
The Zen Studies Podcast
Recent Episodes
62 – Listener’s Questions: Practicing with Mental Illness
I share and answer three questions from listeners about practicing with mental illness. I talk about when still, silent meditation might be unhelpful and propose alternative practices, and the Buddhist take on medication for mental illness. I also give an example of how to approach a particular condition as practice, even while you receive treatment for it from mental health professionals.
read more55 – Listener’s Questions: Enlightened Behavior, Openings, Chanting, Recommended Books
This episode answers four listener questions: 1) What is enlightened behavior – can someone be “awakened” and still do immoral or harmful things? 2) I had a profound experience in...
read more28 – Listener’s Questions: The Teaching of Rebirth and Too Much Thinking During Zazen
This week’s episode is a Q&A session, based on listener’s questions I’ve received by email. I’ll start out with a series of questions about the Buddhist teaching of rebirth, and end with a question about how to deal with a busy mind during zazen, or seated Zen meditation.
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