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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 66: Zen Buddhism, Science and Self Identity
A high-level look at how and why the brain creates a sense of self-identity and how this relates to the Buddhist concept of the five aggregates. We also explore why having a self-identity can lead to pervasive human discontentment. Youtube Version: Audio Versions:
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 65: An Interview with Marc Lesser
Marc Lesser is a Soto Zen priest and head teacher of Mill Valley Zen in Marin County California. He was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years including director of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He received dharma transmission in the Shunryū Suzuki lineage by Dairyu Michael Wenger. Marc is a speaker,…
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 64: An Interview with Jim Tabor
Jim Tabor is longtime Rinzai Zen practitioner and a founding board member of the Korinji Rinzai Zen monastery Foundation. He is one of the moderators of the Rinzai Zen Discussion group on Facebook. In addition to Zen training, Jim has been a practitioner of classical Japanese martial arts for the past 30 years including Aikido…
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 63: An Interview with Ruben Habito Roshi
Ruben Habito Roshi is the founding teacher of the Maria Kan-non Zen Center. He is a former Jesuit priest and now a Zen teacher practicing in the Sanbo Zen lineage which was founded by Yaustani Roshi in Japan. He received Dharma transmission from Yamada Koun in 1988. He is a faculty member at Southern Methodists…
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 62: An Interview with Dr Jud Brewer
Dr. Jud Brewer, a practicing Buddhist, is the director of mindfulness research as well as a professor at Brown University. Additionally, he is the executive medical director of behavioral health at a digital healthcare company called Sharecare. He has published numerous scientific studies as well as two books. Those books are the Craving Mind and…
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 60: An Interview with Corey Hess
Corey Hess is a longtime Rinzai Zen practitioner who studied with renowned Zen master Shodo Harada Roshi in Japan. He maintains the Zen Embodiment website, The Energy Collective practice group and the Internal Process with Corey Hess Facegroup. Corey joins us for a second time and this episode we discuss non-directed body movement, Qigong, energy…
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 59: An Interview with Doug Kraft
In this Zen podcast episode we have a discussion with Doug Kraft. Doug is a Buddhist teacher, Counselor, author and ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. He has a Masters in Divinity from Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley. His most recent book is “Resting in the Waves”. In this podcast episode we discuss his…
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 58: An Interview with Gregory Wonderwheel
Gregory Wonderwheel is a prolific translator of Buddhist scriptures and an apprentice Zen teacher under Daniel Terragno at the Rocks and Clouds Zendo in Sebastopol, California. https://wonderwheels.blogspot.com/ Youtube Version: Audio Versions:
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 57: An Interview with Tony Wallin-Sato
Tony Wallin-Sato is a Zen practitioner, author, poet, program director for Project Rebound (a program to help formally incarcerated individuals succeed in the CSU system) and a board member of the Boundless Freedom Project (an organization that brings Dharma and mindfulness to incarcerated individuals). Tony generously shares his inspirational story of overcoming drug addiction and…
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Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 56: An Interview with Sozui Schubert
Sozui Schubert is the teacher at Hidden Valley Zen Center in San Marcos California. She was ordained by legendary Zen Mater Shodo Harada Roshi and studied with him for decades at Sogen-ji, his monastery in Okayama, Japan. At the instructions of of her teacher, she has helped establish practice communities Hungary, Germany, Latvia, Italy, and…
