ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWe all desire happiness - what is good, pleasant right, permanent, joyful, satisfying, and easy.
But life often brings frustration, dissatisfaction, incompleteness, and sorrow.
This podcast channel offers talks and question-response-sessions from Zen Buddhist Monk, Vietnam Veteran, Author, and Peace Activist Claude AnShin Thomas.
This is for everyone who yearns for understanding and for embodying the difference we want to see in the world. Let's embark together on a path of ending all wars and truly living peace. (zaltho.org)
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6: Spiritual Discipline Versus Control, Emotional Challenges, Upside of Anger (#48)
April 27, 2024 15:54 - 20 minutes - 46 MBYou can find ZalthoLIVE on all major podcast channels: Apple, Google, Spotify, AmazonMusic, and Audible. These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude ...
5. Living at Peace with Traumatic Experiences
April 05, 2024 22:07 - 46 minutes - 107 MBOn Vietnam Veterans Day, 29 March, Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, Vietnam combat Veteran, and author - gave a talk to the employees of a cancer-biotech company. Their interest was that Claude AnShin Thomas’ own journey of healing and transformation of the wounds of war mirror the turbulences and peace finding efforts in high stakes crisis and hardship of many people, to include cancer patients. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ Contact Email: [email protected] Book rec...
4: en Practice, Regret, Violence in Athletics, Dealing with News Reports, Fun and Relaxation (#46)
March 20, 2024 16:42 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recordedon online zoom retreat session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life -...
4: On Practice, Regret, Violence in Athletics, Dealing with News Reports, Fun and Relaxation (#46)
March 20, 2024 16:42 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recordedon online zoom retreat session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life -...
3. Grieving Loss, Roots of Antisemitism, Understanding War and Moral Injury (#45)
March 03, 2024 15:52 - 20 minutes - 47.4 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life ...
2. Lightness in Challenging Times, Healthy Fame and Gain, Revenge, Forgiveness, Letting Go (#44)
February 07, 2024 20:10 - 18 minutes - 42.6 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life ...
1. On Zen and Psychotherapy, Zen and Drugs, Zen and Conflict
January 17, 2024 17:10 - 20 minutes - 46.5 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life ...
16. On Unconditional Giving, Near-Death-Experience, Can Westerners be ’True’ Buddhists? (#42)
December 01, 2023 20:30 - 18 minutes - 41.9 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk, Combat Veteran, and Author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recomm...
15. On Making Your Bed and How to Explain Witnessing the Killing of a Chicken to a 1-Year-Old (#41)
November 14, 2023 22:06 - 19 minutes - 44.9 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk, Combat Veteran, and Author - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recomm...
14. Understanding More About How We Engage in War
October 31, 2023 13:21 - 17 minutes - 40.1 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book...
13. On Regrets, Adjusting to Different Cultures, Not-Killing Insects, Failure, Holding Others’ Suffering
October 04, 2023 23:38 - 18 minutes - 41.4 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book r...
12. On Attachment and Loving, Is Suicide a Solution?, Our Life is a Reflexion of Our Conditioning, Suffering and Comforting
September 13, 2023 00:06 - 19 minutes - 45.6 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly zoom session of questions&responses. For more information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question: [email protected] Want to read up on these topics? Bo...
11.From a Public Talk in Switzerland in Spring 2023: Karma, the Illusion of Autonomy, Four Noble Truths in Daily Life
August 25, 2023 23:09 - 15 minutes - 35.5 MBThis recording is from a public talk that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - gave in spring in Switzerland for the German language release of his book Bringing Meditation to Life. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? ...
10: On Freshly Presenting, German Book Tour, About Aging, Tangible Evidence of Practice in Daily Life
July 28, 2023 22:52 - 41 minutes - 95.5 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this ...
9. On Spiritual Discipline, Success with Meditation, Countering Rigidity
July 11, 2023 20:15 - 42 minutes - 97.3 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this ...
8. On Sitting, Showing Interest in Veterans, Concept of Evil, What About the Ego, Sense of Self, Weight of Karmic Doom
June 27, 2023 22:24 - 47 minutes - 108 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this ...
7. On Seeking Approval, Feeling Lonely, Wearing Monk's Robes, Soul Pain, Touching the Absolute, Waking Up
June 08, 2023 16:50 - 46 minutes - 69.8 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this ...
6. On Hope, Dealing with Getting Hurt, Being Not-Broken, Connection
May 14, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 66.9 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on thi...
5. On Life and Various Questions: Awakening, Suffering, Death, Boundaries
April 29, 2023 09:54 - 59 minutes - 136 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: ...
4. Online Visit With College Students from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, Asian Philosophy Class
April 08, 2023 00:28 - 1 hour - 169 MBWhat is it like to live as a Zen Buddhist Monk? This and other questions from college students Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&responses session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation ...
3. Relationship with Time, Letting go of Fear, Moral Injury, Making Mistakes, Taking Care of Oneself
March 10, 2023 17:19 - 41 minutes - 45.7 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen ...
2. ZalthoLIVE: On Vulnerabillity, Having Children, Addressing Anxiety, What about Therapy?
February 16, 2023 19:56 - 23 minutes - 33 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Ze...
1. ZalthoLIVE: Dealing with Challenges, Sabotaging Oneself, Death, Senselessness, Paying Attention to Details
January 24, 2023 23:35 - 41 minutes - 60.2 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on ...
13. ZalthoLIVE: On Fear of Dying, Not Being Controlling, Anchors in Our Lives, Healthy Detachment, Changing Through Practice
December 08, 2022 16:04 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBThese are topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: - Bring...
12. On Lonliness, Attachment, War in the Ukraine, Awakening, Laziness etc.
November 11, 2022 21:31 - 43 minutes - 58.4 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this to...
11. ZalthoLIVE: On Intuition, Faith, Facing Complications, Having Choices
October 05, 2022 20:14 - 46 minutes - 66.7 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. Time stamps: Q: 01:30 What is the meaning of incense offering and what are you reciting while doing it? Q: 06:00 As yo...
10. ZalthoLIVE: Dealing With Stress, Trusting Intuition, Being Vulnerable, War in the Ukraine
August 30, 2022 02:05 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this t...
9. ZalthoLIVE: First Impressions, Vulnerability, Our Past, Confronting Fears
August 06, 2022 19:37 - 37 minutes - 43.3 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this...
8. ZalthoLIVE: About Directness, Noticing, Intuition, Vulnerability, and the Ukraine War
July 20, 2022 02:08 - 25 minutes - 28.7 MBThe following questions are what Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on in this episode. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. Q1: (1 min 15 sec) Why don't you give Dharma talks? Q2:(2min 15 sec) Do you perceive pressure and if so how do you ...
7.ZalthoLIVE: College students ask ‘What is Living as a Buddhist Monk Like?'
June 23, 2022 19:11 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBThis is a topic that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on with a group of university students. This episode was recorded during a zoom class. Claude AnShin Thomas: What you all do, what living a Buddhist life is like, why you have chosen such a life? Question #1: How do I live in the present moment when I know that I will die, and I don't know when? (Min 21) Question #2: what are your thoughts on using meditation ...
6. ZalthoLIVE: Memorial Day, The Real Costs of War
May 31, 2022 16:10 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBClaude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - speaks at the First Unitarian Church of Dallas on the topic of war never being a solution and how to live the peace we want to see in the word. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendation...
5. ZalthoLIVE: Conditioning Leading to War, Finding a Way with Zen Practice
May 17, 2022 20:25 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThis talk was held in January 2022 online for a group of veterans who are working on the aspect of moral injury. Claude AnShin Thomas shares his experience for the first 30 minutes as it relates to his military service and his conditioning leading up to the Vietnam War. He also talks about how he found his way to Buddhist practice among several other topics. Question and response starts at 30 minutes: Question 1: How did you come to the practice of Buddhism? (min 33) Question 2: Do you...
4. ZalthoLIVE: Trusting to Find Absolute Truth and other questions (with German translation)
April 06, 2022 16:03 - 35 minutes - 40.2 MBQ: If all my perceptions are influenced my cultural circumstances, how can I be sure to find absolute truth? How to know, if what I find is not yet just another cultural conditioning? Q: How did your ordination go? (3 min 45 sec) Q: Why did you get ordained in Auschwitz? (14 mins) Q: When is the right time to ask a question? (18 min 55 sec) Q: What is that new pin you are wearing on your robe? (28 mins) These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen B...
3. ZalthoLIVE: Useful Responses on the War in the Ukraine
March 09, 2022 20:51 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBThese are questions about the current war in the Ukraine that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. Having been a soldier in war, Claude AnShin Thomas speaks with an authentic and legitimate voice. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. Questions: (1:47) How does the Zaltho Zen community work with the current situation of war in the Ukraine? (12:30) Livi...
2. ZalthoLIVE: The Observing Mind, Being Connected, Mindfulness, Finding a Teacher, Stop Letting Ideas Dictate Our Lives
February 16, 2022 00:06 - 42 minutes - 48.3 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice ...
1. ZalthoLIVE: Meditation is not a Technique, Making Decisions, Can Lying be Skillful Means?
January 16, 2022 15:34 - 36 minutes - 42.2 MBMeditation is not a technique, Making Decisions, Can Lying be a skillful means? These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho...
13. ZalthoLIVE: Accepting Impermanence and Uncertainty
December 22, 2021 00:01 - 57 minutes - 66.3 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during the Vesak online celebration - the worldwide Buddhist festivity of the historical Buddha's (Gautama Siddharta Shakyamuni) birthday, enlightenment and death. For more interesting information: https:...
12. ZalthoLIVE: About Strong Emotions, Being Bored, Homelessness and Drug Addiction (with German translation)
December 07, 2021 20:30 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode Zen Buddhist monk Claude AnShin Thomas works with following questions. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations: Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publicatio...
11. ZalthoLIVE: On Freedom, Irritability, One's Past, Stop Arguing
November 02, 2021 13:47 - 38 minutes - 44.6 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/ If you want to ask a question: [email protected] Want to read up on this t...
10. ZalthoLIVE: Giving witness, Living Zen out loud, Setting daily priorities
September 23, 2021 09:49 - 21 minutes - 28.8 MBThese are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. Here brief notes about this episode's themes: Giving witness/bearing witness - Encourage to be revealing of oneself, to not skate around on the surface of things, to explore the depth of our conditioning in a verbal way Recogni...
9. ZalthoLIVE: The Value in Impermanence and Not-Knowing (with German translation)
August 10, 2021 15:00 - 57 minutes - 66.3 MBListen to this inspiring public talk by Zen monk Claude AnShin Thomas on the occasion of the world wide celebrated Buddhist VESAK fest. We all struggle from time to time with the reality of impermance and not-knowing. Sometimes these are welcome and exciting when we touch the potential and the liveliness. VESAK marks the birth, awakening and death of the historical man Gautama Siddharta Shakyamuni who received the title Buddha= awakened one. For more interesting information: https://zalt...
8. ZalthoLive: Stay Fresh and Open with Daily Routines, Sustaining Life while Challenges Always Occur (with German translation)
July 06, 2021 16:42 - 40 minutes - 45.9 MBSustaining a meditation practice is not always easy. Sitting meditation is only one form of meditation. How do I remain fresh and open in the midst of daily routines? In short: Zen pracitice is about ATTENTION-TO-DAILY-LIFE. These are some questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deepl...
7. ZalthoLIVE: About Breath, Real Understanding, Zen Practice Supporting Teenager Parenting (with German translation)
June 13, 2021 15:14 - 25 minutes - 28.7 MB@The importance of breath awareness in all that we do. @ How was the process of beginning to serve others? @ Could you explain the difference between knowledge and wisdon? @ What do you think about the violent turmoil in Myanmar? @ Can Zen practice support the parenting of a teeanger? ************************************************************* These are questions that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He r...
6. ZalthoLIVE: Trust the Process, Meditation and Chronic Pain, Feeling Alive
May 14, 2021 19:34 - 26 minutes - 30 MB- Trust the Process, Meditation and Chronic Pain, Feeling Alive etc. This is a session with an international audience on zoom where Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - responds to question. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply. This episode was recorded during a zoom questions&response session with a German-speaking audience. For more interesti...
Bonus ZalthoLIVE: New Book Release, Author Reads Excerpts
April 13, 2021 20:38 - 19 minutes - 22.6 MBAuthor Claude AnShin Thomas introduces his new book Bringing Meditation to Life and reads a few excerpts. https://zaltho.org/en/who-we-are/claude-anshin-thomas-founder/books.html Zen teacher Claude AnShin Thomas shares his experiences and insights into how Zen teachings and practice can move off the meditation cushion and into everything we do, transforming all aspects of our life. Bringing Meditation to Life features 108 pithy and potent teachings for inspiration and contemplation, dr...
5.ZalthoLIVE: Guilt and Self-Forgiveness, Science and Practice, Paying Attention (with German translation)
March 16, 2021 18:40 - 18 minutes - 20.8 MBIntriguing questions about guilt, forgiveness, science - we all have questions. How inspiring to hear this particular Zen perspective from Claude AnShin Thomas. Reminders of how we create separateness, how thoughts are not absolute fact, how to develop discernment of thought and trust in our mind. These are questions that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to ...
4. ZalthoLIVE: Active Nonviolence in Relation to the Ideas of Peace, Nonviolence and Pacifism
February 18, 2021 02:01 - 1 hour - 147 MBClaude AnShin Thomas: "There is a difference between the ideas of peace, nonviolence, pacifism and the commitment to the reality of active nonviolence. How does all the information I receive translate into action? If something is not practical, it is not spiritual. The world is as it is; if I pay attention the world informs me all of the time. It's about being committed to an active meditation practice which teaches me to become the observer." Claude AnShin Thomas speaks about this grea...
3. ZalthoLIVE: Attachment to My Conditioned Patterns Keeps Me Trapped (with German translation)
February 06, 2021 01:16 - 32 minutes - 37 MBMy attachment to my ideas of what life is or how I should be in the world creates more suffering. What is the 'seeing with clarity' that Shakyamuni Buddha experienced? What do you do about the environmental crisis? Is the care for the environment part of self care? What is spiritual? What has been outstanding for you in your long distance walks (pilgrimages)? When having a depressed mind, can observing the mind be an obstacle in sitting meditation and can saying a sentence repeated...
2. ZalthoLIVE: About Pain, Concept of Soul, and Peace (with German translation)
January 17, 2021 19:41 - 15 minutes - 17.9 MBHave unexpected painful feelings ever overwhelm you? Is suchness the same as soul ? Can a Buddhist mantra clear all suffering? Is it true that when I avoid conflict to keep the peace, I start a war within myself? These are questions that Claude AnShin Thomas reflects on. He reminds the listener of how easy it happens that we are driven by our conditioning to expect to never feel confused, angry or sad but to ALWAYS feel happy, to avoid the reality of life, which is to not touch the reality...
ZalthoLIVE: Bonus Episode (with German translation)
January 05, 2021 00:15 - 7 minutes - 8.65 MBEver wondered what Zen sitting meditation is about? Ever had doubts if you are doing it correctly? Zen Buddhist monk Claude AnShin Thomas explains the basics of sitting meditation including how to establish a stable posture and practice breath awareness. His clarity in words and is strength in speaking are inspiring. This episode was recorded during a talk with a German-speaking audience and includes translation into German. For more interesting information: https://zaltho.org/...