The Zen of Everything

By Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn

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.... more

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July 10, 2020Episode 29: Zensex
Many Zen priests in Japanese Buddhism have active sex lives, others are celibate. We discuss how Buddhism treats sex, and how it makes the world go around.
Treeleaf Zendo
Buddhism and sexuality (Wikipedia)
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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June 26, 2020Episode 28: Our Team
Jundo explains the importance of lineage in Zen, how the teachings have been handed down over the centuries from Zen teachers to students, in an unbroken chain.
Treeleaf Zendo
Zazenkai Sunday June 21st with Writer-Zen Historian Barbara O'Brien
Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping?
Zensabō
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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27min
June 12, 2020Episode 27: For Justice & Peace
In this time of protests around the world, we discuss how Zen approaches injustice and protest.
Treeleaf Zendo
For Justice & Peace
Socially DIS-engaged Buddhism
Metta (Loving Kindness) for All in Social Unrest
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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28min
May 29, 2020Episode 26: Zen Books
"Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures, not depending on words and letters." With that in mind, Jundo and Kirk discuss Zen books: how to read them, what to read, and when to burn them.
Treeleaf Zendo
Bodhidharma (Wikipedia)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Buddhism For Dummies
Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism
What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind
The Circle of the Way
The Three Pillars of Zen
Opening the Hand of Thought
How to Cook Your Life
The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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29min
May 15, 2020Episode 25: Sitting with Pain
Sitting meditation can be painful for a lot of people. Jundo and Kirk discuss how to sit without pain, or how to accept the pain when sitting.
Treeleaf Zendo
Alexander Technique
Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Phantom limb syndrome
Seiza bench
Invisibilia: For Some Teens With Debilitating Pain, The Treatment Is More Pain
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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27min
May 01, 2020Episode 24: Walking
Walking can free your mind, but can also be an act of meditation.
Treeleaf Zendo
Mount Tsukuba
Kinhin: The Dignity of the Buddha
Alexander Technique
Photo: Tea Tray Ensō
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28min
April 17, 2020Episode 23: Silence
Is zen all about silence?
Treeleaf Zendo
John Cage's 4′33″
Suzuki Roshi's talk on the difference between "sound" and "noise"
Isolation tank
Correction: Jundo meant a blue jay; listen here
Into Great Silence
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28min
April 03, 2020Episode 22: Hope
In these times, we need hope. Jundo and Kirk discuss how we can cultivate hope. And we learn that the name for the Zen of Everything podcast in Japanese would be Zen no Zen.
Treeleaf Zendo
Abbott & Costello Who's On First
Cast Away
Viktor Frankl (Wikipedia)
Medicine Buddha (Wikipedia)
Jizo (Wikipedia)
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26min
March 20, 2020Episode 21: Zen in Quarantine
With many people going into quarantine, Jundo and Kirk discuss how this time can be beneficial, and how washing your hands can be the act of a Boddhisatva.
Treeleaf Zendo
Master Dogen's Instructions for Washing the Hands
Tonglen (Wikipedia)
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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24min
March 07, 2020Episode 20: Zen in the Time of Coronavirus
With a potential pandemic looming, Jundo and Kirk talk about rumors, unreasonable and reasonable fear, plagues of the past and today, and a good Zen attitude to sickness and death.
Treeleaf Zendo
Coronavirus rumors fuel panic buying of toilet paper in Japan
Vatican Insists Pope Francis Only Has a Cold — Not Coronavirus
Shit stick (Wikipedia)
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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28min

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