Podcast appearances and mentions of charlotte joko beck

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love & Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck, Part 2 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

June 2025 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love & Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck, Part 1 Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

This is a reading of extracts of a talk given by Charlotte Joko Beck taken from the text 'Everyday Zen'. Charlotte Joko Beck (March 27, 1917 – June 15, 201) was an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. Born in New Jersey, Beck studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher. She married and raised a family of four children, then separated from her husband and worked as a teacher, secretary, and assistant in a university department. She began Zen practice in her 40s with Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi in Los Angeles, and later with Hakuun Yasutani and Soen Nakagawa.Beck received Dharma transmission from Taizan Maezumi Roshi in 1978, but broke with Maezumi over his actions and opened Zen Center San Diego in 1983, serving as its head teacher until July 2006. Beck was responsible for a number of important innovations in Zen teaching. Because she was adept at teaching students to work with their psychological states, she attracted a number of students who were interested in the relationship between Zen and modern psychology.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love and Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2024 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on “Everyday Zen: Love and Work” by Charlotte Joko Beck. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on Charlotte Joko Beck's Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice. Edited by Brenda Beck Hess. Shambhala Press, 2021. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post “Ordinary Wonder” #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September-October 2024 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on Charlotte Joko Beck's Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice. Edited by Brenda Beck Hess. Shambhala Press, 2021. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal.  Automated Transcript The post “Ordinary Wonder” #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

April 2024 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck from Everyday Zen: Love and Work. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn.  Automated Transcript The post Everyday Zen appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Due to illness, Sit Club was canceled on December 17, but Davin recorded this brief sit and reflection on the third week of advent, which centers JOY! In it, he offers a practice that focuses on sympathetic joy as a way of reminding us of the joy that lingers within. In addition, he offers a reading by the teacher Charlotte Joko Beck from her book, Nothing Special. --- If you would like to join live, please visit: SIT CLUB If you would like to donate to Davin as an energetic exchange for these offerings, please do so here: DONATE -- Born out of the pandemic, Sit Club began in September of 2020 and continues every Sunday morning at 10am CT. Typically an hour in length, an intimate group of all ages, genders and races, from all over the world gathers on Zoom to sit in guided meditation, contemplate a reading and then share in conversation. Each gathering is centered around a spiritual theme chosen and guided by Davin. Youngs Buddhism is often the framework through which the readings and practices are approached, but no particular religious or philosophical ideology is subscribed to. There are no requirements, special skills or abilities that are necessary to attend. Just an open heart and a desire to connect with a community of seekers.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 6 Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 2). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

November 2023 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on the teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck (Part 1). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript The post Teachings of Charlotte Joko Beck #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

When Toku McCree first learned his purpose, he wondered where it had come from and who had said it—even though he was alone with his thoughts when it came to him.He describes in this episode of The Coach's Journey Podcast how that particular thought, when it arrived, felt “untouchable” and instilled in him the purpose that now guides him through his life and work.Toku spent more than two-and-a-half years living in a monastery, and insights from his former life as a Zen monk permeate his writing, his creativity and his work as a renowned executive coach.In this episode we dive into Toku's forthcoming book (you can read three chapters for free here) and he reads aloud sections that offer valuable wisdom on how to allow your coaching style to evolve, how to avoid getting stuck in a rut, and how to invite clients to take the first step when they arrive at coaching with trepidation.If you are struggling with your work or with finding your purpose, this episode explores ways to make that struggle meaningful and guide you forwards towards satisfaction. In this episode, we also talk about:Finding your creative voice and how to think about the body of work you're creatingBringing reverence to your work and finding satisfaction beyond the hustleKnowing when to challenge and when to encourage our clientsThe six areas of mastery Toku focuses on in his writing and his coach trainingHow to view your coaching as art and how that can guide you to do your best workWe also zoom in on how to accept the times when our work is not our best, and even explore the value in being willing to do bad work!To learn more about me, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/, and to learn more about Toku, visit http://unexecutive.com/.Read three chapters of Toku's forthcoming book here: https://coachingmba.co/journey-zenandcoaching For information about my wider work, my writing or to buy my books, visit www.robbieswale.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community. Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):- Toku's first appearance on The Coach's Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-15-toku-mccree-sales-with-honour-and-love-on-the-end-of-a-sword - Toku's blog https://unexecutive.com/theblog/ - The Prosperous Coach by Rich Litvin https://richlitvin.com/prosperous-coach-2-0/ - Robbie's 12 Minute Method https://www.robbieswale.com/the12minutemethod - Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Mind,_Beginner%27s_Mind- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron https://pemachodronfoundation.org/product/when-things-fall-apart-book-grouped/ - Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/everyday-zen-love-and-work-charlotte-joko-beck?variant=32755860766798- Zen and the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_in_the_Art_of_Archery - Toku's coaching MBA https://coachingmba.co/about/ BIOGRAPHY FROM TOKUToku McCree is a distinguished executive coach, speaker, and writer, celebrated for his one-of-a-kind combination of ancient wisdom and modern psychology. His life journey weaves an extraordinary tapestry of diverse experiences, contributing to a profound understanding of human nature and personal growth. From a degree in philosophy from George Washington University, to eight years working in the entertainment business alongside record labels and award-winning artists, to over two years dedicated to training as a Zen monk, Toku's multifaceted expertise fuels his approach to coaching. Today, he leverages this unique blend of academic, spiritual, and professional experiences to empower others on their paths of self-discovery and personal growth, making him a leading figure in the field.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 5 Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 3). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #3 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 4 Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 2). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #2 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

September 2023 Sesshin, Day 3 Commentary on the teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck (Part 1). Source: Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck. Edited by Steve Smith. Harper Collins, 1989. Teisho by Sensei Dhara Kowal. Automated Transcript The post Teachings of American Zen teacher Joko Beck #1 appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

What is the nature of transformation? What differentiates transformation from change? When are we ready and willing to embark upon a transformative journey and can meditation be the catalyst? What would it mean to really know transformation in your life? In this Sit Club gathering, Davin explores these questions and uses the words of Charlotte Joko Beck to accompany the practice. -- If you would like to join live, please visit: SIT CLUB If you would like to donate to Davin as an energetic exchange for these offerings, please do so here: DONATE -- Born out of the pandemic, Sit Club began in September of 2020 and continues every Sunday morning at 10am CT. Typically an hour in length, an intimate group of all ages, genders and races, from all over the world gathers on Zoom to sit in guided meditation, contemplate a reading and then share in conversation. Each gathering is centered around a spiritual theme chosen and guided by Davin. Youngs Buddhism is often the framework through which the readings and practices are approached, but no particular religious or philosophical ideology is subscribed to. There are no requirements, special skills or abilities that are necessary to attend. Just an open heart and a desire to connect with a community of seekers.

What are the hallmarks of a rich spiritual life? In this gathering, Davin shares one that he believes might be the most tangible... the willingness to take inspired action. While meditation helps us cultivate the capacity to be in the present, the outcome is never more of the same. The inevitability of change is that which can inspire how it is that we navigate our every day lives. A reading by Charlotte Joko Beck guides this discussion further. -- If you would like to join live, please visit: SIT CLUB If you would like to donate to Davin as an energetic exchange for these offerings, please do so here: DONATE -- Born out of the pandemic, Sit Club began in September of 2020 and continues every Sunday morning at 10am CT. Typically an hour in length, an intimate group of all ages, genders and races, from all over the world gathers on Zoom to sit in guided meditation, contemplate a reading and then share in conversation. Each gathering is centered around a spiritual theme chosen and guided by Davin. Youngs Buddhism is often the framework through which the readings and practices are approached, but no particular religious or philosophical ideology is subscribed to. There are no requirements, special skills or abilities that are necessary to attend. Just an open heart and a desire to connect with a community of seekers.

Continuing our exploration of the various dimensions of daily life in modern America, and how we might more intentionally, and mindfully, carry over the insights and influences of our Zen practice, “applying“ them in a beneficial manner, I suggested that this process would necessarily involve turning a perceived negative into a positive, converting a confrontational approach to one of collaboration and complementarity. That is, the perceived conflict between those special activities that we traditionally associate with what we call Zen “practice” — such as sitting in meditation — and those we categorize as “not practice” — such as, say, dealing with a bad boss — is just that: a perceived conflict, and not an actual one. As Matsuoka Roshi would often say, “There is no dichotomy in Zen.” The dichotomy is in the eye, or brain, of the beholder.I place the term “applying” in quotes to create a caveat — in regards to Zen training in general, and to its relation to daily life in particular — to caution against implying that this constitutes the true meaning and value of Zen, reducing it to a transactional activity, like any other self-improvement routine. It bears repeating that adopting this attitude would amount to missing the point entirely, or what is traditionally referred to as “gedo Zen.” In looking up this phrase, I came across a rather curious website called The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (the link to the page is in the show notes). It offered a fairly complete, concise definition of gedo Zen that reads: This is meditative exercise practised for spiritual and religious purposes but outside the path of Zen, by exponents of other religions. It includes Christian contemplation and the various forms of yoga. It also includes the practice of meditation by followers of Zen who see meditation as a means of achieving supernatural powers and abilities rather than for the purpose of self realization or for the welfare of all. Although this implies a rather lowly achievement for members of other religions, less traditionalist approaches (esoteric rather than exoteric) admit that higher forms of meditation are possible even by non-Buddhists, since Zen is the basis of all reality and all religion. That last line caught my attention, as I did not expect anyone commenting in a public venue to give Zen that much centrality in the scheme of things, especially in the realm or religion. Many do not consider Zen to fit the category of religion as an institution. Zen does not allow a separation of the sacred and mundane, for example.However, all religions as well as philosophical systems must include attitudes and approaches to the mundane aspects of life, whether exclusionary or inclusionary, the extremes being “evil,” or “of the devil,” versus “good” or “holy,” and “of the divine,” for example. This language is not characteristic of the way we frame expressions of Zen. In fact, it seems preferable to speak of Zen in an idiom free of such fraught, emotion- and belief-ladened vernacular. Zen insight is often spoken of as “nothing special,” and a return to our “Original mind,” rather than as some sort of religious epiphany. So better not to venture too far down that rabbit-hole.Returning to what Charlotte Joko Beck referred to as “Everyday Zen,” in an influential book of that title published in 1989, we can set aside for the moment whether or not Zen is, or may become, your religion, in the sense of a fundamental worldview that embraces spirituality as a natural component of corporeality. Here, we are concerned more with the “how” of engaging Zen practice in an integrated way, rather than the “why” of it. Our design of this process may be more likened to a transfer of skill sets. Again, “doing my research,” as we like to say these days, the first result of about 640,000,000 brought me to a page at the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning — again the link is in the show notes if you'd like to read for yourself:“Transfer” is a cognitive practice whereby a learner's mastery of knowledge or skills in one context enables them to apply that knowledge or skill in a different context. Because transfer signals that a learner's comprehension allows them to recognize how their knowledge can be relevant and to apply it effectively outside original learning conditions, transfer is often considered a hallmark of true learning (Barnett & Ceci, 2002). The link in the show notes will allow those with a special interest to pursue this item further. The phrase of interest here is the last, “transfer is often considered a hallmark of true learning.” Master Dogen somewhere says that Zen practice comprises the development of ”true intelligence,” or something to that effect. Another mentor of mine, R. Buckminster Fuller, defines human intelligence in a similar manner. He says it is the ability to “extract the general principle from the many particular case experiences,” paraphrasing. An example is the concept of “fast” versus “slow.” The child finally “gets it” after being shown many disparate examples. Piaget promotes a similar principle in terms of learning in general.In terms of the demands of daily life, which, when classified as “demands,” engender a knee-jerk resistance, I want to return to my prior comment that the process of Zen engagement may be characterized as turning a perceived negative into a positive. Other common tropes suggesting this same attitude adjustment include “turning a push into a pull,” from the professional process of marketing products and services. This means public awareness of the item being marketed, creating a demand, so that the target audience seeks it out, rather than your having to put a lot of time, treasure and effort into ongoing promotion. Anyone wishing to know more about this is well-advised to look up “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell.For those whose “right” livelihood — remember the Eightfold Path? — may entail marketing their own skill sets to potential employers or clients, this may simply mean developing a creative way of targeting your resume to the right prospects, or finding the right headhunter agency to keep your potential for future recruitment alive.Regarding and referring to an identified “problem,” as an “opportunity” instead, is another variation on this theme. Much of this can be considered, and somewhat lightly dismissed, as the long-lived meme of developing and sustaining a “positive mental attitude,” a concept credited to Napoleon Hill in his 1937 book “Think and Grow Rich.” This popular idea, coinciding with the birth of my older brother, became so ingrained in the zeitgeist that it is still known by its acronym: PMA. Note that the subtitle prescribes a method: thinking; and promotes an objective: growing rich; that would fall short of those in Zen. Which often claims to have no objective at all.Another common cultural trope suggests looking at what appear to be “either-or” — mutually cancelling choices — into “both-and” potentialities; another example of converting a confrontational approach to one of collaboration and complementarity. An example would be the notion that we can either sit in meditation — or take care of business — but not both. Whereas, as we mentioned before, we can adapt aspects of the zazen posture; the breathing; and the undivided attention of Zen; to virtually any situation. As we like to say, both things can be true at once, however seemingly contradictory.A further extension of this idea takes to a practical level Master Dogen's admonition in Fukanzazengi—Principles of Seated Meditation:Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus, having stopped the various functions of your mind, give up even the idea of becoming a Buddha. However, when we sit, especially in the beginning as a novice, and even later, when more mature in Zen, during the beginning of each zazen session, we find we cannot really set aside all everyday concerns by sheer force of will. They keep inserting themselves into our awareness, as if they have a life of their own. Which they do. We call it the “monkey mind” — that survival-oriented, automatic and autonomic function of the mind to harangue and harry us with mostly self-critical memories and anticipatory anxiety about the future. Occasionally an “aha” or “eureka” moment occurs, in the less-inhibited frame of mind engendered in zazen, a possible solution to a given problem.So, as an eminently practical approach to setting aside everyday concerns, and avoiding the trap of worrying about forgetting our big idea, I recommend that meditators simply keep an open notebook — paper or electronic — at their side when sitting. Then, when something important occurs out of the blue, we jot it down for later, and return to zazen. In this way, we take care of business to a moderate degree, while allowing the meditative process to go deeper and deeper. Both things can be done at the same time.In the next segment we will delve further into this process, taking on the first of the three “dispositions” of zazen, as Matsuoka Roshi referred to them, the posture. And how it can have a halo effect upon other situations in life, in which we assume different postures, depending on the circumstances. Meanwhile, keep on sitting.

The zen buddhist teacher, Charlotte Joko Beck says that there is "only one thing we need to know," and it is that our job as humans is to pay attention. Beck lays the framework for our Sit Club gathering this week where we pay attention in both practice and conversation to the fullness of our experiencing. We ARE experiencing and this is the gift if we can notice. Of course it's not easy. That's why we sit together in practice and community. -- Born out of the pandemic, Sit Club began in September of 2020 and continues every Sunday morning at 10am CT. Typically an hour in length, an intimate group of all ages, genders and races, from all over the world gathers on Zoom to sit in guided meditation, contemplate a reading and then share in conversation. Each gathering is centered around a spiritual theme chosen and guided by Davin. Youngs Buddhism is often the framework through which the readings and practices are approached, but no particular religious or philosophical ideology is subscribed to. There are no requirements, special skills or abilities that are necessary to attend. Just an open heart and a desire to connect with a community of seekers. If you would like to join, please visit: SIT CLUB If you would like to donate to Davin as an energetic exchange for these offerings, please do so here: DONATE  

Barry Magid, M.D. is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen Teacher practicing and teaching in New York City.  He is a dharma heir of Charlotte Joko Beck and the founding teacher of the The Ordinary Mind Zendo.  He is the President of the Lay Zen Teachers Association.More about Barry Magid:- https://www.ordinarymind.com/barry-magidMore about the Simplicity Zen Podcast:- https://simplicityzen.com/

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 07/17/2022 - Shoan reflects on what it is that we're doing and why it matters. How does "looking inward", rather than just outward, help us navigate our life? Shoan brings in three "boat parables" to illustrate. From Master Dogen's Genjokoan, Charlotte Joko Beck's "Everyday Zen", and a poem by 17th century Chinese nun Jingnou in "Daughters of Emptiness".

Today I share two articles about buddhist meditation instructors who hve made significant changes to our lives.  They are Jon Kabat Zinn and Charlotte Joko Beck

Charlotte Joko Beck has left us with many a memorable quote. Charlotte Joko Beck (March 27, 1917 – June 15, 2011[1]) was an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen.[2] "Everyday Zen: Love & Work" by Charlotte Joko Beck offers a warm, engaging, uniquely American approach to using Zen to deal with the problems of daily living—love, relationships, work, fear, ambition, and suffering. Everyday Zen shows us how to live each moment to the fullest.    "Nothing Special - Living Zen" by Charlotte Joko Beck.  WHEN NOTHING IS SPECIAL, EVERYTHING CAN BE The best-selling author of 'Everyday Zen' shows how to awaken to daily life and discover the ideal in the everyday, finding riches in our feelings, relationships, and work. 'Nothing Special' offers the rare and delightful experience of learning in the authentic Buddhist tradition with a wonderfully contemporary Western master.  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/   SpeakUp-ReachOut https://www.speakupreachout.org/ 970-632-3858 Colorado Crisis Services 1-844-493-8255 https://coloradocrisisservices.org/ Hope Center Eagle River Valley 970-306-4673 https://www.yourhopecenter.org/  www.TheBuildersJourney.com Alex K. Mintling Plumb Kendall Solutions Alex@PlumbKendall.com www.RemodelVail.com Music Provided by our proud sponsor: Plumb Kendall Solutions www.RemodelVail.com Music Sourced from www.Pond5.com  

The Zen master Charlotte Joko Beck talks about the empty canoe in her book, "Everyday Zen." It's a simple metaphor that reveals a profound truth about the human experience of anger: it requires the imputation of agency in order to flourish. If you remove the imputation of agency -- picture an empty canoe drifting mysteriously through the fog -- then the experience of anger will vanish shortly thereafter. If the universe is empty, why populate it with the ingredients of our own frustration? 

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"I love the idea of worlds creating and worlds destroying. Each moment being new makes the good times sweeter. And being aware of how much you love something when it's happening makes harder times bearable. It's that awareness that everything is being made up and torn down constantly." - Sara Campbell   Live from Mt Baldy, Sara brings us a personal exploration of this year's retreat theme, "World's Created, World's Destroyed," including everyone's favorite koan on the end of the world and what to do about it, plus a lovely reading from Charlotte Joko Beck on the great coal furnace of zazen.

Additional Resoures:Rohr Daily Meditations, Friday, September 18, 2020“Everyday Zen” by Charlotte Joko Beck, p 57Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 21, 24b-26 (NIV)Lectio Divina: Ephesians 4:1-6 (NIV)- What word/s is resonating with me?- Why is this standing out to me?- What is my response?- Simply be.

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Dharma talk by Donna Kowal on working with habit forces and boredom. Commentary on excerpts from Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck, edited by Brenda Beck Hess (Shambhala, 2021). The post Untangling the Knots, Engaging with the Practice appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Contemplatives tell us we all make a classic mistake: we desperately try to fix ourselves when, instead, we're offered a powerful road to change that both works and takes far less effort. Dave Schmelzer, with lots of stories, looks at biblical wisdom around waking up in this way and then incorporates powerful insights from teachers like, from within Christendom, Anthony De Mello and, from outside of it, Charlotte Joko Beck. Mentioned on this podcast:John 12:24; Isaiah 30:15-16Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen: Life and WorkAnthony De Mello, Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality

Julie Nelson speaks about going "under" difficult and turbulent situations. The texts are the Heart Sutra and excerpts from Charlotte Joko Beck's Everyday Zen. (November 10, 2020) (Does not include a Dharma Dialog.)

Follow Mary Lou at Mary Lou Gamba Comedy on YouTube @TheLufe on Twitter, @marylou.gamba on Instagram, or check out marylougamba.comThe book we talked about was The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo. Other books mentioned were The World According to Garp by John Irving. Brene Brown and Charlotte Joko Beck are authors we talked about.

Joan has had personal experience with alcohol addiction, a fingerbiting compulsion (classified as an impulse-control disorder), compulsive thinking, and depression. She does not believe there is one recovery model that fits everyone, and she encourages people to find what works for them. What she offers is an approach rooted in open awareness – giving nonjudgmental attention to the whole happening that we call ‘addiction’ or ‘compulsion’ or ‘depression,’ without trying to change it, but simply shedding light on it. She also stresses the liberating recognition that both our apparent imperfections and the stormy weather in life are often essential to evolutionary growth and transformation, and that the light and the dark go together and cannot be pulled apart. Joan does not consider herself a Buddhist and does not belong to any tradition, but she has spent time with a number of Buddhist teachers, including Charlotte Joko Beck, Steve Hagen, Anam Thubten and Mel Weitsman, and her main teacher, Toni Packer, was a former Zen teacher who left the tradition behind to work in a more open way.We are accepting donations to offer scholarships to the Buddhist Recovery Summit https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/donateInternational BRN Summit https://www.buddhistrecoverysummit.org/Joan Tollifson https://www.joantollifson.com/home.htmlFind out more at https://brn-podcast.pinecast.co

Elihu Genmyo Smith is the zen teacher of the Prairie Zen Center in Champaign, Illinois, and one of the co-founders, with Charlotte Joko Beck, of the Ordinary Mind Zen School.  He is the author of "Everything is the Way: Ordinary Mind Zen,"  (Shambhala Press 2012).  Elihu has practiced Zen for over thirty-five years, beginning as a student of Soen Nakagawa and Eido Tai Shimano, then he trained with Taizen Maezumi Roshi, who ordained him in 1979, and then with Charlotte Joko Beck in 1984.  He was her first dharma heir in 1992.  Elihu has also been associated with Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers.  He blogs on "current events, books, and random themes on his blog "Clouds".   Here is the link to his blog:  http://clouds-genmyo.blogspot.com/ Here is the link to the Prairie Zen Center:  http://www.prairiezen.org/ You can order Elihu's book here:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216347/everything-is-the-way-by-elihu-genmyo-smith/9781590309728/ Have a great weekend!  

In a heartfelt and emotional discussion, Nina Snow explores Zen’s favorite topic to overlook - emotions. With readings from “The Hidden Lamp” and Charlotte Joko Beck, Nina explores the difference between unnecessary ego drama and real emotion. How much crying is too much? How much should we believe what we’re feeling? What’s the bridge between letting go of ego and knowing when to act? Nina takes us through all this in intimate and personal terms with an eye toward guiding us into a practice more about open exploration than answers and prescriptions.

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Barry Magid, MD, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. He received Dharma Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck in 1998 and has been teaching Zen at the Ordinary Mind Zendo for the past twenty years. In addition to co-editing “What’s Wrong with Mindfulness (And What’s Not) with Bob Rosenbaum, he is the author of three books integrating Zen and psychoanalytic theory and practice: "Ordinary Mind"; "Ending the Pursuit of Happiness", and "Nothing is Hidden” all published by Wisdom Publications. He has also edited (with Hugh Witemeyer) a volume of the correspondence of poets William Carlos Williams and Charles Tomlinson, as well as "Father Louie: Photographs of Thomas Merton by Ralph Eugene Meatyard,"  and “Freud’s Case Studies: Self Psychological Perspectives.” 

This talk is a commentary of the four practice principles developed by Charlotte Joko Beck and her students when she formed the Ordinary Mind Zen School. These were later revised by my teacher Barry Magid, who changed the second principle. The principles are a contemporary reworking of the four noble truths and capture the essence of Joko and Barry’s teaching in four lines. We chant the four principles at the end of a formal period of zen practice or at the end of the day when on retreat.

Coming up on this week's show: Kinky Kollege, the Polyamory Weekly drinking game, unindicted co-conspirators, poly in the media, a Dutch threesome, earbud-worthy podcasts and a whole conference on the big J. Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email me at cunningminx@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-600-5677. Thanks for listening! 0:00-1:20 Introduction Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to www.scarleteen.com 1:20-3:05 The PW drinking game Alien_sunset suggests the PW drinking game! 3:05-6:15 Kinky Kollege: Lolita Wolf's poly seminar Two things that struck a chord with me: first, if you have a strong emotion, make an agreement. Second, a bit of advice (from her, not me!): Live honorably, and let others do what they will. 6:15-18:15 Listener mail Dollfan comments about the film When Two Won't Do and minx puts out a call for positive poly films; MS writes in about labels and "unindicted co-conspirators;" brennustar talks about being poly and Christian; Kel writes in with a coming-out story, which encourages minx to recommend some Zen books for those who are so inclined: Nothing Special: Living Zen and Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck; B2 writes in about the benefits of PW for his own monogamous relationship and how much he's enjoying Radical Ecstasy from the Greenery Press 18:15-23:00 Polyamory in the media: comments minx discusses her first mainstream media interview; darkmane comments that we aren't persecuted enough to really ask for media attention 23:00-31:00 Polyamory in the media: NYT story, Foreign Policy article, first Dutch civil union New York Times short story from September 4, 2005 is Three Men and a Woman by Stephen Elliott. The article on www.foreignpolicy.com by Jacques Attali is Monogamy: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. The article about the Dutch threesome forming a civil union is in the Brussels Journal 31:00-34:15 Earbud-worthy podcasts! Coloring Outside the Lines podcast by listener Takanami Sex with Emily, available at sexwithemily.com And my San Francisco buddy 5x5guy is just about to debut Queer Sex Weekly 34:15-35:15 Announcement: the Jealousy Conference Info on the Jealousy Conference in Berekly, CA, October 14-16, is available here. 35:15-end Wrap-up If you like the intro/outro music, check out Pacemaker Jane, a cool band out of Ohio. Tags: jealousy, media, podcast, polyamory