Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined again by dharma teacher Trudy Goodman, founder of InsightLA, to share reflections on her beloved teacher, Kōbun Chino Otogawa. Kobun (February 1, 1938 – July 26, 2002), also known as Chino Otogawa Roshi, was a Japanese Zen priest who brought his unique and deeply compassionate teachings to America. Renowned for his unconventional approach, he emphasized practicing dharma within daily life, often blending traditional Zen wisdom with a quiet, everyday presence that resonated with many students. In this conversation, Trudy shares stories of Kobun’s compassionate presence, his devotion to helping those suffering, and his profound yet playful approach to teaching. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Brian Newman discusses his journey into deep jhāna meditation practice. He explores his training in the rigorous Pa-auk tradition, the challenges and breakthroughs he experienced, and the balance between traditional and more modern approaches to jhāna, ultimately advocating for a playful, less rigid approach to accessing these deep states of concentration. Episode Links: 👤 Brian Newman 🔗 Appamāda Viharī Meditation Center 👤 Sayalay Susīlā 👤 Pa-auk Sayadaw 👤 Kenneth Folk 📖 Grist for the Mill by Ram Dass & Stephen Levine 📖 Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel M. Ingram 🎧 Mastering the Jhānas with Tina Rasmussen & Stephen Snyder See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the episode on "Technological Metamodernism," Vince Fakhoury Horn and Stephen Reid discuss the intersection of technology, metamodernism, and the potential middle paths that navigate between techno-optimism or e/acc and eco-dystopianism or doomerism. They explore how emerging technologies can be aligned with deeper values, such as sovereignty, relationality, and wholeness, while also addressing the challenges of our current technological trajectory​. Episode Links: 👤 StephenReid.net ✉️ Stephen Reid in Correspondence - Stephen's substack 🔗 Futurecraft - The site where the Technological Metamodernism course is being hosted​. 🤑 Support the open sourcing of the Technological Metamodernism course (via PayPal or via Crypto) 🔗 Meaning Alignment Institute - Mentioned as part of the discussions, this institute focuses on aligning emerging technologies with human values 🔗 Rebel Wisdom - A platform formerly associated with Alexander Beiner, one of the special guests of the Technological Metamodernism course. 🔗 Life Itself - A project focused on the "Second Renaissance," mentioned in the context of Rufus Pollock's work​, another of the special guests of the Technological Metamodernism course. 🎙️ Future Fossils Podcast - Hosted by Michael Garfield, yet another of the special guests of the Technological Metamodernism course. 📖 Reality Switch Technologies by Andrew Gallimore 🔗 Gitcoin - The platform that supports the quadratic funding method mentioned by which Stephen is raising funds in order open source material from the course. You can contribute to the funding for that project here. 🎙️ Lunarpunk Dreams Podcast by Stephen Reid See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn shares his experience of working with the meditation startup Jhourney, and raises concerns about their insufficient training and appropriation of Buddhist meditation practices, advocating for a more responsible and deeply informed approach to secularizing Jhāna meditation. Episode Links: 📝 The Second Generation of Mindfulness by Vince F. Horn 🔗 The Meditation Research Project 🔗 The Jhana.community See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode Ryan Oelke chats with Judith Blackstone, contemporary spiritual teacher, psychotherapist, and founder of The Realization Process, and author of her latest book, The Fullness of the Ground: A Guide to Embodied Awakening.  They discuss a variety of aspects of what it means to embody nonduality, including different views on nonduality, how to practice and live a path of embodied nondual awakening.  Episode Links: 📖 The Fullness of the Ground: A Guide to Embodied Awakening by Judith Blackstone, PhD 💻 The Realization Process See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, recorded during a Buddhist Geeks Retreat, Vince Fakhoury Horn teachings on several ways to meditate, including Concentration, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, Inquiry, Awareness, Embodiment, and Imaginal forms of practice. Each approach to meditation leads to different results, even as the ultimate goal remains the same, which is to realize the essential nature of mind, and be able to embrace the ongoing journey of exploration and growth. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this Our Beloved Teachers episode Emily Horn speaks with Spring Washam about her relationship with Harriet Tubman, and the teachings she has received from her. Spring speaks about the importance of faith and courage in navigating challenging times and the connection to the unseen world, while emphasizing that Harriet Tubman is not just an ancestor for African Americans, but for everyone. She encourages people to tap into the strength and resilience that Harriet represents to better support each other in these transformative times. Episode Links: 📖 The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground by Spring Washam 🎙️ Our Beloved Teachers See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In her talk titled "Homemaking Dharma," Emily Horn discusses the process of creating a spiritual home, which involves working with heartbreak, grief, and our shadow aspects. She emphasizes the importance of understanding our spiritual story and incorporating elements of our ethnic and cultural backgrounds into our practice. This journey towards wholeness requires the practice of mindfulness and love, and although it can be messy and require rumbling with our stories, it ultimately leads to a sense of interconnection with others. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This talk, titled "Contemplating the Anomalous" was given by Vince Fakhoury Horn on a Buddhist Geeks retreat in July, 2023. It explores the stages of a paradigm shift in understanding, going from ignoring the anomalous, to encountering anomalies and experiencing resistance, to exploration, and finally toward genuine transformation. Using examples from both Science and Meditation Vince attempts to illustrate the learning process as it’s experienced from each point of view. This talk also touches on the topic of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and the potential for a collective paradigm shift in our understanding of the Universe and our place in it, that includes both interiors and exteriors. Episode Links: 👤 VinceHorn.space See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Meditatewith.ai is a web app prototype, aimed at demonstrating the possibility of learning Multiplayer Meditation–an out-loud, social, interactive, & trauma-informed protocol–with an AI partner first. The purpose of the company behind this prototype, Interbeing Inc, is to improve the mental health and well-being of all humans using interpersonal meditation practices. In this episode, recorded during an event inside the Buddhist Geeks Network, co-founders Vince Fakhoury Horn & Chris Ewald introduce what they’ve been working on for the first time in public, and then field a wide variety of questions from participants. Episode Links: 📱 Meditatewith.ai 🎙️ Emerge Podcast: Vince Horn on Meditate with AI 🔗 Wefunder Crowdfunding Campaign WeFunder Legal Disclosure: We are 'testing the waters' to gauge investor interest in an offering under Regulation Crowdfunding. No money or other consideration is being solicited. If sent, it will not be accepted. No offer to buy securities will be accepted. No part of the purchase price will be received until a Form C is filed and only through Wefunder’s platform. Any indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Vimalakīrti Sūtra is a Mahayana Buddhist text from the 2nd century CE that explores the nature of enlightenment and the teachings of the Buddha. In this contemporary commentary on the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, Pragmatic Dharma teacher Kenneth Folk shares his personal understanding of what he refers to as “a magical spell.” Episode Links: Watch the Video Version of this Talk on Youtube Kenneth Folk Dharma The Vimalakīrti Sūtra, translated by Burton Watson Pragmatic Dharma Training See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time teacher, Kenneth Folk, to share about his beloved teacher, Bill Hamilton, who American dharma teacher Shinzen Young referred to as "an unsung hero of Western Mindfulness." Bill was an enigmatic dharma teacher who practiced in the Insight-Theravada tradition. He was the founder of the Dharma Seed library, did more than 7 years of silent retreat practice, and wrote an excellent contemporary dharma book called "Saints & Psychopaths." Episode Links: 👤 Kenneth Folk 👤 Vince Fakhoury Horn 📖 Saints & Psychopaths by Bill Hamilton 🔗 Dharma Seed 📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton with Shinzen Young 📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton Featuring Daniel Ingram Memorable Quotes: 📺 "Enlightenment. Highly recommended, can't tell you why." – Bill Hamilton 📺 "Suffering less, noticing it more." – Bill Hamilton 📺 "You don't have to go looking for suffering." – Bill Hamilton 📺 "You could get enlightened rubbing that tape box." – Bill Hamilton 📺 "They're doing psychology." – Bill Hamilton 📺 "There's more than one objection of mindfulness." – Bill Hamilton 📺 "This is the ultimate self-improvement project, even beyond one's self." – Kenneth Folk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by dharma teacher Trudy Goodman, founder of InsightLA, to share reflections on her beloved teacher, Seungsahn. Seungsahn Haengwon (Sungsan Haeng'weon Daeseonsa, August 1, 1927 – November 30, 2004), born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. Episode Links: 👤 Trudy Goodman 👤 Seungsahn 📺 Bob Newhart Therapy: Stop It! 👤 Maha Ghosananda 🎧 Zen Predator 📖 Sex in the Forbidden Zone by Peter Rutter Memorable Quotes: "What am I?" – Seungsahn "Your Body already a corpse." – Seungsahn "That is Great Faith." – Seungsahn "This is how it happens." – Trudy Goodman See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, hosted by Vince Fakhoury Horn, we kick off a new series called Our Beloved Teachers. In this episode Vince explains how this a new kind of community podcast series, aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while preserving the oral history of BuddhaDharma, in the digital era. We call it a "community podcast series" because anyone can submit a recording to the series–all you need are the production skills to pull off the recording, and the connections to find a suitable guest. Episode Links: 🔗 Our Beloved Teachers 👤 Vince Fakhoury Horn 🔗 Open Source Dharma 📄 Creative Commons: Understanding Free Cultural Works 🔗 Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International 👤 Silvia Bastos See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“‘To be’ is to inter-be.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh In this episode–taken from a Dharma Talk at the Garrison Institute in 2022–Vince Fakhoury Horn teaches on the complexity of Interbeing, looking at "it" from 3 distinct perspectives: Interbeing within Ourselves Interbeing with Others Interbeing inside Nature Taken together, these three form a great network of Interbeing, one which opens us to the self-similar & fractal nature of interdependence. At every scale, we inter-are. Episode Links: Thích Nhất Hạnh What is Social Meditation? The Roots of 'Radical' Networkologies: A Philosophy of Networks for a Hyperconnected Age Holon (philosophy) Overview effect See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Emily West Horn teaches that we can learn to apply both mindfulness & heartfulness toward liberating ourselves from the "trance of unworthiness." What do you most want to realize? Relax, and you will know. Episode Links: 👤 Emily West Horn 📖 The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In most modern contexts the topic of magic is taboo, because it isn’t Rational. Here, Vince Fakhoury Horn makes the claim that magic can also be understood and practiced in a Transrational way. He does this by unpacking several perspectives on magic, and then links those with the Buddhist teachings on the open heart: The Four Immeasurables. This episode was recorded during a recent Buddhist Geeks Retreat on Heart Magic. Join us from August 3–10, 2022 at the Garrison Institute in NY for a week-long retreat on the same topic! Episode Links: 🔗 Heart Magic Retreat @ Garrison Institute 📖 Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel Ingram 📃 The Four Immeasurables 🎙 Buddhist Magic w/ Daniel Ingram 📄 Heartfulness Meditation 🎙 Falling in Love With What Is, with Noliwe Alexander 📜 Metta (Mettanisamsa) Sutta: Discourse on Advantages of Loving-kindness See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're joined in this episode by Writer-Director-Actor-Comedian-Songwriter and run of the mill fucked up human, Stuart Davis, as he shares his deep experience of navigating what is generally referred to as "the phenomenon." Both in his work as the host of the Artists & Aliens Podcast and as the convener of The Experiencer Group–a virtual learning community for people who've had anomalous experiences–Stuart is helping people confront and confer with the high strangeness of our shared reality. Episode Links: 👤 Stuart Davis 👽 Artists & Aliens  🔗 The Experiencer Group  📖 A CE-5 Handbook: An Easy-To-Use Guide to Help You Contact Extraterrestrial Life 👤 Steven M. Greer 📰 Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 📺 Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 📺 Ten Tools for Sovereignty 🖋 ET PRESENCE & THE FORFEITURE OF HUMAN SOVEREIGNTY by Stuart Davis 🌐 Buddhist Geeks Network Additional Links from Stuart: Kimberly Theresa Lafferty's Three Parter on Tantra, Non Human Entities, how transitory states become enduring stages of consciousness, how human contact with non-human entities impacts the attachment cycle in human development, the use of consorts in monastic Tantric tradition, and how we make meaning of the things that make no sense. A cautionary tale of what happens when you fail to make cakes for the spiritual denizens of your retreat cabin. Part One: https://youtu.be/Wz1juIwK5aU Part Two: https://youtu.be/amlajXh3viQ Part Three: https://youtu.be/a5v_I1sxFY8 And, magician Gordon White on how to protect your home spiritually by turning it into a Human Dwelling:  Part One: https://youtu.be/sYpdE2lTabk Part Two: https://youtu.be/9HM_-_5xJAc See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness meditation teacher, mentor, and author of the recently released book, "We Were Made For These Times". Here they discuss the unique times of peril and opportunity that humanity current faces, and how the teachings on equanimity, or inclusiveness, might just be the only thing that we can reliably fall back on. Episode Links: 👤 Kaira Jewel Lingo 📖 "We Were Made For These Times: 10 Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption" by Kaira Jewel Lingo 🔗 Mindfulness Retreats Online 🔗 Plum Village 📺 The Social Dilemma 📺 Why Facebook is More Powerful than Cultures, Markets, AND Governments 🔗Upekṣā 👤Thomas Hübl 📰 A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It. 👤 Resmaa Menakem 📖 "The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology" by Thich Nhat Hanh Memorable Quotes: "If we can figure out how to be embodied and know what our bodies are telling us we can find out way back to each other." – Kaira Jewel Lingo "Part of why we don't protect what we have is because we're not really alive to it–we don't really see the beauty of our world." – Kaira Jewel Lingo "You can only really have equanimity if you really care." – Kaira Jewel Lingo See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the 2nd part of our conversation with the Evolving Ground crew, we talk about the importance of comparing and contrasting what we're up to in our respective Sanghas. We explore some of the obvious overlaps between Evolving Ground and Buddhist Geeks, in terms of our mutual commitment to meta-systematicity, bringing up the tantalizing question of why MetaSangha–a Sangha of Sanghas–matters today. Episode Links: 🔗 Evolving Ground 🔗 Buddhist Geeks Network 📄 The Cofounders by David Chapman 📄 Meta-Sanghas by Vince Horn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.