Podcasts about zen peacemakers

Mikey Livid gives a talk on compassion in response to the pain and confusion of ICE's presence in Nashville, TN and many cities in the United States.Loving Kindness Meditation Retreat July 16th-20th in Sewanee, TN:https://www.floweringlotusmeditation.org/2025-tennesee-summer-loving-kindness-retreat Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.orgDONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit:https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donateFollow Us on Socials!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wildheartmeditation

David Loy is a Zen teacher, author, and scholar whose work bridges Buddhism, social justice, and ecology. He is a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado, and sits on the advisory boards of Buddhist Global Relief, the Clear View Project, Zen Peacemakers, and the Ernest Becker Foundation. He's the author of many books, including Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis, and ecodharma is the topic that we explore today. https://www.davidloy.org/

Mikko Ijäksen elämä on ollut täynnä odottamattomia käänteitä. Varhaiset lapsuusvuodet hän vietti Nigeriassa. Nuoruus Jyväskylässä, jossa Mikko sai oman taiteilijan työhuoneen vain 14-vuotiaana. Jyväskylässä hän tutustui myös puolisoonsa muusikko Maija Kaunismaahan. Mikko oli ensimmäisiä kuvataiteilijoita Suomessa, jotka jo varhain alkoivat käyttää digitaalisia välineitä kuten kosketusnäyttöpuhelimia ja tabletteja maalausten tekemiseen. Myöhemmin Mikosta tulee zen-buddhismin harjoittaja ja nykyisin hän pitää yhdessä Maijan kanssa yllä Zen Peacemakers -järjestön Suomen toimintaa. Toimittajana on Jonni Roos.

Zen Peacemakers by Ordinary Mind Zen School

Barbara Becker has dedicated more than twenty-five years to partnering with human-rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace and interreligious understanding. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, and has participated in a delegation of Zen Peacemakers and Lakota elders in the Black Hills of South Dakota. she began a 365-day blog when my earliest childhood friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and was living out the last year of her life. During that time, she was completely absorbed by the question Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die?  That resulted in a beautiful book, “Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind.”  Join us in conversation about a key facet of the human experience!

I am delighted to share this conversation with Roshi Eve Myonen Marko about The Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up in the Land of Attachments, which she co-wrote with Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao. It was released in 2020 but I'm sure glad I finally found it! It's become one of my new favorite books and a real treasure as a practice tool. Roshi Eve Marko is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order, with her late husband, the renowned Roshi Bernie Glassman. She is also the resident teacher at the Green River Zen Center in Massachusetts. Roshi has trained spiritually-based social activists and peacemakers in the US, Europe, and the Middle East, and has been a Spiritholder at retreats bearing witness to genocide at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rwanda, and the Black Hills in South Dakota. Before that she worked at the Greyston Mandala, which provides housing, child care, jobs, and AIDS-related medical services in Yonkers, New York. Koans have always been a favorite practice of mine but I had drifted away from them off and on … and off for the last few years until this book. If you've listened to earlier episodes of this podcast, then you may have heard my back-to-back episodes about Zen Koans. This is unlike any book about koans I've ever read. It drills deep into your "hiding places" … doing what koans do perfectly: They stop you in your tracks, as they mess with your conceptual thinking, and shake your false trust in the stability of what we think we know. Being drawn into questions, without the comfortable ground of "knowing" offers a practice that can help us pause in our everyday rush to stress and anxiousness caused by trying to be somewhere other than where we are at this moment. I just loved this conversation with Roshi Eve! Among many other things, we talked about…The importance of "not knowing" … About the surprise factor in the situations we find ourselves in life and how they help the mind "make leaps" … And about how we should try to enter life with out whole selves—our bodies, not just our minds. So, don't miss this one! One of my favorite Buddhist subjects and one of the best books I've read in a very long time.   Buy the book, read the reviews, and learn more about Roshi Eve:   https://www.monkfishpublishing.com/products-page-2/buddhism/book-householder-koans/   Website and Blog: https://www.evemarko.com/   Zen Peacemakers: https://zenpeacemakers.org/   Green River Zen Center: http://www.greenriverzen.org/   Interview with Roshi Eve Myonen Marko: https://www.zlmc.org/blog/interview-with-roshi-eve-myonen-marko     Become a patron to support this podcast and get special member benefits, including a membership community and virtual sangha:https://www.patreon.com/EverydayBuddhism   If this podcast has helped you understand Buddhism or help in your everyday life, consider making a one-time donation here: https://donorbox.org/podcast-donations   Support the podcast through the affiliate link to buy the book, Everyday Buddhism: Real-Life Buddhist Teachings & Practices for Real Change: Buy the book, Everyday Buddhism

Do we have the ability to laugh at ourselves? Bill Weber shares that this is a terrific way to work with one of the foundations of Buddhist wisdom: the concept of Non-self. The allure of our sense of self can easily lead us to become overly attached to our identity. We become competitive, demanding, and obsessive about the way we are treated.  To counter this, Bill encourages us to instead find humor in the demands that our ego makes of us (and others). If we observe our mind playing these games, it allows us to lighten up and disconnect from our sense of self. We gain the ability to laugh at embarrassing situations rather than see them as personal failures. It helps us connect with who we really are behind our social facade - the observer, rather than the performer of acts. This ability to find the absurdity in the human condition is actually a deep practice, one perfected by the late Wes Nisker, a teacher, author and Buddhist comedian. Bill speaks about the tradition of Crazy Wisdom and its role in breaking through the illusion of reality. He encourages us to find the clown, the trickster, the jester and the fool within and learn how not to take ourselves so seriously. He also mentions the organization, "Clowns Without Borders" and reflects on the work of Bernie Glassman, founder of the New York Zen Center. Although Glassman founded a retreat where participants lived among the homeless, and one that took place in Nazi concentration camps, he later pursued humor and went on to found the "Order of Disorder" and the "Zen Peacemakers." Bill closes with Wes Nisker's poem "Why I Meditate"https://inquiringmind.com/article/2301_50_nisker_why-i-meditate/______________ Bill Weber is a senior Vipassana practitioner and a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leaders program. He has twenty-five years of extensive retreat practice and currently practices at home with his husband or sits with a small group of gay men. He is also a documentary filmmaker and video editor, whose latest projects are “To Be Takei,”  “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin,” and "Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song." Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

​Jared Seide is the Executive Director of the Center for Council, a talking circle practice that we discuss today.  He has designed, piloted and coordinated council-based programs in prisons, assisted living facilities, youth groups, schools, non-profits, faith-based organisations, and social service and law enforcement agencies.  He has also led trainings and retreats focusing on reconciliation and community-building around the world, from Colombia to Rwanda.  He is a member of the Zen Center of Los Angeles, a graduate of the Upaya Institute Chaplaincy Program and has been a Spirit Holder for the Bearing Witness Retreats of the Zen Peacemakers, a contemplative social action community.  Today we discuss the practice of Council. https://www.centerforcouncil.org/ https://www.beyondusandthem.org/

From her pregnancy losses to accompanying her parents and aunt through Alzheimer's to her work in human rights advocacy and the hundreds of people she's sat with at the end of their lives as a hospice volunteer, my guest Barbara Becker, shares what she's learned about the art of living with the end in mind. She is the author of the extraordinary book Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind which won the Nautilus Gold Book Award and was featured by Katie Couric Media in her "Books That Will Change Your Life."Both in her book, and in this episode, she offers us the wisdom she has gained as someone who has dedicated more than twenty-five years to partnering with human-rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace and interreligious understanding. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, and has participated in a delegation of Zen Peacemakers and Lakota elders in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She is an ordained interfaith minister who bridges the sacred and the secular and has sat with hundreds of people at the end of their lives. EPISODE RESOURCES:Pick up a copy of Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind at your favorite local bookstore or online here JUMP STRAIGHT INTO:(20:00) Barbara shares what she's learned about living with the end in mind from her colleagues in her work with global activism. I asked her to expand on a a particular story she shared in her book, about the lessons she learned from Console, a woman who survived the Rwandan Genocide. (42:00) When we come back, Barbara shares what's she's learned in her work as a hospice volunteer about what it means to show up alongside someone in their suffering, and how that conflicts with our notion that it's our job to fix, when it's not. STAY CONNECTED: SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST on your favorite platform so you don't miss an episode. If you love the show, I'd love to invite you to leave a rating and write a review. INVITE ME TO YOUR INBOX to get behind-the-scenes on the podcast and all the grief support offered by our host, Lisa Keefauver, by signing up for her Not-So-Regular Newsletter at lisakeefauver.com/newsletter. IF YOU'RE FEELING SOCIAL, you can find her on all your favorite social channels too.@lisakeefauvermsw on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. Check out her tweets @lisakeefauver Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elena Brower is a meditation and yoga teacher, artist, bestselling author and host of the popular Practice You Podcast. In this episode she talks about a Buddhist approach to yoga, how the blockchain can inaugurate greater independence and financial rewards for artists, how web3 can foster community, the relationship between creativity and mindfulness, and the three tenets of socially engaged Buddhism as practiced by the Zen Peacemakers. We also discuss how meditation can alleviate negativity and enliven positive emotions, the art of attention and our shared love for Thich Nhat Hahn and other meditation teachers.   https://elenabrower.com   Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @WolfInTune    https://www.richardwolf.net/   Read "In Tune: Music As The Bridge To Mindfulness"  https://tinyurl.com/tz67aqm 

Jeff Seul speaks about the Zen Peacemakers' Three Tenets, and reflects on the war in Ukraine. (March 19, 2022)

Last week we discussed what it might mean to excavate the "self" from the tangles of conditioning and expectation, but what exactly is the "self"? Meander with us through a maze of meanings as we suss out the vocabulary of selfhood, exploring how our definitions inform both our internal and external relationships.What does it mean to develop a "healthy" ego — one that works in service to the soul that inhabits the body? And is it the ego or our relationship with it that evolves as we move towards greater self-actualization? Peeling back the layers of our distinctions between ego, identity, psyche, and soul, this conversation dances us to the edge where the individual meets the whole — to the choice of whether to recognize ourselves as apart from or as a part of the whole of life itself. This conversation includes the voices of Hallie Dalsimer, Alex Crow, and Ashley Berry. Embodiment Practice/ Guided Grounding & Reading ends at - 14:45Recording Date: August 19, 2021 Humans & resources mentioned (in order of reference) :The Zen Peacemakers | zenpeacemakers.orgBill Plotkin: The Eco-Soulcentric Wheel of Development | www.animas.org/wp-content/uploads/Intro-to-ESDW-for-Animas-website.pdfCarl Jung |  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_JungThich Nhat Hanh | plumvillage.org

Using a classic Zen koan, Teshin Sensei explores themes of letting go and the tenets of the Zen Peacemakers Order: Bearing Witness, Not-knowing, and Loving Action. This talk was given shortly after the death of Bernie Glassman, the founder of the Zen Peacemakers.

Neste episódio, gravado durante o terceiro encontro do estudo do livro À beira do abismo, Gustavo Gitti lê e discute os comentários de Roshi Joan Halifax sobre a "Prática dos Três Princípios", criada e promovida pela ordem internacional e comunidade de ativistas Zen Peacemakers. Vídeo e áudio completos estão disponíveis aos participantes do lugar. Iremos nos reunir por 15 semanas, com encontros e meditações guiadas diárias, práticas sugeridas e rodas de auto-organização para transformação social. Você pode entrar para participar a qualquer momento, pelo endereço: olugar.org/abismo.

“There is, in our culture, a way in which the things that most need to be said are often the least likely to find expression. The death of an adult is difficult enough, but the loss of a child—a “what could have been”—is taboo.” ― Barbara Becker, Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in MindWelcome to a new episode of AMORTE podcast where we share loss, grief and death education with a loving view. I am your host Patty Bueno and today I am so grateful and lucky to have Barbara with us.Barbara Becker is a writer and interfaith minister who has dedicated over twenty-five years to partnering with human rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace and interreligious understanding. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, and has participated in a delegation of Zen Peacemakers and Lakota elders in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota. She has sat with hundreds of people at the end of their lives and views each as a teacher. She is the founder of EqualShot, a strategic communications consultancy specializing in strengthening the voice of the non-profit community. She has taught on the faculty of Columbia University's master's program in strategic communications and has been a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Becker holds a Master of Arts in International Administration from the School for International Training, a Master of Arts in Media Studies from the New School, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Haverford College. An ordained interfaith minister, she lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die?Becker inspires readers to live with the end in mind and proves that turning toward loss rather than away from it is the only true way to live life to its fullest. Just as with the heartwood of a tree—the central core that is no longer alive but is supported by newer growth rings—the dead become the heart of the living.“Existe, en nuestra cultura, una forma en la que las cosas que más necesitan decirse son a menudo las que tienen menos probabilidades de expresarse. La muerte de un adulto es bastante difícil, pero la pérdida de un niño, un "lo que podría haber sido", es un tabú ".- Barbara Becker, Heartwood: El arte de vivir con el fin en menteBienvenidos a un nuevo episodio de AMORTE podcast, donde compartimos la educación sobre la pérdida, el dolor y la muerte con una mirada amorosa. Soy tu host Patty Bueno y hoy estoy muy agradecida de tener la suerte de recibir a Barbara con nosotros.Barbara Becker es una escritora y ministra interreligiosa que ha dedicado más de veinticinco años a colaborar con defensores de los derechos humanos en todo el mundo en la búsqueda de la paz y el entendimiento interreligioso. Ha trabajado con las Naciones Unidas, Human Rights First, la Ms. Foundation for Women y el Grameen Bank de Bangladesh, y ha participado en una delegación de Zen Peacemakers y ancianos Lakota en las sagradas Black Hills de Dakota del Sur. Se ha sentado con cientos de personas al final de sus vidas y ve a cada una como una maestra.Es la fundadora de EqualShot, una consultora de comunicaciones estratégicas que se especializa en fortalecer la voz de la comunidad sin fines de lucro. Ha enseñado en la facultad del programa de maestría en comunicaciones estratégicas de la Universidad de Columbia y ha sido colaboradora habitual del Huffington Post. Becker tiene una Maestría en Administración Internacional de la Escuela de Capacitación Internacional, una Maestría en Estudios de Medios de la New School y una Licenc

In this episode, Barbara shares how she witnessed her friend, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, living her fullest life. It was that experience that Barbara began to learn how to live with the end in mind.Barbara Becker is the founder of EqualShot, a strategic communications consultancy specializing in strengthening the voice of the non-profit community, a writer, and an interfaith minister who has dedicated over 25 years to partnering with human rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace, spirituality, and everyday mindfulness. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. She has participated in a delegation of Zen Peacemakers and Lakota elders in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota.Barbara lives in New York City with her interfaith family and is the author of Heartwood, the Art of Living with the End in Mind.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Vandaag in de laatste aflevering van het seizoen, is mijn gast Diana Vernooij. Zij is boeddhist, voorganger in de oecumenische basisgemeente in De Duif in Amsterdam en zeer actief in de Zen Peacemakers organisatie, die spirituele beoefening laat samengaan met sociale actie. Ik zoek haar thuis op in Amsterdam Noord. Het boek dat ze besprak is Confrontaties van Simone Atangana Bekono. Heb je genoten van deze podcast en wil je iets bijdragen in de onkosten van dit liefdewerkje, ga dan naar de website van Petje af. Jouw bijdrage wordt zeer op prijs gesteld. Mailen kan naar info@marlouslazal.nl. Kijk voor mijn muziek op mijn Spotify pagina en de agenda voor de liveconcerten in juli staan op de website marlouslazal.nl. Ik wens iedereen een fijne zomer en luister lekker de afleveringen die je nog gemist heb terug in je podcastapp.

Sensei Morris tells about an interesting exchange between Sariputta and a young novice, and a similar comment by Dogen Zenji, founder of Soto Zen. He then interviews Geoff Shōun O'Keeffe, executive director of Zen Peacemakers International, about how the dharma has shaped his life both inside and outside the zendo. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/morris-sullivan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morris-sullivan/support

Genjo Marinello Osho offered this informal Dharma Talk and Dialogue Sunday evening, May 23, 2021, after zazen at Chobo-Ji. Chobo-Ji's Board has decided that as a temple we join Zen Peacemakers International and Genjo talks about what this means.

Barbara Becker is a writer and ordained interfaith minister who has dedicated more than twenty-five years to partnering with human-rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace and interreligious understanding. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, and has participated in a delegation of Zen Peacemakers and Lakota elders in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota. She has sat with hundreds of people at the end of their lives and views each as a teacher. Barbara speaks on a wide range of topics, including deepening our sense of meaning & spirituality and mid-career pivots.  She lives in New York City with her interfaith family. 

Tässä jaksossa Timo Teräväinen haastattelee Mikko Ijästä. Mikko on taiteen tohtori, tutkija, taiteilija, muusikko, paljasjalkajuoksija ja buddhalainen harjoittaja Zen Peacemakers -perinteessä. Tässä jaksossa keskustelemme osallistuvasta buddhalaisuudesta, sen historiasta ja nykypäivästä ja miten sitä harjoitetaan. Keskustelumme sivuaa myös Yuval Noah Hararin ajatuksia ja käsityksiä itsestä. Olemmeko me vain algoritmeja?

Sunday Morning Zen welcomes David Loy, prolific author, whose essays and books have been translated into many languages. His articles appear regularly in the pages of major journals such as Tikkun and Buddhist magazines including Tricycle, Lion's Roar, and Buddhadharma, as well as in a variety of scholarly journals. Many of his writings, as well as audio and video talks and interviews, are available on the web. He is on the advisory boards of Buddhist Global Relief, the Clear View Project, Zen Peacemakers, and the Ernest Becker Foundation.

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!  

Episode Description: Bearing witness to yourself. Bernie answers more questions on socially engaged Buddhism, and talks about his Street Retreat practice, Zen Peacemakers, and the waiting room of the Staten Island Ferry.

Conversa entre Lama Padma Santem e os Zen Peacemakers durante o 3º dia do Retiro de Verão 2016, no CEBB Caminho do Meio (Viamão, RS). Convidados: Professores do Zen Peacemakers,… Read More »Áudio do Retiro de Verão 2016 #7 – Encontro: Lama Padma Samten e Zen Peacemakers The post Áudio do Retiro de Verão 2016 #7 – Encontro: Lama Padma Samten e Zen Peacemakers appeared first on CEBB - Centro de Estudos Budistas Bodisatva.

Ven. Dr. Pannavati, a former Christian pastor, is co-founder and co-Abbot of Embracing-Simplicity Hermitage in Hendersonville, NC. A black, female Buddhist monk ordained in the Theravada and Mahayana traditions with Vajrayana empowerments and transmission from Roshi Bernie Glassman of Zen Peacemakers, she is both contemplative and empowered for compassionate service.  An international teacher, she advocates […] The post Ep 30 – Liberation from Mental Suffering with Buddhist Female Monk Ven Pannavati appeared first on Meditation Freedom.

We’re joined this week by one of the pioneers of the socially engaged Buddhist movement, Zen Master Bernie Glassman. Although he grew up in a family that valued social action, after some years of Zen practice he had an experience that amplified his calling to serve those in need. At that point he made a vow to feed all hungers. We speak about the interconnection—and accordingly to Bernie, the inseparability—between contemplative practice and social action. He shares details of many of the projects he has been part of, including the Greystone project in Yonkers, New York, which helped to cut homelessness in that area by three-quarters. He also shares some of the key tenets from the group that he founded, called the Zen Peacemakers. These tenets link together the “not knowing” of spiritual practice with the “loving action” of social engagement, and make it possible for us to turn our spiritual awareness into a vital force for all those in need. Episode Links: Zen Peacemakers ( http://www.zenpeacemakers.org ) The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology ( http://bit.ly/bslllz ) Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Living a Life That Matters ( http://bit.ly/bwjC4R )

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the occasion of Chobo-Ji's Oct. 6th mini-sesshin.  This talk investigates the Three Tenets that serve as the foundation for the Zen Peacemakers’ organization.

Bernie Glassman is well-known throughout the world as a pioneer in socially-engaged Buddhism and founder of the Zen Peacemakers. He also co-wrote a book called The Dude and the Zen Master with academy-award winning actor Jeff Bridges. In this episode of A Congruent Life, Bernie discusses the role of social engagement in Zen, holding opinions […] The post ACL 006: Bernie Glassman (Zen Peacemakers) appeared first on A Congruent Life.

Bernie Glassman is the guest. He is a pioneer in the American Zen Movement, an accomplished academic and businessman, and the founder of the Zen Peacemakers. His new book, co-authored by Jeff Bridges, is called The Dude and the Zenmaster. A New York Times bestseller, it is available now from Blue Rider Press. Sheila Heti, writing for the Financial Times, says “The Dude and the Zen Master [is] a wonderful book of conversations...about acting and Zen and the long, fond relationship between these men.” And The Dudespaper calls it “[A] good conversation between good friends...One of the unexpected treats of The Dude and the Zen Master is the insights into who Jeff Bridges is behind the Dude persona...touching remembrances of his parents, his reflections on life as a devoted family man, and his behind-the-scenes stories of movies he’s worked on [and] profound little Zen observations and insights sprinkled throughout the book.” Monologue topics: Zen, meditation, discipline and lack thereof, losing my shit, my daughter, guilt, the Oscars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Robert Loy is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is a prolific author, whose essays and books have been translated into many languages. His articles appear regularly in the pages of major journals such as Tikkun and Buddhist magazines including Tricycle, Turning Wheel, Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma, as well as in a variety of scholarly journals. Many of his writings, as well as audio and video talks and interviews, are available on the web. He is on the editorial or advisory boards of the journals Cultural Dynamics, Worldviews, Contemporary Buddhism, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and World Fellowship of Buddhists Review. He is also on the advisory boards of Buddhist Global Relief, the Clear View Project, Zen Peacemakers, and the Ernest Becker Foundation. David lectures nationally and internationally on various topics, focusing primarily on the encounter between Buddhism and modernity: what each can learn from the other. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues. A popular recent lecture is “Healing Ecology: A Buddhist Perspective on the Eco-crisis”, which argues that there is an important parallel between what Buddhism says about our personal predicament and our collective predicament today in relation to the rest of the biosphere. Presently he is offering workshops on “Transforming Self, Transforming Society” and on his most recent book, The World Is Made of Stories. He also leads meditation retreats. (To find out about forthcoming lectures, workshops and retreats, please see the Schedule page.) Loy is a professor of Buddhist and comparative philosophy. His BA is from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and he studied analytic philosophy at King’s College, University of London. His MA is from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and his PhD is from the National University of Singapore. His dissertation was published by Yale University Press as Nonduality: A Study in Comparative Philosophy. He was senior tutor in the Philosophy Department of Singapore University (later the National University of Singapore) from 1978 to 1984. From 1990 until 2005 he was a professor in the Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University, Chigasaki, Japan. In January 2006 he became the Besl Family Chair Professor of Ethics/Religion and Society with Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, a visiting position that ended in September 2010. In April 2007 David Loy was visiting scholar at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. From January to August 2009 he was a research scholar with the Institute for Advanced Study, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. From September through December 2012 he was in residence at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, with a Lenz Fellowship. David is married to Linda Goodhew, a professor of English literature and language (and co-author of The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons). They have a son, Mark Loy Goodhew. An artist and healer by nature, Igor has been sharing his revelations into the essence of Being since 2002. His approach, in the form of intimate gatherings, silent transmissions, and private correspondence, is based on spontaneous and intuitive insight which allows him to empathize with the uniqueness of each individual conditioning. Igor Kufayev was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In his childhood, he had many episodes associated with awakening. At the age of thirty-six, Igor underwent a radical transformation of consciousness which subsequently blossomed into spontaneous unfoldment of Grace. Website: igorkufayev.com YouTube Channel: Flowing Wakefulness Wikipedia Page Other BatGap events with Igor: Igor Kufayev with Jac O’Keeffe, and Francis Bennett Igor Kufayev, in Panel Discussion with John Hagelin and Mark McCooey Igor Kufayev, in Panel Discussion on Kashmir Shaivism Interview recorded 10/28/2012. Video and audio below.

This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP's Associate Director Patrick Groneman Interviews Sarah Weintraub, Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and Ari Pliskin, Assistant to Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Multimedia Director of the Zen Peacemakers. This is the second of a two...

This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP's Associate Director Patrick Groneman Interviews Sarah Weintraub, Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and Ari Pliskin, Assistant to Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Multimedia Director of the Zen Peacemakers. They discuss being young...

In this episode, Gwen Bell interviews Buddhist teacher Sensei Fleet Maull. Fleet recently spent a month on retreat with Roshi Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers in Massuchusetts, where he became a fully empowered Zen teacher. Fleet teaches at Naropa University and leads weekly meditation sessions there. His teachings are accessible to a wide audience and his authenticity is a breath of fresh air in the world of Buddhist teachers. In this episode Fleet shares his practice background and discusses the value of plunge experiences. This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to Part 2, Take Your Seat: The Importance of Boundaries in Practice. Episode Links: Peacemaker Institute ( http://www.peacemakerinstitute.org ) Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull ( http://bit.ly/iBaRH ) Zen Peacemakers ( http://www.zenpeacemakers.org )