Podcast Episodes featuring Norman Fischer

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224. Norman Fischer (zen priest, poet) – the only way out of the catastrophe we’re in

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - December 14, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
The other day on social media a friend asked what the heck is up with this Mr. Rogers revival. Why does everyone suddenly love this guy so much? Moments before, I had been listening to a new podcast about Dolly Parton, and her weird, almost saintlike ability to bring people together across cultur...

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#217: The World's a Mess, But Don't Freak Out | Norman Fischer

Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris - December 11, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11.1K ratings
Norman Fischer is a poet, writer, and Zen priest who has dedicated his life to studying, practicing and teaching Zen Buddhism. After graduating from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he moved to San Francisco to learn how to practice meditation in the Soto Zen tradition. He spent decades studying the p...

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Ep. 288 – Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Mindrolling with Raghu Markus - May 01, 2019 00:28 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 468 ratings
This week on the Mindrolling Podcast, Raghu is joined by Zen priest Zoketsu Norman Fischer for a conversation about the ways that we can bring balance and compassion into our lives. Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Franci...

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Life is Hard w/ Norman Fischer

Awake in the World Podcast - November 24, 2016 20:13 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
**BONUS** Love and compassion are necessities for basic sustainability. Norman Fischer gives a lecture to a packed house in Toronto on the importance of love, care, and ordinary suffering. This episode is from our archive and was recorded March 16, 2014.

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The Discipline of Relationship w/ Norman Fischer

Awake in the World Podcast - November 24, 2016 20:07 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
**BONUS** Norman Fischer talks on not speaking destructively, not criticizing the faults of others, and working with conflict. This episode is from our archive and was recorded March 16, 2014.

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You Can't Get Anywhere With Meditation! w/ Norman Fischer

Awake in the World Podcast - November 24, 2016 20:07 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Norman Fischer facilitates discussion about meditation, prayer, loss, compassion to oneself, and the liberation of sitting still even when it seems useless. This episode is from our archive and was recorded March 16, 2014.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 49: Beethoven Gets Small With Norman Fischer

Classical Classroom - June 02, 2014 23:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratings
How are the Black Keys and Beethoven alike? They both had the low-down dirty blues. JK! They both compose(d) music for two instruments! You’ve heard his symphonies. Now hear cellist Norman Fischer – of the Fischer Duo, the Concord String Quartet, and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music – ...

Books written by Norman Fischer

Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Dōgen, Kazuaki Tanahashi, Robert Aitken, Reb Anderson, Edward G. Brown, Norman Fischer, Arnold Kotler, Daniel Leighton, Lew Richmond, Katherine Thanas, Brian Unger, Mel Weitsman, Dan Welch, Philip Whalen, David Schneider

368 pages - ★★★★ - 946 ratings