Zen Talking

Read the History, Talk the History, # Episode #:  #Post(s) in Question ###Post:   * https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1u7a075/divorcing_zen_from_mahayana_the_2002_paper_what/  * https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/tva86b/more_form_harrison_searching_for_the_origins_of/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? * Why is there confusion? * Why did it ta...

Read the History, Talk the History, 4-22 Episode #: 305 #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1srmxik/comment/ohm335u/?context=1 ###Link to episode:  ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Kinds of mindfulness, calculation, exercise, method, strategy Zen vs Chess Zen Master Buddha's three fears Methods to purity Zen as non-c...

Read the History, Talk the History, 2/17 Episode #304 #Post(s) in Question ###Post:  * https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1rehlm5/zen_manners_part_2_why_is_zen_like_this/ ###Link to episode:  ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be interviewed. We are now using libsyn...

Read the History, Talk the History, 4-9 Episode #: 303 #Post(s) in Question ###Post:  ###Link to episode:  ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Faith in Mind translation... chinese and english are weird. Also is cadence in poetry a thing in ancient china? Diary of Adam and Eve: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8525/8525-h/8525-h.htm # Keep in Touch Add...

Read the History, Talk the History, 4-23 Episode #: 302 #Post(s) in Question ###Post:  * https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1spubtz/zen_goes_to_korea/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? ***ReadZen is an rZen tool from dota2nub (download and Web versions) that makes primary texts available with translations and dictionaries and lineage trees and fo...

Read the History, Talk the History, 4-26 Episode #: 301 #Post(s) in Question ###Post:  * https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/rZltoQ6tyd ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Quitting study. Quitting Enlightenment Can you quit talking to them? # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be inter...

 Read the History, Talk the History, 4-14 Episode #: 300 #Post(s) in Question   https://www.reddit.com/r/askZen/comments/1srmpqi/zen_talking_podcast_case_17_wansongs_book_of/?   ###Link to episode:  ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? The center of this Case is Wansong's use of the metaphor of the scale.  The understanding of what a scale looks like a...

Read the History, Talk the History, #299 ,2-4-26 Episode:  #Post(s) in Question   Post:  https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1qut7e0/ > Are most zen books you find in the book store/library a bit…. crap?  www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted  I want to ask people who are more well versed: am I thick if I don't get anything from most zen books? I wrote my anecdotal shpeel for context but I think...

Read the History, Talk the History, # Episode:  #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1qq9ckf/from_the_dms_i_think_im_enligthened/ (Inspired by, is that a thing?) ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be interviewed. We are now using libsyn,...

Read the History, Talk the History Episode: 1-23 #297 #Post(s) in Question https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1pq1ws4/brief_zhaozhou/   ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Translation in principle vs in practice. # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be interviewed. We are now u...

Read the History, Talk the History 12/16  Episode: 297 #Post(s) in Question ###Post:  https://www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/comments/1pniott/case_27_of_the_recorded_sayings_of_joshu/ Case 27, Zhaozhou, green trans. ###Link to episode:  ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? What is this Case about? Crimes of the past : just balance the scales :: teachings o...

Read the History, Talk the History #296, 12/10 #Post(s) in Question ###Post:  https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1pebaio/ez_absolute_truth/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? strengths and weakness of AI translators What does Prajna mean? cheeks on the back of your head Demon Path 30 Rock Buddha Path evil How to do Zen cooking using the recipe in...

Read the History, Talk the History 12/11 295   #Post(s) in Question   ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p6cus7/from_rzensangha_zen_masters_barriers/ ###Link to all episodes:  https://sites.libsyn.com/407831   # What did we talk about?   awareness, to have or have not, gates vs barriers vs checkpoints, salt off the back of a truck, wisdom, seeing, seen, seer, cults, kungfu panda.    #...

Read the History, Talk the History #293, 12/14   #Post(s) in Question   ###Post:  https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p6cus7/from_rzensangha_zen_masters_barriers/   ###Link to episode:   https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p6cus7/from_rzensangha_zen_masters_barriers/   ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831   # What did we talk about?   awareness, to have or have not, gates...

  Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question, #293   ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/comments/1pf0diz/comment/nt0ppf1/   ###Link to all episodes:  https://sites.libsyn.com/407831   # What did we talk about?   Cafeteria vs Cheese board: What is picking and choosing? The monk beats Zhaozhou, but Zhaozhou pulls a disappearing act. Zen Masters reject causality, proto "yo mamma...

Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zensangha/comments/1pcsoxr/zen_master_buddhas_teachings_are_trash_rubbish/ ###Link to all episodes:  https://sites.libsyn.com/407831   # What did we talk about?   # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be interviewed. We are now using libsy...

Read the History, Talk the History - Ep #291 #Post(s) in Question  ###Post: ###Link to episode: www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1phgff0/zen_teachings_mexican_ingeniousness/ ? ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? MacGyver, Red Green Show, Belgian Solutions... people from anywhere can fix things! Poverty and Zen are tied together, but also separated by edu...

Read the History, Talk the History   #Post(s) in Question   ###Post: Two different posts   ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831   # What did we talk about?   # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be interviewed. We are now using libsyn, so you don't even have to show your face. You just get a link to an audi...

Read the History, Talk the History, #Episode: 289 #Post(s) in Question ###Post:  ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Complete this yourself. # Keep in Touch Add a comment if there is a post you want somebody to get interviewed about, or you agree to be interviewed. We are now using libsyn, so you don't even have to show your face. You just get a link...

                                                                                 Read the History, Talk the History, #288   #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p6gkae/zen_talking_poverty/ (that's right, a podcast about a podcast episode) ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Barriers in Zen? Interest in public interviews...

                                                                                 Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/famous_cases ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Aggressiveness bad in the modern world. Virtue essential to Christianity, Buddhism, Zazen, Yoga, etc. Who is "good"?  Sidewa...

                                                                                 Read the History, Talk the History #286 #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p5gwt7/from_the_dms_linjis_never_been/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? What are the three vehicles?  How about "obedience, compassion, and esoteric knowledge"...

Post(s) in Question  Ep. 285  Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p0bgci/from_rzensangha_nanquan_form_of_a_water_buffalo/ ? Link to all episodes:  https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 What did we talk about? Multiple level of meanings of Zen koans   * Zen Master traditional challenge questions: What are you doing? What is that?   * Material world level, metaphorical level, Zen doctrine level E...

                                                                                 Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1olllu9/moon_face_zen_master/  and https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ojb7tp/silent_illumination_exposed/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Virtual communites.  Li...

                                                                                 Read the History, Talk the History #Post(s) in Question ###Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1ot5j59/foyan_qingyuan_facing_it_directly_dont_miss_whats/ ###Link to all episodes: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831 # What did we talk about? Entering from the East isn't going to work because it's relative.  Relativ...