Renowned author and scholar Thanissaro Bhikku, Abbot of the Metta Forest Monastery in San Diego County California, joins us to talk about honor and shame in a Buddhist context.…
Author and Buddhist practitioner Maia Duerr joins us to talk about her new book, “Work that Matters”.…
Scholar and author Beata Grant joins us to talk about the work she’s done discovering and translating poetry from Chinese Zen nuns.…
Mike Ivaska, pastor at Vashon Community Church, drops by the studio to talk with Koshin about faith and politics.…
David Levy, a professor at the Information School at the University of Washington, talks about the mindful use of technology.…
Chris Fortin talks about her work teaching mindfulness to veterans with the organization Veterans Path.…
Robert Wright, who spoke at the Zen Center in September, speaks about his new book “Why Buddhism is True,” and the connections between Buddhism and evolutionary psychology.…
Brian Lesage talks with Koshin about the ways in which Zen practice can help us see more clearly about the stories we make out of sense impressions.…
Joshin Brian Byrnes talks about his experiences leading and participating in Zen street retreats. …
Chon Mun Sunim stops by the studio to talk about monastic training and his path to practice. …
Peter Ilgenfritz talks about his path as both a Christian minister and a Buddhist practitioner. He also talks about his love of sailing!…
Polly Trout talks about her path as a Buddhist activist.…
Peggy Rowe and Larry Ward, teachers in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh, stop by the studio.…
Zen Master Jeong Ji Anita Feng talks about the roots and branches of Zen, and the polarizing habits of the mind.…
Michael Barker stops by the Zen studio to talk about the connections he sees between improv theater and Zen. He and Koshin even play some improv games!…
Eko Jeff Kelley talks with Koshin about kindness on the Zen path, both to ourselves and to others. …
Gendo Allyn Field talks about his experiences as a chaplain, and how it relates to his life as a Zen practitioner.…
Genko Kathy Blackman talks about how her spiritual life has been affected by her recent diagnosis of cancer. As a note, this episode was recorded in late April 2017.…
Erin Durrett talks about the history and significance of chanting as a spiritual practice, and sings some chants as well.…
Koshin and Nomon Tim Burnett talk about what ritual is, and how it can have significance in our lives.…