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Nobody’s Life Is Just Their Own
A conversation between Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Shoken Michael Stone.
How Yoga Comes To Life
Michael discusses how meditative practice is about dropping our stories in order to become more engaged in our lives, cities, families, communities, and politics. Paying attention is really powerful.
The Three Characteristics
In this Awake in the World podcast episode, Michael speaks about the three characteristics: dukkha, impermanence, and emptiness.
How the Occupy Movement Can Deal With Conflict
Michael speaks at Occupy Vancouver on November 6, 2011. “We are failing in our culture from a lack of imagination. And what we’re achieving here is space for imagination.” Originally shot by Ian MacKenzie and watch the post-speech piece Love
I’m on Fire — The Fire Sermon
This podcast episode was recorded at Centre of Gravity in Toronto. The evening begins with Priya Thomas covering Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire,” then Michael reads the Fire Sermon and gives a talk on the way we burn with lust,
Taking Care of Ourselves, Taking Care of the World
Michael Stone explores the integration of yoga and Buddhism, and how we can live a life fully engaged with the suffering of the world while also taking care of ourselves. Recorded during a day-long workshop and fundraiser for New Leaf
Wisdom, Emptiness, and Indigenous Healing
This was the final talk during silent retreat at Stowel Lake Farm on Salt Spring Island, August 2016. Michael talks about the relationship between emptiness, Buddhism, and the need for healing with First Nations. It was an inspiring and powerful
Noting in the Empire of Selfies
A wide ranging talk by Michael on using language in meditation practice, labelling thoughts, and the way kids and adults use language to mediate their internal states.
Gotta Make A Living, Part 2
Michael talks about how our work should be energetic, industrious, diligent, and skillful. We should live within our means and keep good company. When you really, really want something, you might ask: How central is this for becoming a good
Gotta Make A Living, Part 1
Michael offers teachings from the Buddhist tradition on how to make a living, and how to make ethical decisions around money in a financial world that revolves around extraction and exploitation.
Driving Our Questions Deeper
Michael explores two questions: 1) Who Are You? and 2) What Should You Do? Using the old Zen koan, “What’s the price of rice?” Michael talks about wrestling with questions, compassion, empathy, and how to care for people without getting
Why Can’t the Tail Get Through?
Even when we advance in spiritual practice, something is always missing. Maybe nirvana is about having troubles without falling into defense or burnout? Michael also gives a strong critique of the economic stories that drive us.
About the Community Library
Michael was a great archivist and the Community Library was—and continues to be—a labour of love. Everything in the Community Library is available for free. Anyone, anywhere can have instant access to material that will help them deepen their practice and contribute to a culture of compassion and collaboration.
Libraries are places where we gather alone together. They are known to be places of refuge for seekers, as well as those who are marginalized. This library is no different. It helps us nourish our beautiful, international community without walls. Now, it will also help keep Michael’s legacy alive.