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The Buddha Walks Into a Bar Jul 25, 2015

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Lodro Rinzler is a next generation Buddhist teacher in the Shambhala tradition and author of “The Buddha Walks Into a Bar.” In our discussion we focus primarily on the ways in which Generation Y is relating differently to dharma–from sex and relationships, to technological changes and instantaneous connection, to working with 1st generation Western teachers. We explore what differences are merely generational and which are more fundamental to our unique time and place.
Episode Links:
www.LodroRinzler.com
The Buddha Walks Into a Bar: A Guide to Life for a New Generation ( http://amzn.to/zzexf6 )
Gampo Abbey ( http://www.gampoabbey.org )
Shambhala Meditation Center of New York ( http://ny.shambhala.org )
The Reciprocity Foundation ( http://www.reciprocityfoundation.org )
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The Myth of the Teacher Jul 25, 2015

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Martine Batchelor joins Buddhist Geeks again, this time to explore the way that the roles of teacher and student are changing in contemporary times. While acknowledging various teacher models in the Buddhist tradition, she lays out the reasons she prefers the good friend, or adviser model that you find in the Theravada and Korean traditions. She speaks about the dangers of priming students as well as the dangers in teachers not acknowledging their own limitations and shortcomings. She then lays out a way of teaching that focuses on the fundamentals of developing concentration and inquiry, instead of focusing on a particular technique of meditation.
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Practicing at the Crossroads.
Episode Links:
www.MartineBatchelor.org
The Buddhist Teachers Council ( http://bit.ly/1S1aJYr )
The Timeless Tradition of Spiritual Apprenticeship ( http://bit.ly/1S1aI6Z )
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Practicing at the Crossroads Jul 25, 2015

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Martine Batchelor was a nun in a Korean Buddhist monastery for 10 years, where she followed a traditional path of practice and exploration. We speak about her journey in becoming a nun, what the rhythms of that life were like, what practices she undertook, and how she came to integrate, and deepen, the understanding she uncovered during her decade of training there.
The episode concludes with a compelling conversation about the multi-perspectival nature of human beings, and how we’re constantly practicing at a crossroads between various aspects of our lives.
This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, The Myth of the Teacher.
Episode Links:
www.MartineBatchelor.org
Chinul and the Hwadu Meditation ( http://www.openbuddha.com/2010/09/09/chinul-and-the-hwadu-meditation/ )
Master Dahui ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahui_Zonggao )
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Uniting Technology and Wisdom Jul 25, 2015

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Vincent Horn is a co-founder and director of Buddhist Geeks. In this talk, originally given at the Pacific Asia Art Museum, he explores the interdisciplinary insights to be gained by combining geek culture’s radical experimentation, facility with external technologies, and forward-thinking with Buddhism’s wisdom of the human condition, mind-training systems, and familiarity with the inner world.
This talk, with slides, is also available to watch as a video here: http://bit.ly/vdwNtE
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Steve Jobs ( http://amzn.to/ufoZks )
Buddhify ( http://buddhify.com )
Shinzen Young: The Hybrid Teacher ( http://bit.ly/1S1a5dq )
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Innovating New Forms of Buddhist Tantra Jul 25, 2015

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David Chapman–writer and computer scientist–joins us again to finish our conversation about “consensus Buddhism” and the alternatives that he sees to the consensus. David speaks about some of the innovations that occurred in the last few decades within the world of Buddhist tantra, including such teachers as Chogyam Trunpa Rinpoche, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Reggie Ray. He also speaks about the challenges facing modern Buddhism, including fragmentation and atomization, and how these challenges are leading to a new approach, that might best be described as post-modern.

This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Consensus Buddhism and Mindful Mayo.

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Meaningness ( http://meaningness.wordpress.com )
The Making of Buddhist Modernism ( http://amzn.to/tpoDE9 )
Buddhism for Vampires ( http://buddhism-for-vampires.com )

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Consensus Buddhism and Mindful Mayo Jul 25, 2015

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David Chapman is a writer, computer scientist, engineer and Buddhist practitioner. He shares in this episode a description of what he calls consensus Buddhism. Chapman claims that up until recently this consensus group has crowded out the mindshare of alternative approaches to Buddhism, through focusing on universalizing and making absolute several principles, which are good in themselves, but become problematic when absolutized. Included among these principles are:

1) inclusivity

2) individualism

3) egalitarianism

4) niceness

5) mindfulness

This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, Innovating New Forms of Buddhist Tantra.

Episode Links:

Meaningness ( http://meaningness.wordpress.com )
Boomeritis Buddhism ( http://bit.ly/17mRK )
“Nice” Buddhism ( http://meaningness.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/nice-buddhism/ )
One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism ( http://amzn.to/vCeIu0 )

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Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Evolving Jul 25, 2015

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David Loy, Zen teacher and author, joins us to discuss the radical implications of modern narratives on the traditional Buddhist view of the world. David, whose background includes rigorous academic training and Zen practice in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition, puts him squarely in the “scholar-practitioner” camp. And it’s with this dual-background that he shares some perspective on the way that modern narratives, particularly that of science and evolution, are changing our understanding of the Buddhist path of awakening. Or as David more poetically puts it, “the cosmos is waking up in me, as me, through me.”
Episode Links:
www.davidloy.org
The World is Made of Stories ( http://amzn.to/uwc5dE )
A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency ( http://amzn.to/w0P7Cb )
Cosmos Intro, Carl Sagan ( http://youtu.be/R7n71pm0K04 )
Inflation (Cosmology) ( http://bit.ly/1S172C4 )
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Seasons of Practice Jul 25, 2015

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We’re joined again by spiritual teacher and author Terry Patten to discuss the multidimensional nature of practice. We speak about the form he teaches, called Integral Life Practice, one that has it’s roots in the work of Sri Aurobindo, Michael Murphy and George Leonard, and according to Terry goes back even to the time of Patanjali and the Buddha.
We also go into depth on the topic of practice itself, exploring some of the many phases, or seasons, that a practitioner often experiences, including the honeymoon phase, the plateu, falling from grace, and awakening.
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, The Art of Dharmic Embrace.
Episode Links:
Integral Spiritual Practice ( http://www.integralspiritualpractice.com )
Integral Life Practice ( http://amzn.to/sTzZSx )
Beyond Awakening ( http://beyondawakeningseries.com )
Integral Yoga ( http://amzn.to/smutBY )
Ken Wilber ( http://www.kenwilber.com )
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The Art of Dharmic Embrace Jul 25, 2015

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Terry Patten–spiritual teacher and author–joins us to speak about some of the challenging issues involve in teaching and practicing an empowering form of dharma. We begin the conversation by exploring his history with infamous teacher Adi Da. Patten spent many years practicing intimately with Da, and shares his incredible love and appreciation for his guru, while also openly acknowledging the many challenges and paradoxes inherent in his approach. He also speaks about the problem of the “rare specimen” and the ways that incredible teachers inadvertently create “demotional”, as opposed to devotional, cultures around themselves.
This topics leads us to then explore the various ways that we, often quite unsuccessfully, work with the areas of money, sexuality, and power. We look at why these forces are so challenging to us as social creatures, and as part of that Terry issues an interesting challenge to the Western Buddhist community.
This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, Seasons of Practice.
Episode Links:
Integral Spiritual Practice ( http://www.integralspiritualpractice.com )
Integral Life Practice ( http://amzn.to/sTzZSx )
Beyond Awakening ( http://beyondawakeningseries.com )
The Knee of Listening ( http://amzn.to/sq5paV )
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A Visitation from the Unknown Jul 25, 2015

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We’re joined by spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen to explore the story of how he came to teach what he calls “evolutionary enlightenment.” Andrew begins by sharing an early spiritual experience, that really set him on the path of seeking. He also shares some of his background with Buddhist meditation, which he began with Joseph Goldstein and the famous Indian teacher Anagarika Munindra-ji. And finally he speaks about the most profound encounter he had with a spiritual master, with the late H.W.L Poonja, a teacher in the non-dual tradition of Advaita Vedanta. From here, he shares how his own thinking evolved, even after being asked to teach by Poonja, into what he refers to as enlightenment within an evolutionary worldview.
Episode Links:
Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening ( http://amzn.to/niYYuV )
EnlightenNext ( http://www.enlightennext.org )
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