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An experimental podcast exploring the healing and life-sustaining potential of Zen insight, meditation and mindfulness in a modern world of existential challenges to health, happiness and our very survival. The author has over 50 years training in Zen practice, studying under roshis Philip Kapleau, Joshu Sasaki, and Richard Clarke, his root teacher whom he succeeded in 2013. He is a medical doctor specializing in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Recorded by: Paul Gerstein
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Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
In this episode, we discuss the rapidly worsening pandemic in the U.S. and the troubling opposition by many to proven mitigation efforts. We examine the famous statement by Milarepa, an 11th century Tibetan master: “Abandon hope and fear.” Finally, a teaching story from The Blue Cliff Record points to a way out of struggling against painful difficulties of everyday life.
Recorded by Paul Gerstein, MD
Intro music: Dancing for the Answers, Nick Mulvey
Ending music: Fearless, The Neville Brothers
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