Michael continues discussing the teachings of Japanese Zen master Dōgen and his essay, Mountains and…
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Mountains & Rivers, Part 2
Michael describes the way mountains and rivers influenced Dōgen and the way they can teach…
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Mountains & Rivers, Part 1
Who was Dōgen? What were his main teachings? Michael introduces the teachings of the 13th-century…
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Basics of Buddhism, Part 2
Michael gives commentary on Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths in a series on the…
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Basics of Buddhism, Part 1
In this dharma talk, Michael aims to answer the question, "What did the Buddha teach?"…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: Devotion to Present Experience
Treat each movement of the mind as something we devote ourselves to, like the beloved,…
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Guided Meditation
A guided meditation, recorded during the first night of year-end silent retreat, with a focus…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: The Silence Museum
Michael comes home from practice in Thailand and talks about travels, not buying things in…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: Compassion is a Superpower
It's cool to be kind—it's the new black dress. Loving-kindness is a ratio. If it's…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: Superpowers
Meditation opens us up to levels of experience that are non-human. Michael goes through Patanjali's…
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