Teachings of the Buddha (Podcasts)

May 19, 2020

Who was the Buddha?

The life of the Buddha; some differences between religion East & West, the Buddha’s life as a teaching story.


The Way of the World

Samsara & The Three Signs of Being


The Great Physician

The Middle Way & The Four Noble Truths


The Path out of Pain

The Noble Eightfold Path


Living without Self

Skandas & The flow of the dharmas

The Ever-Turning Wheel I


Introduction to The Wheel of Life, Karma & rebirth


The Ever-Turning Wheel II

The 12 Linked Chain of Causation


The Four Foundations of Awareness Practice

Satipatthana, excerpts and commentary

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The Fundamentals of Zen

Instructional videos on the basics of Zen practice. Meditation, bowing, the form and much will be covered as this page gets updated.

Early Buddhist Teachings

A special transmission outside the teachings, Not dependent on words and phrases, Directly pointing to the human heart, Seeing into its nature and awakening.

The Indian Mahayana Development

Mahayana, (Sanskrit: “Greater Vehicle”) movement that arose within Indian Buddhism around the beginning of the Common Era and became by the 9th century the dominant influence on the Buddhist cultures of Central and East Asia, which it remains today.

Beginning Zen training

These two talks give the principles and practices for starting Zen training