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This podcast is a free weekly show that presents ground-breaking interviews with various Buddhist teachers, scholars, and advanced practitioners. We speak to people from the Theravada, Tibetan, Shambhala, and Zen traditions and focus primarily on contemporary issues that affect both theory and practice in the West.

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BG 128: Peter Fenner: Entering into Natural Meditation

This week, I speak with non-dual teacher and former Tibetan monk, Peter Fenner. Peter was a monk for nearly a decade before he disrobed, realizing that the Buddhist practices he was engaged in weren't leading him to what he was looking for. He then looked to Western psychotherapeutic technologies, and in the process developed a non-dual teaching that relates in part to Madhyamika, Advaita Vedanta, and Western psychology. He calls this approach Radiant Mind, and in this episod...

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[ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

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BG 127: Pop Buddhism & Satori Porn

This week we speak with Gen-X Zen teacher Brad Warner, author of the newly released Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate. We talk a little bit about his book, which leads to a critique of what we might call "Popular Buddhism." We then ask Brad about an article he wrote called, "Satori Porn", where he argues that descriptions of enlightenment that make it sound like an experience just aren't that helpful for students. Even so, at the end of the episode he tries his best to t...

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[ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 126: Natural Wakefulness

This week we speak with Shambhala acharya and cultural anthropologist, Gaylon Ferguson. Gaylon speaks about the view of Natural Wakefulness, in short that innate wisdom is there from the beginning. We also discuss the four foundations of mindfulness as they were taught by Chogyam Trungpa, and the differences between emphasizing naturalness and training on the spiritual path. We wrap up by exploring how cultural anthropology and the study of religion fit in with being a practiti...

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[ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 125: Insights at the Edge

We're joined again by Tami Simon--founder of the spiritual media company Sounds True and senior student of Vajrayana teacher Reggie Ray. This week we ask her about her new podcast series, Insights at the Edge, where she has been interviewing many of the best spiritual teachers in the world. Jokingly, Tami said that she wanted to name the show, "Grill the Guru." Even though that was a joke, there is some truth in it, and she uses her opportunity with these different teachers to ...

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[ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 124: You Will Get the Dharma You Need

In this episode we speak with Tami Simon--founder of the spiritual media company Sounds True and senior student of Vajrayana teacher Reggie Ray. Tami shares us with us the intimate details of her initial meeting with Reggie, and the amazing results that followed. She also describes what she has learned from beginning to teach the dharma to others, while also making a vow to only teach that which she truly knows. This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, Insig...

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[ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 123: Dharma Music Can Sound Like Anything

This week we speak to the Buddhist-inspired musician Ravenna Michalsen. She explains why dharma music need not sound the way we think it should (think monks chanting in Asian in a cave). Instead, Ravenna's music crosses musical genres and stretches our notion of what dharma music is. We also discuss the life and teachings of Machig Labdron, one of Tibet's most famous female masters and the inventor of the Chöd lineage of practice. At the end of the interview we end with ...

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[ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 122: The Evolution of the Mind and Life Dialogues

This week, Adam Engle, the business mastermind behind the Mind and Life Institute, joins us to discuss both the evolution of the project as well as its larger impact. The first Mind and Life Dialogue was held in Dharamsala, India in 1987 with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Since then, Adam says, it has done more than any other organization to help "legitimatize the scientific study of meditation." Listen in to hear more about how they've gone about creating an active collabo...

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[ Mon, 25 May 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 121: The Great Work of Western Magick

Alan Chapman is a Western magick practitioner, and the author of the newly released book, Advanced Magick for Beginners. Alan found his way into the field of Chaos magick through the work of Aleister Crowley and since has worked with a powerful technique called "the Holy Guardian Angel," which very much like the guru yoga techniques of the Vajrayana schools, allows one to surrender to an external guide on the path to enlightenment. Alan shares with us the details of the Western occul...

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[ Mon, 18 May 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 120: The Mystery of the Mind: Ten Zen Questions

Dr. Susan Blackmore--a psychologist and long-time Zen practitioner--shares with us the discoveries that she made while writing her latest book, Ten Zen Questions. Listen in to find out what she discovered after many, many hours of asking questions, such as: "Am I conscious now?", "What was I conscious of a moment ago?", & "There is no time. What is memory?" Also, listen in to hear how she feels this type of exploration, often called Koan training in the Zen Buddhist t...

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[ Mon, 11 May 2009 12:13:00 -0000 ]

BG 119: The Dharma Overground

Daniel Ingram, Theravada meditation teacher, joins us today to discuss the online community he and Buddhist Geeks host, Vince Horn helped create, The Dharma Overground. Daniel shares how the Dharma Overground has been a grand experiment in discussing practical, down-to-earth, and empowering dharma out in the open and the results of that experiment thus far. This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book. ...

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[ Mon, 04 May 2009 06:01:00 -0000 ]

BG 118: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book

Daniel Ingram, a Theravada meditation teacher and one of our most popular guests, joins us again to discuss his recently published book, Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha. In discussing the book we dive into some of the more foundation distinctions he makes, including that of the three trainings. Daniel claims that the trainings in morality (or ethics), concentration (or meditation), and insight (or wisdom) are distinct trainings, each having their own unique gold standard.&...

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[ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 117: Western Buddhism: Megatrends & Scandals

Lama Sarah Harding, Tibetan translator and student of the late Kalu Rinpoche, joins us again to discuss some of the major trends in Western Buddhism. Having taught a class on "Buddhism in America" for the past several years, Sarah is uniquely positioned to share some key insights on this topic. We cap the conversation off discussing the regular, and unfortunate, occurrence of scandal within different Buddhist communities in the West, and what some of the major causes seem to be. ...

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[ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 116: The Traditional 3-Year Retreat: Intensive Training for a Nonexistent Job

Lama Sarah Harding, Tibetan translator and student of the late Kalu Rinpoche, joins us to discuss the experience of doing a traditional 3-year retreat in the Tibetan tradition. She was part of a small group of people, who in the mid 70's did the first 3-year retreat held for Westerners. Listen in to find out more about the practices one does during the traditional retreat, what the biggest challenges can be, and what the benefits are (especially when compared with shorter periods o...

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[ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 115: The Buddha Didn't Have a Credit Card

Insight Meditation teacher, Diana Winston, joins us to discuss an extremely relevant topic: Buddhism & Money. We explore whether or not spirituality and money are incompatible (as they are often seen) and if not how they might go together. Diana shares with us some of the original, though not so well known, teachings that the historical Buddha gave on money. She also discusses why both Buddhist teachers and practitioners should work with money and become familiar with it, a...

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[ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 114: Different Types of Jhana: Sutta, Vishudimagga, & Vipassana

We continue our discussion with insight meditation teacher and author, Richard Shankman. In this episode we continue to dissect the different kinds of samadhi and their respective fruits--what in the Theravada tradition are called jhana (or "meditative absorption"). According to Shankman there are two ways of approaching the attainment of jhana, one as was taught in the original canonical texts of the Theravada, the Pali Suttas, and the other from the later commentaries on the Buddha...

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[ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 113: The Power of Samadhi

Richard Shankman--a teacher in the insight meditation tradition and the author of the recently released book The Experience of Samadhi--joins us to discuss the various teachings and approaches to what in the Theravada tradition is called samadhi or concentration meditation. During this episode Richard shares some of his personal background with samadhi practice and also explains two different forms of deep samadhi, called jhana in the Theravada tradition--one from the time of the Buddha as...

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[ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 112: Vajrayana in Plain English

In this episode, we continue our dialogue with Shingon teacher Hokai Sobol. We begin our conversation by dropping a difficult question on Hokai, asking him how the Vajrayana traditions (both the Japanese and Tibetan) can maintain relevance in our post-modern and rapidly changing world. He suggests that we must develop a "Vajrayana in Plain English," one that is germane to the particularities of this time and space. And as the 1st generation of Buddhist teachers and leade...

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[ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 111: Japanese Shingon: The True Word School

In this episode we are joined by one of our favorite Buddhist Geeks, Hokai Sobol. Hokai who is a teacher in the Shingon Buddhist tradition--a form of Vajrayana found in Japan--joins us today to speak about the Shingon school. Hokai shares with us a brief history of Shingon tradition and its main teacher Kukai, the artistic dimension of Shingon, and also begins to explain the basic teachings and practices of the lineage. Similar to the Tibetan Vajrayana approaches Shingon harnes...

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[ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 110: Embodied Zen

"Meditation is the royal road to the unconscious." - Carl JungGerry Shishen Wick, Roshi joins us today to finish the discussion on koan training, Rinzai and Soto Zen, and on a method of training he uses to help people deal with certain psychological issues--called the Great Heart Way. He sees all of these methods as leading toward a more genuine and embodied Zen. This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Koan Training and the Different Styles of Zen. ...

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[ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 109: Koan Training and the Different Styles of Zen

Gerry Shishen Wick, Roshi is a dual-lineage holder of both the Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen. His teacher Maezumi Roshi passed along both lineages, and so we take this unique opportunity to ask Roshi to compare these two different approaches. He talks about shikantaza (Just Sitting) and also about koan practice--sometimes refered to as logical paradoxes. He explains that the koan system includes many different kinds of koans, each with different purposes. Some are meant ...

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[ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 108: Joseph Goldstein on The Science of Insight

Joseph Goldstein--one of the primary figures in the development of the Insight Meditation movement--finishes up his conversation with us by sharing his perspective on the recent cross-pollunation of the Buddhist meditation with scientific investigation. He shares some of the recent studies that he has contributed to--including an in-depth study at the Insight Meditation Society--and also discusses a few research possibilities that he has recommended to scientists. Finally he shares a...

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[ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 107: Joseph Goldstein on the Benefits of Long Term Practice

Joseph Goldstein--one of the primary figures in the development of the Insight Meditation movement--joins us today to discuss the unique benefits of long-term practice. He touches in on the need the train the mind, and hence the need for long periods of dedicated training. He also shares some of the background and vision behind the long-term retreat facility that he helped start called the Forest Refuge--a place where people can come and do long, self-guided retreat practice.Finally,...

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[ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 106: Tibetan Buddhist Lineage in the West

Reginald Ray, Tibetan Buddhist scholar and teacher, is backhitw us this week to discuss some pretty big topics. We explore the break that he made, several years ago with the Shambhala tradition, and the larger implications of becoming a Western teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Connected with that we explore the whole issue of Westerners not being regularly empowered to be teachers, and several of the factors involved in that dynamic. We also touch on whether or not We...

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[ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 105: The Forest Dwelling Yogi

"Enlightenment is found in the Body and nowhere else." - famous Dzogchen sayingWe're joined in this interview by Reginald Ray--author of numerous books on Tibetan Buddhism and teacher in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. In this episode we discuss the forest dwelling meditator, a category of practitioner outside of the normal lay / monastic dichotomy. In particular we look at the role that retreat--both group and solitary--plays for the type of practitioner that does intensive...

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[ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 104: Enlightenment for the Rest of Us

Shinzen Young joins us again to discuss the possibility of a new way to deliver classical enlightenment to the masses. He discusses the classic delivery systems, which included monastic and lay life. He then builds on that to show a hybrid two-fold delivery system that would incorporate his artificial intelligence system with virtually led home retreats. This Home Practice Program is what is currently being offered at BasicMindfulness.org. Finally Shinzen discusses the "c...

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[ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 104: Enlightenment for the Rest of Us

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[ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 103: Building a Dharma Successor

Shinzen Young, professional meditation instructor and geek-extraordinaire, continues his discussion with us on the unique approach he has taken to combining the best of the scientific approach with the best of the contemplative modalities of the East. The result of this combination appears to be a delivery system for enlightenment that uses an interactive and algorithmic approach to guiding a student in their practice. In short, instead of appointing a human dharma successor, he is t...

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[ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 103: Building a Dharma Successor

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[ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0000 ]

BG 102: Shinzen Young: The Hybrid Teacher

Shinzen Young, professional meditation instructor and geek-extraordinaire, joins us today to share his unique journey as a contemplative. From discontinuing his PhD studies to become a full-time shingon practitioner to taking up Japanese Zen and finally discovering the mindfulness practices originating from Theravada Buddhism, Shinzen has gone deep with several contemplative techniques. In addition to his training in the contemplative traditions of the East, Shinzen took time to trai...

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[ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 -0000 ]

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