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09.13.2023 Why Meditatewith.ai? Meditatewith.ai is a web app prototype, aimed at demonstrating the possibility of learning Multiplayer Meditation–an out-loud, social, interactive, & trauma-informed protocol–with an AI partner first.
08.22.2023 The Vimalakīrti Sūtra with Kenneth Folk In this contemporary commentary on the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, Pragmatic Dharma teacher Kenneth Folk shares his personal understanding of what he refers to as “a magical spell.”
04.19.2023 Kenneth Folk on Bill Hamilton Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time teacher, Kenneth Folk, to share about his beloved teacher, Bill Hamilton, who American dharma teacher Shinzen Young referred to as "an unsung hero of Western Mindfulness."
02.22.2023 Trudy Goodman on Seungsahn Our first episode is with Trudy Goodman, recorded in 2021, who speaks about her first beloved teacher, Seungsahn, a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen.
01.23.2023 Vince Fakhoury Horn on Our Beloved Teachers Our Beloved Teachers is a new kind of community podcast series aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while preserving the oral history of BuddhaDharma in the digital era.
01.16.2023 Our Beloved Teachers: Coming Soon Our Beloved Teachers is a new kind of podcast series aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while also preserving the oral history of Buddhism, Buddhist Dharma, in the digital era.
08.17.2022 This Great Network of Interbeing, with Vince F Horn What does it mean to Interbe within Ourselves, with Others, and in Nature? What is this great network of Interbeing?
07.12.2022 Relax And You Will Know, with Emily W Horn Emily West Horn teaches that we can learn to apply both mindfulness & heartfulness toward liberating ourselves from the "trance of unworthiness." What do you most want to realize? Relax, and you will know.
07.06.2022 Magic and the Four Immeasurables, with Vince F Horn In most modern contexts the topic of magic is taboo, because it isn’t Rational. Here, Vince Fakhoury Horn makes the claim that magic can also be understood and practiced in a Transrational way.
04.06.2022 Buddhism & Aliens, with Stuart Davis We're joined in this episode by Writer-Director-Actor-Comedian-Songwriter and run of the mill fucked up human, Stuart Davis, as he shares his deep experience of navigating what is generally referred to as "the phenomenon."
01.12.2022 We Were Made For These Times, with Kaira Jewel Lingo In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue by Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness meditation teacher, mentor, and author of the recently released book, "We Were Made For These Times".
01.03.2022 MetaSangha Matters w/ Charlie Awberry, Jared Janes, & David Chapman In the 2nd part of our conversation with the Evolving Ground crew, we talk about the importance of comparing and contrasting what we're up to in our respective Sanghas.
12.20.2021 Evolving Ground w/ Charlie Awberry, Jared Janes, & David Chapman In 2020 Charlie Awberry & Jared Janes came together to start a new kind of Vajrayana Sangha, called Evolving Ground.
12.03.2021 Dharma Lineages in the 21st Century w/ James Landoli & Daniel Ingram In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, we're re-sharing a conversation that happened on the Meta-Perspective show, hosted by James Londoli, in which James invited Vince F Horn and Daniel Ingram into a dialogue about dharma lineage in the 21st century.
11.03.2021 The Best & Worst Students in the History of the World, with Kenneth Folk In this dharma talk–taken from a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat–Kenneth Folk speaks about Bahiya–the best student in the history of the world–and about the worst student in the history of the world, none other than the Buddha himself.
10.27.2021 The 2nd Great Iteration of Buddhism, with Vince F Horn In this dharma teaching, given to a cohort of teachers-in-training, Vince F. Horn gives a broad strokes introduction to the 2nd Great Turning, or Iteration, of Buddhism, known as Mahayana Buddhism.
10.20.2021 One by One as They Occurred, with Kenneth Folk In this dharma teaching / guided meditation–given during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat in 2018–Kenneth Folk re-enacts the Anupada Sutta, exploring the 8 jhanas, using them as a platform for the experience of nibbana.
10.02.2021 Dharmas & DAOs, with Kevin Owocki Kevin Owocki, founder of GitCoin–a decentralized platform & organization focused on building and funding the open web–joins Vince Horn co-founder of Buddhist Geeks, to explore the potential of bringing together the world of Dharma and the world of DAOs (Decentralized ...
09.27.2021 The Gradual and Sudden Tracks, with Vince F Horn In this dharma talk Vince Fakhoury Horn talks about the Gradual and Sudden tracks of meditation.
09.13.2021 How to Find your People in an Unjust World, with Kate Johnson In this conversation, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Buddhist meditation teacher Kate Johnson, author of Radical Friendship, a newly released book which originally found its roots in a previous talk that Kate gave in 2013 at an in-person Buddhist ...
08.20.2021 Jhanas and Ñanas, with Kenneth Folk In this Pragmatic Dharma retreat talk, Kenneth Folk talks about the interrelationship between jhanas (meditative absorption states) and nanas (insight knowledges).
08.16.2021 A Guided Tour of the Four Jhanas, with Kenneth Folk In this special guided meditation, recorded during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat, Kenneth Folk does a masterful job of pointing out the four progressive stages of meditative absorption, colloquially known as jhana.
07.28.2021 Meditating in The Goldilocks Zone, with Vince Horn In this dharma talk, Vince Fakhoury Horn talks about the Goldilocks Principle as it's applied to meditation.
07.05.2021 Falling in Love With What Is, with Noliwe Alexander Teaching by Noliwe Alexander, given during a Mindfulness Retreat Online.
06.09.2021 Evolving Dharma, with Tasshin Fogleman & Vince Fakhoury Horn During the interview Tasshin Foggleman asks Vince Horn to share about the evolution of the Buddhist Geeks organization, including an in-depth exploration of Transparent Generosity, Holacracy, & Open Source Dharma
04.14.2021 A Compassionate Conversation, with Gabriel Menegale Wilson In this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Gabriel Menegale Wison, one of the authors of the recently released book, “Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart.”
01.26.2021 Love & Rage, with Lama Rod Owens In this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with Lama Rod Owens, author of the newly released book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation.
12.14.2020 Brightmind In this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with CEO and Head Teacher at the popular meditation app Brightmind, Toby Sola.
10.15.2020 The Fascism this Time, with Theo Horesh During this conversation Vince Fakhoury Horn & Theo Horesh explore what Fascism is–both historically & philosophically–how nihilism and despair are playing out in global society right now (especially in America), the many dimensions of human identity that are at play ...
10.07.2020 The Reality of Materiality, with Greg Thomas In this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with journalist, educator, & scholar Greg Thomas to meditate on race.
09.30.2020 Deconstructing Decentralised Organizing, with Richard D. Bartlett In this episode, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in conversation with Richard D. Bartlett. Rich is the author of Patterns for Decentralised Organising and a contributing author for Better Work Together.
07.28.2020 Meditating on Race, with Emily Horn In this episode, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time partner, and Teaching Lead of Buddhist Geeks, Emily Horn, to meditate together on race.
06.03.2020 Regenerating Both Culture & Land, with Jason Snyder Co-host of the Both/And Podcast and an adjunct lecturer at ASU’s Department of Sustainable Development, Jason joins Vince in a sit-down conversation, where they discuss the topics of memetic mediation, metamodernism, integral theory, responding to the meta-crisis, sensemaking and more.
05.18.2020 Mainstreaming Knowledge of the Stages of Insight, with Daniel M. Ingram In this episode we’re joined again by meditator & medical doctor Daniel M. Ingram, to discuss his current efforts at helping mainstream knowledge of the common patterns of experience that unfold during contemplative practice.
04.24.2020 You've Got to Remember that God is an Idiot, with Vinay Gupta From practicing hindu tantra with a guru he met at a new age bookstore in Chicago, to building open source hexayurts on the playa of burning man, to helping launch the second biggest crypto-network, Vinay Gupta is a man on ...
03.25.2020 An Open Source Economy of Abundance, with Marcin Jakubowski The founder of Open Source Ecology, Marcin Jakubowski, shares his journey of going from being a PhD student in Fusion Physics to meditating daily & building the modular groundwork for an open source economy of abundance.
03.11.2020 Everything the Same, Everything Different, with Diane Musho Hamilton In this episode, Vince Horn is joined in dialogue, once again, by Diane Musho Hamilton–Zen teacher, professional meditator, and Integral facilitator.
02.12.2020 Eco-Meta-Dharma, with David Loy In this episode, Vince Horn is joined in conversation by long-time mentor and friend, David Loy, to explore his latest on, "EcoDharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis."
01.13.2020 A Meditation Coalition, with JoAnna Hardy Emily Horn and JoAnna Hardy explore the newly established Meditation Coalition of Los Angeles, a new type of dharma community that's actively decentralizing traditional power structures and focusing on pluralistic values of non-exclusion.
01.01.2020 Six Ways to Meditate, with Vincent Horn Learn about Concentration, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, Inquiry, Awareness, & Embodiment Meditation.
12.23.2019 Yum, Yum, Yum with Ram Dass In this episode originally recorded in 2018 at the "Waking Up with Psychedelics" event in Los Angeles, Trudy Goodman spoke with one of the pioneers of Western spirituality and psychedelics, Ram Dass.
11.04.2019 Toward a Fourth Turning, Pt. 2, with Ken Wilber "The new Buddha is not going to be the Sangha, but the unification of the Buddha, Sangha, and Dharma in a single ongoing nondual Awareness and Awakening.” - Ken Wilber
10.28.2019 Toward a Fourth Turning, Pt. 1, with Ken Wilber In this latest addition to the Metadharma series, Ryan Oelke is joined by philosopher Ken Wilber to explore what a fourth turning of Buddhism looks like, what it includes, and why it’s needed.
08.01.2019 Why Metadharma?, Pt. 1, with Michael W. Taft In this latest addition to the Metadharma series, Vince Horn is joined by Michael W. Taft to explore the (meta)reasoning around Metadharma.
07.22.2019 The Dharma of Collapse, with Daniel Thorson Vince Horn is joined in this episode by a former team member of Buddhist Geeks, current monastic resident at the Monastic Academy, and host of the Emerge podcast, Daniel Thorson to discuss the dharma of collapse.
07.11.2019 Sameness & Difference in American Dharma, with Ann Gleig In this deep dive into the emerging territory of American Dharma, scholar-practitioner Ann Gleig joins with Buddhist Geeks host Vince Horn to explore a plurality of perspectives, some overlooked and marginalized, some debated for millennia.
04.29.2019 Metadharma: Set & Setting, with Vince Horn What are the ways that dharma may be practiced and understood in light of the post-post modern or integral or metamodern condition?
04.10.2019 The SF Dharma Collective, with Kathryn "Kati" Devaney The SF Dharma Collective is new kind of student-led all-volunteer sangha.
03.29.2019 Trauma and the Unbound Body, with Judith Blackstone What is the connection between embodiment, nondual realization, and healing?
01.09.2019 The Limits of Retreat Culture, with Oren Jay Sofer I had the great delight of speaking with Oren Jay Sofer, just as he was fresh off a month-long silent retreat. The timing couldn't be better, as the bulk of what we discussed relates to silent retreat culture, both its ...

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Buddhist Geeks episodes:

Why Meditatewith.ai?

The Vimalakīrti Sūtra with Kenneth Folk

Kenneth Folk on Bill Hamilton

Trudy Goodman on Seungsahn

Vince Fakhoury Horn on Our Beloved Teachers

Our Beloved Teachers: Coming Soon

This Great Network of Interbeing, with Vince F Horn

Relax And You Will Know, with Emily W Horn

Magic and the Four Immeasurables, with Vince F Horn

Buddhism & Aliens, with Stuart Davis

We Were Made For These Times, with Kaira Jewel Lingo

MetaSangha Matters w/ Charlie Awberry, Jared Janes, & David Chapman

Evolving Ground w/ Charlie Awberry, Jared Janes, & David Chapman

Dharma Lineages in the 21st Century w/ James Landoli & Daniel Ingram

The Best & Worst Students in the History of the World, with Kenneth Folk

The 2nd Great Iteration of Buddhism, with Vince F Horn

One by One as They Occurred, with Kenneth Folk

Dharmas & DAOs, with Kevin Owocki

The Gradual and Sudden Tracks, with Vince F Horn

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

Jhanas and Ñanas, with Kenneth Folk

A Guided Tour of the Four Jhanas, with Kenneth Folk

Meditating in The Goldilocks Zone, with Vince Horn

Falling in Love With What Is, with Noliwe Alexander

Evolving Dharma, with Tasshin Fogleman & Vince Fakhoury Horn

A Compassionate Conversation, with Gabriel Menegale Wilson

Love & Rage, with Lama Rod Owens

Brightmind

The Fascism this Time, with Theo Horesh

The Reality of Materiality, with Greg Thomas

Deconstructing Decentralised Organizing, with Richard D. Bartlett

Meditating on Race, with Emily Horn

Regenerating Both Culture & Land, with Jason Snyder

Mainstreaming Knowledge of the Stages of Insight, with Daniel M. Ingram

You've Got to Remember that God is an Idiot, with Vinay Gupta

An Open Source Economy of Abundance, with Marcin Jakubowski

Everything the Same, Everything Different, with Diane Musho Hamilton

Eco-Meta-Dharma, with David Loy

A Meditation Coalition, with JoAnna Hardy

Six Ways to Meditate, with Vincent Horn

Yum, Yum, Yum with Ram Dass

Toward a Fourth Turning, Pt. 2, with Ken Wilber

Toward a Fourth Turning, Pt. 1, with Ken Wilber

Why Metadharma?, Pt. 1, with Michael W. Taft

The Dharma of Collapse, with Daniel Thorson

Sameness & Difference in American Dharma, with Ann Gleig

Metadharma: Set & Setting, with Vince Horn

The SF Dharma Collective, with Kathryn "Kati" Devaney

Trauma and the Unbound Body, with Judith Blackstone

The Limits of Retreat Culture, with Oren Jay Sofer