Even zen monks get the blues sometimes.


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Thelonius Monk: Blue Monk


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Episode 73: Monks' Blues

The Zen of Everything presents a zen take on life, love, laughter, and everything else. With Jundo Cohen, a real zen master, and Kirk McElhearn, a guy who knows a bit about zen.

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Comedy

Religion & Spirituality

Other

Spirituality

Christianity

Buddhism

Hinduism

Judaism

Islam

How did we get here? Jundo and Kirk discuss how they got involved in Buddhism and Zen.


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108
What are the 108 Defilements (Bonno)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Meditation in Action
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation 
John Cage: Indeterminacy


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Episode 108: A Look Back

Aren't buddhists supposed to maintain equanimity all the time, not have bad thoughts, not be jealous or angry? 


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Vinaya rules about sex
James Austin: Zen and the Brain



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Episode 107: Bad Buddhists

Was the Buddha a proto-communist, or did he go with the flow and the status quo?


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Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance


- Karl Marx: Capital

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Episode 106: Was Buddha a Revolutionary or a Conservative?

Some zen practitioners get ordained, becoming unsui, or "clouds in water," which means they are trainee zen monks or priest. We discuss ordination and what it means.


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Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Renpo Niwa Zenji


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Episode 105: The Monk with a Mortgage

Zen is the transmission outside of words. But there sure are a lot of books about Zen. We look at some of the best books on Zen. Soto Zen, that is. 


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Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi: Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi: How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
Shunryu Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Philip Kapleau Roshi: The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
Shohaku Okumura: Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries
Shohaku Okumura: The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's "Sansuikyo"
Steven Heine: Readings of Dōgen's "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye" 
Steven Heine: Dogen: Japan's Original Zen Teacher
Taigen Dan Leighton: Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dōgen and the Lotus Sutra
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi: Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom: Three Fascicles from Shobogenzo with Commentary
Kazuaki Tanahashi: Enlightenment Unfolds: the essential teachings of Dogen
Kazuaki Tanahashi: Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Will Johnson: The Posture of Meditation
Barbara Hoetsu O'Brien: The Circle of the Way - A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World
Jonathan Landaw & Stephan Bodian: Buddhism For Dummies
Diana St. Ruth: Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism
Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan, translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Kazuaki Tanahashi: The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Red Pine: The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
Norman Fischer & Susan Moon: What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind
Stephen Batchelor: The Art of Solitude
Brian Daizen Victoria: Zen at War
Suggested BOOKS & MEDIA on Zen Practice (Treeleaf)


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Episode 73: Monks' Blues

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