Podcasts about twenty five centuries

Bernd Bender, Dharma-Vortrag am 26. April 2026, Zen-Tag im Akazienzendo, BerlinBernd eröffnet seinen Vortrag mit der Poesie, die sich die Künste, die Wissenschaften und nicht zuletzt die Zen-Praxis teilen, und stellt sie den großen zeitgenössischen Katastrophen gegenüber, die einige wenige Menschen, dem dualistischen Geist verhaftet, ins Werk setzen.Der Weg der mittellosen Chiyono, einer Dienerin in einem Zen-Kloster des 13. Jahrhunderts, dient als lebendiges Beispiel für die Poesie der Praxis. Chiyono fragt eine Nonne, ob auch sie den Buddha-Weg gehen könne, obwohl sie tagein tagaus arbeiten müsse. Die Nonne erklärt ihr, wie sie auch ohne Sitzen Zazen praktizieren kann. Chiyono befolgt den Rat und erwacht eines nachts, als ihr beim Wasserholen der Boden aus dem Eimer fällt. Ihr Erleuchtungs-Gedicht legt Bernd aus und macht daran unter anderem deutlich, dass Praxis und Verwirklichung ein und dasselbe sind.Die Geschichte von Chiyono könnt ihr nachlesen in Florence Caplows und Susan Moons Buch "The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women", oder auf Deutsch in "Das verborgene Licht, 100 Geschichten erwachter Frauen aus 2500 Jahren", betrachtet von (Zen-)Frauen heute.Support the show

Ep. 232 | In this potent and profound conversation, Zen teachers, Integral Facilitators, and conflict mediators, Diane Musho Hamilton and her student and co-author Gabriel Wilson, eloquently reveal the practical benefits of a life founded on contemplative practice. What they bring home so effectively—both in this conversation and in their new book, Waking Up and Growing Up—is how much we have to gain from an interface of traditional Zen and contemporary knowledge. “Buddhist practice is the most genius way to work with human suffering,” Diane says, and grounded in awareness of the fundamental oneness is where we want to be when engaging in social or political activism, or when facing any kind of conflict. “It's the evolution of consciousness and the attendant set of skills to support that,” she continues. We can awaken to an awareness of our true nature, and then take up the gauntlet of growing up—“straight up maturation, straight-up ego development.”In fact, what Gabe calls Diane's “experiment” is nothing less than evolving the 2,500-year-old tradition of Zen, preserving and innovating, holding on to the wisdom, power, and grace of the tradition while bringing in the contributions of the West: psychology, shadow work, neuroscience, emotional development, and stage-appropriate interpersonal skills. Also, how to make sense of power dynamics, work with authority, and allow being pushed out of our comfort zone. A testament to Diane and Gabe's own inner work, this groundbreaking conversation is inspiring and impactful, punctuated with deep, personal, experiential wisdom from both guests that speaks directly to how we can best wake up, grow up, and show up in this challenging world of ours. Recorded July 24, 2025.“There's nothing like sitting with what is to prepare you to be with what is.”Topics & Time StampsIntroducing Zen teachers, authors, and Integral Facilitators, Diane Musho Hamilton & Gabriel Wilson (00:44)What drew Gabe to Zen, and what lack did he feel Waking Up and Growing Up would fill? (01:35)Evolving the Zen tradition: what do we need, particularly in western Buddhism, that we're not finding? (05:26)Using Ken Wilber's framework of waking up and growing up (08:50)What does “waking up” really mean? (10:02)Practice IS enlightenment: the awakened mind is only found in the here and now (12:23)There's nothing like sitting with what is to prepare you to be with what will come (17:30)The realization that there's no big opening to be had (23:05)What does “growing up” mean? (24:07)Providing students with interpersonal skills to accommodate their evolving levels of development (27:00)Writing for the younger generations: how to make sense of power dynamics, work with authority & allow being pushed out of your comfort zone (31:15)The wisdom of learning from those who have gone before us (34:49)Growing the capacity to deal with intensity in the moment (38:59)The example of John Lewis: being inclusive of the ego but not limited by it (44:29)How do we respond to what's happening without imagining it shouldn't be happening? (49:15) Holding the vision that we are fundamentally one when we engage in social activism (51:18)Be wary of using aggression in the name of love (54:11)Within the container of conventional religious traditions, developmental tasks are different for each stage (59:40)The teacher/student relationship cuts both ways (01:07:21)Preserving and evolving the Zen tradition for today's world (01:08:55) Buddhist practice is the most genius way to work with human suffering (01:13:40)Looking to the future: are we innovating too much? (01:16:24)A lot of technology is racing us to the bottom of our brainstem; where we put our attention is important (01:20:32)Resources & ReferencesDiane Musho Hamilton, co-founder of Two Arrows Zen CenterGabriel Wilson, founder of Freedom & FairnessDiane Hamilton & Gabriel Wilson, Waking Up and Growing Up: Spiritual Cross-Training for an Evolving WorldDiane Hamilton, The Zen of You and Me: A Guide to Getting Along with Just About EveryoneDiane Hamilton, Gabriel Wilson & Kimberly Loh, Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the HeartKen Wilber, Welcome to the Integral Approach (Integral Life website)Ken Wilber, Finding Radical Wholeness (where Ken expounds his “waking up, growing up, cleaning up, showing up” modelDeep Transformation's A. H. Almaas Wisdom SeriesDōgen Zenji, “Practice is enlightenment” (from the Fukan zazengi)Joanna Macy (1929-2025), environmental activist, author, and scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory & deep ecologySam Harris, philosopher, neuroscientist, author & podcast hostJohn Lewis interview with On Being's Krista Tippett: Love in Action What is Buddha? Zen koan (case 21) in The Gateless Gate: Classic Book of Zen KoansThe Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, edited by Zenshin Florence Caplow, Reigetsu Susan MoonTristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology---Diane Musho Hamilton is an award-winning mediator and a teacher of Zen meditation. Diane served as the Director of Dispute Resolution for the Utah Judiciary from 1994 – 1999, mediating many matters, from simple neighborhood disputes to complex, multi-party negotiations. She was most recognized for her skills in facilitating difficult conversations about race, gender, and religion in Utah. She began working with Ken Wilber and the Integral Institute in 2004 and has held transformative containers for people interested in their development for more than twenty years. Diane is the co-founder of Two Arrows Zen, a Buddhist practice center in Utah, and is the author of four books: Everything Is Workable, The Zen of You & Me, Compassionate Conversations, and, most recently, Waking Up and Growing Up: Spiritual Cross-Training for an Evolving World.---Gabe Wilson is the founder of Freedom & Fairness, an executive coach, facilitator, and conflict mediator whose work sits at the intersection of organizational leadership, adult development, and contemplative practice. He is a monk in the Soto Zen lineage at Two Arrows Zen Center and a certified Integral Facilitator. Gabe co-authored...

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei – ZCNYC – 3/1/26 – Listen to this invitation from a small convent in medieval Japan—Tōkeiji—where generations of nuns practiced zazen before a mirror, contemplating this question: “Where is a single feeling, a single thought, in the mirror image at which I gaze?” Awareness does not stand apart from experience. What might this mean in a world that so often feels divided? – From The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women: #34 — The Zen Mirror of Tōkeiji.

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei ZMM - 4/14/24 - A tea shop proprietor serves traveling monks a koan to accompany their tea. “Let those of you with miraculous powers drink tea.” Then she says to the stunned monks, “Watch this old, decrepit woman show her miraculous powers.” Then, she simply walks out. Hojin Sensei reflects on this story from "The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women".

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 4/7/24 - From The Hidden Lamp: Collection of Stories of Twenty Five Centuries of Awakened Women - What is grief? Can we respect it? Not fear it? Really let it work us in and through our embodiment allowing its raw ingredients to scour our beautiful hearts into release into the impermanence that is the Buddha Way. Hojin reflects on her own relationship to ‘Good Grief' and her love for Satsujo's appropriate response, maybe not quite what we would expect from a Dharma story and our ideas of how to let go of attachment.

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZMM - 3/28/24 - From "The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women" - Hojin Sensei presents a koan of Lingzhao and her father, falling together. How do we fall with someone? How do we accept somebody's support? And do we ever know that we are helping?

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/3/23 - From "The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women" - Hojin Sensei presents a koan of Lingzhao and her father, falling together. How do we fall with someone? How do we accept somebody's support? And do we ever know that we are helping?

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/12/23 - From "The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women" - Hojin Sensei examines the nature of Mara, the "lord of delusion," who comes to Soma and to all of us in many forms. What are the particular ways in which Mara hooks us? How can we bring awareness to Mara's revelations about our delusion, while not giving those voices more power?

2023-03-11 | Zen - Practice of the Awakened Life | Ellen Hippard 00:00:19 - Class 3 - The Awakening Poems of the First Buddhist Women - Introduction 00:03:10 - Ellen Outlines the First Section of the Class: Looking at Poems 00:06:06 - Ellen Outlines the Second Section of the Class: Writing Our Own Poems - Third Section will Be Questions/Comments 00:07:21 - Ellen Introduces the First Poem: The Awakening Poem By Mahapajapati - Susan Murcott Version 00:11:52 - Sitting for 1 Minute. Please Pause Video here to Partake 00:12:03 - Matty Weingast's Version of the Same Poem - 'Mahapajapati - Protector of Children' 00:13:16 - Please Pause Video Here to Sit For 1 Minute 00:13:27 - Ellen Invites Participants to Write Down Any Comments or Questions Regarding the Last Two Poems - (2 Minutes) 00:13:45 - Participant's Comments and Questions 00:13:57 - Ellen Moves on to the Next poem 'Mitta' 00:14:53 - Ellen Reads the 2nd Version 'Mitta' From The Harem 00:15:22 - One Minute (Pause Here)To Write Down Any Comments/Reflections and Questions From the last Two Poems 00:15:28 - Moving on to the Next Poem 'Mitta - Friend' 00:16:31 - Two Minutes to Write and Contemplate 00:16:37 - Moving on to 'Soma" 00:19:23 - Pause Video Here for 1 Minute to Sit 00:19:29 - The Reading of 'Soma - Happiness' 00:20:56 - Sitting for Two Minutes Contemplating, Writing Down Any Questions and Comments 00:21:02 - Taking 15 Minutes to Write your Own Poems Poems 00:21:36 - Sharing of Participant's Poems/Contributions and Comments 00:42:02 - 2 Readings/Versions of 'Vimala' 00:44:24 - Patachara - ‘When They Plough their Fields and Sew Seeds in the Earth' 00:48:20 - Patachara-‘Wondering Robe' 00:49:41 - Closing Comments Books Mentioned During the Class: First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening by Susan Murcott The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns Matty Weingast The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women by Zenshin Florence Caplow (Author), Reigetsu Susan Moon (Author)

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 11/13/2022 - From The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women - "The Old Woman's Miraculous Powers." - How do we view the ordinary acts of our lives? Hojin Sensei examines the ways in which we split our lives into "important" and "unimportant," and the implications of that view. She reminds us of our capacity for wonder, which does not depend on conditions.

Bishop Myokei Caine-Barrett chanting is part of this larger program:https://www.dropbox.com/s/0o2e4wsxdicmr1t/Shodaigyo.pdf?dl=0For the YouTube version of this chant (with about 20 minutes of silent meditation first):https://www.facebook.com/NBSTX/videos/201551801729358/___Myokei Caine-Barrett currently holds the position of Bishop of the Nichiren Shu Order of North America. She is the first woman to hold this position and the first person of African-American and Japanese descent to be fully ordained in the Nichiren Shu order. She is also the chief priest and guiding teacher of Myoken-ji Temple in Houston, TX.     Myokei Shonin is engaged in spreading the Dharma behind bars at Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She supports weekend trainings for Healing Warrior Hearts, a Texas for Heroes project designed to truly welcome veterans home. She is a facilitator in dialogues on racism and mindful cross-cultural conflict resolution, as well as engaging in interfaith and intrafaith dialogue.     Her writings have been published in a variety of Buddhist magazines, including Tricycle and Lion's Roar, and is featured in The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.Learn more about Myokei at https://myoken-ji-usa.org/

Listen in on this candid and wise interview with Myokei Caine-Barret, Shonin, as she shares about her own path of transformation and how we can all create a deeper experience of refuge for each other in the Dharma. She names the importance of sharing about race and increasing awareness in dharma spaces in the face of resistance. And how empowering it can be to leave space for listening, honoring people's unique experiences, and the importance of offering a warm welcome. She encourages us to learn from the radical hospitality in cultures of color, and describes how she used chanting to work with her rage. She also addresses the challenges of offering the Dharma in BIPOC communities based in Christianity.  We apologize for the brief moments of echo in the recording. ___Myokei Caine-Barrett currently holds the position of Bishop of the Nichiren Shu Order of North America. She is the first woman to hold this position and the first person of African-American and Japanese descent to be fully ordained in the Nichiren Shu order. She is also the chief priest and guiding teacher of Myoken-ji Temple in Houston, TX.     Myokei Shonin is engaged in spreading the Dharma behind bars at Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She supports weekend trainings for Healing Warrior Hearts, a Texas for Heroes project designed to truly welcome veterans home. She is a facilitator in dialogues on racism and mindful cross-cultural conflict resolution, as well as engaging in interfaith and intrafaith dialogue.     Her writings have been published in a variety of Buddhist magazines, including Tricycle and Lion's Roar, and is featured in The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.Learn more about Myokei at https://myoken-ji-usa.org/  __TODAY'S HOSTKaira Jewel Lingo began practicing mindfulness in 1997 and is a teacher in the Zen and Vipassana lineages. Author of We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons in Moving through Change, Loss, and Disruption (Parallax Press), she teaches Buddhist meditation, mindfulness, and compassion internationally, focusing on waking up in daily life. Ordained for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh's monastic community, Kaira Jewel now teaches both Buddhism and secular mindfulness, writes, and offers spiritual mentoring to groups.Hear more about Kaira Jewel as ODA co-hosts Rev. Liên Shutt and Lama Karma Yeshe interview her about her Dharma experiences as a practitioner and teacher of color. Kaira Jewel also shares with ODA this guided practice on getting grounded. Visit kairajewel.com to learn more about her Dharma offerings. May all beings find refuge!

Stories of  Lingzhao and her father, Layman Pang, from the "The Hidden Lamp; Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."Words from Dogen.Basics of meditation.★ Support this podcast ★

Chris Fortin and Jaune Evans give the third talk of the Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon series to the Dharma seminar on "Warm Hands and Warm Hearts"  This talk references "Dogen's "Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon," Florence Caplow: The Hidden Lamp : Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women "Chiyono's No Water No Moon," Dogen's Eihei Koroku "Moonlight Over the Pregnant Temple Pillars," and Suzuki Roshi and Trudy Dixon: "Zen Mind Beginner's Mind. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/22110513/Warm-Hands-and-Warm-Hearts-Dogens-Eihei-Koso-Hotsuganmon-Talk-3.mp3 "

Zenshin Florence Caplow and Reigetsu Sue Moon offer us the wisdom of Zen Crones through storytelling and reference of their collaboration The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women. They encourage Zen practice and teaching as medicine for the anxieties of the 21st century. They encourage us to turn to Zen crones who hold the […]

Norman gives the tenth and final talk of "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women" on Uppalavana and Precepts to the EDZ July All Day Sitting.

When Yu realises master Linji's "true person of no rank" she leaps beyond convention and societal norms. Text(s): The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, ed.Florence Caplow and Susan Moon Automated transcript https://otter.ai/u/qhM5PQADJaOGJo_pJqDyazNJWYo

Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts of Buddhism, the history of Buddhism and of course Buddhist sculptures/sculptors (bustuzo/busshi) so that when viewers finally watch the documentary Carving the Divine - Buddhist sculptors of Japan, they will get the maximum value of the documentary.We live in a complex world with countless causes and effects creating our reality.  But we have a tendency to try to make things black and white. Personally, I think it is because our culture does not encourage critical thinking as much as it ought to.  Racism is one of the issues that people think they have figured out; they say that they are not racists and racism must stop. But do they really understand racism to start with?  Do I really understand racism?  Just because we don't believe we are racist, are we immune to racism? Are we free from it?  Is it other people's problems?  What is unaware racism?  Today, we will be dissecting racism from the ground up.  We have an amazing and highly qualified guest, Rev. Myokei Caine-Barrett from Nichiren Order of North America who is not only a benevolent, compassionate priest but a strong advocate against racism for over 30 years!  She will help us understand racism not only as a simplistic term but in a profound way.  I'm ready for this discussion.  I hope you are too! We will be asking important questions such as:In your own words, what is racism?  And why should we care about it?  What is the brief history of racism in the USA? What has been your own experience of racism?  Why did you choose Buddhism instead of other religious paths?   Is Buddhism diverse in this day and age?  Does racism exist in the Buddhist community?  If so, in what form? What is cultural appropriation and how does it affect our culture?  So, I often hear people saying that in Buddhism, everyone is equal and race is not the issue.  What do you think of this statement?  Is it important to have diversity in the Buddhist community? If so why?  What can we do as individuals to promote equality in both the Buddhist world and society as a whole?Myokei Caine-Barrett currently holds the position of iBishop of the Nichiren Shu Buddhist Order of North America.  She is the first woman and the first American to hold this position.  She is also the first American woman and first person of African American-Japanese descent to be fully ordained, having completed this process in 2007 with  Archbishop Nissho Uchino  in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.   She is the guiding teacher and priest at Myoken-ji Temple in Houston, Texas.  Myokei Shonin currently volunteers with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as clergy to two prison Sanghas for the past 16 years in keeping with the Lotus Sutra teaching of full equality of all beings.  Her writings have been published in a variety of Buddhist magazines and newspapers and is featured in “The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.” She is currently developing curriculum for (1) the Nichiren Shu tradition and the Lotus Sutra and (2) dealing with the trauma of incarceration and racism.  She also supports weekend trainings for Healing Warrior Hearts, a Texas for Heroes project designed to truly welcome veterans home. She is also a licensed Religious Science practitioner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/carvingthedivine)

Norman gives the tenth and final talk of "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women"... Read More

Norman gives the tenth and final talk of "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women" on Uppalavana and Precepts to the EDZ July All Day Sitting.

Zen Earthlyn Manuel gives the ninth and last talk on "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened... Read More

Zen Earthlyn Manuel gives the ninth and last talk on "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women. on "The Possibilities in What We See."

Sue Moon gives the eight talk from "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."on "Learni... Read More

Sue Moon and Naomi Newman talk on "The Wise Old Woman by the side of the Road" from "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."

James Flaherty gives the sixth talk on the Hidden Lamp 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar on "Maylie Scott meets Loneliness" from "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."  

Alan Block gives the fifth talk of the Hidden Lamp 2021 series to the Dharma Seminar on "The Old Woman Recognizes Mazu" from "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."  

Norman gives his talk at the Bay Area One Day Sitting on the Zen Mirror of Tokeikji as referenced in "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."  

Noman gives the fourth talk on "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women." on the The Wo... Read More

Norman gives the fourth talk on "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women." on the The Women in the Charnel Ground.

Florence Caplow gives the third talk on "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."

Florence Caplow gives the third talk on "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women." Read More

Kathie Fischer gives the second talk on "The Hidden Lamp:Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."

Kathie Fisher gives the second talk on "The Hidden Lamp:Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women." Read More

Authors and senior dharma teachers Florence Caplow and Sue Moon give their first talk on "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women."    

Chiyono experiences enlightenment when the bottom falls out of her water bucket. How do we break out of fixed ways of seeing ourselves and framing the world? Absorption in a koan is a tried and tested way. Main text: The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

An alternative story of the Buddha's home-leaving from the Sarvastivadin literature, and the parallel practice undertaken at home by his wife, Yashodhara, provide us with a model for lay practice. Main Text: The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon, Wisdom 2013.

In this Teisho, given on January 5th 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines “The Old Woman and the Pure Land” from The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.  When we open to all that is with nothing excluded, no good, no bad, no now, no later, the Pure Land is all around us. When we close off to all that is, we constrict and cause suffering for ourselves and others.

In this Teisho, given the fourth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines "The Old Woman of Mount Wutai" from The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women. In seeking true wakefulness, we have to go into what is unknown and unknowable. To do this, we must go straight on, facing each moment with curiosity and wonder.

Text used: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

Text used: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

Text used: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

A day of sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks by Zen teacher Sue Moon, and discussion. In collaboration with Florence Caplow, Sue edited the important book The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.

A Zen Master learns from an elderly Pure Land practitioner -- and so can we. Notions of "self " and "other" drop away. Main Text(s) quoted: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon.

Master Keizan asks, "What about right now? Sonin responds with a bow that contains everything. Main Text(s) quoted: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

Punna's Offering Text: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Enlightened Buddhist Women edited by Susan Moon and Florence Caplow (note: there is no recording from Day 7)

Diane Musho Hamilton is a Zen teacher and conflict mediator. In this episode she joins host Vincent Horn to explore some of the themes from her first book Everything is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution. Starting with a description of her early life and education, Diane talks about her introduction to the practice of conflict resolution and how she became the first Director of the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Utah Judiciary. The conversation then turns to the connections Diane has made between conflict resolution insights and the Buddhist teachings of The Three Poisons. This leads to an exploration of whether contemplatives are naturally conflict averse, what it means to actually practice conflict resolution, and why “everything is workable” doesn’t necessarily mean everything always works out the way we want. Episode Links: Diane Musho Hamilton ( http://www.dianemushohamilton.com ) Everything is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution ( http://www.shambhala.com/everything-is-workable.html ) The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women ( http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/hidden-lamp )