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Buddhist GeeksThe Making of a Mass Meditation Movement
Erik Braun is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and…
Buddhist GeeksWhen Practice Isnt Enough
Marianne Elliott is an attorney, human rights advocate, and the author of Zen Under Fire, a memoir about her work in Afghanistan. In this episode taken from…
Buddhist GeeksThe Dharma of Uncertainty in Business
Jerry Colonna was a venture capitalist in New York City and played a prominent part in the early development of Silicon Alley–he is known by some as the “Yoda…
Buddhist GeeksCyber Philosophy and the Void
Alexander Bard is a cyber philosopher and the co-founder of the Syntheist Movement. He is the co-author of The Futurica Trilogy, a series of books concerning…
Buddhist GeeksCreating Living Ritual
David Chapman is a writer, computer scientist, engineer and Buddhist practitioner. He blogs on several sites including Meaningness, Approaching Aro, and…
Buddhist GeeksReinventing Buddhist Tantra
David Chapman is a writer, computer scientist, engineer and Buddhist practitioner. He blogs on several sites including Meaningness, Approaching Aro, and…
Buddhist GeeksA 3D Model for Spiritual Growth
Shinzen Young is a Vipassana meditation teacher and was ordained in Japan as a monk in the Shingon tradition. He has studied and practiced extensively in other…
Buddhist GeeksThe Dharma of Difference
Kate Johnson is a yogi and meditation teacher in NYC where she teaches yoga and mindfulness meditation to high school students in public schools. A student in…
Buddhist GeeksWorking with Questions
Lisa Ernst is an artist and meditation teacher in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. She leads the One Dharma Nashville Community that draws from the wisdom…
Buddhist GeeksDigital Dharma Gates
Rohan Gunatillake is the creator of buddhify, the mobile mindfulness app for modern life, and the co-producer of Sync, a program that’s helping cultural…
Buddhist GeeksMindful Media: A New Culture of Immersiveness
Megan Miller is a technology researcher and entrepreneur from the San Francisco Bay area. After working in editorial and digital roles at National Geographic…
Buddhist GeeksEverything is Workable
Diane Musho Hamilton is a Zen teacher and conflict mediator. In this episode she joins host Vincent Horn to explore some of the themes from her first book…
Buddhist GeeksEnlightenment Engineering
Mikey Siegel is a meditator & technologist known for his work in projects like BrainBot & HeartSync. He is a pioneer in a field that he calls “Enlightenment…
Buddhist GeeksGet it on Like a Buddha
Lodro Rinzler is a meditation practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. His latest book is Walk Like a Buddha: Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your…
Buddhist GeeksZen Predator
Mark Oppenheimer is an essayist, reporter, critic, and one of the United States’ leading investigators of religion. His new book, The Zen Predator of the Upper…
Buddhist GeeksThe Next Generation of Enlightement
Dr. Jay Michaelson is the author of five books and two hundred articles on religion, sexuality, law, and contemplative practice. His new book is Evolving…
Buddhist GeeksMental Illness and the Dark Night
Willoughby Britton and Daniel Ingram continue their conversation with hosts Emily Horn and Kelly Sosan Bearer to discuss helping people through the experience…
Buddhist GeeksVarieties of Contemplative Experience
Willoughby Britton and Daniel Ingram join hosts Emily Horn and Kelly Sosan Bearer for Geeks of the Round Table to discuss helping people through the experience…
Buddhist GeeksContemplative Computing
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is an author, scholar, and Futurist most recently concerned with contemplative computing, the effort to use information technologies in…
Buddhist GeeksTechnological Determinism
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is an author, Technology Forecaster, and Futurist who applies the tools of the historian to predicting our future technology. His book…
Buddhist GeeksQuantified Selflessness
Chris Dancy is an information systems expert, a self described data exhaust cartographer, and widely known as “The Quantified Man”. His work in the Quantified…
Buddhist GeeksWhen Everything Happens Now
Douglas Rushkoff is the author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, as well as a dozen other bestselling books on media, technology, and culture. In…
Buddhist GeeksThe Trojan Horse of Meditation
Meditation teacher Kenneth Folk joins Vincent Horn, Emily Horn, and Kelly Sosan Bearer to conclude a Geeks of the Round Table discussion on a recent Wired…
Buddhist GeeksMeditating to Get Ahead
In this episode taken from a Geeks of the Round Table Google Hangout, meditation teacher Kenneth Folk joins Buddhist Geeks Vincent Horn, Emily Horn, and Kelly…
Buddhist GeeksRed Bull to Buddha
David Passiak is a former religion scholar turned technology entrepreneur who has spent nearly 20 years working at the intersection of disruptive innovation…
Buddhist GeeksBe the Lover
Teachers Sofia Diaz and Trudy Goodman continue this episode of Geeks of the Round Table with host Kelly Sosan Bearer by exploring the Feminine aspect of…
Buddhist GeeksPerfect Insight is Perfect Love
In this episode taken from a Geeks of the Round Table Google Hangout, Sofia Diaz and Trudy Goodman join host Kelly Sosan Bearer to discuss Feminine Practice…
Buddhist GeeksQuestioning Frameworks of Practice
Ken Mcleod is one of the more innovative teachers of Buddhism today, known for his ability to explain difficult and subtle teachings. In the conclusion of this…
Buddhist GeeksTruth is a Red Herring
Ken Mcleod is one of the more innovative teachers of Buddhism today, known for his ability to explain difficult and subtle teachings. In this conversation with…
Buddhist GeeksMeditation, Behavior Design, & Habit Building
Tony Stubblebine is interested in meditation, app development, and behavioral design. He’s brought all three interests together in his latest project, a habit…
Buddhist GeeksMindfulness is More Than Just Paying Attention
In this interview, host Vincent Horn speaks with Dr. Ronald Purser–professor of management at SFSU and an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher in the Korean Taego…
Buddhist GeeksInformation & Contemplation
David M. Levy is a professor of technology in the Information School (or iSchool) at the University of Washington. Since 2006 he has offered a course called…
Buddhist GeeksHumanity Gets an Upgrade
Ramez Naam is a computer scientist who spent 13 years at Microsoft, leading teams working on email, web browsing, search, and artificial intelligence. He’s the…
Buddhist GeeksContemplative Technologies
Mike Redmer is a freelance UX designer and mindfulness coach. His most recent project, the ReWire App, is part of a growing field of technology designed to…
Buddhist GeeksReWiring Meditation for the Digital Age
Mike Redmer is a freelance UX designer and mindfulness coach. His most recent project, the ReWire App, came out of a desire to utilize technology to make…
Buddhist GeeksSpecializing in Letting Go
Dr. Reggie Ray is an author, teacher, and the Spiritual Director for the Dharma Ocean Community in Crestone, Colorado. In this episode Reggie and host Vincent…
Buddhist GeeksMahamudra in the Modern World
Dr. Reggie Ray is an author, teacher, and the Spiritual Director for the Dharma Ocean Community in Crestone, Colorado. He has forty years of study and…
Buddhist GeeksThe Naked Monk
Stephen Schettini is an author and blogger at TheNakedMonk.com, and a teacher of Mindful Reflection. He was a Tibetan Buddhist monk for 8 years before he left…
Buddhist GeeksFinding Authority Outside of Tradition
Ted Meissner is the host of The Secular Buddhist podcast and the Executive Director of the Secular Buddhist Association. In this episode host Vincent Horn…
Buddhist GeeksSecular Buddhism
Ted Meissner is the host of The Secular Buddhist podcast and the Executive Director of the Secular Buddhist Association. In this episode with host Vincent…
Buddhist GeeksStart-up Thinking and Buddhist Lineage
Lawrence Levy is a student of Segyu Rinpoche and a former CFO and board member at Pixar Animation Studios. He left his role as an executive at Pixar in 2000 to…
Buddhist GeeksThe Artistic Path is the Crooked Path
John F. Simon is a visual artist and software programmer whose work can be found in prominent museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon…
Buddhist GeeksBuddhism, Technology, and Quarter-Pounders
Buddhist Geeks Vincent Horn and Rohan Gunatillake conclude their interview for the KGNU public radio program Sacred Lines by further discussing the…
Buddhist GeeksFifty Shades of Geek
In a recent interview for the KGNU public radio program Sacred Lines, Buddhist Geeks Vincent Horn and Rohan Gunatillake have a discussion about what it means…
Buddhist GeeksThe Witness
Jonathan Blow is an indie game designer most well known for his time-bending game Braid. In this episode we conclude our conversation with Jonathan by…
Buddhist GeeksQuantum Gaming
Jonathan Blow is an indie game designer most well known for his time-bending game Braid. In this episode Jonathan describes his journey from a kid fascinated…
Buddhist GeeksContemplative Design: Less is More
Michaël Harboun wants to design products that find a balance between inner contemplation and external technology. In this conversation we explore things like…
Buddhist GeeksTranscendenz & Anti-Time
“We can only see what we’ve become conscious of.” – Michaël Harboun Michaël Harboun wants to design products that find a balance between inner contemplation…
Buddhist GeeksThe Path of Centering Prayer
David Frenette is a senior teacher in the Centering Prayer movement–a contemplative Christian practice that was designed by Father Thomas Keating. He’s also…
Buddhist GeeksMeditating with God
David Frenette is a senior teacher in the Centering Prayer movement–a contemplative Christian practice that was designed by Father Thomas Keating. He’s also…
Buddhist GeeksIt's a Jungle in There
In this episode, taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference 2012, Daniel Ingram talks about the ways that contemplatives could learn from the Naturalists. The…
Buddhist GeeksMindful Binge Drinking and Blobology
Willoughby Britton, contemplative scientist and neuroscience researcher, spoke at the Buddhist Geeks Conference 2012 about mixing Dharma with scientific…
Buddhist GeeksCreativity Without Grasping
In this episode, taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference in 2012, Martine Batchelor explores the process of grasping and its amplifying/exaggerating effects…
Buddhist GeeksMcLuhan and Buddhism: How is the Medium Changing the Message?
What is the message of Buddhism today? Self-improvement? A fulfilling life? An understanding of the mysteries of the human condition? How does McLuhan’s famous…
Buddhist GeeksThe DNA Sutra
Richard Eskow is a writer, consultant, and musician, who is a senior fellow with a public policy group. In this episode, Richard discusses with host Vincent…
Buddhist GeeksThe Emerging Science of Mindfulness Meditation
David Vago, an instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, has held the position of Senior Research Coordinator for the Mind & Life Institute, a…
Buddhist GeeksThe Angry Buddhist
Seth Greenland is an author, playwright, and screenwriter. For two seasons he was a writer-producer on the Emmy-nominated HBO series Big Love. His latest…
Buddhist GeeksEnlightenment is Capable of Endless Enlargement
Gary Weber has been a scientist, military officer, senior executive in industry and academia, and is the author of the book Happiness Beyond Thought: A…
Buddhist GeeksMapping the Mindful Brain
Dr. Judson Brewer is an assistant professor at Yale in psychiatry and a contemplative scientist studying the effects of meditation on the brain. He and his…
Buddhist GeeksA Heart Blown Open
Keith Martin-Smith is an author, martial artist, and ordained Zen priest. His latest book is “A Heart Blown Open”, the biography of his teacher Jun Po Denis…