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Exploring Zen and its Teaching Methods
51:57 - 57:23 (05:25)
The podcast discusses Zen as a teaching method, how it bludgeons one's rational mind into submission for an experience beyond concepts and labels, and talks about a famous Zen writer Dogen from 13th century Japan.
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The host interviews a guest who worked as a trombonist, hitchhiked across the Sahara desert, and roamed the countryside as a young teen sleeping out and being mentored by an old school tramp.
51:57 - 52:53 (00:56)
Summary
The host interviews a guest who worked as a trombonist, hitchhiked across the Sahara desert, and roamed the countryside as a young teen sleeping out and being mentored by an old school tramp.
ChapterExploring Zen and its Teaching Methods
Episode#531: Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The podcast touches upon how Zen Buddhism had a period of popularity in the U.S. that resulted in the term "tramp stamp", and how today it has high profile followers like Jerry Seinfeld and Hugh Jackman.
52:53 - 55:18 (02:24)
Summary
The podcast touches upon how Zen Buddhism had a period of popularity in the U.S. that resulted in the term "tramp stamp", and how today it has high profile followers like Jerry Seinfeld and Hugh Jackman.
ChapterExploring Zen and its Teaching Methods
Episode#531: Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The aim of Zen Buddhism is to experience a deeper reality beyond the constructs of concepts and labels.
55:18 - 56:31 (01:13)
Summary
The aim of Zen Buddhism is to experience a deeper reality beyond the constructs of concepts and labels. The path of Zen involves bludgeoning the rational mind into submission, allowing the individual to perceive reality as it is, without the filter of human perception.
ChapterExploring Zen and its Teaching Methods
Episode#531: Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker recounts a story of their time in New Mexico where they were introduced to the famous Zen writer and poet, Dogen, through their friend Natalie Goldberg, but found it difficult to understand the nonsensical writing about walking mountains.
56:31 - 57:23 (00:51)
Summary
The speaker recounts a story of their time in New Mexico where they were introduced to the famous Zen writer and poet, Dogen, through their friend Natalie Goldberg, but found it difficult to understand the nonsensical writing about walking mountains.