The Zen of Everything

As Kirk is about to get his first covid vaccination, Jundo and Kirk discuss the wonders of science, and talk about the Buddha's doctor Jivaka. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe (https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-zen-masters-dance/) Jīvaka (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jīvaka) COVAX (https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/covax) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

How do we control our habits in eating Oreos, watching TV series, and more? How do we watch Game of Thrones as zen practitioners? Is it okay to binge all the Star Wars movies? Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe (https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-zen-masters-dance/) Giri/Haji (https://www.netflix.com/title/80190519) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (https://amzn.to/3oNZ8xN) Game of Thrones (https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones) Schitt's Creek (https://www.netflix.com/title/80036165) The Queen's Gambit (https://www.netflix.com/80234304) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

The tenzo manages food in Zen monasteries: he is the head chef, the person responsible for ensuring that monks are fed. One of Dogen's most approachable texts is the Tenzo Kyokun, Instructions for the Cook, where he discusses not just cooking soup, but cooking all of life. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe (https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-zen-masters-dance/) How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment (https://amzn.to/3qzc1gq), translation of Tenzo Kyokun with commentary by Kosho Uchiyama. A series of old video talks (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12716-Master-Dogen-s-INSTRUCTIONS-FOR-THE-COOK-%28REPOST%29) by Jundo Cohen on Instructions for the Cook Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

The ego can be big or small, solid or permeable. Is the "ego" the "self," and when is ours too big? Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) The Zen Master's Dance, Jundo's book (https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-zen-masters-dance/) Kosho Uchiyama: Opening the Hand of Thought (https://amzn.to/3hROtR5) Shunryū Suzuki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunryū_Suzuki) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Miracles are everywhere, in the tiniest blade of grass, in the noisiest sneeze, in the simplest loaf of bread. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) The Zen Master's Dance, Jundo's book (https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-zen-masters-dance/) The Goldilocks Zone (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumstellar_habitable_zone) Helios (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios) The Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hahn (https://amzn.to/3mNQRZD) Lou Tannen's (https://www.tannens.com) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

"Nothing is still, everything is constantly in motion," says Jundo, as we discuss the one constant in the universe: change. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping? (https://www.zen-of-everything.com/14) The kōan mentioned is Dasui’s Aeonic Fire (https://www.lionsroar.com/destroyed-not-destroyed/) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

It can be good to get out in nature, even to do naked forest bathing. Jundo and Kirk discuss how nature is important to Zen. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Writers retreat: seven authors on their outdoor escapes from lockdown (https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/nov/23/writers-retreat-seven-authors-on-their-outdoor-escapes-from-lockdown) Buddha nature (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha-nature) Episode 24: Walking (https://www.zen-of-everything.com/24) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

After the results of the presidential election in the United States, Jundo and Kirk talk about reconciliation. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) George Lakoff on "your brain on Trump" (https://www.marketplace.org/2017/04/18/transcript-blog-trump-george-lakoff/) Swastika (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika) Episode 36: A Zen Guide to Elections (https://www.zen-of-everything.com/36) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Jundo has a new book out: The Zen Master's Dance, A Guide to Understanding Dogen and Who You Are in the Universe. He and Kirk discuss Dogen, the book, and how to dance. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) The Zen Master's Dance (https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-zen-masters-dance) Dōgen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dōgen) Caodong school (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caodong_school) Huineng (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huineng) John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI) Lotus Sutra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Sutra) Stupa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa) Episode 13: Meditation Is Easy (https://www.zen-of-everything.com/13) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Without endorsing any particular candidate, Kirk and Jundo talk about how Buddhist values and Precepts should guide the voter in elections in the U.S. and other countries. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Vote (https://iwillvote.com) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Good karma, bad karma, everyone knows about karma, right? Jundo and Kirk discuss what karma means, and how you count your karma points. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Karma (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma) The Sopranos (https://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Treeleaf is an online sangha, and has been around since 2006. How does a sangha work when members don't meet each other physically? Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Nyoi (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruyi_(scepter)) Sluggard waker (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sluggard_waker) Keisaku (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisaku) Hossu (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossu) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Is zen competitive? Is competition a bad thing? Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Tour de France (https://www.letour.fr) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Can zen make you happy? Should it? Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) The Origins of the Pursuit of Happiness (https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1123&context=law_jurisprudence) No Stupid Questions: Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer? (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/nsq-maximizer-satisficer/) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

There are a number of precepts that have to be followed by Zen practitioners. Jundo and Kirk discuss these precepts, and how strict they are. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts (https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-sixteen-bodhisattva-precepts/) What is the Rakusu? (https://www.lionsroar.com/the-rakusu/) Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

There are a lot of rituals in Zen. Where do they come from? Why are they still performed? And what's the thing about the number 108? Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) 108 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)) Mala (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japamala) Heart Sutra (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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 (https://www.treeleaf.org) Buddhism and sexuality (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_sexuality) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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 (https://www.treeleaf.org) Zazenkai Sunday June 21st with Writer-Zen Historian Barbara O'Brien (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17872-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SUN-June-21st-with-Writer-Zen-Historian-Barbara-O-Brien) Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping? (https://www.zen-of-everything.com/14) Zensabō (http://www.kikuday.com/zensabo/) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

In this time of protests around the world, we discuss how Zen approaches injustice and protest. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) For Justice & Peace (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17840-For-Justice-Peace) Socially DIS-engaged Buddhism (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17835-Split-Thread-Socially-DIS-engaged-Buddhism) Metta (Loving Kindness) for All in Social Unrest (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17851-Metta-%28Loving-Kindness%29-for-All-in-Social-Unrest) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

"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 (https://www.treeleaf.org) Bodhidharma (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma) Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (https://amzn.to/36JTaqw) Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (https://amzn.to/2X9anGv) Buddhism For Dummies (https://amzn.to/3ceqx5D) Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism (https://amzn.to/3esBPVs) What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind (https://amzn.to/2Agiich) The Circle of the Way (https://amzn.to/2zDgwlq) The Three Pillars of Zen (https://amzn.to/36JUDNy) Opening the Hand of Thought (https://amzn.to/3dbqOry) How to Cook Your Life (https://amzn.to/2AdFwzC) The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo (https://amzn.to/2AcG7lg) Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo (https://amzn.to/2XB5ntf) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.