Zen lecture: ”Lotus Leaves”
In this episode, Paul gives a teisho (Zen lecture) on a koan from The Blue Cliff Record (a Tang and Sung dynasty collection [...]
Hopeless and Fearless
In this episode, we discuss the rapidly worsening pandemic in the U.S. and the troubling opposition by many to proven mitigation efforts. We [...]
Observation vs Belief
In this episode, Paul starts with a brief bio of his training in both medicine and Zen followed by a deep dive into [...]
Something’s Happening Here
The release of a cellphone video of the killing of an African American jogger, followed by one of a Minneapolis police killing of [...]
Freeze Frame
Paul discusses the ongoing pandemic and its effects on our psyches and everyday lives. Taking an even deeper dive into the “Stopping…” koan, [...]
Jumping on the Horse Thief’s Horse
The Podcast channel is given the name, “Pandemic Zen” and the general theme of using mindfulness to deal with real-life adversity. Paul explains [...]
That I Am
Going further into “Stopping” and the reliance on intellectual meaning vs. the “meaning” of the sheer experience of sensory actuality. Paul discusses the [...]
Pandemic Zen
In this first episode, Paul discusses the implications of the global COVID-19 pandemic and how attending to one’s sensations can be a doorway [...]