Episode 53: Sin City

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Episode 53: Sin City

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Jul 9, 2021

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Jundo visited Las Vegas. Many things happened.
Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org)
Hotel California (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vydym4wh9Qo)
Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com).
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The Zen of Everything presents a zen take on life, love, laughter, and everything else. With Jundo Cohen, a real zen master, and Kirk McElhearn, a guy who knows a bit about zen.

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Episode 3: Cars, Drugs, Busses, and Simple Living: Jundo and Kirk discuss what makes a car a car, whether gamblers and criminals should donate money to good causes, how a bus driver can help make the world better, and a book on simple living. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 36: A Zen Guide to Elections: Without endorsing any particular candidate, Kirk and Jundo talk about how Buddhist values and Precepts should guide the voter in elections in the U.S. and other countries. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 6: Do Robots Have Buddha Nature?: Jundo and Kirk take a look at the zen of the future, discussing whether or not robots are sentient, and whether they have Buddha nature. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 22: Hope: In these times, we need hope. Jundo and Kirk discuss how we can cultivate hope. And we learn that the name for the Zen of Everything podcast in Japanese would be Zen no Zen. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 25: Sitting with Pain: Sitting meditation can be painful for a lot of people. Jundo and Kirk discuss how to sit without pain, or how to accept the pain when sitting. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 7: Zen and Religion, Sutra Thumpers, and Mindfulness Meditation: Jundo and Kirk discuss whether you can practice Zen Buddhism if you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or believer in another religion. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 15: I'm Dreaming of a Zen Christmas: Jundo and Kirk discuss how Christmas and Zen can find common ground, and discuss their favorite Zen Christmas carols. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 13: Meditation Is Easy: Is meditation easy? Is it difficult? Jundo and Kirk talk about shikantaza meditation and the importance of intention. And Jundo discuss his patented Insta-Zen technique. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping?: You've probably heard about kōans, those enigmatic zen dialogs that make no sense. Jundo and Kirk discuss the origin and history of kōans, what they mean, how they work, and what the sound of one hand clapping really is. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 38: Reconciliation: After the results of the presidential election in the United States, Jundo and Kirk talk about reconciliation. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 12: One Is the One: Jundo and Kirk discuss the idea of oneness. The good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly are all facets of the great jewel. One ain't just one thing ... or one ... or a thing ... by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 20: Zen in the Time of Coronavirus: With a potential pandemic looming, Jundo and Kirk talk about rumors, unreasonable and reasonable fear, plagues of the past and today, and a good Zen attitude to sickness and death. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 2: Hot Dogs, Space Aliens, Vegetarians, Glasses, and Sitting Zazen Every Day by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 9: Favorites: Jundo and Kirk talk discuss favorites. What is the best ice cream flavor? What is the best fruit? Do favorites matter? Do appearances matter? by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 32: Happiness: Can zen make you happy? Should it? by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 5: Shikantaza, Grape Juice, Alzheimer's, Mindfulness, Buddhism as Religion, and a Woman who Feels no Pain: Jundo and Kirk discuss whether shikantaza is meditation, how to get a grape juice stain out of a carpet, how to deal with Alzheimers, how mindfulness is integrating in modern society, whether Buddhism is a religion, and the interesting case of a woman who feels no pain. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 11: The Dokusan Room is Kinda Baloney: Jundo and Kirk discuss the Dokusan room, the place where the teacher tests students and students test the teacher. What goes on can be romanticized and overemphasized, misused and misunderstood (especially by modern westerners), yet greatness sometimes happens too. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 10: Zen in the West and Zen in Japan: Jundo and Kirk discuss differences between the way zen is practiced in the west compared to in Japan. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 8: Things Aren't That Bad: Jundo and Kirk talk about how bad or good things are in the world. Things really aren't as bad as they may seem if you watch the news too much. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 35: Karma: Good karma, bad karma, everyone knows about karma, right? Jundo and Kirk discuss what karma means, and how you count your karma points. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 16: War - What Is it Good For?: Jundo and Kirk talk about zen and war. How should zen practitioners act when faced with war? How can we prevent war? by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 4: Good Days, Hot Weather, Ikkyu, Happiness, Politics, Anger, Appliances, and the Ugly Lama: Jundo explains why all days are good days, and Kirk laments the hot weather in Europe. They revisit Ikkyu ("that old horndog"), and discuss politics, anger, a dead appliance, and the Ugly Lama. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 23: Silence by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 17: Is Zen Hard or Easy?: Jundo and Kirk discuss "hard" and "easy" zen. Has zen become too easy? Is it too hard? You are New York all along. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 42: Ego: The ego can be big or small, solid or permeable. Is the "ego" the "self," and when is ours too big? by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 21: Zen in Quarantine: With many people going into quarantine, Jundo and Kirk discuss how this time can be beneficial, and how washing your hands can be the act of a Boddhisatva. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 71: Zen in Space: Jundo announces a new beginning for the future of zen in the universe. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 24: Walking: Walking can free your mind, but can also be an act of meditation. by The Zen of Everything
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Episode 34: How an Online Sangha Works: Treeleaf is an online sangha, and has been around since 2006. How does a sangha work when members don't meet each other physically? by The Zen of Everything
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