Zen

What is “original Buddhism?” In the absence of texts from the Buddha’s times, how can we know what the Buddha really taught? And how does the corpus of later texts help us understand Buddhism?

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Jundo and Kirk talk about zen and parenting.

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Jundo and Kirk discuss “hard” and “easy” zen. Has zen become too easy? Is it too hard? You are New York all along.

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Jundo and Kirk talk about zen and war. How should zen practitioners act when faced with war? How can we prevent war?

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Jundo and Kirk discuss how Christmas and Zen can find common ground, and discuss their favorite Zen Christmas carols.

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You’ve probably heard about kōans, those inscrutable zen dialogs that make no sense. Jundo and Kirk discuss the origin and history of kōans, what they mean, how they work, and what the sound of one hand clapping really is.

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Is meditation easy? Is it difficult? Jundo and Kirk talk about shikantaza meditation and the importance of intention. And Jundo discuss his patented Insta-Zen technique.

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Jundo and Kirk discuss the idea of oneness. The good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly are all facets of the great jewel.

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Jundo and Kirk discuss the Dokusan room, the place where the teacher tests students and students test the teacher. What goes on can be romanticized and overemphasized, misused and misunderstood (especially by modern westerners), yet greatness sometimes happens too.

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Jundo and Kirk discuss differences between the way zen is practiced in the west compared to in its original country, Japan.

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