26 episodes
The Zen of Everything Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn
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5.0, 12 Ratings
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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.
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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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Episode 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
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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Episode 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)
Theme music by Kiku Day.
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Episode 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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Customer Reviews
Great podcast on Zen practice!
Very good down-to-earth discussion of what can be esoteric topics. Helps me feel comfortable in my imperfect practice.
