Controlling the Message (Rage & Repression) w/ Sara Campbell
Sara dives deep into the dangerous waters of molten lavas of rage, grief, and repression bubbling just beneath the surface of our coping mec...
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Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast
Weekly public talks recorded live at the Angel City Zen Center
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20 of 317 episodesWhat to Love in Everything (Listening Practice) w/ Dave Cuomo
Dave brings us a brass tacks talk on meditation technique with a deep look at listening practice, inner listening, and intentional meditatio...
Tune In (Deep Listening) w/ Matthew Sherling
Resident poet Matthew is back with a deep exploration of the Buddhist and personal lore around listening practice, as wayward monks almost g...
Bones to Pick (Post Traumatic Growth) w/ Dave Cuomo
Dave dives into the intersection of Zen and cutting edge psychology to learn about post traumatic growth and whether that might just be the...
Some Kind of Freak (The Inner Critic) w/ Sara Campbell
Sara explores the inner critic and its role in the creative process through an insightful dissection of Bodhidharma’s original founding text...
Silence! (Silence) w/ Beth Kaiserman
Beth explores the lure of silence, how to find it, what it asks of us, and what it offers. How much of our energy and attention do we owe to...
A Kind of Magic (Magic in Zen) w/ Dave Cuomo
Dave takes a secular look at the the literal magic embedded in the ceremonies and rituals of Zen to see if we can still wholeheartedly relat...
A Cool Girl with Cute Shoes (Right Livelihood) w/ Sara Campbell
Sara questions a dubiously lucrative job she’s been working and what the dubiously perfect Zen teacher in her head might have to say about i...
A Blessing & A Curse (Depression & Impermanence) w/ Samm
Samm walks through a dark night of the soul on retreat and paints us vivid portraits of her grief embracing liberatory epiphanies. Can depre...
The Sardine Sutra (Robbery & Restlessness) w/ Matthew Sherling
Matthew plays thief to his own empty room as he wrestles with restlessness and whether trying to scratch that perpetual itch is a futile att...
By Nature (Camping Retreat) w/ Dave Cuomo
Dave takes the opportunity of a scenic coastal camping retreat to reconcile all the regrets and ruminations that naturally arise given a lit...
Animal Nature (Self Trust) w/ Sara Campbell
Sara takes an unflinching look at learning to trust our selves despite or maybe because of whatever messes we may have made in our lives alo...
Happy Accident (History of Zen: The Samye Debate) w/ Dave Cuomo
In the year 794 a populist, liberating, and some might say threatening brand of Buddhism spreads like wildfire in the countryside forcing a...
Silly, Sincere, Savvy (Zuise) w/ Dave Cuomo
Dave gives a full report on the processes, practices, and spiritual journeys involved in our recent sangha trip to Japan for Zuise, the fina...
Riptide (Change) w/ Heather Ross
Heather takes a serene unflinching look at the indomitable waves of change, that universal constant that refuses all our attempts to corral...
Born to Run (Ryokan) w/ Dave Cuomo
Dave regales us with stories and poetry from everyone’s favorite Soto renegade poet monk hero, Ryokan, while trying to figure out if he’s th...
Two Way Relationship (Spiritual Crises) w/ Sara Campbell
Sara delves into the thorny weeds of spiritual crises, starting with a raw one of her own, and how to work with listening practice in zazen....
Pith & Prayer (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Cole Agustin
In our ongoing series where brave sangha members tell us the story what they’re doing and why they’re here (while we just maybe learn someth...
A Bountiful Bummer (What Makes You Not a Buddhist?) w/ Dave Cuomo
What would make someone not a Buddhist?? Life is fleeting, unsatisfying, & essentially empty, and are we into, and ready to reckon with that...
A Material Mystery (Choice & Renunciation) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
In a starkly honest and personal talk, Gyokei reflects on renunciation and picking & choosing through his experience growing up as a rural t...