Podcast - Michael Stone

Seeing the Background (Heart Sutra 1)

Beginner's mind threatens the part of us that wants to control experience. Knowing before knowing.…

The mind makes snapshots and creates categories, our patterns contain the world keeping us small…

How do we bow? Everything becomes your teacher. Throwing up dualistic ideas. Teachers are heavy,…

Michael discusses Shunryū Suzuki's book, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. People who practice Zen are always…

Don't ignore what your life actually is... Practice tattoos us. Life stains us. Your life…

Water has its own integrity, like you. Every event is interconnected and empty, and yet,…

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara talks about the Lotus Sutra and the parable of the burning…

Can we express with language what is most true for us? Maybe all philosophy is…

How do we use words to say something meaningful about our lives? This is what…

Pranayama is a practice of settling your attention on your breath. As attention becomes balanced,…