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A Buddhist Podcast - Eileens lecture on Earthly Desires are Enlightenment Mar 10, 2007

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Tonights show is so full we had to get it out! With a wonderful lecture by Eileen Beckmann on Earthly Desires are Enlightenment, shoutouts and an experience from Matt McMillan. We have music from Sandie Shaw, a 60th Birthday mix of "A Puppet on a String". Also, thanks to Promonet, we are able to play Black Labs track, "Mine Again", if you like the track buy it from ITunes on March 22nd as part of the Bumrush the Charts campaign!Thank you so much for downloading the show, for your emails and for supporting the show.Don't worry we will get Part 2 of The Three Kinds of Treasure out in the next couple of weeks, in the mean time, take care, stand tall and have a great week!Email us with questions, feedback or experiences!

A Buddhist Podcast - Three Kinds of Treasure Part 1 Feb 23, 2007

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So we are back, life has been very busy indeed!

And tonights talk is based on the Gosho, Three Kinds of Treasure

Lighthouses
What is my purpose in life?
Master and Disciple
Our struggle
Winning where we are right now
Cliffhanger

Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Vittoria Conn sings Mirror and Black Lab sing us out with Broken Heart. Thank you for listening, have a terrific week

Yorkshire Tea came from the wonderful Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate and while you are making a cuppa go and check out the Bum Rush the Charts campaign

A Buddhist Podcast - The Hero of the World Jan 23, 2007

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Happy New Year!Tonights talk is based on the Gosho, The Hero of the World

Shijo Kingo
Is it daytime yet?
Riding the waves of life
Victory or defeat is a matter of the heart
Buddhism is reason
Daisaku Ikeda
The fight of our lives

Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Eoghan Colghan sings Planetary Woman and Move sing us out with Leave Your Problems. Yorkshire Tea came from the wonderful Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate and while you are making a cuppa you should have a mosey on over to Heidi Lorenz art gallery.

A Buddhist Podcast - Happiness in this World Dec 17, 2006

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Tonights lecture is based on the gosho, Happiness in this World. Some of the headings include:

Why we practice Faith
Opening the door to our Buddha wisdom
Snakes in the cupboard
Tatsunokuchi - walking the talk
Mutual possession of the ten worlds
My friend Jack
If you want a drink, stay at home with your wife
Strenthen your faith more than ever

Oh, new one, book review! The book we reviewed tonight was A Quest for Global Peace by Joseph Rotblat & Daisaku Ikeda. The book was published by I.B. Tauris in 2007 and the ISBN numbers we have are ISBN 978-1-84511-279-0 and ISBN 1-84511-279-2.Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Stavia sings Lucky Day and the wonderful Vittoria Conn sings a great christmas number, Merry Christmas Angel. And three anonymous young women sing, on behalf of all the young women who sang at the recent UK District Leaders Training Course at Trets, a poem by President Ikeda.Peace and Goodwill to everyone!

A Buddhist Podcast - Eileens Lecture Nov 28, 2006

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Welcome to tonights show! Tonights lecture is called, The Vow and it is given by our guest lecturer Eileen Beckmann! The women of the SGI are so incredible! I really hope this is the start of many lectures! We are so grateful to Eileen, thank you so much. Music tonights is from Geoff Smith and Matthew Ebel. Geoff sings Some Christmas Hugging which you can find at either thegeoffsmith.com or music.podshow.com. Matthew Ebel sings a song that definitely rips at your heart, Tennessee Never Cried and you can find Matthews music at music.podshow.com. Recent developments and improvements at Podshow mean that you can now support these artists by buying the tracks if you like the music! We've got shout outs from all over and a great experience from Andre de Wit from the Netherlands. The cover art for tonights show is a photograph taken of Karen and I at PodcastconUK by our great friend CC Chapman, the grand meister flash of Managing the Gray, Accident Hash and U-Turn Cafe. Have a great week!

A Buddhist Podcast - Experiences and Fire Alarms Nov 11, 2006

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Well things have been mad busy! On tonights show we have two amazing experiences from Mens Division members in Los Angeles and India!Life Poem - Daisaku IkedaPawan Desais experienceMatt Macmillans experienceThe fire alarmAnd Karen is back with a vengeance, with her Shout Outs!Music tonight is from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com and comes from the very talented Geoff Smith singing Take Me Back and the Supersuckers singing Some People Say!New line of lectures on their way to see us into our second year!Comments, ideas, experiences et al, we'd love to hear from you, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.comHave a great and wonderful week!

A Buddhist Podcast - The Dragon Gate Oct 12, 2006

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Well! Jason is back from the Podcast Expo in Ontario, California and the mission North to meet Donna and Dash in Sacramento!Tonight, the lecture is on the letter Nichiren Daishonin wrote to Nanjo Tokimitsu, The Dragon Gate gosho.Children are well, life is mad busy and tonight we talk about;1. Nanjo Tokimitsu2. Living with a sense of purpose3. Shariputra versus Bodhisattva Never Disparaging4. Get your head out of the trenches!5. With my deep respect!Shoutouts to my friend Matt McMillan, the crew at Jazzfly, my new friends CC Chapman and Geoff Smith! The amazing Pam & Lance Heath, Ewan Spence, Linda Mills, David Jackson, Brian & Tina, Brother Love, Aaron Burcell, Michael Butler and all the incredible people we met at the Podcast ExpoThe music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. The lecture was a little longer tonight so we only played one tune, the legendary Brother Love, singing Summertime! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comment, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.comJimmy Golding is playing Jazzfly in London on Friday 13th! and yes Jason will be there! If you are in London, get down to Trebovir Road in Earls Court and check out Jazzfly. Great people, great music, human happiness in action.Deepest thanks to Dash and Donna for such a wonderful stay. Jason is gutted he lost the intro!Have a great week!Ohâ�¦nearly forgot, they donâ��t sponsor us but they are really cool, they are the ethicalsuperstore.com

A Buddhist Podcast - Nine Consciousnesses Sep 16, 2006

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Tonights we talk about the Nine Consciousnesses in the midst of a bout of colds, sneezes and coughs that have enveloped the house this week! We talk about; 1. 5 senses 2. Trapped in the cage of our 7th Consciousness 3. Karmic River 4. Palace of the Ninth Consciousness 5. Starlit Hawaii Shoutouts to everyone from Gibbo in LA to Mike Hellier touring Europe! Selsted Primary School get reprieve and Vittoria offers an experience about chanting for her mothers situation. As usual music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Dave Pottz song, $12.99 and we close with the wonderful children of Selsted Church of England Primary School singing, Save Our School, because they did save it! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comment, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.com Oh...and if your in London and its Friday night and your thinking, where should we go? Go down to Earls Court and check out Jazzfly at My Place Great people, great music, kosen rufu in action. Have a great week!

A Buddhist Podcast - Correct Teaching Sep 01, 2006

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Tonights show returns with a talk on the correct teaching and includes: 1. 3 Proofs 2. If you wish to free yourself... 3. How do I percieve the mystic Truth 4. T'ien T'ai 5. Potted early history of Nichiren Daishonin 6. Meaning of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo 7. Our mission should we choose to accept it... Karens voice gets better and better. More shoutouts. Happy Birthday to Dash. Congratulations to Rosie Miles! Great Question - Do you have to be a vegetarian to practice Buddhism? (I hope not...or I am in trouble) Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Adrina Thorpe's amazing song is called Fly Fly Fly and we also played, the acoustic version of See the Sun from Black Lab Have a wonderful week!

A Buddhist Podcast - Making a Great Vow Aug 04, 2006

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Tonights show begins with a talk on a great vow and includes:

Faith and courage
Original desire of the Buddha
Deeper the roots
US troops at Gatwick
Now thats what I call a great vow

Karen has some great shownotes and reads an experience from Henry Leong from Singapore, Shout outs to everyone and the challenges facing SGI France.Music from tonights show comes from Natives of the New Dawn, their song is called Good Day and you can get it from the Podsafe Music Network. We also played, Building our own Future with kind permission from Howard Jones. Howard has a great album called Revolution of the HeartHave a wonderful week!

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