: How do I live in the present moment when I know that I will die, a...

6. ZalthoLIVE: Memorial Day, The Real Costs of War 31.05.2022 19:28

Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - speaks at the First Unitarian Church of Dallas on the topic of war never being a solution and how to live the peace we want to see in the word. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you wa...

5. ZalthoLIVE: Conditioning Leading to War, Finding a Way with Zen Practice 17.05.2022 1:02:00

This talk was held in January 2022 online for a group of veterans who are working on the aspect of moral injury. Claude AnShin Thomas shares his experience for the first 30 minutes as it relates to his military service and his conditioning leading up to the Vietnam War. He also talks about how he found his way to Buddhist practice among several other topics. Question and response starts at 30 minu...

4. ZalthoLIVE: Trusting to Find Absolute Truth and other questions (with German translation) 06.04.2022 35:09

Q: If all my perceptions are influenced my cultural circumstances, how can I be sure to find absolute truth? How to know, if what I find is not yet just another cultural conditioning? Q: How did your ordination go? (3 min 45 sec) Q: Why did you get ordained in Auschwitz? (14 mins) Q: When is the right time to ask a question? (18 min 55 sec) Q: What is that new pin you are wearing on your robe? (28...

3. ZalthoLIVE: Useful Responses on the War in the Ukraine 09.03.2022 34:04

These are questions about the current war in the Ukraine that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. Having been a soldier in war, Claude AnShin Thomas speaks with an authentic and legitimate voice. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. Questions: (1:47) How does the Zal...

2. ZalthoLIVE: The Observing Mind, Being Connected, Mindfulness, Finding a Teacher, Stop Letting Ideas Dictate Our Lives 16.02.2022 42:13

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: info@zaltho.org Want to read up on this topic? Book r...

1. ZalthoLIVE: Meditation is not a Technique, Making Decisions, Can Lying be Skillful Means? 16.01.2022 36:50

Meditation is not a technique, Making Decisions, Can Lying be a skillful means? These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response...

13. ZalthoLIVE: Accepting Impermanence and Uncertainty 22.12.2021 57:55

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during the Vesak online celebration - the worldwide Buddhist festivity of the historical Buddha's (Gautama Siddh...

12. ZalthoLIVE: About Strong Emotions, Being Bored, Homelessness and Drug Addiction (with German translation) 07.12.2021 34:34

In this episode Zen Buddhist monk Claude AnShin Thomas works with following questions. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: info@zaltho.org Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of...

11. ZalthoLIVE: On Freedom, Irritability, One's Past, Stop Arguing 02.11.2021 38:58

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: http...

10. ZalthoLIVE: Giving witness, Living Zen out loud, Setting daily priorities 23.09.2021 21:02

These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. Here brief notes about this episode's themes: Giving witness/bearing witness - Encourage to be revealing of oneself, to not skate around o...

9. ZalthoLIVE: The Value in Impermanence and Not-Knowing (with German translation) 10.08.2021 57:55

Listen to this inspiring public talk by Zen monk Claude AnShin Thomas on the occasion of the world wide celebrated Buddhist VESAK fest. We all struggle from time to time with the reality of impermance and not-knowing. Sometimes these are welcome and exciting when we touch the potential and the liveliness. VESAK marks the birth, awakening and death of the historical man Gautama Siddharta Shakyamuni...

8. ZalthoLive: Stay Fresh and Open with Daily Routines, Sustaining Life while Challenges Always Occur (with German translation) 06.07.2021 40:07

Sustaining a meditation practice is not always easy. Sitting meditation is only one form of meditation. How do I remain fresh and open in the midst of daily routines? In short: Zen pracitice is about ATTENTION-TO-DAILY-LIFE. These are some questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of h...