Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast

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Weekly public talks recorded live at the Angel City Zen Center

Episode Date
Mutual Conspiracy (Sonic Meditations) w/ Robert Holliday
Apr 12, 2024
Your Kindness & Your Hatefulness (See y’all soon) w/ Dave Cuomo
Apr 05, 2024
Rote Reverence (Rituals) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Mar 29, 2024
The Why Question w/ Jitsujo Gauthier
Mar 22, 2024
A Clever Game (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Pedro Peres
Mar 15, 2024
F#@k Around and Find Out (Prajna (Wisdom)) w/ Dave Cuomo
Mar 08, 2024
The Messy Middle (The Curse of Self Awareness) w/ Heather Ross
Mar 01, 2024
Dharmically Unqualified (Dharma Combat) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Feb 23, 2024
Liberty’s Laments (Year of the Wood Dragon) w/ Dave Cuomo
Feb 16, 2024
A Subtle Sober Magic (Zazen) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Feb 09, 2024
A Seat at the Table (Meditation) w/ Dave Cuomo
Feb 02, 2024
The Problem With Happiness (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Patrick Carroll
Jan 26, 2024
Effortless Efforts (Energy & Depression) w/ Dave Cuomo
Jan 19, 2024
Sorrowful Splendor w/ Sara Campbell
Jan 12, 2024
A Long Loving Look Into the Darkness w/ Dave Cuomo
Jan 06, 2024
Tantrum of the Tathagata (Story Time)
Dec 30, 2023
Embracing the Suck (Space Flowers) w/ Jason Dodge
Dec 22, 2023
Dukkha Happens (Patience) w/ Dave Cuomo
Dec 15, 2023
Free and Unavoidable Things w/ Gyokei Yokoyama (Great Compassionate Mind)
Dec 08, 2023
Surprised and Delighted (Self Compassion & the 5 Skandas) w/ Sara Campbell
Dec 01, 2023
A Carnage of Compassion pt 1 (Compassion Monsters & the 5 Skandas) w/ Dave Cuomo
Nov 24, 2023
Aimless Affirmations (Empowerment vs Emptiness) w/ Sara Campbell
Nov 17, 2023
Where’d the Glow Go? (Morality) w/ Dave Cuomo
Nov 03, 2023
Fierce Compassion (The Magic Hour) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Oct 27, 2023
The Great G(r)ift (Generosity) w/ Dave Cuomo
Oct 20, 2023
Clarity, Purpose, and Joy w/ Curtis Fabens
Oct 13, 2023
Burn it Down (Alignment & Blockages) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Oct 06, 2023
Ruinous Revelations (Dongshan’s “It’s Only This”) w/ Dave Cuomo
Sep 29, 2023
Baseline (Finding Balance) w/ Jitsujo Gauthier
Sep 22, 2023
Nobody’s Fool (The Five Skandhas) w/ Dave Cuomo
Sep 15, 2023
Consistent Inconsistency (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Ish Lipman
Sep 08, 2023
Baby Come Back (The Three Returns) w/ Dave Cuomo
Sep 01, 2023
On the Road with Herman the Worm Boy w/ Sara Campbell
Aug 25, 2023
A Terrifying Teaching (Diamond Sutra ch 14) w/ Jason Dodge
Aug 18, 2023
Tell Me What You Want (Desire & The 4 Noble Truths) w/ Dave Cuomo
Aug 11, 2023
Every Day is a Good Day w/ Shumyo Kojima
Aug 04, 2023
Dawdling Destiny (How I Spent My Summer Vacation) w/ Henry Zander
Jul 28, 2023
Over the Wall (Monastic Training Report) w/ Dave Cuomo
Jul 21, 2023
Settled Questions w/ Sara Campbell
Jul 15, 2023
Kind Mind (Zen & Multitasking) w/ Helena Harvilicz
Jul 06, 2023
Instructions for the Working Stiff w/ Emily Eslami
Jun 29, 2023
Mountains Walk, Rivers Talk (Return to the Mountains & Rivers Sutra) w/ Dave Cuomo
Jun 22, 2023
Degenerate Dharma (The Diamond Sutra & Buddhist Cosmology) w/ Jason Dodge
Jun 15, 2023
Friends Without Benefits (Sangha) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Jun 08, 2023
Mind Blowing Mediocrity - (The Witness Mind) w/ Dave Cuomo
Jun 01, 2023
Forget Yourself (Non Duality) w/ Emily Eslami
May 25, 2023
Blooming Buddhas (Zen Gardening) w/ Helena Harvilicz
May 18, 2023
Summer of Space (Writer’s Block and the Faith In Mind Inscription) w/ Dave Cuomo
May 11, 2023
Comes and Goes (The Tathagata) w/ Jason Dodge
May 04, 2023
The Red Badge of Suffering (Single Minded Effort) w/ Emily Eslami
Apr 27, 2023
Off the Rails (Faith In Mind Inscription) w/ Dave Cuomo
Apr 20, 2023
Weltschmerz, Alcohol, & Sarcasm (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Helena Harvilicz
Apr 13, 2023
Just Here to Make Friends (Meaning & Hierarchy) w/ Gyokei Yokoyama
Apr 06, 2023
The Theory of Nothing (A Brief History of Emptiness) w/ Dave Cuomo
Mar 30, 2023
Anxious Epiphanies (What Am I Doing here??) w/ Tanya Orlov
Mar 23, 2023
Free Fall (Ambitions & Emptiness) w/ Sara Campbell
Mar 16, 2023
Dave Cuomo - A Noisy Hullabaloo (How to Make Peace)
Mar 09, 2023
Henry Zander - A Real Heart Warmer (What Am I Doing Here??)
Mar 02, 2023
Dave Cuomo - Just Be Normal (History of Zen - Dahui vs Hongzhi)
Feb 23, 2023
Sara Campbell - Midnight at Dawn
Feb 16, 2023
Dave Cuomo - How to Stop Time
Feb 09, 2023
Gyokei Yokoyama - Original Flavor
Feb 02, 2023
Emily Eslami - Nothing Special
Jan 26, 2023
Dave Cuomo - Babbling Buddhas (Mountains and Waters Sutra pt 1)
Jan 20, 2023
Jason Dodge - Mad Happy Buddha
Jan 12, 2023
Dave Cuomo - “Dark Feet, Dark Wings”
Jan 05, 2023
Robert Holliday - The Sounds of Silliness (What Am I Doing Here??)
Dec 30, 2022
Erik Andersen - Like A Rhinoceros
Dec 23, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Beyond You (Vimalakirti - The Thrilling Conclusion)
Dec 09, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - Good Ripples
Dec 02, 2022
Sara Campbell - Nowhere to Hide
Nov 26, 2022
Dave Cuomo - One Bright Mistake
Nov 18, 2022
Dave Cuomo - “Slumming It” (Vimalakirti Sutra ch 10 & 11)
Nov 04, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - “Leave No Trace”
Oct 28, 2022
Heather Ross - Something Special (What Am I Doing Here??)
Oct 21, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Bursting the Bubble
Oct 14, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - Call and Response
Oct 07, 2022
Dave Cuomo - House Style
Sep 30, 2022
Erik Andersen - Take it Easy
Sep 23, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Thunderous Silence (Vimalakirti Ch 9 - Non Duality)
Sep 16, 2022
Emily Eslami - The Worst Horse
Sep 09, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Space Dust (Host and Guest)
Sep 02, 2022
Erik Andersen - “An Unfortunate Sequence of Events” (Sacred or Mundane?)
Aug 26, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Heavenly Hells! (Vimalakirti Sutra ch 8)
Aug 19, 2022
Sara Campbell - Instruction Manual for Living (The Wayward Mind)
Aug 12, 2022
Emily Eslami - Mind Waves, Mind Weeds
Jul 29, 2022
Dave Cuomo - A Quiet Resistance (Political Engagement in Buddhism)
Jul 22, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Flowers Abound! (Vimalakirti ch7 - The Goddess)
Jul 15, 2022
Erik Andersen - City of Illusion
Jul 08, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - The Great Experiment
Jul 01, 2022
Dave Cuomo - A Confident Confusion
Jun 24, 2022
Mota Mynttinen - Bottoms Up! (What Am I Doing Here??)
Jun 17, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Beyond Comprehension (Vimalakirti Sutra ch 6)
Jun 10, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - Moment of Truth (Retreat Talk pt 2)
Jun 03, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - Let’s Be Friends (Retreat Talk 1)
May 27, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Ballad of a Blue House (Shitou’s Straw Hut Song)
May 13, 2022
John Nilsson - Continuing Bewilderments (What Am I Doing Here??)
May 06, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Why Bother? (Why Not?! (Vimalakirti ch 5))
Apr 29, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - Pressure Pot
Apr 22, 2022
Emily Eslami - Good Grief
Apr 15, 2022
Dave Cuomo - A Stranger to Cares (Discernment vs Discrimination)
Apr 08, 2022
Jason Dodge - Get Lost (Ryokan and Zen Arts)
Mar 31, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Silly Human Stuff (Yogacara - The Thrilling Conclusion)
Mar 25, 2022
Erik Andersen - A Hairsbreadth of Difference
Mar 19, 2022
Dave Cuomo - “Now What??” (Vimalakirti pt 3)
Mar 11, 2022
Leon Sandler - Spinning Plates (What Am I Doing Here??)
Mar 04, 2022
Gyokei Yokoyama - Spiritual Fermentation (Jukai)
Feb 25, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Swooning Buddhas! (Vimalakirti Sutra -ch 2)
Feb 19, 2022
Jordan Mylet - An Unmitigated Good (What Am I Doing Here??)
Feb 11, 2022
Dave Cuomo - Aching Joy (Yogacara - The Afflictions)
Feb 05, 2022
Emily Eslami - Brightness
Jan 29, 2022
Sara Campbell - Playtime
Jan 21, 2022
Dave Cuomo - A New Normal (Yogacara - Beneficial Factors)
Jan 14, 2022
Dave Cuomo - What’s Happening? (You! (The Time Being))
Jan 07, 2022
Erik Andersen - Beautiful and Savage
Jan 01, 2022
Dave Cuomo - ”Are We Entertained?” (Vimalakirti Sutra pt 1)
Dec 17, 2021
Dave Cuomo - A Low Rumble (Happy Rohatsu!)
Dec 11, 2021
Emily Eslami - May The Real Buddha Please Stand Up (Linji‘s ”Kill the Buddha”)
Dec 04, 2021
Dave Cuomo - How Much Do You Want to Know? (Yogacara - Five Omnipresent Factors)
Nov 27, 2021
Sara Campbell - World‘s Created, World‘s Destroyed
Nov 19, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Space
Nov 13, 2021
Gyokei Yokoyama - The Simplest Thing
Oct 29, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Grump & Gruff (Bodhidharma‘s Outline of Practice)
Oct 23, 2021
Leslie Mundy - Near Happenstance (What Am I Doing Here??)
Oct 08, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Dave Cuomo - Leggo My Ego (Yogacara - Manas (Self Consciousness))
Oct 01, 2021
Sara Campbell - A Different Way of Being Hopeless (Genjo Koan)
Sep 21, 2021
Emily Eslami - Holy S**t
Sep 14, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Trust Fall (The Singing of Dragons)
Sep 07, 2021
Dave Cuomo - DIY(T) (Teachers in Zen)
Aug 24, 2021
Corey Warner - The Sweet Spot (What Am I Doing Here??)
Aug 17, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Pure Non Sense (Yogacara - The Six Senses)
Aug 10, 2021
Colin Young - Words are Hard! (What Am I Doing Here??)
Jul 20, 2021
Emily Eslami - One Rule to Rule Them All (The Three Pure Precepts)
Jul 13, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Empty Innocent Space (Yogacara - The Storehouse Consciousness)
Jul 05, 2021
Dave Cuomo - The Good Life (Renunciation)
Jun 22, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Buddha's Baggage (Yogacara pt 1)
Jun 08, 2021
Emily Eslami - Triple Treasure, Triple Treat! (The Three Refuges)
Jun 01, 2021
Dave Cuomo - What Do You Want? (Love & Self Care)
May 24, 2021
Emily Eslami - The Cheat Sheet of (un)Reality (10th Precept - No Disparaging the Buddha, Dharma, & Sangha)
May 10, 2021
Dave Cuomo - The Great Mistake (Ignorance - part deux!)
Apr 27, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Ignorance is Bliss (pt 1 - The 12 Fold Chain)
Apr 20, 2021
Emily Eslami - Love Potion ((#)9th Precept - No Giving Way to Anger)
Apr 05, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Fringe Benefit
Mar 22, 2021
Emily Eslami - My Missing Piece (8th Precept - No Coveting)
Mar 09, 2021
Dave Cuomo - A Functional Fantasy Land
Mar 02, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Karma Happens
Feb 09, 2021
Emily Eslami - The Fundamental Human Disaster (7th precept - No Praising Self or Berating Others)
Feb 02, 2021
Dave Cuomo - An Unknowable Hope (Inmo)
Jan 19, 2021
Emily Eslami - Stuck in the Mud With You (6th Precept - No Speaking of Past Mistakes)
Jan 12, 2021
Dave Cuomo - Bursting Buckets of Buddha!
Dec 30, 2020
Emily Eslami - Cloudy Days in the Great Brightness (5th Precept - No Intoxicants)
Dec 15, 2020
Dave Cuomo - A Celebration of Silliness (History of Zen - Tozan & Rinzai!)
Nov 23, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Sacred Unhinged
Nov 10, 2020
Emily Eslami - About the Lies I Haven't Told You (The Precepts pt 5 - No Lying)
Nov 03, 2020
Erik Andersen - Angel of Doubt
Oct 27, 2020
Emily Eslami - Black Vipers & Cold Rocks (Precepts pt 4 - Sex & Desire)
Oct 13, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Zen's Golden Dark Age (History of Zen)
Sep 28, 2020
Wilcox Gwynne - No Trigger Warning Needed (What Was I Doing There??)
Sep 21, 2020
Emily Eslami - Nothing to Lose (The Precept pt 3 - No Stealing)
Sep 07, 2020
Dave Cuomo - The Beautiful Boring of Blockhead (History of Zen - Shitou vs Mazu!)
Aug 24, 2020
Emily Eslami - First Gift (The Precepts pt 2 - Not Killing)
Aug 18, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Inconceivable! (The Vimalakirti Sutra - pt 2)
Aug 05, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Thank You For Being (The Vimalakirti Sutra - pt 1)
Aug 03, 2020
Erik Andersen - The Poor Way
Jul 21, 2020
Emily Eslami - On Shaky Ground (The Precepts pt 1 - Historical Background)
Jul 21, 2020
Emily Eslami - Old Bones, Dull Brains (Ceaseless Practice pt 2!)
Jul 14, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Stillness Screaming
Jun 22, 2020
Sara Campbell - The Fuzzy That Is Neither Warm Nor Cold (What Am Doing Here??)
Jun 08, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Is This Working??
May 18, 2020
Cat Kilmer - What Am I Doing Here?? (Love & Reality)
May 11, 2020
Emily Eslami - Ceaseless Practice
May 04, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Having Once Paused (History of Zen - Ikkyu)
Apr 20, 2020
Emily Eslami - Equanimity
Mar 30, 2020
Erik Andersen - Emptiness and Compassion (We're All In This Together)
Mar 23, 2020
Jason Dodge - What Am I Doing Here?
Mar 17, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Blinding Darkness
Mar 11, 2020
Love & Emptiness w/ Emily Eslami
Mar 03, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Good Friends (History of Zen - The Platform Sutra)
Feb 18, 2020
Michele Roldan-Shaw - Street Buddhism (Jataka Tales)
Feb 13, 2020
Erik Andersen - Worry Time
Jan 29, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Catastrophe! (History of Zen - Shenhui & The An Lushan Rebellion
Jan 21, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Siren Songs and Bluejays
Jan 15, 2020
Emma Roy - Buddha's Anger
Jan 07, 2020
Dave Cuomo - Explaining the Joke (History of Zen - Shenxiu)
Dec 31, 2019
Dave Cuomo - The Great Cosmic Joke (Nishijima’s Four Views)
Dec 10, 2019
Emily Eslami - Stupid Joy
Dec 03, 2019
Jack Taylor - What Am I Doing Here??
Nov 25, 2019
Emily Eslami - No Death
Nov 19, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Zen Begins! (History of Zen - Bodhidharma)
Nov 05, 2019
Miranda Javid - Faking It
Oct 21, 2019
Emma Roy - Zen and the Art of Marketing Zen
Oct 08, 2019
Emily Eslami - Well, This is Uncomfortable (Death by Fire, Death By Ice)
Oct 01, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Something from Nothing (History of Zen - The situation in Ancient China)
Sep 17, 2019
Dave Cuomo - A Brief History of Not Knowing
Sep 10, 2019
Emma Roy - A Time Outside of Time
Sep 02, 2019
Emily Eslami - The Great Mistake
Aug 27, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Give Up, Give In
Aug 19, 2019
Emily Eslami - It's a Miracle!
Aug 06, 2019
Emma Roy - Self Caught Jail
Jul 30, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Who You Calling Perfect?? (History of Zen - Buddha Nature)
Jul 23, 2019
Emma Roy - A Thicker Brain?
Jul 15, 2019
Dave Cuomo - The Precepts: 16 Ways to Stop Being Rational
Jul 08, 2019
Erik Andersen - Instant Zen
Jun 25, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Shantideva in the Streets, Nagarjuna in the Sheets (History of Zen)
Jun 18, 2019
Emma Roy - When Good Zazen Goes Bad
Jun 10, 2019
Jared Wynn - War & Peace
Jun 04, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Seeing the World From a Casket
May 31, 2019
Emily Eslami - How to Ride an Ox
May 28, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Nagarjuna (History of Zen pt 8)
May 21, 2019
Nina Snow - On Food and Cooking
May 14, 2019
Miranda Javid - What Am I Doing Here??
May 10, 2019
Emma Roy - The Good Sit
May 04, 2019
Emily Eslami - The Practice of Realization
Apr 30, 2019
Dave Cuomo - The Five Skandas
Apr 26, 2019
Erik Andersen - Zen Bacchanal
Apr 23, 2019
Emma Roy - What Did You Think This Was?
Apr 08, 2019
Nina Snow - Weeping Zen
Apr 01, 2019
Emily Eslami - The Passion of Dispassion
Mar 26, 2019
Nina Snow - Happy
Mar 15, 2019
Orlando K. - Rogue Idealism
Mar 11, 2019
Brad Warner - Matter and the Immaterial
Mar 04, 2019
Emma Roy - Lay Practice
Mar 01, 2019
Emily Eslami - “The Practice of Impossible Things”
Feb 25, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Wait, what exactly is Mahayana Buddhism? (History of Zen pt 5)
Feb 18, 2019
Nina Snow - Greed & Generosity
Feb 07, 2019
Emma Roy - The Big Bummers of Buddhism
Feb 04, 2019
Emma Roy - Not Being Special
Feb 01, 2019
Emily Eslami - Not to be Achieved by Wanting (Unnecessary Roughness)
Jan 28, 2019
Dave Cuomo - A Better Way (History of Zen - pt 4)
Jan 21, 2019
Craig French - Community
Jan 14, 2019
Dave Cuomo - Ananda and the Dharma of Not Getting It (History of Zen pt 3)
Dec 14, 2018
Nina Snow - Love and Kindness
Dec 10, 2018
Emma Roy - Dogen and the Eternal Age of Collapse
Nov 29, 2018
Dave Cuomo - Hopeless
Nov 26, 2018
Erik Andersen - Seeing True Nature
Nov 19, 2018
Dave Cuomo - History of Zen pt 2
Nov 16, 2018
Dave Cuomo - Intro To Zen
Oct 22, 2018
Emma Roy - How to Be a Decent Person
Oct 19, 2018
Nina Snow - The Neurotic Emotional Veil
Oct 15, 2018
Jared Wynn - Not This, Not This, and Not This
Oct 05, 2018
Erik Andersen - Beliefs
Oct 01, 2018
Emma Roy - Rituals and Playing With Fire
Sep 27, 2018
Emily Eslami - Nothing is Sacred, Nothing is Mundane
Sep 17, 2018
Dave Cuomo - History of Zen pt 1
Sep 13, 2018
Nina Snow - Love and Attachment
Sep 11, 2018
Craig French - The Vine That Connects Everything
Sep 07, 2018
Emma Roy - Reality Is It's Own Reward
Aug 30, 2018
Emily Eslami - Buddhism and the City
Aug 27, 2018
Erik Andersen - Happiness
Aug 21, 2018
Dave Cuomo - Fundamental Self Worth
Aug 16, 2018
Nina Snow - Small Batch Artisan Mindfulness
Aug 13, 2018
Craig French - Guide to a Happy, Healthy Lay Practice
Aug 09, 2018
Colleen Schneider - Being Time
Aug 02, 2018
Emily Eslami - Am I Doing This Right?
Jul 30, 2018
Emma Roy - What is there to master?
Jul 24, 2018
Jataka Tales w/ Michele Roldan-Shaw
Jun 19, 2018
Dave Cuomo - Be Your (Not) Self
Jun 12, 2018
Gesshin Greenwood - Bow First, Ask Questions Later
May 14, 2018
Curtis Fabens - Clarity, Purpose, & Joy
May 03, 2018