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Podcast Episode 21: Christians, Gurus, Fools, and Business
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number twenty-one. I’m Brian Schell, your host for the show. You can find the text for everything in this show and all past episodes on our website at www.dailybuddhism.com . If you have questions or comments, you can post them on the website’s blog or email me directly at dailybuddhism@gmail.com

Many of this week’s topics sparked some interesting responses which are posted as comments on the website. Remember, there is more to read at the website than just reposts of the daily emails, you can find many insightful comments by readers there as well.

There doesn’t seem to be a great deal of eagerness phoning in your questions. I had hoped to be able to have at least a couple of listener messages to play for you this week, but it seems that no one wants to be the guinea pig. Don’t be afraid, somebody has to go first; call in at 937-660-4949

{Audio} Phone Dialing … Crickets Chirping

We had an unusual assortment of material this week, so lets get on with the show!

This Week’s Links

Black & White Questions, Grey Answers
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/154

Dhammapada Chapter 5: The Fool
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/159

Koan: The Story of Shunkai
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/158

Buddhist Business Books?
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/157

Christian Bashing
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/156

Copyrights, Privacy, Etc.
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/155

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Podcast Episode 20: Phone-Ins, Performance Reviews, and a Dramatic Death

And welcome back! This is Episode 20 of the Daily Buddhism, and I am your host, Brian Schell. We had a short week this time because of the holiday, so we only had four topics this week.

The big announcement of the week was that we do now have the call-in number. Write this down! You can call 24 hours a day with your questions or topic ideas, your comments and suggestions, or anything else that you think might interest listeners here. The number is 937-660-4949 – Call in and let me know what you think on any topic. And of course you can always send me email at dailybuddhism@gmail.com

Stop in at the website, http://www.dailybuddhism.com. Comment on any topic, or sign up for the daily mailing list while you’re there. Donating to the site is easy and helps keep things running here better and better.

If you’d like to help out without sending money, you can look up the Daily Buddhism in the podcast section of the iTunes Store and leave a review for the show there. I think I only have six reviews up there now, and I know I wrote one of them myself, so that doesn’t really count. As far as my other podcasts, the last I checked, no one had ever written a review for the Tao of the Day site, so if you listen to that one and like it, write a review on that one too. And someone just left an amazing review for Arcane Tales on iTunes; a review like that makes doing it all extra rewarding for me. The other sites and shows are fun to do, but Daily Buddhism is my flagship show, and that’s were the action really is. Keep your emails and questions coming in, I love doing this!

This week’s links:

Call In Now
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/150
937-660-4949

The Last Poem of Hoshin
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/145

The Karma of Performance Reviews
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/151

Dhammapada Chapter 4: Flowers
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/152

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Podcast Episode 19: Christian Karma and Buddhist Dogfood

And welcome back! This is Episode 19 of the Daily Buddhism, and I am your host, Brian Schell. I don’t have too much in the way of announcements this week, but I do want to point out a few quick things:

• Monday is a holiday and I’ll be out of town, so there won’t be a daily email on Monday.

• Not much has changed as far as donations are concerned since last week; but I’m not going to keep harping on it.

• This is already Episode 19. Wow; it seems like we’ve only just started! The good news is that I have material to continue for pretty much forever. The bad news is that all the audio shows cannot stay available online forever. Between web hosting space, and more importantly, bandwidth issues, I am going to start taking down some of the oldest shows starting next week. I hope to be able to leave the past 15 weeks of audio shows online, so each week as I add a new one, I’ll take off one from way back.

My recommendation for now is that if you don’t already have all the back episodes of the show, that you should find the ones you don’t already have and download them now while they’re still here. Remember, we started out with an episode ‚Äúzero‚Äù for an introductory show. Hmm. I guess that actually makes this the 20th episode.

You can find them all here (this week anyway):
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/category/podcasts

This week’s links:

Christian Karma?
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/133

Intoxication: The Last Word (For now)
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/139

Buddhist Jargon and Terminology
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/140

Koan: The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/142

Buddhist Dog Food
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/141

Dhammapada Chapter 3: Thought
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/143

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Welcome back! This is Episode 18 of the Daily Buddhism, and I’m your host, Brian Schell.

And now, on with the show!

[Last Week’s messages and comments and articles here]

Links from the show:

Compassion:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/127

Faith or Not?
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/128

The Pesky Fifth Precept:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/129

Intoxicant Debate was in the comments section of:
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/129
and
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/99
(My defense wasn’t as good as I would have liked, help me out!)

Koan: Great Waves
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/130

Dhammapada Chapter 2: On Earnestness
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/131

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Podcast Episode 17

Welcome back, This is episode 17 of the Daily Buddhism, and I’m your host, Brian Schell. Before we get started recapping the week’s material, I’ve got a couple of quick announcements.

A few weeks back, I announced that I had audio recordings of the entire Tao te ching available for purchase on the Taooftheday.com website, and starting today, I now have a 2 CD set of the Dhammapada available on the Daily Buddhism site, once again recorded by yours truly. It’s available directly from the website and there’s a link over on the left hand side of the screen, under the heading ‚ÄúPages‚Äù I’ll also include a link in the show notes. Starting this week, we’ll be taking a look at the Dhammapada, in my opinion the single most important ancient text in Buddhism. We’ll talk a little bit more about the Dhammapada later in this episode.

And now it’s time for me to make another call for donations. Call it a “pledge drive” if you prefer. Although I’ve gotten a few donations, I can’t say that I am overwhelmed. I absolutely want to thank the people who have sent in donations. I’m still trying to pay off the microphone I bought way back around episode 7, and I had also hoped to get a voice mail number like some other podcasts have, but I don’t see that happening without additional support. Sooner or later, I’ll need to pay for web hosting for another year. The link to donate is there on the site, it’s easy to find. I always enjoy your emails and letters of encouragement, but you know‚ c’mon guys, out of literally thousands of listeners, this begging shouldn’t be needed every week. I’ve got a specific target goal that I need to reach, and then I can stop pestering, I mean begging, every week.

OK, and now on with the show!

[Read the five previous daily emails, or the blog posts or listen to the podcast for the rest]

Show Links for this week:

Buddhist Weddings: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/120

Buddhism and Family Support: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/121

The Accidental Buddhist: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/122
Buy From Amazon: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/accidentalbuddhism

Koan: No Loving Kindness: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/123

The Dhammapada Chapter 1 Text: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/125
Order the Full Dhammapada on CD: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/the-dhammapada-on-cd

Podcast Episode 16

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I’m Brian your host and welcome to the Daily Buddhism podcast number twelve. Remember that you can find all back issues and episodes of the Daily Buddhism emails and podcasts at www.dailybuddhism.com. Be sure to never miss anything by signing up for the daily email while you’re there.

If you found the show through iTunes, I’d appreciate it if you posted a review of the show there. If you have any comments or suggestions about the show, send me an email at dailybuddhism@gmail.com. If you would like to discuss anything we cover, there are a few ways to do that:

1. Post comments on the website. Every daily email article is also posted there, so you can post your questions, comments, or thoughts about that topic right there.
2. If you have a private questions or comment, send me an email at dailybuddhism@gmail.com
3. And now something new: Due to suggestions from listeners and readers, we now have a message forum. You can post your own questions or topics there, and anyone can respond to them. If there’s a topic I haven’t covered, you can start your own topics there. It’s called the ‚ÄúArcane Things Forum‚Äù and there’s a link there from the website, www.arcanethings.com/phpBB3/

And now on with today’s show. This time, we’re going to cover more of your questions about Buddhism. As always, opinions vary, so my answers may not always fit what you’ve heard. If you disagree or have learned something different, let me know!