Archive for March 2011
Episode 57 :: Bernie Glassman :: Socially Engaged Buddhism
Bernie Glassman Bernie Glassman speaks with us about Socially Engaged Buddhism, and the organization Zen Peacemakers. There are many different ways in which our practice can show itself. We can sit with a group at a local center. Go on retreats. Reach deep states of mental calm in meditation. None of which is a bad…
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Kevin Griffin Kevin Griffin speaks with us about his book A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery. Hi, everyone, thanks for being here. We’ve had guests on the podcast before who’ve spoken about how Buddhist teaching and practice have impacted addiction recovery programs, and often the subject of the classic Twelve Step…
Read MoreEpisode 55 :: Sam Trumbore :: Interfaith Dialogues
Sam Trumbore Sam Trumbore speaks with us about chess, secular spirituality, and the value of having interfaith dialogues. You ever find yourself talking with someone, and think you’re just never going to find any common ground? We have taboo subjects where this comes up quite a lot, religion and politics. How many of us avoid…
Read MoreEpisode 54 :: Toni Bernhard :: How to Be Sick
Raise your hand if you’ve ever gotten a cold. Felt run down. Had no energy. You’ve got the crud that’s been going around the office. Of course, we’ve all been sick in this way at some time in our lives. But even in that place of Nyquil-besotted sniffling and drowsiness, we’ve never really questioned whether or not we’d get better. We know we will, it just doesn’t typically come up as something to think about, and this confidence is one of the unsung heroes of making our illness tolerable.
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