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Our 2019 Christmas episode was so good, and we realized that we would never be able to record a better Christmas episode, so we decided to rebroadcast it this year. Jundo and Kirk discuss how Christmas and Zen can find common ground, and discuss their favorite Zen Christmas carols.

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

How do we choose among the many things available to us? There are too many breakfast cereals; do we really need them all? Which coffee or tea do you choose? And what about big choices? Should we stay or should we go?

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

Jundo and Kirk talk about the various flavors of Buddhism. They are not all the same, and we discuss the differences between the various schools that have changed over the centuries.

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

Jundo and Kirk discuss tradition in zen. What are those funny sticks that the zen masters have, and what are they used for?

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

Jundo and Kirk examine whether Pink Floyd’s 1977 album Animals deserves a critical reappraisal. And they talk about animals, sentience, and eating meat (or not).

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

Jundo and Kirk discuss how moderation is enlightenment, and how Goldilocks is the Buddha. Sort of.

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

Jundo and Kirk discuss living in the moment, and how, at times, you can be too much in the moment.

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

Jundo and Kirk discuss mistakes, and end up making a podcast episode full of mistakes.

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

How had Jundo and Kirk never addressed this, the most basic of questions? And it’s not a trick question.

“Once you are on the cushion, it is Buddha’s butt on the cushion.”

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.

Jundo and Kirk talk about zen hermits, and life in a small zen temple.

Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.