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The Zen of Everything

Jundo Cohen & Kirk McElhearn

Religion & Spirituality

Society & Culture

Comedy

Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 108

The Zen of Everything presents a zen take on life, love, laughter, and everything else. With Jundo Cohen, a real zen master, and Kirk McElhearn, a guy who knows a bit about zen.

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🇺🇸 USA - buddhism
12/08/2026
#82
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01/08/2026
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🇨🇦 Canada - buddhism
31/07/2026
#93
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#94
🇺🇸 USA - buddhism
29/07/2026
#95
🇩🇪 Germany - buddhism
26/07/2026
#93
🇩🇪 Germany - buddhism
25/07/2026
#72
🇩🇪 Germany - buddhism
24/07/2026
#56
🇩🇪 Germany - buddhism
22/07/2026
#96

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Episode 108: A Look Back

Friday, September 1, 2023 • Duration 33:27

How did we get here? Jundo and Kirk discuss how they got involved in Buddhism and Zen. Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/) 108 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)) What are the 108 Defilements (Bonno) (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?20968-What-are-the-108-Defilements) Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (https://amzn.to/45wphHI) Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (https://amzn.to/3R2XAlp) Meditation in Action (https://amzn.to/3OUji8B) Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation (https://amzn.to/3YU5cst) John Cage: Indeterminacy (https://www.lcdf.org/indeterminacy/s/34) If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com (mailto:podcast@zen-of-everything.com). If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 107: Bad Buddhists

Friday, August 18, 2023 • Duration 24:01

Aren't buddhists supposed to maintain equanimity all the time, not have bad thoughts, not be jealous or angry? Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/) Vinaya rules about sex (https://en.dhammadana.org/sangha/vinaya/227/13sg.htm) James Austin: Zen and the Brain (https://amzn.to/3QDhqn6) If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com (mailto:podcast@zen-of-everything.com). If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 98: Flying Rabbits on the Moon

Friday, April 14, 2023 • Duration 25:37

Do we know anything? Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/) Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp) If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 8: Things Aren't That Bad

Friday, September 20, 2019 • Duration 28:27

Jundo and Kirk talk about how bad or good things are in the world. Things really aren't as bad as they may seem if you watch the news too much. Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (https://amzn.to/31z0mSK) Malaria vaccine launched in Kenya: Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to roll out landmark vaccine in pilot introduction (https://www.afro.who.int/news/malaria-vaccine-launched-kenya-kenya-joins-ghana-and-malawi-roll-out-landmark-vaccine-pilot) Dieter Rams' Ten principles for good design (https://www.vitsoe.com/gb/about/good-design) I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlR0KElxxVg) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 7: Zen and Religion, Sutra Thumpers, and Mindfulness Meditation

Friday, September 6, 2019 • Duration 24:08

Jundo and Kirk discuss whether you can practice Zen Buddhism if you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or believer in another religion. Meditation helped me drag myself out of self-loathing and failure (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/02/meditation-helped-me-drag-myself-out-of-self-loathing-and-failure) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 6: Do Robots Have Buddha Nature?

Friday, August 23, 2019 • Duration 24:52

Jundo and Kirk take a look at the zen of the future, discussing whether or not robots are sentient, and whether they have Buddha nature. Kannon Bodhisattva robot unveiled at Kyoto temple to share Buddha's religious teachings (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/23/business/tech/robotic-kannon-unveiled-kyoto-temple/) Guanyin (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin) The hard question (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness) Trolley problem (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem) Susan Blackmore (https://www.susanblackmore.uk) Ian McEwan: Machines Like Me (https://amzn.to/2Hh7aMU) Love in another dimension: Japanese man 'marries' Hatsune Miku hologram (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/japanese-man-marries-virtual-reality-singer-hatsune-miku-hologram/) Doomsday Book (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Book_(film)) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 5: Shikantaza, Grape Juice, Alzheimer's, Mindfulness, Buddhism as Religion, and a Woman who Feels no Pain

Friday, August 9, 2019 • Duration 27:02

Jundo and Kirk discuss whether shikantaza is meditation, how to get a grape juice stain out of a carpet, how to deal with Alzheimers, how mindfulness is integrating in modern society, whether Buddhism is a religion, and the interesting case of a woman who feels no pain. Just a little reminder: Shikantaza Zazen is --not-- "Meditating" (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17110-Just-a-little-reminder-Shikantaza-Zazen-is-not-Meditating) Toddler Destroys Sand Mandala (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj2dA_ncPg4) Meet The Woman Who Feels No Pain... (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17095-Meet-The-Woman-Who-Feels-No-Pain) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 4: Good Days, Hot Weather, Ikkyu, Happiness, Politics, Anger, Appliances, and the Ugly Lama

Friday, July 26, 2019 • Duration 27:28

Jundo explains why all days are good days, and Kirk laments the hot weather in Europe. They revisit Ikkyu ("that old horndog"), and discuss politics, anger, a dead appliance, and the Ugly Lama. Kōdō Sawaki (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōdō_Sawaki) lKKYU was a DRUNKEN HORNDOG (Facebook) (https://www.facebook.com/groups/SotoZenGlobal/permalink/10157264545010692/) Dalai Lama 'deeply sorry' for remarks about women (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48844825) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 3: Cars, Drugs, Busses, and Simple Living

Friday, July 12, 2019 • Duration 26:09

Jundo and Kirk discuss what makes a car a car, whether gamblers and criminals should donate money to good causes, how a bus driver can help make the world better, and a book on simple living. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) He’s Playing His Cards Right (https://www.lionsroar.com/hes-playing-his-cards-right/) Ikkyū (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikkyū) Welcome to "Simple Living" - Chapters 1 and 2 (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17020-Welcome-to-Simple-Living-Chapters-1-and-2) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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Episode 2: Hot Dogs, Space Aliens, Vegetarians, Glasses, and Sitting Zazen Every Day

Friday, June 28, 2019 • Duration 28:18

All things are impermanent, but this podcast has made it to its second episode. Jundo and Kirk discuss whether a hot dog is a sandwich, explore the question of being a vegetarian, whether one should wear glasses when sitting zazen, and whether one really, truly needs to sit zazen every day. Treeleaf Zendo (https://www.treeleaf.org) Śūraṅgama Sūtra (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Śūraṅgama_Sūtra) Dōgen (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dōgen) Monkfish (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophius) Zazen: Not Sitting is as Vital as Sitting (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17011-Zazen-Not-Sitting-is-as-Vital-as-Sitting) SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Yes! No! Sometimes! NEVER! (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12430-SIT-A-LONG-with-Jundo-Yes%21-No%21-Sometimes%21-NEVER%21) Theme music by Kiku Day (http://www.kikuday.com). To submit a question, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com. If you like the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

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