Archive for April 2010
Episode 10 :: David Meade :: Skeptical Monastics Unite
Can One Become a Skeptical Monastic? In today’s world, as it was 2,500 years ago in the time of Buddha, there is an interdependence between monastics and the lay community. In Theravadin Buddhism, this has remained unchanged. The specific rules for monastic behavior are the same, and even perplexing restrictions that seem to have little…
Read MoreEpisode 9 :: Spirituality for Atheists :: Part Two
Grant Steves Today we’re presenting the second part of our conversation with Grant Steves about spirituality for atheists, and we’ll get to that in a moment. But first, a question came up from the the previous podcast, part one of that interview. I ran into Jack Caravela this morning at Memorial Blood Centers, we and…
Read MoreEpisode 8 :: Spirituality for Atheists :: Part One
Grant Steves Grant is a retired educator who taught debate, communications, language arts, and more for forty years. At an early age, he started reading books on philosophy and religion that had belonged to his grandfather. It was his introduction to Buddhism. In college he pursued Asian studies, and that was the time in which…
Read MoreEpisode 7 :: John Doshin Taylor :: Irish Meditation
John Doshin Taylor John has been involved in zen practice for about six years, but has been a student of philosophy for many years prior to that. He is currently living in Northern Ireland, and tells us about how he came to Buddhism, what it’s like for practitioners in his area, and provides some insight…
Read MoreEpisode 6 :: Brooks Peterson :: Cultural Intelligence Part Two
Brooks Peterson Brooks Peterson is the founder of Across Cultures, a micro company serving internationally-focussed professionals. An experienced cross-cultural trainer, researcher, and graduate level educator, he has lived and traveled extensively around the world and now lives and works in Minneapolis / St. Paul. He is the creator of a variety of culture tools and…
Read MoreEpisode 5 :: Brooks Peterson :: Cultural Intelligence Part One
Brooks Peterson Brooks Peterson is the founder of Across Cultures, a micro company serving internationally-focussed professionals. An experienced cross-cultural trainer, researcher, and graduate level educator, he has lived and traveled extensively around the world and now lives and works in Minneapolis / St. Paul. He is the creator of a variety of culture tools and…
Read MoreEpisode 4 :: Linda Blanchard, Dana Nourie, Jan Ford :: Virtual Dhamma
Triple Gem of Skeptical Buddhism Online Today’s interview is with the Triple Gem of the virtual secular sangha, Linda Blanchard, Jan Ford, and Dana Nourie. We’ll talk about how they came to have a less religious, but still buddhisty, practice, and the development of the online skeptical buddhist communities on FaceBook and Second Life. Linda…
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