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Talks by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee

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This is a series of newly digitized talks by spiritual teacher, Lola McDowell Lee, spanning two decades—from the early Seventies through the Nineties.Lola was a Zen Roshi whose Rinzai lineage included Doctor Henry Platov and renowned Zen master, Shigetsu Sasaki. Lola was a religious scholar as well as an ordained Christian minister.While the talks are focused mainly on Zen and Buddhism, Lola drew on many spiritual traditions—including those of Jesus, Plato, Lao-Tzu, the Hindu Vedas, Meister Eckh...

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Episodes (145)

The Wisdom of Ikkyu. Delivered Sep 28, 1986

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The positive and the negative paths to enlightenment. Delivered Sep 21, 1986

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The Silent Night, the Holy Night Within. Delivered December, 1986

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The Tao of Ordinary Being. Delivered August 24, 1986

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Freedom from preferences.  Delivered Aug 31, 1986

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Where Taoism, Christianity and Zen meet. Delivered August 17, 1986

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Unlearning and existential trust. Delivered Aug 10, 1986

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The Trap of Words - Delivered August 3, 1986

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Zen is not an intellectual exercise. Delivered Jun 20, 1986

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Emptiness is not nothingness. Jul 14, 1986

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How to enter a gateless gate. Delivered July 6, 1986

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The Basic Teachings of Zen Meditation. Presented on June 29, 1986

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Accumulating knowledge versus attaining true wisdom. June 22, 1986

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The Lesson of True Listening. June 15, 1986

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An exploration of the subject of death. Delivered Jun 8, 1986

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Does an enlightened Zen master live a saintly, extraordinary life? Delivered Jun...

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Give gifts with no notion of reward or praise. Like moving something from one ha...

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Learning to live less from the mind and more from the hara. Oct 14, 1981

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Allowing Purusha to extricate itself from the mindless play of Prakrit. Sept 27,...

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Plato, art and spiritual growth.  Sep 5, 1987

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The Middle Way—between the world of appearance and the inner world of consciousn...

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How do you go in? Simply stop going out. Aug 2, 1987

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The meanings of various Buddhist terms, practices & traditions. July 26, 1987

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Dogen: “Not knowing is most intimate.” July 5, 1987

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How you form your ego—and can ultimately overcome it. Jun 28, 1987

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Zen and Socrates. Jun 21, 1987

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Instructions for Koan study. And true understanding & non-discrimination. May 31...

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The limitations of human knowledge. May 17, 1987

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In the struggle between opposites is the Truth. Mar 6, 1987

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Where is God? Feb 28, 1987

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Mystica Theologica, the Sutras of Patanjali and the Book of Genesis. Jan 31, 198...

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How do you answer: “Does God exist?” Sep 20, 1987

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A detailed introductory talk about the Bauls — a religious sect of India—and the...

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The Bauls religious sect of India. And Prakrit and Parusha. Oct 18, 1987

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Zen and the meaning of Easter. Apr 19, 1987

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Guilt and rejection of life does not make you more enlightened. Lola May , 1987

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What we can learn from Indian religious traditions. May 10, 1987

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How to meditate. And why. Nov 29, 1987

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The unconscious is the gateway to reality. July 18, 1981

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Why “What is the purpose of life?” is the wrong question. June 28, 1981

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The role of patience in Zen practice. July 5, 1981

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Further exploration of the Mystica Theoligica. Dec 11, 1988

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The meaning of the the Mystica Theoligica. Dec 4, 1988

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Watch how you make your choices. Otherwise, how can you ever change? Nov 6, 1988

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How often do we think that we—as individuals—are going to be enlightened? Oct 3...

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Meditate for one hour daily, and truly concentrate, and you can merge with the K...

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The One-finger Zen of 9th Century Chinese Master Gutei. Jul 10, 1988

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To meditate no action is required—simply a shift in consciousness. Exploring the...

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How do we cross an icy stream? Exploring the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 15. May 28, 1...

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A detailed exploration of Chapter 14 of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, “Praising The My...

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