Player FM 앱으로 오프라인으로 전환하세요!
Ep. 512 – Appalachian Zen with Steve Kanji Ruhl
Manage episode 379599462 series 1355323
In an expansive discussion around Steve Kanji Ruhl’s book, Appalachian Zen, Steve and Raghu explore finding equilibrium through zen practice.
“In Buddhism, the true home is that place within each of us, it’s an inner heartland. We can call it original Buddha Nature; it is accessible to all of us anytime and any place. It’s really a matter of finding this inner equilibrium and being in this moment, in this place, and being fully alive.” – Steve Kanji Ruhl
In this episode, Raghu Markus and Steve Kanji Ruhl discuss:
- Cultural Transformation in Appalachia
- Steve Kanji’s experience of violence and PTSD
- Zen practice and finding our inner equilibrium
- Enduring a soul injury and the journey of healing
- The teachers that shape us for better or worse
- Meeting Ram Dass and receiving sanctuary
- The concept of home and the path as the guru
- Holding self and other simultaneously
- Zazen meditation practice
- Living deliberately and obstructions of the will
- Balancing intention with surrender
- Breaking down the conditioning that prevents us from being clear, kind, and present
- Direct identification and Tantric intimacy
- Community as the antidote of dysfunctional solitude
About Steve Kanji Ruhl:
Reverend Steve Kanji Ruhl, M.Div., is an innovative Zen Buddhist minister ordained in the Zen Peacemaker Order by Roshi Bernie Glassman, and is also a lay Zen dharma holder and preceptor authorized by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko. Formerly affiliated with Green River Zen Center in western Massachusetts where he helped to teach and assisted Roshi Eve, he now operates independently, teaching Zen students in person and through his Touch the Earth cyber-sangha to “be clear, be kind, be present” through instruction in koans, ethical precepts, and shikantaza (“just sitting”) meditation. Also a multi-published author, Steve Kanji Ruhl was awarded the Gold Prize for Best Spiritual Memoir in the 2023 Nautilus Book Awards for his book, Appalachian Zen: Journeys in Search of True Home, from the American Heartland to the Buddha Dharma.
Get your copy of Appalachian Zen or one of Steve Kanji Ruhl’s other books HERE
Discover the transformative practice of teaching mindfulness in a new FREE 30-page ebook by Senior Buddhist teacher and Emmy award-winning musician, David Nichtern.
With its blend of humor, wisdom, and accessible approach, The Art of Teaching Mindfulness ebook is a must-read for anyone interested in sharing the life-changing practices of mindfulness with others.
Already downloaded by over 15k people, visit dharmamoon.com/ebook to get YOUR free copy of The Art of Teaching Mindfulness!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
558 에피소드
Manage episode 379599462 series 1355323
In an expansive discussion around Steve Kanji Ruhl’s book, Appalachian Zen, Steve and Raghu explore finding equilibrium through zen practice.
“In Buddhism, the true home is that place within each of us, it’s an inner heartland. We can call it original Buddha Nature; it is accessible to all of us anytime and any place. It’s really a matter of finding this inner equilibrium and being in this moment, in this place, and being fully alive.” – Steve Kanji Ruhl
In this episode, Raghu Markus and Steve Kanji Ruhl discuss:
- Cultural Transformation in Appalachia
- Steve Kanji’s experience of violence and PTSD
- Zen practice and finding our inner equilibrium
- Enduring a soul injury and the journey of healing
- The teachers that shape us for better or worse
- Meeting Ram Dass and receiving sanctuary
- The concept of home and the path as the guru
- Holding self and other simultaneously
- Zazen meditation practice
- Living deliberately and obstructions of the will
- Balancing intention with surrender
- Breaking down the conditioning that prevents us from being clear, kind, and present
- Direct identification and Tantric intimacy
- Community as the antidote of dysfunctional solitude
About Steve Kanji Ruhl:
Reverend Steve Kanji Ruhl, M.Div., is an innovative Zen Buddhist minister ordained in the Zen Peacemaker Order by Roshi Bernie Glassman, and is also a lay Zen dharma holder and preceptor authorized by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko. Formerly affiliated with Green River Zen Center in western Massachusetts where he helped to teach and assisted Roshi Eve, he now operates independently, teaching Zen students in person and through his Touch the Earth cyber-sangha to “be clear, be kind, be present” through instruction in koans, ethical precepts, and shikantaza (“just sitting”) meditation. Also a multi-published author, Steve Kanji Ruhl was awarded the Gold Prize for Best Spiritual Memoir in the 2023 Nautilus Book Awards for his book, Appalachian Zen: Journeys in Search of True Home, from the American Heartland to the Buddha Dharma.
Get your copy of Appalachian Zen or one of Steve Kanji Ruhl’s other books HERE
Discover the transformative practice of teaching mindfulness in a new FREE 30-page ebook by Senior Buddhist teacher and Emmy award-winning musician, David Nichtern.
With its blend of humor, wisdom, and accessible approach, The Art of Teaching Mindfulness ebook is a must-read for anyone interested in sharing the life-changing practices of mindfulness with others.
Already downloaded by over 15k people, visit dharmamoon.com/ebook to get YOUR free copy of The Art of Teaching Mindfulness!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
558 에피소드
Усі епізоди
×플레이어 FM에 오신것을 환영합니다!
플레이어 FM은 웹에서 고품질 팟캐스트를 검색하여 지금 바로 즐길 수 있도록 합니다. 최고의 팟캐스트 앱이며 Android, iPhone 및 웹에서도 작동합니다. 장치 간 구독 동기화를 위해 가입하세요.