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| A Buddhist Podcast | 02 Oct 2023 | 01:06:41 | |
Welcome to A Buddhist Podcast for 1st October 2023. Tonights show is the Tenth in a series of dialogues on the Gohonzon between Luigi Finocchiaro, Peter Morris and myself. Tonight we talk about Nichirens exile to Sado Island. We also discuss:
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| A Buddhist Podcast | 17 Sep 2023 | 01:22:17 | |
Welcome to A Buddhist Podcast for 16 September 2023. Tonights show is the ninth in a series of dialogues on the Gohonzon between Luigi Finocchiaro, Peter Morris and myself. Tonight we talk about Nichirens travels to Kamakura, the Komatsubara battle and the Izu Exile, looking for evidence and embracing believers in his mandala signature. You can purchase Luigi's books here | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast April 2022 | 15 May 2022 | 00:49:22 | |
Hello to everyone! Tonight we have the first of what I hope will be the first of many conversations with someone who has dedicated his life to the study of the Gohonzons inscribed by Nichiren. He is a published author and you can find some of his most extraordinary books on Lulu.com under the Nichiren Mandala Study Workshop - sometimes under the pen name Ken Mandara | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Reluctant Buddhist - Chapter 1 part 1 | 09 Sep 2008 | 00:51:44 | |
Tonight we are very pleased to have William Woollard back on the show. William reads the first half of Chapter 1 from his book, The Reluctant Buddhist.
We have shoutouts that span the globe and a great poem from Bob Kemp from Bournemouth in the UK.
Thank you so much to William Wey who provided the artwork for this weeks show!
Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play White Feather by Phil Ayoub and Inside of Me by The Ivy League.
Thank you for listening and for the wonderful comments and kind emails. Your support is really welcomed, have a great week. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Bodhisattvas of the Earth | 15 Aug 2008 | 01:07:31 | |
Tonight we are looking another passage from Nichiren Daishonin's letter to Sairen-bo, The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life. The theme of tonights lecture is the Bodhisattvas of the Earth and it includes the following headings! What is Buddhism about? Bodhisattva Superior Practices Belief is not enough The Mystic Law is life itself What does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mean? Our lives are the candles of life Flushing with the Mystic Law Blowing away negativity Nurturing life Tapping our toes to the tune of the Mystic Law Awakening others to the greatness within their lives We have a wonderful experience from Jonathan Steele and shoutouts that stretch across the world! Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play a great relaxing kick back tune from Slackstring called Sun Again Will Shine. Also tonight we have a really great tune from singer songwriter Amy Regan, what an amazing voice, she sings Everybody Needs Somewhere To Go. Thank you for listening and for the wonderful comments and kind emails. Your support is really welcomed, have a great week. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Mentor and Disciple | 06 Jul 2008 | 01:06:02 | |
On tonights show we study a passage from the writing, The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life. The theme of tonights lecture is the mentor disciple relationship and it includes the following headings!
The Tsukuhara Debate
The purpose of Buddhism
The Buddha was not a bronze statue
Hardships strengthen our happiness
Human revolution produced human gold
Mount Sumeru
Tsunasaburo Makiguchi
Josei Toda
Daisaku Ikeda
What happens when the mentor passes away?
Again its another full show with shoutouts that criss cross the globe and music from the Podsafe Music Network. On tonights show we play Ocean from Zach Ashton and Great Day from the wonderful Jody Gnant.Thank you so much for your support of the show, have a great week. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Yet I feel joy | 06 Jun 2008 | 01:08:21 | |
Tonights lecture is based on a letter written by Nichiren Daishonin called, “Condolences on a Deceased Husband”. Highlight headlines include:
1278 - So what?
Li Ju-hsien
Yet I feel joy
Dr Martin Luther King
Hated more than thieves
The price of piety
Curtailing liberties
Prayer rooted in action
A fingernail of dirt
Music from tonights show is from the Podsafe Music Network. Its a double bill from the great band Great Big Sea. We play two of their tracks, Own True Way and Something Beautiful. There are shout outs and slurps of tea and I have no idea how it all fitted in! Thank you for listening. If you like the show let us know or post a review on Itunes! Have a great week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Reluctant Buddhist | 19 May 2008 | 00:44:50 | |
On tonights show we are delighted to have a guest appearance from William Woollard. William made the journey to Forest Row and was kind enough to let us record him reading Chapter 2 of his book, The Reluctant Buddhist. Its very personal and I found myself captivated while I was recording. Thank you so much William!We have shoutouts and great music from The Reveals who sing Want You Back and Sarah Vonderhaar whose beautiful voice gets you welcoming the summer with I Got Sunshine!Our next lecture is being written and should be up very soon! Thank you so much for listening! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - On the Treasure Tower | 06 Apr 2008 | 01:16:10 | |
We are back! Tonights show begins with a lecture on the letter Nichiren Daishonin worte to his 83 year old disciple Abutsu-bo. The letter is called On the Treasure Tower. Points include:
An incredible seeking spirit;
What is the treasure tower?;
We are the treasure tower;
What? You don't like your reality?;
Forests of treasure towers;
Seven kinds of treasure;
The Gohonzon is the blueprint of our lives;
The family treasure.
After the lecture we play Here and Now by Mike Erelli from the Podsafe Music Network. Next up, Karen reads an experience from the wonderful Roxanne Rae. Then we have shoutouts that cross the globe and we have a special finish. We close with a beautiful song by the amazing Peter Robinson, its called A Piece of Mirror.
If you are looking for more experiences about practicing this Buddhism, have a look at The Buddha Next Door, a wonderful book
Have a great week and take great care! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 16 | 09 Mar 2008 | 00:14:35 | |
Well, here is the final chapter of this amazing novel. Chapter 16 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! New lecture still in works! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 15 | 23 Feb 2008 | 00:33:07 | |
Thank you so much for your patience, now at last Chapter 15 is here, this episode was unusually challenging to put together, thank you to everyone for their help! Chapter 15 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! Have a wonderful week! New lecture coming soon. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 14 | 09 Feb 2008 | 00:29:06 | |
Chapter 14 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy
Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by
Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck,
Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new
chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available
on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 13 | 27 Jan 2008 | 00:40:27 | |
We have arrived at Chapter 13!
The Children, Karen and I are doing our best and we have food on the table! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Gosho Reading - The Opening of the Eyes | 19 Sep 2021 | 00:42:16 | |
Thank you for downloading the show! Today we read Part 7 of 7 of the reading of Nichiren Daishonin's famous treatise, The Opening of the Eyes. This part starts on page 279 of the Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume 1, if you want to follow along! You can also get a link to the PDF from the SGI USA Website | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 12 | 15 Jan 2008 | 00:39:08 | |
We hope you enjoy Chapter 12! If you like it, share it!
Chapter 12 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! Thank you for all the wonderful feedback! Have a terrific week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 11 | 31 Dec 2007 | 00:34:15 | |
A very happy new year to one and all! Towards a year of Capable People and Development! Chapter 11 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas.
Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller.
Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and
Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears
every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you
can find it in the stores on http://www.abuddhistpodcast.com ! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Izu Exile | 17 Dec 2007 | 01:00:32 | |
Well, finally, we are back with a lecture on The Izu Exile! We talk about:
The music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network and includes: A sincere and special thanks to everyone who has supported us. We have copies of the two books we mention The Buddha Next Door and The Reluctant Buddhist in the online shops in the right hand column! We wanted also to make reference to some information we talk about in the show!
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| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 10 | 09 Dec 2007 | 00:34:15 | |
Thank you everyone for your encouragement, happy to deliver Chapter
10, this was quite an adventure but here it is. I am currently nearly
finished with a new lecture and hope to have it out in the next few
days! Chapter 10 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 9 | 25 Nov 2007 | 00:27:10 | |
And bang on time, we have another chapter of this brilliant book! Chapter 9 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas.
Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller.
Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and
Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear
every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 8 | 13 Nov 2007 | 00:33:01 | |
Thank you for your patience. Theres an interesting story in the struggle to get this ready to go! Thank you. Chapter 8 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 7 | 15 Oct 2007 | 00:30:48 | |
Here it is! Chapter 7 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Sacramento - Part 1 | 04 Oct 2007 | 01:01:23 | |
Tonights show was recorded over this last weekend in Sacramento,
California. It was made possible thanks to the experiences and
commitment of the most amazing members who shared their lives with
Jason and microphones to give you this show. We recorded more material which we will be including in forthcoming shows. The music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network and includes: Border Blasters, Next time you see me Sharon Jones, 100 days and 100 nights Otis Redding, Shake A sincere and special thanks to Donna Parten and Dash Antel and all the members of SGI-USA who made my recent trip to the US so successful. | |||
| Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 6 | 29 Sep 2007 | 00:26:28 | |
Here is Chapter 6!
Chapter 6 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Tatsunokuchi | 17 Sep 2007 | 00:59:22 | |
Well finally we are back with another show! Tonights show is about the letter, The Persecution at Tatsunokuchi. Among all the things we cover we look: * Background on Tatsunokuchi Tonight we have 'The Music' from David Usher. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Josei Toda’s declaration against nuclear weapons, we play 'Trinity' by Vittoria Conn. Both David and Vittoria are artists on the Podsafe Music Network. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Gosho Reading - The Opening of the Eyes | 15 Sep 2021 | 00:38:33 | |
Thank you for downloading the show! Today we read Part 6 of 7 of the reading of Nichiren Daishonin's famous treatise, The Opening of the Eyes. This part starts on page 272 of the Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume 1, if you want to follow along! You can also get a link to the PDF from the SGI USA Website | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 5 | 16 Sep 2007 | 00:35:37 | |
And right on time . . . Chapter 5! Chapter 5 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We have recorded another show of A Buddhist Podcast, but some of the recording was missing so we are re-recording tonight! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 4 | 03 Sep 2007 | 00:17:21 | |
And now for the amazing Chapter 4! Chapter 4 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are working on a new talk about discarding the transient and revealing the true! Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Summer Spesh | 26 Aug 2007 | 01:00:48 | |
Welcome to a different kind of show. In response to a number of listener requests we have put together the Summer Spesh, a show that brings together some of the listeners favourite music from previous shows, some inspirational quotes, some poetry and an interview between Peter Osborne and Eddy Canfor-Dumas, the author of The Buddha, Geoff and Me. Music from tonights show includes: Vittoria Conn singing Mirror All the music from tonights show is from the Podsafe Music Network. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 3 | 17 Aug 2007 | 00:35:20 | |
Right on time we have Chapter 3 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are still working on a couple of shows! Please bear with us! Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week!
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| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Chapter 2 | 05 Aug 2007 | 00:30:24 | |
And . . . here is chapter 2 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are working on a couple of shows, one of which will be appearing next week! Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week! We are still collecting gosho quotes and favourite guidance passages for the Summer Spesh show, please send them to us at jason(at)thejarretts.com or karen(at)thejarretts.com. Please remember to reference the pages or source! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Buddha Geoff and Me - Chapter 1 | 23 Jul 2007 | 00:33:45 | |
Well . . . we promised it would come and here is the first chapter of The Buddha Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddie Canfor-Dumas. Kevin Eldon does the narration, Peter Osborne provides the introductions and credits. Music was exclusively written and recorded for The Buddha Geoff and Me by Howard Jones. Artwork was by Jessica Miller. The producer was Jason Jarrett! A new chapter will appear every two weeks, if you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The books website is The Buddha Geoff and Me We will be back very soon with a podcast about Buddhism and Relationships! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Part 2 - On Attaining Buddhahood | 12 Jul 2007 | 01:07:14 | |
Welcome to another show! In this show we look at the second half of On Attaining Buddhahood, which includes:
Tonights show also includes an obituary of Shin Yatomi ), written by Donna Parten and read by Karen and Vittoria Conn. We would like to express our deepest condolences to his wife Carolyn and his family and to all who knew and loved him. | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Letter to the Brothers | 10 Jun 2007 | 01:07:38 | |
Welcome to tonights show! Tonights lectures is about overcoming the negativity that rises up whenever we want to change the direction of our lives. Some soundbites... 1. Are you the protagonist or are you in the audience? 2. Problems are the exercise for our spiritual life 3. A pile of obstacles! 4. You are gorgeous, but I need to do Gongyo first! 5. A pile of devils! 6. So what did Nichiren do about problems? 7. What happens when the disciples stand up? 8. An axiom of faith to be passed on not hidden. 9. Thats what friends are for! It is a long show and we pull no bones about challenging the negativity that meets us fist for fist when we want to create change in our lives and the world around us! Picking the music for tonights show was a challenge too! Our great friend Vittoria Conn is preparing a final release mix for her new song Turnaround but we werent able to get to it in time for the recording! Never mind! We'll do our best to get it to you next time! However, we have some really appropriate music from the Podsafe Music Network. We play 'I would Love' by Lee Coulter and 'Into the Groove' from the one and only Ziggy Marley! Lots of shoutouts across the world tonight! Taplow Court Open Days and Live Arts Festival 2007 are upon us, Sundays from 27 May - 29 July, plus National Heritage Day on the 9th September. Its open from 2pm to 5.30pm and there is a wonderful exhibition - The Happiest Days of Their Lives? - Children through the Ages at Taplow and Beyond. Admission Free. Thank you for listening! If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen(at)thejarretts.com or jason(at)thejarretts.com If you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - On Attaining Buddhahood | 20 May 2007 | 01:06:11 | |
Welcome to tonights show! The lecture tonight is based on SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s lectures in 2006 on the letter writing by Nichiren Daishonin, 'On Attaining Buddhahood in this Lifetime'. Great experience from Larry Congdon of Buffalo! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Three Kinds of Treasure Part 2 | 07 Apr 2007 | 01:06:39 | |
Welcome to tonights show, the second half of the lecture on the letter from Nichiren Daishonin to Shijo Kingo, The Three Kinds of Treasure
If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.com If you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Gosho Reading - The Opening of the Eyes | 06 Sep 2021 | 00:45:45 | |
Thank you for downloading the show! Today we read Part 5 of 7 of the reading of Nichiren Daishonin's famous treatise, The Opening of the Eyes. This part starts on page 264 of the Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume 1, if you want to follow along! You can also get a link to the PDF from the SGI USA Website | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Eileens lecture on Earthly Desires are Enlightenment | 10 Mar 2007 | 01:07:29 | |
Tonights show is so full we had to get it out! With a wonderful lecture by Eileen Beckmann on Earthly Desires are Enlightenment, shoutouts and an experience from Matt McMillan. We have music from Sandie Shaw, a 60th Birthday mix of "A Puppet on a String". Also, thanks to Promonet, we are able to play Black Labs track, "Mine Again", if you like the track buy it from ITunes on March 22nd as part of the Bumrush the Charts campaign! Thank you so much for downloading the show, for your emails and for supporting the show. Don't worry we will get Part 2 of The Three Kinds of Treasure out in the next couple of weeks, in the mean time, take care, stand tall and have a great week! Email us with questions, feedback or experiences! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Three Kinds of Treasure Part 1 | 23 Feb 2007 | 01:15:18 | |
So we are back, life has been very busy indeed! And tonights talk is based on the Gosho, Three Kinds of Treasure
Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Vittoria Conn sings Mirror and Black Lab sing us out with Broken Heart. Thank you for listening, have a terrific week Yorkshire Tea came from the wonderful Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate and while you are making a cuppa go and check out the Bum Rush the Charts campaign | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Hero of the World | 23 Jan 2007 | 00:59:21 | |
Happy New Year! Tonights talk is based on the Gosho, The Hero of the World
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| A Buddhist Podcast - Happiness in this World | 17 Dec 2006 | 01:08:55 | |
Tonights lecture is based on the gosho, Happiness in this World. Some of the headings include:
Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Stavia sings Lucky Day and the wonderful Vittoria Conn sings a great christmas number, Merry Christmas Angel. And three anonymous young women sing, on behalf of all the young women who sang at the recent UK District Leaders Training Course at Trets, a poem by President Ikeda. Peace and Goodwill to everyone! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Eileens Lecture | 28 Nov 2006 | 01:02:13 | |
Welcome to tonights show! Tonights lecture is called, The Vow and it is given by our guest lecturer Eileen Beckmann! The women of the SGI are so incredible! I really hope this is the start of many lectures! We are so grateful to Eileen, thank you so much. Music tonights is from Geoff Smith and Matthew Ebel. Geoff sings Some Christmas Hugging which you can find at either thegeoffsmith.com or music.podshow.com. Matthew Ebel sings a song that definitely rips at your heart, Tennessee Never Cried and you can find Matthews music at music.podshow.com. Recent developments and improvements at Podshow mean that you can now support these artists by buying the tracks if you like the music! We've got shout outs from all over and a great experience from Andre de Wit from the Netherlands. The cover art for tonights show is a photograph taken of Karen and I at PodcastconUK by our great friend CC Chapman, the grand meister flash of Managing the Gray, Accident Hash and U-Turn Cafe. Have a great week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Experiences and Fire Alarms | 11 Nov 2006 | 00:47:23 | |
Well things have been mad busy! On tonights show we have two amazing experiences from Mens Division members in Los Angeles and India! Life Poem - Daisaku Ikeda Pawan Desais experience Matt Macmillans experience The fire alarm And Karen is back with a vengeance, with her Shout Outs! Music tonight is from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com and comes from the very talented Geoff Smith singing Take Me Back and the Supersuckers singing Some People Say! New line of lectures on their way to see us into our second year! Comments, ideas, experiences et al, we'd love to hear from you, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com Have a great and wonderful week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - The Dragon Gate | 12 Oct 2006 | 01:02:59 | |
Well! Jason is back from the Podcast Expo in Ontario, California and the mission North to meet Donna and Dash in Sacramento! Tonight, the lecture is on the letter Nichiren Daishonin wrote to Nanjo Tokimitsu, The Dragon Gate gosho. Children are well, life is mad busy and tonight we talk about; 1. Nanjo Tokimitsu 2. Living with a sense of purpose 3. Shariputra versus Bodhisattva Never Disparaging 4. Get your head out of the trenches! 5. With my deep respect! Shoutouts to my friend Matt McMillan, the crew at Jazzfly, my new friends CC Chapman and Geoff Smith! The amazing Pam & Lance Heath, Ewan Spence, Linda Mills, David Jackson, Brian & Tina, Brother Love, Aaron Burcell, Michael Butler and all the incredible people we met at the Podcast Expo The music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. The lecture was a little longer tonight so we only played one tune, the legendary Brother Love, singing Summertime! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comment, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.com Jimmy Golding is playing Jazzfly in London on Friday 13th! and yes Jason will be there! If you are in London, get down to Trebovir Road in Earls Court and check out Jazzfly. Great people, great music, human happiness in action. Deepest thanks to Dash and Donna for such a wonderful stay. Jason is gutted he lost the intro! Have a great week! Oh�nearly forgot, they don�t sponsor us but they are really cool, they are the ethicalsuperstore.com | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Nine Consciousnesses | 16 Sep 2006 | 00:51:36 | |
Tonights we talk about the Nine Consciousnesses in the midst of a bout
of colds, sneezes and coughs that have enveloped the house this week!
We talk about; 1. 5 senses 2. Trapped in the cage of our 7th Consciousness 3. Karmic River 4. Palace of the Ninth Consciousness 5. Starlit Hawaii Shoutouts to everyone from Gibbo in LA to Mike Hellier touring Europe! Selsted Primary School get reprieve and Vittoria offers an experience about chanting for her mothers situation. As usual music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Dave Pottz song, $12.99 and we close with the wonderful children of Selsted Church of England Primary School singing, Save Our School, because they did save it! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comment, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.com Oh...and if your in London and its Friday night and your thinking, where should we go? Go down to Earls Court and check out Jazzfly at My Place Great people, great music, kosen rufu in action. Have a great week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Correct Teaching | 01 Sep 2006 | 00:47:55 | |
Tonights show returns with a talk on the correct teaching and includes: 1. 3 Proofs 2. If you wish to free yourself... 3. How do I percieve the mystic Truth 4. T'ien T'ai 5. Potted early history of Nichiren Daishonin 6. Meaning of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo 7. Our mission should we choose to accept it... Karens voice gets better and better. More shoutouts. Happy Birthday to Dash. Congratulations to Rosie Miles! Great Question - Do you have to be a vegetarian to practice Buddhism? (I hope not...or I am in trouble) Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Adrina Thorpe's amazing song is called Fly Fly Fly and we also played, the acoustic version of See the Sun from Black Lab Have a wonderful week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Making a Great Vow | 04 Aug 2006 | 01:01:28 | |
Tonights show begins with a talk on a great vow and includes:
Music from tonights show comes from Natives of the New Dawn, their song is called Good Day and you can get it from the Podsafe Music Network. We also played, Building our own Future with kind permission from Howard Jones. Howard has a great album called Revolution of the Heart Have a wonderful week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Gosho Reading - The Opening of the Eyes | 16 Aug 2021 | 00:40:37 | |
Welcome to another show! Tonight is Part 4 of 7 of the reading of Nichiren Daishonin's famous treatise, The Opening of the Eyes. This part starts on page 256 of the Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume 1, if you want to follow along! You can also get a link to the PDF from the SGI USA Website | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Lotus Sutra Chapter 2 Part 8 - Why we recite the ten factors 3 times! | 16 Jul 2006 | 00:58:32 | |
Tonights show closes our series of talks on Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra, the part we recite in Gongyo. tonights lectures covers: A summary of everything so far; Why we recite the ten factors three times in Gongyo; The middle way; Buddhism in daily life; Letting go of our lesser self. The Music from tonights show comes from Vittoria Conn who performs her song, "Mirror" and the Church of England Selsted Primary School who sing Save our School - take a minute to go along to their website to see what they are doing to keep their school. Both songs can be bought from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com Special thanks to Steve Sant for his great support and the wonderful artwork he has let us use for tonights show. Vittoria is performing Mirror at Kosen Rufu Gongyo at the White Plains Activity Centre in New York on August 6th at 9am! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Lotus Sutra Ch2 Part 7 - The True Entity of all Phenomena | 01 Jul 2006 | 01:03:18 | |
So tonight we are back with our lectures on Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra. This show is about the most important part of Chapter 2, one of the most important parts of the Lotus Sutra, and includes: 1. A summary of everything we have talked about so far, and; 2. The true entity of all phenomena; 3. The ten factors; 4. The Gohonzon within us; 5. Bathtubs and apples! Then we play some great music by Rebecca Haviland and the track is called What are you? We hear an incredible experience from Akenabah Begay, from the Navojo tribe of North America and the shout outs to everyone who wrote to us! And we can't forget the Latino SGI event in Northern California on September 10th 2006 in San Francisco! The show closes out with Goodbye Southern Skies from David McMilllin Don�t forget, if you have an experience or feedback or just want to say hello, drop us a line at jason@thejarretts.com or karen@thejarretts.com. Thank you to everyone that writes an email or puts a comment on a website or ITunes, it is so encouraging to hear from you! Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement. Have a truly fantastic Have a great week! | |||
| A Buddhist Podcast - Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life | 11 Jun 2006 | 01:06:38 | |
Yes... its the mother of cliffhangers! Tonight we are taking a brief gap in our series of Lectures on the Lotus Sutra, just for this week! Instead, we are going to study an extract from a letter the Daishonin wrote to Sairen-Bo. The letter is called The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life. Tonight we talk about: 1. Each moment is the last moment of our lives 2. 1000 Buddhas 3. Many in body but one in mind For the music on tonights show I am grateful to Soccershout, Bitjobs for the Masses, Green Dragon, Tartan Podcast and of course Three from Leith. All of these great podcasters helped me source the music this week which comes from the Podsafe Music Network and was...Death Cab for Cutie singing Title and Registration and Team Salt with Roundabouts. We are already preparing the 7th and final lecture on Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra for the next show! Don't forget, if you have an experience or feedback or just want to say hello, drop us a line at jason@thejarretts.com or karen@thejarretts.com. Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement. Have a truly fantastic week! | |||