The Zen of Everything

Episode 108: A Look Back

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0000

How did we get here? Jundo and Kirk discuss how they got involved in Buddhism and Zen.

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Episode 107: Bad Buddhists

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Aren't buddhists supposed to maintain equanimity all the time, not have bad thoughts, not be jealous or angry?

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Episode 106: Was Buddha a Revolutionary or a Conservative?

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Was the Buddha a proto-communist, or did he go with the flow and the status quo?

- Karl Marx: Capital

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Episode 105: The Monk with a Mortgage

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Some zen practitioners get ordained, becoming unsui, or "clouds in water," which means they are trainee zen monks or priest. We discuss ordination and what it means.

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Episode 104: The Best Zen Books

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Zen is the transmission outside of words. But there sure are a lot of books about Zen. We look at some of the best books on Zen. Soto Zen, that is.

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Episode 103: Jundo's Decluttering Tips

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000

We have too much stuff. We discuss the CohenJundo method of decluttering.

Treeleaf

- Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance

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Episode 102: Buddha Basics 15: The Heart Sutra Explained in 25 Minutes

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo attempts to explain the Heart Sutra in 25 minutes.

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Episode 101: Big and Small

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 26 May 2023 06:30:00 -0000

Big and small, two extremes, but, in zen, there's no difference.

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Episode 100: Two Guys in a Zen Pub

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 12 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000

For our 100th episode, we have a freewheeling chat about what we've learned from making this podcast. Like two guys chatting in a pub...

The universe is a cosmic joke, and we are the punchline.

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Episode 99: Buddha Basics 14: The Five Hindrances

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000

The five hindrances are sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, anxiousness and worry, and doubt. But if there's nothing to obtain in Zen, do they even matter?

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Episode 98: Flying Rabbits on the Moon

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Do we know anything?

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Episode 97: Prayer

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Is there prayer in zen?

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Episode 96: Thinking about Thoughts

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000

We think thoughts all the time. Why do we have these thoughts, and how do we deal with them?

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Episode 95: Buddha Basics 13: Practice, Practice, Practice

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000

What does it mean to practice zen?

"Every tick of the clock holds all of time in the universe."

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Episode 94: Zen and Creativity

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0000

The Zen arts have very strict rules, which you can break when you've mastered them.

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Episode 93: Rules and When to Break Them

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Part of Zen tradition is to follow silly rules in order to become free of silly rules.

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Episode 92: Motivation

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0000

How do zen people get motivated? Is sitting zazen a form of procrastination?

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Episode 91: Monastic Life at Home

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Should you try to live a monastic life at home?

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Episode 90: Buddha Basics 12: Equanimiousness

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0000

We discuss why a Zen vacuum cleaner comes with no attachments. We speak passionately about equanimity, and revel in non-attachment.

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Episode 89: Buddha Basics 11: DharmaSangha

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0000

In the triumvirate of the three jewels, dharma and sangha are inferior to the Buddha, but are they really?

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Episode 88: Buddha Basics 10: Is Zen (Even) Buddhism

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Some people say that Zen isn't really Buddhism. We disagree.

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Episode 87: Buddha Basics 09: The Divine Abodes

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0000

We discuss the bramavihara, or four divine abodes, and Jundo chants to bring the moon back.

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Episode 86: Buddha Basics 08: Let's Meet the Paramitas

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0000

We discuss the paramitas, or the virtues of a bodhisattva.

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Episode 85: Buddha Basics 07: WhatsaWhosaBodhisattva

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0000

We answer the timeless question of, what is, who is a Bodhisattva.

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Episode 84: Buddha Basics 06: Born-Again Buddha

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0000

What's all this stuff about rebirth? Can we really be reborn as the god of the perfect bagel, or as slugs?

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Episode 83: Buddha Basics 05: The Octo-Holistic Lifestyle

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0000

The eightfold path describes how we should live.

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Episode 82: Buddha Basics 04: Break That Chain!

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0000

The twelve steps of dependent origination describe how the self is formed, how we perceive the world, and how we grasp and desire things.

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Episode 81: Buddha Basics 03: No Self, No Problem

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Buddhism often talks about how there is no self, but there is a self; if not, we couldn't take selfies. But at the same time there's no self. No problem.

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Buddha Basics 02: Dukkha Sucks

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0000

But dukkha is about much more than suffering: it also means dissatisfaction, anxiety, frustration and disappointment. Its opposite is sukha, which means satisfaction, equanimity, ease, flowing with conditions.

"Dukkha is sucky, but sukha is ducky."

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Buddha Basics 01: Oodles of Buddhas

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0000

This is the first episode of our Buddha Basics series, which looks at the basics of Buddhism as never expressed before, featuring the irreverent comments of Reverend Jundo, a real Zen Roshi. No Buddha BS here. In this Buddha Basics episode, we look at why there are so many Buddhas, an infinite number of Buddhas, and who's who.

"They're all the same Buddha, which is no buddha at all."

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Episode 78: Buddhasplaining

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0000

We discuss abortion and women's right to choose from a Buddhist perspective.

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Episode 77: The Universe

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0000

How big is the universe? How long is time?

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Episode 76: Guns

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0000

We generally avoid politics, but with the increased gun violence in the US, we had to talk about zen and guns.

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Episode 75: Music

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 27 May 2022 06:00:00 -0000

What is the zen of music? How does music touch us and make us feel one with the world? And was the Eurovision Song Contest was very good this year?

Treeleaf
Eurovision 2022 participants
Guo Gu
The Zen Master's Dance
Grateful Dead, Morning Dew (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77)
The Next Track, Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1
Merlin Bird ID

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Episode 74: Feeling Better

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 13 May 2022 06:00:00 -0000

After the blues, the good times.

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Episode 73: Monks' Blues

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Even zen monks get the blues sometimes.

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Episode 72: Beauty

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0000

What is beautiful to zen practitioners?

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Episode 71: Zen in Space

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0000

Jundo announces a new beginning for the future of zen in the universe.

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Episode 70: Technology

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0000

We use technology frequently, but we need to handle it wisely and respect it, with balance and moderation, and, occasionally, honor it.

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Episode 69: Love

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Zen doesn't often talk about love: romantic love, love for family, love for country, or just a simple love of tea.

Treeleaf Zendo

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Episode 68: Dissent

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0000

We don't always have to agree with everyone. Sometimes we have to dissent.

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Episode 67: Good for Nothing

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0000

Zazen is good for nothing, according to Kodo Sawaki. If so, then why do we sit? Also, ice cream sundaes and Möbius strips.

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Episode 66: Dropping

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0000

A key phrase of Dogen's teaching is "dropping body and mind," a description of his enlightenment. Jundo and Kirk discuss what this means, and how you can drop body and mind when sitting zazen.

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Episode 65: New

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0000

It's a new year, and everything is always new, except when it's not. "The past is today that was yesterday. And the future is yesterday that will be tomorrow."

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Episode 64: I'm Dreaming of a Zen Christmas (Rebroadcast)

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0000

Our 2019 Christmas episode was so good, and we realized that we would never be able to record a better Christmas episode, so we decided to rebroadcast it this year. Jundo and Kirk discuss how Christmas and Zen can find common ground, and discuss their favorite Zen Christmas carols.

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Episode 63: Choices

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0000

How do we choose among the many things available to us? There are too many breakfast cereals; do we really need them all? Which coffee or tea do you choose? And what about big choices? Should we stay or should we go?

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Episode 62: Buddhisms

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk talk about the various flavors of Buddhism. They are not all the same, and we discuss the differences between the various schools that have changed over the centuries.

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Episode 61: Tradition

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 05:45:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss tradition in zen. What are those funny sticks that the zen masters have, and what are they used for?

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Episode 60: Animals

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk examine whether Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals deserves a critical reappraisal. And they talk about animals, sentience, and eating meat (or not).

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Episode 59: Goldilocks is the Buddha

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss how moderation is enlightenment, and how Goldilocks is the Buddha. Sort of.

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Episode 58: In the Moment

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss living in the moment, and how, at times, you can be too much in the moment.

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Episode 57: Mistakes

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss mistakes, and end up making a podcast episode full of mistakes.

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Episode 56: What is Zen?

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0000

How had Jundo and Kirk never addressed this, the most basic of questions? And it's not a trick question.

"Once you are on the cushion, it is Buddha's butt on the cushion."

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Episode 55: Hermits

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk talk about zen hermits, and life in a small zen temple.

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Episode 54: Heat

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss Heat, Steely Dan, and The Olympics.

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Episode 53: Sin City

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo visited Las Vegas. Many things happened.

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Episode 52: Travel

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 28 May 2021 06:00:00 -0000

Is the boat moving, or is the land moving?

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Episode 51: Joy

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 14 May 2021 06:00:00 -0000

Joy isn't the same as happiness. Joy is "truly being passionate about how beautiful this life is, about how we feel each day..."

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Episode 50: Disappointment

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0000

If you don't expect much, then you're never disappointed.

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Episode 49: The Environment

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 04:00:00 -0000

What's zen about protecting the environment?

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Episode 48: Fixing

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 04:00:00 -0000

The world needs fixing, and zen practitioners vow to fix it. But can we? And can we get dharma insurance?

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Episode 47: Spring

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 -0000

Spring is here, with the annual cycle of renewal. And sumo wrestling. And baseball.

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Episode 46: Mnmlsm

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0000

Stuff and minimalism. Tiny homes and hoarders. Japanese apartments and British farmhouses. Paper walls. Space. Time.

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Episode 45: Vaccines & Science

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0000

As Kirk is about to get his first covid vaccination, Jundo and Kirk discuss the wonders of science, and talk about the Buddha's doctor Jivaka.

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Episode 44: Binging & Moderation

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0000

How do we control our habits in eating Oreos, watching TV series, and more? How do we watch Game of Thrones as zen practitioners? Is it okay to binge all the Star Wars movies?

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Episode 43: Instructions for the Cook

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0000

The tenzo manages food in Zen monasteries: he is the head chef, the person responsible for ensuring that monks are fed. One of Dogen's most approachable texts is the Tenzo Kyokun, Instructions for the Cook, where he discusses not just cooking soup, but cooking all of life.

Treeleaf Zendo
Jundo's book, The Zen Master's Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dōgen and Who You Are in the Universe
How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, translation of Tenzo Kyokun with commentary by Kosho Uchiyama.
A series of old video talks by Jundo Cohen on Instructions for the Cook

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Episode 42: Ego

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0000

The ego can be big or small, solid or permeable. Is the "ego" the "self," and when is ours too big?

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Episode 41: Miracles

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0000

Miracles are everywhere, in the tiniest blade of grass, in the noisiest sneeze, in the simplest loaf of bread.

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Episode 40: Change

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 06:00:00 -0000

"Nothing is still, everything is constantly in motion," says Jundo, as we discuss the one constant in the universe: change.

Treeleaf Zendo
Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping?
The kōan mentioned is Dasui’s Aeonic Fire

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Episode 39: Nature

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0000

It can be good to get out in nature, even to do naked forest bathing. Jundo and Kirk discuss how nature is important to Zen.

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Episode 38: Reconciliation

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0000

After the results of the presidential election in the United States, Jundo and Kirk talk about reconciliation.

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Episode 37: The Zen Master's Dance

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo has a new book out: The Zen Master's Dance, A Guide to Understanding Dogen and Who You Are in the Universe. He and Kirk discuss Dogen, the book, and how to dance.

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Episode 36: A Zen Guide to Elections

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 35: Karma

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Good karma, bad karma, everyone knows about karma, right? Jundo and Kirk discuss what karma means, and how you count your karma points.

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Episode 34: How an Online Sangha Works

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Treeleaf is an online sangha, and has been around since 2006. How does a sangha work when members don't meet each other physically?

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Episode 33: Competition

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Is zen competitive? Is competition a bad thing?

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Episode 32: Happiness

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Can zen make you happy? Should it?

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Episode 31: The Precepts

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0000

There are a number of precepts that have to be followed by Zen practitioners. Jundo and Kirk discuss these precepts, and how strict they are.

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Episode 30: Rituals

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 06:00:00 -0000

There are a lot of rituals in Zen. Where do they come from? Why are they still performed? And what's the thing about the number 108?

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Episode 29: Zensex

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 06:15:00 -0000

Many Zen priests in Japanese Buddhism have active sex lives, others are celibate. We discuss how Buddhism treats sex, and how it makes the world go around.

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Episode 28: Our Team

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Jundo explains the importance of lineage in Zen, how the teachings have been handed down over the centuries from Zen teachers to students, in an unbroken chain.

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Episode 27: For Justice & Peace

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 06:45:00 -0000

In this time of protests around the world, we discuss how Zen approaches injustice and protest.

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Episode 26: Zen Books

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 29 May 2020 05:00:00 -0000

"Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures, not depending on words and letters." With that in mind, Jundo and Kirk discuss Zen books: how to read them, what to read, and when to burn them.

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Episode 25: Sitting with Pain

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 15 May 2020 06:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 24: Walking

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 01 May 2020 09:00:00 -0000

Walking can free your mind, but can also be an act of meditation.

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Episode 23: Silence

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Is zen all about silence?

Treeleaf Zendo
John Cage's 4′33″
Suzuki Roshi's talk on the difference between "sound" and "noise"
Isolation tank
Correction: Jundo meant a blue jay; listen here
Into Great Silence

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Episode 22: Hope

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 08:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 21: Zen in Quarantine

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 20: Zen in the Time of Coronavirus

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 19: Original Buddhism, Changing Buddhism

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:00:00 -0000

What is "original Buddhism?" In the absence of texts from the Buddha's times, how can we know what the Buddha really taught? And how does the corpus of later texts help us understand Buddhism?

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Episode 18: The Zen of Kids

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk talk about zen and parenting.

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Episode 17: Is Zen Hard or Easy?

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss "hard" and "easy" zen. Has zen become too easy? Is it too hard? You are New York all along.

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Episode 16: War - What Is it Good For?

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk talk about zen and war. How should zen practitioners act when faced with war? How can we prevent war?

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Episode 15: I'm Dreaming of a Zen Christmas

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss how Christmas and Zen can find common ground, and discuss their favorite Zen Christmas carols.

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Episode 14: What Is the Sound of One Kōan Clapping?

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 13: Meditation Is Easy

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 12: One Is the One

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss the idea of oneness. The good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly are all facets of the great jewel.

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Episode 11: The Dokusan Room is Kinda Baloney

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:15:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 10: Zen in the West and Zen in Japan

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss differences between the way zen is practiced in the west compared to in Japan.

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Episode 9: Favorites

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk talk discuss favorites. What is the best ice cream flavor? What is the best fruit? Do favorites matter? Do appearances matter?

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Episode 8: Things Aren't That Bad

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 7: Zen and Religion, Sutra Thumpers, and Mindfulness Meditation

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Jundo and Kirk discuss whether you can practice Zen Buddhism if you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or believer in another religion.

Meditation helped me drag myself out of self-loathing and failure

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Episode 6: Do Robots Have Buddha Nature?

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:45:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 5: Shikantaza, Grape Juice, Alzheimer's, Mindfulness, Buddhism as Religion, and a Woman who Feels no Pain

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 07:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 4: Good Days, Hot Weather, Ikkyu, Happiness, Politics, Anger, Appliances, and the Ugly Lama

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 3: Cars, Drugs, Busses, and Simple Living

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

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.

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Episode 2: Hot Dogs, Space Aliens, Vegetarians, Glasses, and Sitting Zazen Every Day

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0000

All things are impermanent, but this podcast has made it to its second episode. Jundo and Kirk discuss whether a hot dog is a sandwich, explore the question of being a vegetarian, whether one should wear glasses when sitting zazen, and whether one really, truly needs to sit zazen every day.

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Episode 1: Cats, Lawyers, Health, Women, and Roshis

kirk@mcelhearn.com (Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn) — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:00:00 -0000

For the first episode of The Zen of Everything, we explain why we started this podcast, and what we plan to do. We then explore whether cats are zen masters, discuss Buddhist lawyers, talk about practicing zen with health problems, explore the idea of calling the Buddha a "she," and explain what a roshi is. (Note: if you're just discovering the podcast, we recommend that you skip ahead to episode no. 6 when we find our footing; you can come back to the first five episodes later, but it took us a while to get into the right groove.)

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