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One by One as They Occurred, with Kenneth Folk Oct 20, 2021

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In this dharma teaching / guided meditation–given during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat in 2018–Kenneth Folk re-enacts the Anupada Sutta, an early Buddhist text in which the Buddha recounts a tale of Sāriputta moving through each of the 8 jhanas (meditative absorptions), completing the series with the attainment of nibanna. May you awaken while contemplating these instructions!

Episode Links:

👤 Kenneth Folk

📜 The Anupada Sutta

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Dharmas & DAOs, with Kevin Owocki Oct 02, 2021

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Kevin Owocki, founder of GitCoin–a decentralized platform & organization focused on building and funding the open web–joins Vince Horn co-founder of Buddhist Geeks, to explore the potential of bringing together the world of Dharma and the world of DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations).

Episode Links:

🔗 GitCoin

📄 What is Web 3.0?

📄 Decentralized autonomous organization

📄 NFTs, explained

💡 Join the SanghaDAO Group

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The Gradual and Sudden Tracks, with Vince F Horn Sep 27, 2021

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In this pragmatic dharma retreat talk Vince Fakhoury Horn explores Meditation Track A–the gradual track–and Meditation Track B–the sudden track.

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How to Find your People in an Unjust World, with Kate Johnson Sep 13, 2021

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In this conversation, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Buddhist meditation teacher Kate Johnson, author of Radical Friendship, a newly released book which found its roots in a talk that Kate gave in 2013 at an in-person Buddhist Geeks Conference, entitled Waking Up to Power & Privilege in Our Communities. Vince & Kate speak about a variety of topics related to practicing dharma and living together in an unjust world.

Episode Links:

👤 Kate Johnson

📖 Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World by Kate Johnson

🎙The Dharma of Difference, with Kate Johnson

📺 Waking Up to Power & Privilege in Our Communities, with Kate Johnson

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Jhanas and Ñanas, with Kenneth Folk Aug 20, 2021

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In this talk, recorded during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat, Kenneth Folk lays out a meta-system for understanding the different understandings of deep Jhana or meditative absorption and their relationship to the Theravada Buddhist system, the progress of insight knowledges (aka Ñanas).

memorable links:

💬 "So we could call this olympic level, nut job jhana." – Kenneth Folk

💬 "The insight knowledges are jhanic states." – Kenneth Folk

episode links:

🔗 Kenneth Folk Dharma

🎙 Meditating in the Goldilocks Zone, with Vince F. Horn

📄 The Progress of Insight by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw

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A Guided Tour of the Four Jhanas, with Kenneth Folk Aug 16, 2021

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In this special guided meditation, recorded during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat, Kenneth Folk does a masterful job of pointing out the four progressive stages of meditative absorption, colloquially known as jhana. For best results, we suggest finding a place to listen to this episode, where you can remain undistracted.

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memorable quotes:

"Like a skilled wine taster, one day you will learn to recognize these flavors." – Kenneth Folk

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Meditating in The Goldilocks Zone, with Vince Horn Jul 28, 2021

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In this dharma talk, Vince Fakhoury Horn talks about the Goldilocks Principle as it's applied to meditation. He illustrates this Goldilocks Zone–just the right amount–by talking about a spectrum between Concentration and Investigation. How do find the middle way, i.e. the Goldilocks Zone, in our own practice?

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Falling in Love With What Is, with Noliwe Alexander Jul 05, 2021

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Teaching by Noliwe Alexander, given during a Mindfulness Retreat Online.

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Evolving Dharma, with Tasshin Fogleman & Vince Fakhoury Horn Jun 09, 2021

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In this episode of the Buddhist Geeks Podcast Vince Horn is interviewed by Tasshin Foggleman. The episode originally appeared on Tasshin's Reach Truth Podcast, and is now airing here on Buddhist Geeks.

During the interview Tasshin asks Vince to share about the evolution of the Buddhist Geeks organization, including an in-depth exploration of Transparent Generosity, Holacracy, & Open Source Dharma–three of the elements of the Buddhist Geeks organization that make it particularly unique. This conversation is framed in terms of the evolution of dharma, looking at how dharma evolves not just through updates to the language of its teachings and practices, but also through the very structure in which those things are packaged.

Episode Links:

👤 Tasshin Foggleman

👤 Vince Fakhoury Horn

📺 Reach Truth Podcast

🔗 Tasshin @ Twitter

🔗 Vince @ Twitter

🔗 Transparent Generosity

🔗 Holacracy

🎙 Liberating the Soul of Organization

🎙 Organizational Enlightenment

🔗 Open Source Dharma

📖 Education in a Time Between Worlds, by Zak Stein

📖 Integral Spirituality, by Ken Wilber

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A Compassionate Conversation, with Gabriel Menegale Wilson Apr 14, 2021

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In this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Gabriel Menegale Wison, one of the authors of the recently released book, “Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart.” In this dialogue, we explore Gabriel’s background as an Integral Zen practitioner & Facilitator, looking specifically at how he brings the art of conversation into difficult areas of relationship. Our conversation centers particularly around how to have difficult conversations related to racial identity.

Memorable Quotes

“I want to engage in the exploration of more radical identities that can cohere us cooperatively so that we can forge worlds together.” - Gabriel Wilson

“I think there is a lot of beauty to the creative frictions between our different identities and I think if you want to work with them, they will literally produce more dynamic identities that can include those differences.” - Gabriel Wilson

Episode Links

👤 Gabriel Menegale Wilson

📖 “Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart” by Diane Musho Hamilton, Gabriel Menegale Wilson, and Kimberly Loh

🎧 Everything the Same, Everything Different, with Diane Musho Hamilton

👤 Diane Musho Hamilton

👤 Kimberly Loh

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