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Buddhist GeeksWill the Real Buddha Please Stand Up?
John Peacock is a scholar and Associate Director of The Oxford Mindfulness Centre. His studies of the earliest Buddhist writings have revealed to him a very…
Buddhist GeeksIs Super Mario a Buddhist?
Jane McGonigal is an author and game designer who wants to change the world through gaming. In this second part of a presentation recorded during the 2011…
Buddhist GeeksA Buddhist Game Designer
Jane McGonigal is an author and game designer who describes herself as “23% Buddhist, 77% geek.” She begins the presentation, originally given at the 2011…
Buddhist GeeksA Mindfulness Manifesto
Kelly Sosan Bearer speaks with Ed Halliwell, journalist, teacher, and author, about his new book The Mindful Manifesto and its themes of mindfulness, Buddhism…
Buddhist GeeksClimate Change is Happening on our Watch
In this episode Rohan Gunatillake speaks with Buddhist teacher Rob Burbea on the topic of Climate Change. Rob wonders why the Western Buddhist community is…
Buddhist GeeksThe Communication Gap
Ken McLeod and Vincent Horn continue their conversation about the student-teacher relationship by examining communication mediums. They begin by examining the…
Buddhist GeeksCrossing the Generational Divide
Ken McLeod joins Vincent Horn for the start of a conversation examining some of the painful generational gaps that occur between students and teachers. They…
Buddhist GeeksStrengthening the Body-Mind
Rob McNamara is a psychology professor, zen practitioner, and strength trainer who works at the intersection of strength training and contemplative practice…
Buddhist GeeksEnlightenment Through an Evolutionary Lens
In this episode, taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference in 2011, Diane Hamilton explores Enlightenment, not as a binary state, but from a developmental point…
Buddhist GeeksDisrupting the Awakening Industry
Rohan Gunatillake, in this presentation taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference in 2011, explores how Buddhism can learn from the suffering of other…
Buddhist GeeksWhat Science Can Teach Us About Practice
In this episode, taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference in 2011, Kelly McGonigal, PhD in Health Psychology, speaks on how the neuroscience of meditation can…
Buddhist GeeksSinging Meditation
Ari Goldfield and Rose Taylor are Buddhist teachers and translators . Goldfield is a Buddhist translator and teacher who has studied and practiced under the…
Buddhist GeeksThe Buddha Walks Into a Bar
Lodro Rinzler is a next generation Buddhist teacher in the Shambhala tradition and author of “The Buddha Walks Into a Bar.” In our discussion we focus…
Buddhist GeeksThe Myth of the Teacher
Martine Batchelor joins Buddhist Geeks again, this time to explore the way that the roles of teacher and student are changing in contemporary times. While…
Buddhist GeeksPracticing at the Crossroads
Martine Batchelor was a nun in a Korean Buddhist monastery for 10 years, where she followed a traditional path of practice and exploration. We speak about her…
Buddhist GeeksUniting Technology and Wisdom
Vincent Horn is a co-founder and director of Buddhist Geeks. In this talk, originally given at the Pacific Asia Art Museum, he explores the interdisciplinary…
Buddhist GeeksInnovating New Forms of Buddhist Tantra
David Chapman–writer and computer scientist–joins us again to finish our conversation about “consensus Buddhism” and the alternatives that he sees to the…
Buddhist GeeksConsensus Buddhism and Mindful Mayo
David Chapman is a writer, computer scientist, engineer and Buddhist practitioner. He shares in this episode a description of what he calls consensus Buddhism…
Buddhist GeeksForm is Emptiness, Emptiness is Evolving
David Loy, Zen teacher and author, joins us to discuss the radical implications of modern narratives on the traditional Buddhist view of the world. David…
Buddhist GeeksSeasons of Practice
We’re joined again by spiritual teacher and author Terry Patten to discuss the multidimensional nature of practice. We speak about the form he teaches, called…
Buddhist GeeksThe Art of Dharmic Embrace
Terry Patten–spiritual teacher and author–joins us to speak about some of the challenging issues involve in teaching and practicing an empowering form of…
Buddhist GeeksA Visitation from the Unknown
We’re joined by spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen to explore the story of how he came to teach what he calls “evolutionary enlightenment.” Andrew begins by…
Buddhist GeeksNo Yogi Left Behind
We’re joined again on Buddhist Geeks by one of the most influential figures in the transpersonal psychology movement, Dr. Charley Tart. We cover a huge range…
Buddhist GeeksWhere Science and Compassion Meet
We’re joined this week by Dr. Kelly McGonigal, to discuss her work at Stanford University, where she is teaching compassion-based practices from the Buddhist…
Buddhist GeeksThe Dark Night Project
We’re joined again this week by Brown University neuroscience researcher Willougbhy Britton. Willougbhy begins this episode by going into further depth into…
Buddhist GeeksThe Dark Side of Dharma
We’re joined this week by Brown University neuroscience researcher Willoughby Britton. In this episode Dr. Britton shares some of the details of a research…
Buddhist GeeksThe Internet is Not Your Teacher
This week’s episode comes from the recent Buddhist Geeks conference where Ethan Nichtern, a Buddhist teacher in the Shambhala tradition, speaks about ways in…
Buddhist GeeksEnlightenment For the Rest of Us
“You can perform neurosurgery on yourself.” – Kenneth Folk This week’s episode comes from the recent Buddhist Geeks Conference, where meditation teacher…
Buddhist GeeksThere is No Enemy
“Obstacles in your path should not be regarded as obstacles. They are simply features of the landscape which have to be negotiated.” – Ken McLeod This week’s…
Buddhist GeeksTo Know One Religion is to Know None
We’re joined this week by Comparative Religion scholar and Buddhist teacher Rita Gross. Rita shares how she got into Buddhist practice, first studying deeply…
Buddhist GeeksThe Buddhist Teachers Council
We’re joined this week by vipassana teacher Martin Alyward to hear his perspective on the Buddhist Teachers Council, a recent gathering of Western teachers…
Buddhist GeeksThe End of Self-Referencing
We’re joined again by Harvard trained social scientist Dr. Jeffery Martin. As a conclusion to our discussion on the initial findings on his research into…
Buddhist GeeksThe Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness
We’re joined by Harvard trained social scientist Dr. Jeffery Martin to discuss some of the incredible research that he’s doing into the further reaches of…
Buddhist GeeksTuning In to the Truth of the Moment
We’re joined again by meditation teacher and actress Stephanie Nash, this time to explore some of the striking parallels between the disciplines of acting and…
Buddhist GeeksThe Chief Facilitator
We’re joined this week by meditation teacher and actress Stephanie Nash, to discuss her experience of working with her Shinzen Young. Stephanie is one of…
Buddhist GeeksNo System Exists in a Vacuum
We’re joined again by Yoga and Buddhist meditation teacher Michael Stone, this time to look at Buddhism as a system. We speak about the interrelations between…
Buddhist GeeksConnections Between Yoga & Buddhism
We’re joined this week by Yoga and Buddhist meditation teacher Michael Stone. We begin by finding out how Michael got into spiritual practice, which happened…
Buddhist GeeksOrganizational Enlightenment
We’re joined again this week by organizational expert, and founder of HolacracyOne, Brian Robertson. Brian begins by describing the pit-falls of both strict…
Buddhist GeeksLiberating the Soul of Organization
We’re joined this week by Brian Robertson, founder of HolacracyOne, a company whose aim is to liberate the soul of organization. We discuss with Brian the main…
Buddhist GeeksThe Aesthetic of Meditation is Broken
We’re joined again by a regular contributor of Buddhist Geeks and blogger at 21awake.com, Rohan Gunatillake. Rohan joins us to explore three areas in which the…
Buddhist GeeksTeaching Mindful Awareness to Children
This week we’re joined by Susan Kaiser Greenland a leader in bringing mindful awareness to children and teens. We explore the differences between mindful based…
Buddhist GeeksEmergent Buddhism
We’re joined this week by Buddhist teacher and scholar Hokai Sobol to explore the broad, but crucial topic of Emergent Buddhism. As a preface to the panel that…
Buddhist GeeksThe Practice of Contemplative Photography
“Photography and Buddhism share essential interests: both are concerned with clear seeing.” – Andy Karr & Michael Wood We’re joined this week by Buddhist…
Buddhist GeeksResolving the Questions that Drive Us
We finish up our discussion with meditation teacher Ken McLeod, touching on a number of fascinating and challenging topics. Ken speaks about the distinction…
Buddhist GeeksPragmatic Buddhism
We’re joined this week by Buddhist teacher, Ken McLeod, to explore an approach he has coined “Pragmatic Buddhism.” We explore his early Buddhist training…
Buddhist GeeksEmerging Trends in Western Buddhist Communities
We’re joined this week by Ph.D Candidate and Buddhist blogger Brooke Schedneck, to explore her research into several emerging patterns in Western Buddhist…
Buddhist GeeksThe Timeless Tradition of Spiritual Apprenticeship
In the last part of our discussion with Buddhist teacher and scholar Hokai Sobol, we wrap up our exploration on some of the important influences and forces…
Buddhist GeeksExchanging Dharma: Client and Colleague Mindsets
We’re joined by Buddhist teacher and scholar Hokai Sobol, as we continue exploring the different mindsets that we often take, while exchanging Dharma here in…
Buddhist GeeksExchanging Dharma: The Consumer Mindset
We’re joined again this week by Buddhist teacher and scholar Hokai Sobol, to continue our exploration of the hidden mindsets and cultural forces that shape…
Buddhist GeeksThe Invisible Forces that Shape Western Buddhism
In the first part of a multi-part discussion with Buddhist teacher and scholar Hokai Sobol, we explore the invisible, and rarely discussed, forces that shape…
Buddhist GeeksAn Evidence-Based Spirituality for the 21st Century
We’re joined by Charles Tart, one of the founders of the branch of psychology known as transpersonal psychology. Dr. Tart’s life work has to do with putting…
Buddhist GeeksThe Core of Wisdom
We’re joined again this week by professor and meditation teacher Roger Walsh. This week we dive into his study of the common practices seen in all of the…
Buddhist GeeksA Technology of Transcendence
This week we speak with professor and teacher Roger Walsh. Roger shares his journey from being a hardcore neuorscientist and psychiatrist to becoming an avid…
Buddhist GeeksEnlightened Society
This week we’re joined by the President of Shambhala, Richard Reoch. Along with overseeing the Shambhala organization, Richard is also a long time human…
Buddhist GeeksThe Most Fundamental Duality
We’re joined again by Zen Master Diane “Musho” Hamilton, this time to explore the most fundamental duality of masculine and feminine. Diane points out that if…
Buddhist GeeksIntegral Zen
We’re joined by Zen Master, Diane “Musho” Hamilton, to explore an approach to spiritual practice called “Integral Zen.” In our interview we explore several…
Buddhist GeeksI Vow to Feed All Hunger
We’re joined this week by one of the pioneers of the socially engaged Buddhist movement, Zen Master Bernie Glassman. Although he grew up in a family that…
Buddhist GeeksWhat Young People Want
“We always talk about the Sangha as part of the triple gem, but I think it is the least developed part of Buddhism in the West.” – Sumi Loundon Kim We’re…
Buddhist GeeksI'm Not Babysitting Your Ego
We finish up our discussion with spiritual teacher Adyashanti, focusing on several topics relevant to contemporary seekers. We start off by exploring his…
Buddhist GeeksNow That's Zen
We’re joined by spiritual teacher Adyashanti to discuss his 15 years of training with Zen teacher Arvis Joen Justi. He shares details from his initial…