Pragmatic Dharma teacher Kenneth Folk shares his understanding of the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, a Mahayana Buddhist text exploring enlightenment. Topics include the concept of the ten directions, qualities of profoundly developed individuals, the Bodhisattva's wisdom and compassionate healing, exploring transcendental powers, mythical beings and perception of purity, and attaining enlightenment through perceiving problems.

Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time teacher, Kenneth Folk, to share about his beloved teacher, Bill Hamilton, who American dharma teacher Shinzen Young referred to as "an unsung hero of Western Mindfulness." Bill was an enigmatic dharma teacher who practiced in the Insight-Theravada tradition. He was the founder of the Dharma Seed library, did more than 7 years of silent retreat practice, and wrote an excellent contemporary dharma book called "Saints & Psychopaths."Episode Links:👤 Kenneth Folk👤 Vince Fakhoury Horn📖 Saints & Psychopaths by Bill Hamilton🔗 Dharma Seed📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton with Shinzen Young📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton Featuring Daniel IngramMemorable Quotes:📺 "Enlightenment. Highly recommended, can't tell you why." – Bill Hamilton📺 "Suffering less, noticing it more." – Bill Hamilton📺 "You don't have to go looking for suffering." – Bill Hamilton📺 "You could get enlightened rubbing that tape box." – Bill Hamilton📺 "They're doing psychology." – Bill Hamilton📺 "There's more than one objection of mindfulness." – Bill Hamilton📺 "This is the ultimate self-improvement project, even beyond one's self." – Kenneth FolkSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by dharma teacher Trudy Goodman, founder of InsightLA, to share reflections on her beloved teacher, Seungsahn. Seungsahn Haengwon (Sungsan Haeng'weon Daeseonsa, August 1, 1927 – November 30, 2004), born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen.Episode Links:👤 Trudy Goodman👤 Seungsahn📺 Bob Newhart Therapy: Stop It!👤 Maha Ghosananda🎧 Zen Predator📖 Sex in the Forbidden Zone by Peter RutterMemorable Quotes:"What am I?" – Seungsahn"Your Body already a corpse." – Seungsahn"That is Great Faith." – Seungsahn"This is how it happens." – Trudy GoodmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, hosted by Vince Fakhoury Horn, we kick off a new series called Our Beloved Teachers. In this episode Vince explains how this a new kind of community podcast series, aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while preserving the oral history of BuddhaDharma, in the digital era. We call it a "community podcast series" because anyone can submit a recording to the series–all you need are the production skills to pull off the recording, and the connections to find a suitable guest. Episode Links:🔗 Our Beloved Teachers👤 Vince Fakhoury Horn🔗 Open Source Dharma📄 Creative Commons: Understanding Free Cultural Works🔗 Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International👤 Silvia BastosSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“‘To be’ is to inter-be.” – Thích Nhất HạnhIn this episode–taken from a Dharma Talk at the Garrison Institute in 2022–Vince Fakhoury Horn teaches on the complexity of Interbeing, looking at "it" from 3 distinct perspectives:Interbeing within OurselvesInterbeing with OthersInterbeing inside NatureTaken together, these three form a great network of Interbeing, one which opens us to the self-similar & fractal nature of interdependence. At every scale, we inter-are.Episode Links:Thích Nhất HạnhWhat is Social Meditation?The Roots of 'Radical'Networkologies: A Philosophy of Networks for a Hyperconnected AgeHolon (philosophy)Overview effectSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Emily West Horn teaches that we can learn to apply both mindfulness & heartfulness toward liberating ourselves from the "trance of unworthiness." What do you most want to realize? Relax, and you will know.Episode Links:👤 Emily West Horn📖 The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack KornfieldSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In most modern contexts the topic of magic is taboo, because it isn’t Rational. Here, Vince Fakhoury Horn makes the claim that magic can also be understood and practiced in a Transrational way. He does this by unpacking several perspectives on magic, and then links those with the Buddhist teachings on the open heart: The Four Immeasurables.This episode was recorded during a recent Buddhist Geeks Retreat on Heart Magic. Join us from August 3–10, 2022 at the Garrison Institute in NY for a week-long retreat on the same topic!Episode Links:🔗 Heart Magic Retreat @ Garrison Institute📖 Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel Ingram📃 The Four Immeasurables🎙 Buddhist Magic w/ Daniel Ingram📄 Heartfulness Meditation🎙 Falling in Love With What Is, with Noliwe Alexander📜 Metta (Mettanisamsa) Sutta: Discourse on Advantages of Loving-kindnessSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're joined in this episode by Writer-Director-Actor-Comedian-Songwriter and run of the mill fucked up human, Stuart Davis, as he shares his deep experience of navigating what is generally referred to as "the phenomenon." Both in his work as the host of the Artists & Aliens Podcast and as the convener of The Experiencer Group–a virtual learning community for people who've had anomalous experiences–Stuart is helping people confront and confer with the high strangeness of our shared reality.Episode Links:👤 Stuart Davis 👽 Artists & Aliens  🔗 The Experiencer Group  📖 A CE-5 Handbook: An Easy-To-Use Guide to Help You Contact Extraterrestrial Life 👤 Steven M. Greer📰 Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program📺 Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 📺 Ten Tools for Sovereignty 🖋 ET PRESENCE & THE FORFEITURE OF HUMAN SOVEREIGNTY by Stuart Davis🌐 Buddhist Geeks NetworkAdditional Links from Stuart:Kimberly Theresa Lafferty's Three Parter on Tantra, Non Human Entities, how transitory states become enduring stages of consciousness, how human contact with non-human entities impacts the attachment cycle in human development, the use of consorts in monastic Tantric tradition, and how we make meaning of the things that make no sense. A cautionary tale of what happens when you fail to make cakes for the spiritual denizens of your retreat cabin.Part One: https://youtu.be/Wz1juIwK5aUPart Two: https://youtu.be/amlajXh3viQPart Three: https://youtu.be/a5v_I1sxFY8And, magician Gordon White on how to protect your home spiritually by turning it into a Human Dwelling: Part One: https://youtu.be/sYpdE2lTabkPart Two: https://youtu.be/9HM_-_5xJAcSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness meditation teacher, mentor, and author of the recently released book, "We Were Made For These Times". Here they discuss the unique times of peril and opportunity that humanity current faces, and how the teachings on equanimity, or inclusiveness, might just be the only thing that we can reliably fall back on.Episode Links:👤 Kaira Jewel Lingo📖 "We Were Made For These Times: 10 Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption" by Kaira Jewel Lingo🔗 Mindfulness Retreats Online🔗 Plum Village📺 The Social Dilemma📺 Why Facebook is More Powerful than Cultures, Markets, AND Governments🔗Upekṣā👤Thomas Hübl📰 A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It.👤 Resmaa Menakem📖 "The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology" by Thich Nhat HanhMemorable Quotes:"If we can figure out how to be embodied and know what our bodies are telling us we can find out way back to each other." – Kaira Jewel Lingo"Part of why we don't protect what we have is because we're not really alive to it–we don't really see the beauty of our world." – Kaira Jewel Lingo"You can only really have equanimity if you really care." – Kaira Jewel LingoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the 2nd part of our conversation with the Evolving Ground crew, we talk about the importance of comparing and contrasting what we're up to in our respective Sanghas. We explore some of the obvious overlaps between Evolving Ground and Buddhist Geeks, in terms of our mutual commitment to meta-systematicity, bringing up the tantalizing question of why MetaSangha–a Sangha of Sanghas–matters today.Episode Links:🔗 Evolving Ground🔗 Buddhist Geeks Network📄 The Cofounders by David Chapman📄 Meta-Sanghas by Vince HornSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.