Hello everyone;
This is just a little audio promo spot I made a while back. I figured now was as good a time as any to slip it into the podcast stream. If you do a podcast yourself or know someone who does, you have full permission to include this in your show or feed. If you’d like to email or forward the MP3 file to a friend, that’s good to. Basically, just spread this aroud to anyone you know who might be interested in.
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Podcast Episode 41: Great Expectations
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number forty-one. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the your host for the show. You can find the text as well as all links mentioned in this program and all past episodes on the website at www.dailybuddhism.com.
Announcements:
No special announcements this week, but please send in your questions by email or voicemail. brian@dailybuddhism.com or 937-660-4949
And now let’s get right to it!
[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
My Heart Burns Like Fire
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1121
Insults and Quips
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1119
Great Expectations
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1117
The Man on the Subway
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1115
Koan: A Mother’s Advice
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1114
Free Newsletter: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/sign
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
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Our new Facebook Page: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/Facebook
Follow Daily Buddhism on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DailyBuddhism
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Podcast Episode 40: Parenting, Ahimsa, and Cannibals
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number forty. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the your host for the show. You can find the text as well as all links mentioned in this program and all past episodes on the website at www.dailybuddhism.com.
Announcements:
1) For those of you who get the Tao of the Day emails, and especially
those of you who don’t, the http://www.taooftheday.com website is restarting
with a new translation as of Monday. We’ve finished another round of 81 chapters, and it’s time to start over again with #1. Now is the best time to start looking at the Tao. You can sign up for the daily email at http://www.taooftheday.com or subscribe to the RSS feed there as well.
Please note: I will leave all the MP3 files on the server, so there are now two full versions of the Tao available for free download; I don’t see much need for a third. So as of a couple of days ago, I will no longer be recording and releasing new chapters of the Tao in a podcast format. After more than 162 episodes, I’m not sure that it’s something I want to continue to do indefinitely. I will still be sending out a chapter a day by email, RSS and on the blog, but the recordings are done. Actually, now that I don’t have to deal with the recordings, I may be able to put in a little more commentary and not have to let the Tao speak for itself so much.
2) On this podcast, I read my own articles and a few guest posts. The Daily Buddhism audio show is the read-aloud version of what goes into the basic Daily Buddhism daily email newsletter and the original articles that go on the daily Buddhism.com blog. But the story doesn’t end there. Many of the topics I discuss here have reader comments and additional thoughts posted after the original material that you read here. Most of the articles this past week received comments, many of which were probably more insightful than my original post! Check out the comments that appear after the original articles on the blog. I have also started including the responses to some of the busier topics in the Weekly Buddhism PDF Magazine, as many of these responses are worth holding onto.
And now on to this week’s show!
[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
Buddhist Parenting and Discipline
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1096
Poem: Crowned Compassion, by Zayra Yves
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1101
Main website at: http://www.zayrayves.com
CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/zayrayves3
Koan: The First Principle
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1104
I, Cannibal: Horror and Buddhism
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1106
Ahimsa:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1109
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
Donate: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/donate
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Weekly Buddhism Subscription Info: http://www.weeklybuddhism.com
Our new Facebook Page: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/Facebook
Follow Daily Buddhism on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DailyBuddhism
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Podcast Episode 39: Real World Vs. Cushion Buddhism
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number thirty-nine. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the your host for the show. You can find the text as well as all links mentioned in this program and all past episodes on the website at www.dailybuddhism.com.
Announcements:
I don’t have any phoned-in questions this week, because no one phoned in any questions! As in the past, if your phoned-in question is played on the show, you will win a free month of the Weekly Buddhism PDF Magazine. Of course, if you’re a little phone shy, you can always send in your questions to dailybuddhism@gmail.com
On the other hand, this week we saw a big leap in reader-submitted stories and material. You guys want to share your stories, and that’s great! We actually had reader-submitted material three days this week. While I don’t want to do that many guest posts every week, it was really helpful to me this time, as I was setting up a new site, which I’ll tell you about in a minute. If you want to submit something Buddhism-related to be included in the daily Buddhism, drop me a note with your idea and we’ll proceed from there. Personal stories, poems, reviews, a biography, a lesson on something; the topics are wide open
And now on to this week’s show!
[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
A Heroic Resolution for the New Year
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1078
http://www.herobulletin.com
Real World Vs. Cushion Buddhism
Part 1: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1082
Part 2: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1084
A Sensitive Topic
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1081
Book: Practical Meditation with Buddhist principles
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1088
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1741577721/?tag=askdrarca-20
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
Donate: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/donate
Free Newsletter: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/sign
Weekly Buddhism Subscription Info: http://www.weeklybuddhism.com
Our new Facebook Page: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/Facebook
Follow Daily Buddhism on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DailyBuddhism
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Podcast Episode 38: Kindness In Daily Living and The Best of Daily Buddhism 2008
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number thirty-eight. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the your host for the show. You can find the text as well as all links mentioned in this program and all past episodes on the website at www.dailybuddhism.com. Send your questions, comments, suggestions and thoughts to me at dailybuddhism@gmail.com
Announcements:
Although I have a few submissions now from people who want to write guest posts for the Daily Buddhism, I’d like to see more. I’d like to have one guest poster to cover some topic once a week. Something like what Darren Littlejohn did last week or Lori Deschene did this week. You don’t need any special credentials or have written a book; all you need is an interesting viewpoint or story that illustrates some point. If you would be interested in writing a guest post for the show, send me an email with your topic idea.
Thursday night I upgraded the software on the D.B. website and the podcast was broken for a few hours. I apologize for any inconvenience, but it’s back up and better than ever now.
And now on to this week’s show!
[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
Kindness in Daily Living:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/927
Koan: The Sound of One Hand:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1051
The Best of Daily Buddhism 2008:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/954
Book: Buddhas, Bohisattvas, Khadromas, and the Way of the Pilgrim: A Transformative Book of Photography and Pithy Sayings:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/946
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0973443987/?tag=askdrarca-20
Why All The Chanting?
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/932
Chanting MP3s:
http://www.zendust.org/chantsmp3.htm
Here are some Youtube examples to enjoy:
Om Mani Padme Hum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=633eH4yajHE
Zen Chanting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1evxMA7yYw
Buddhist Chant: The Heart Sutra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9-XaA2f00
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
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Announcements:
I made several references to Twitter in this week’s show. If you’d like to follow my Tweets, go to http://twitter.com/DailyBuddhism and “follow” me. I’ll follow you right back. If you’re already on Twitter, please vote for Daily Buddhism to get a “Shorty” award: http://shortyawards.com/?username=dailybuddhism&category=religion
As always, the main home site for the show is the dailybuddhism.com web site, but if you are also on Facebook, you might want to visit our new fan page at http://dailybuddhism.com/Facebook and maybe also the fan page for http://taooftheday.com/Facebook
I’d love to open things up for a guest poster to cover some topic once a week. Something like what Darren Littlejohn did this week. You don’t need any special credentials or have written a book; all you need is an interesting viewpoint or story that illustrates some point. If you would be interested in writing a guest post for the show, send me an email with your topic idea.
As I mentioned last week, I have gathered all the various ways to get Daily Buddhism content together in one place for easy sign-up. www.dailybuddhism.com/sign has places to sign up for the free daily newsletter, the podcast, the RSS feeds and the Weekly Buddhism. Easy!
And now on to this week’s show!
[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
Donate: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/donate
Newsletter: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/sign
Being in the Present, Be Here Now:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/887
Buddhism & the 12-Step Recovery Process:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/890
The 12-Step Buddhist:
http://www.12stepbuddhist.com
Order from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1582702233/?tag=askdrarca-20
Chanting and Prayer on Schedule:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/900
Koan: The Strawberry:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/903
Meditation on a Whoopie Cushion:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/907
Follow Brian on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DailyBuddhism
Weekly Buddhism Subscription Info: http://www.weeklybuddhism.com
Our new Facebook Page: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/Facebook
Follow Daily Buddhism on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DailyBuddhism
Buddha once told a parable in sutra:
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.
Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!
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A Quick Saturday afternoon addition to the announcements: I got a little carried away deleting SPAM posts and accidentally deleted a dozen or so REAL comments today. I was able to restore the comments from backups, but all of them now show up as being entered by “Brian Schell” with the original writer of the post being shown as “From: so-and-so.” Sorry about the goof, but nothing was really lost.
Announcements:
If you enjoy the daily Buddhism, you can help out by putting up a good review for the show at iTunes. I’ve added a special link to the site to make this easier for you: if you go to http://www.dailybuddhism.com/itunes iTunes will automatically open up and find the show in the iTunes store, you can just enter your review right there. Just a note, if it asks ‚ÄúBy:‚Äù put YOUR NAME, not mine. I appreciate it and so might other potential listeners.
I mentioned last week that I’m getting a backlog of questions. In the meantime I’ve decided that a lot of them were more appropriate to answer brief emails rather than post them here, so I’m pretty much caught up now.
A reminder: All of the articles and posts you hear about on the show go out in our free daily email and are posted on the DB website. Many readers go to the website and post their own comments and ideas on the topics there. So don’t just listen to me here on the show, stop in and read the comments on the website; many readers add some great insight to what I have to say.
On the website this week I changed a few things around and made some improvements. Each and every post now has a list of “Related posts” at the bottom. I think that will help follow some topics much easier.
Also gathered all the various ways to get Daily Buddhism content together in one place for easy sign-up. http://www.dailybuddhism.com/sign has places to sign up for the free daily newsletter, the podcast, the RSS feeds and the Weekly Buddhism. Easy!
On the subject of easy, I also revamped the donation portion of the site. Instead of the two little buttons, there is now a page of various options, and you can now choose to help things going for as little as ONE DOLLAR a month. I’m pretty sure it’ll never get any easier than that. http://www.dailybuddhism.com/donate
And now on to this week’s show!
Podcast Episode 36:
[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
Review: Seeds of Kindness Beads
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/780
http://www.seedsofkindness.biz
The Four Seals
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/748
The Four Immeasurables
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/835
Mini Topics: Past Lives, Mantras, Sutras, and Chants
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/858
Past lives, Pro-: http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/personal-growth/past-life-therapy/past-life-therapy.asp
Past lives, Con-: http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/9/7/lifefocus/1957870&sec=lifefocus
Book: The Tao of Now
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/866
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/157174584X/?tag=askdrarca-20
Buddha, by Deepak Chopra (iTunes link)
iTunes, download NOW: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/Chopra
Amazon Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060878819/?tag=askdrarca-20
Amazon CD Audiobook: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011MSV0C/?tag=askdrarca-20
Weekly Buddhism Subscription Info:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/weekly-buddhism
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Podcast Episode 35: Buddhist Christmas, Pessimism in Buddhism, and Meat
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number thirty-five. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the your host for the show. You can find the text as well as all links mentioned in this program and all past episodes on the website at www.dailybuddhism.com. Send your questions, comments, suggestions and thoughts to me at dailybuddhism@gmail.com
Announcements:
Do you like the podcast? If you do, you can help out by putting up a good review for the show at iTunes. You don’t need to write anything lengthy or complex, just a sentence or two. I’ve added a special link to the site to make this easier for you: just go to http://www.dailybuddhism.com/itunes and if you have iTunes installed, it will automatically open up and find the show in the iTunes store, then you can just enter your review right there. I appreciate it and so might other potential listeners.
A reminder: All of the articles and posts you hear about on the show go out in our free daily email and are posted on the DB website. Many readers go to the website and post their own comments and ideas on the topics there. So don’t just listen to me here on the show, stop in and read the comments on the website; many readers add some great insight to what I have to say.
Let’s see‚Ķ over the past few months I’ve had a few people as about the theme music from the show. The music is not from a CD you can go out and buy, it’s a short sound clip included with Garageband, the software I use to make the show. If you have Garageband, the clip is called ‚ÄúShogun.‚Äù I’ll play the entire clip for you at the end of the show.
Please keep your questions coming in, whether by email or phone. Please be aware however, that I am starting to build up a little backlog, and I might not get to your question the same week you send it in. Personal messages or something that sounds urgent, I’ll answer by email right away as always, but questions for the show are stacking up. I will answer every single question eventually, it’s going to take some time.
On the subject of questions, I mentioned last week that if you phone in your question and I use it on the show, you’ll win a free month of the Weekly Buddhism PDF Magazine. I gave away a month subscription last week, and I have another for this week and next week, but more is always good. Call in with your question at 937-660-4949.
[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
To Meat or not to Meat?
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/768
Related links:
Are Buddhists Vegetarians? http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/59
The First Precept: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/37
Buddhist Dog Food: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/141
Book: The Method of No-Method: The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590305752/?tag=askdrarca-20
Buddhism: Half-Empty or Half-Full?
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/745
A Buddhist Christmas
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/755
Book: Quiet Mind, Open Heart
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/766
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978775767/?tag=askdrarca-20
Weekly Buddhism Subscription Info:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/weekly-buddhism
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Podcast Episode 34: If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number thirty-four. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the your host for the show. You can find the text as well as all links mentioned in this program and all past episodes on the website at www.dailybuddhism.com. Send your questions, comments, suggestions and thoughts to me at dailybuddhism@gmail.com
Only one announcement this week:
I get lots and lots of emails, and that’s great, but we don’t get much action on the voice mail line. Starting right now, if I use your phoned-in voice mail on the show, you’ll win a free month of the Weekly Buddhism PDF Magazine. We’ll have our first winner coming up next!
[Play Sound Clip asking about “Killing the Buddha and Numb Legs”]
Well there, Chris from Texas, I appreciate your call and your questions! You just won a free month of the Weekly Buddhism PDF Magazine.
‚ÄúChris from Texas‚Äù, Drop me an email or call with your email address and we’ll get that set up.
And for the rest of you, the voice-mail phone is 937-660-4949. Call in now and leave your message! It’s available 24 hours a day so don’t wait!
Now on to the rest of the show and the answers to Chris’ questions: [Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
[update!] Whoops! forgot to mention, I did get in another reader’s Shrine photos. Here they are:
This Week’s Links:
Voice Mail Number: 937-660-4949
Email: Dailybuddhism@gmail.com
If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/670
Sleepy Legs in Meditation
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/667
Buddhism and Homosexuality
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/697
Additional Sources:
http://www.religionfacts.com/homosexuality/buddhism.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_budd.htm
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-18-2004-56791.asp
CD Review: Buddha Moon, by Chinmaya Dunster
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/707
Amazon CD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NVKY8Y/?tag=askdrarca-20
Amazon MP3: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QR1Z92/?tag=askdrarca-20
iTunes Store: See website for link
Koans: Stingy in Teaching / Joshu’s Mu
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/714
Weekly Buddhism Subscription Info:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/weekly-buddhism