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Buddhist GeeksUnlearning Meditation
“Meditation instructions that disallow thinking, reflection, or being open to the full range of experience usually imply a distrust of the mind.” – Jason Siff…
Buddhist GeeksBodhisattva, Superstar
We’re joined this week by filmmaker Michael Trigilo, to explore some of the themes from his newest allegorical documentary, “Bodhisattva, Superstar.” Included…
Buddhist GeeksGrowing Up Versus Waking Up
We’re joined this week by clinical psychologist and Buddhist practitioner John Welwood. John has spent his entire adult life exploring the intersection between…
Buddhist GeeksWorking with Sexual Energy
We’re joined again by British meditation teacher, Christopher Titmuss, to continue our exploration into the powerful, and often challenging, realm of human…
Buddhist GeeksThe Place of the Erotic
We’re joined this week by Insight meditation teacher and engaged activist Christopher Titmuss. Our main topic of exploration is the place of sexuality, eros…
Buddhist GeeksThe Buddhist Atheist
Secular Buddhist teacher Stephen Batchelor joins us to explore some of the ideas presented in his newest book, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. We start off…
Buddhist GeeksThe Mindful Therapist
This week we speak to vipassana meditation teacher, and psychotherapist Trudy Goodman. Trudy completes the story of her early Zen days, and also describes how…
Buddhist GeeksZen, Vipassana, & Psychology
This week we speak to vipassana and Zen teacher, Trudy Goodman. Trudy shares how she got into both Buddhist meditation and psychotherapy, and uses her story to…
Buddhist GeeksThe Dharma of Second Life
This week we’re joined by Zen teacher Jiun Foster, who is actively involved in teaching dharma in the virtual world of Second Life. We speak with him about…
Buddhist GeeksDive-Bar Dharma: Making it Fresh or Sensationalizing it?
Join the Geeks of the Round Table as we discuss an article published on Salon.com entitled, Dive-bar Dharma. The geeks explore several questions, sparked by…
Buddhist GeeksEverything Arises in the Mind of the Yogi
"Real creative expression, to me, is a process of discovery … It’s entering the mystery." – Daido Roshi John Daido Loori, Roshi continues his discussion with…
Buddhist GeeksZen Mountain Monastery: Zen and the Arts
John Daido Loori, Roshi abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery in NY and well-known Buddhist author, joins us to discuss the history and development of his…
Buddhist GeeksThe Three Faces of Spirit: Where is Awareness Locating Itself?
Where does awareness tend to locate itself? And how is this important in our experience and understanding of the Buddhist path of awakening? This week Diane…
Buddhist GeeksDiscover Yourself as a Perspective Taking Being
Diane Musho Hamilton, Zen sensei and Big Mind lineage holder, joins us to discuss her personal story on the path of awakening. From experiencing the death of…
Buddhist GeeksUnwavering Samadhi: Meditative Achievement and Its Impact in the World
We continue our discussion with Buddhist teacher and author, B. Alan Wallace, on the impact of the recently completed Shamatha Project. Dr. Wallace shares the…
Buddhist GeeksReverberations from The Shamatha Project
B Alan Wallace, author of “The Attention Revolution” and “Embracing Mind”, joins us to discuss the initial results from The Shamatha Project—one of the most…
Buddhist GeeksBuddhist Magic: What is Possible with the Powers?
Have you ever considered what it would be like to cultivate, what in the Buddhist tradition are called the siddhis or magical powers? Buddhist magic is an…
Buddhist GeeksGeeks of the Round Table(tm)
The Geeks of the Round Table™ continue their discussion on the Big Mind process and the criticisms from Zen teacher Brad Warner, in his article Big Mind™ is a…
Buddhist GeeksMcZen: A Double Satori with Cheese
This is an experimental dialogue called Geeks of the Round Table. In this session we speak with two young Buddhist practitioners in a round-table format about…
Buddhist GeeksCrazy Wisdom Saves the Day!
Crazy Wisdom, a phrase coined by the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, is used to describe uncommon, unique, and even wild ways of sharing wisdom. Wes Nisker…
Buddhist GeeksScience as the Western Wisdom Tradition
“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.” – Einstein One…
Buddhist GeeksInsight Dialogue: Extending Meditation into Mutuality
What would it be like if we were able to extend the silence & clarity of the meditative mind into our relationships? Would this impact how we listen, what we…
Buddhist GeeksAtto, Zepto, and Yacto: The Buddhist Marx Brothers
We speak to insight meditation teacher and comedian Wes Nisker about humor, enlightenment, and the way that the scientific vision has impacted and informed the…
Buddhist GeeksInterpersonal Meditation: Awakening as Relational Beings
Gregory Kramer, teacher of an interpersonal meditation practice called Insight Dialogue (and author of a book with the same title) joins us to explore the…
Buddhist GeeksVirtual Zen: Dropping Here and Now
Jundo Cohen, student of Gudo Wafu Nishijima Roshi, and abbot of the almost completely virtual Treeleaf Zendo joined us to discuss his virtual sangha. Jundo…
Buddhist GeeksThe Spiritual Radical
We continue our discussion with spiritual teacher and dharma punk Noah Levine, and cover several more areas of interest, including the traditional Theravada…
Buddhist GeeksBecoming Whole: Lineage and Gender in American Buddhism
Finishing up our discussion with scholar-practitioner, and Shambhala Acharaya, Judith Simmer-Brown we explore two very important issues for Western Buddhists…
Buddhist GeeksBeing Human and Suffering Less Along the Way
Noah Levine, Buddhist teacher and dharma punk, shares the intimate details of his early lifestyle of punk rock, drugs, and jail and his climb out of a harmful…
Buddhist GeeksThe Scholar-Practitioner: Joining Theory and Practice
Judith Simmer-Brown, a professor of Religious Studies at Naropa University and authorized teacher in the Shambhala tradition speaks with us about the coming…
Buddhist GeeksMonasteries as the Conscience of Society
We continue our discussion with the Venerable Thubten Chodron, a long time Western Buddhist Nun, and founder of Sravasti Abbey in Washington State. In this…
Buddhist GeeksMarketing Mindfulness to the Youth
In the second half of our conversation with Buddhist teacher Diana Winston we go on to discuss the various ways that Buddhism and more secular mindfulness…
Buddhist GeeksReformatting the Hard Disk of the Mind
Thubten Chodron, a long time Western Buddhist Nun, and founder of Sravasti Abbey in Washington State, took time with us to discuss her work as a teacher…
Buddhist GeeksWhat Happens to the Dharma when the Boomers Die Out?
Diana Winston, insight meditation teacher and author, took a break from a busy day of work from the UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center to join us in a…
Buddhist GeeksBodh Gaya is "The City"
In our final segment with Buddhist teacher and author Sharon Salzberg, she starts off by describing what it is like doing a retreat in the Insight Meditation…
Buddhist GeeksNeuroscience and The Enlightenment Machine
In this episode we spoke with neuroscientist and Buddhist meditator Daniel Rizzuto. Vince and he discussed a number of topics including the link between…
Buddhist GeeksFrom the Point of View of Insight Meditation
In the 2nd part of our conversation with Sharon Salzberg, Gwen Bell speaks to her about a number of fascinating subjects. They begin with Sharon’s experience…
Buddhist GeeksSharon Salzberg on Now and Then
Sharon Salzberg co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., when she was twenty-three. In this episode Salzberg shares some of the insights that…
Buddhist GeeksHow Do You Sell the Dharma?
In our final segment with meditation instructor Ethan Nichtern, he shares his perspective on selling the dharma, transforming culture, the Shambhala tradition…
Buddhist GeeksMore on Tibetan Studies at Naropa
In this episode, Ryan continues his conversation with Troy Omafray and Cory Leistikow, two of his fellow classmates in Naropa University’s MA Indo-Tibetan…
Buddhist GeeksBuddhism & Money: Does Priceless Mean it's Free?
In the 2nd part of our conversation with author, artist, and meditation instructor Ethan Nichtern we deal with the slightly off-limits topic of spirituality…
Buddhist GeeksTibetan Buddhist Studies at Naropa University
In this episode, Ryan chats with Troy Omafray and Cory Leistikow, two of his fellow classmates in Naropa University’s MA Indo-Tibetan Studies program. They…
Buddhist GeeksWhat Did Jessica Alba Eat for Breakfast?
Ethan Nichtern, recently published author, meditation teacher and founder of the ID Project, met with Gwen Bell in Manhattan at the Om Yoga Studio. He talks in…
Buddhist GeeksTheory, Yoga, & Art
In our last segment with art and meditation professor Robert Spellman he shares with us a key distinction between the theoretical and the yogic and how that…
Buddhist GeeksAn Antidote to Seriousness
In this episode Robert Spellman delves into the liberating nature of humor and laughter. He also touches on the question of whether a genuine spiritual…
Buddhist GeeksLacking Leadership, Lacking Conceptuality
In our final segment, speaking with Hokai Sobol and Daniel Ingram the conversation wraps up with a criticism of what is missing from some of the Buddhist…
Buddhist GeeksDharmic Throw Up
This week, we had the great pleasure of speaking with teacher and artist Robert Spellman, who was a long-time student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. In the first…
Buddhist GeeksAre You Stuck? Get Unstuck!
In the 2nd part of this interview Vincent Horn, Daniel Ingram, and Hokai Sobol continue to explore the territory of meditation and psychology, discusses the…
Buddhist GeeksCroatia, Alabama, and Colorado Collide!
In this episode Vince Horn speaks with two of Buddhist Geeks most active users: Daniel Ingram and Hokai Sobol. They discuss the reasons that people get into…
Buddhist GeeksMass Producing Meditators
In this episode Vince talks with Theo Horesh and Duff McDuffee, two S.N. Goenka practitioners. They discuss the effects of what can be called the mass…
Buddhist GeeksEntrepregurus and the Meditation Factory
In this episode Vince interviews Theo Horesh and Duff McDuffee, two S.N. Goenka practitioners. They discuss the techniques of the Goenka tradition and how one…
Buddhist GeeksAre you Stalking Us?!
In this episode, the three geeks process listener feedback about podcasts and blog posts. They also discuss the future of podcasts on Buddhist Geeks and…
Buddhist GeeksBuddhist Geeks Highlights
In this episode, the three geeks gather at the Falling Fruit studio and reminisce about the first six months of Buddhist Geeks. Each discuss their favorite…
Buddhist GeeksIt's Like Phil Donahue!
At 87, Nishijima Sensei, Brad Warner’s teacher, loves the fact that he can blog. In this episode, Gwen and Brad discuss the pros and cons of using the “tech…
Buddhist GeeksWith the Light Comes the Dark
In our final podcast with insight meditation teacher John Travis, he describes the training that new teachers are going through in his tradition. He also…
Buddhist GeeksFeeding the Beast
In this episode, Warner talks about excited states like anger, the trouble with online community, and our attachment to ego. How do we “reinforce the Self” and…
Buddhist GeeksThe Dualistic Conundrum: Insight Meditation and Primordial Awareness
In the next episode with Insight Meditation teacher John Travis, he discusses how both the gradual and sudden schools of enlightenment fit in with the practice…
Buddhist GeeksBuddhism is Something that Old Folks Do
Anyone that’s had the chance to study with Brad Warner knows he’s young(ish), funny and knowledgeable about the Dharma. Warner’s new book, Sit Down & Shut Up…
Buddhist GeeksLeave the Pot on the Stove
In this final episode with Vince Horn, he continues to share his reflections and experiences of a two-month meditation retreat he recently completed. In this…
Buddhist GeeksOn Being a Dharma Bum
In the first part of our interview with Insight Meditation teacher John Travis, he shares the story of his many years of practice and seeking in India, as well…
Buddhist GeeksThe Vipassana Vendetta
In this episode, Vincent Horn continues to share his reflections and experiences of a two-month meditation retreat he recently completed. In this podcast, he…