In this episode, hosted by Vince Fakhoury Horn, we kick off a new series called Our Beloved Teachers. In this episode Vince explains how this a new kind of community podcast series, aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while preserving the oral history of BuddhaDharma, in the digital era. We call it a "community podcast series" because anyone can submit a recording to the series–all you need are the production skills to pull off the recording, and the connections to find a suitable guest. Episode Links: ? Our Beloved Teachers ? Vince Fakhoury Horn ? Open Sou ..read more

Hello friends. This is Vince Fakhoury Horn, and I'm here to share a bit about this upcoming Buddhists Geeks Community Podcast Series, called Our Beloved teachers.  Our Beloved Teachers is a new kind of podcast series aimed at exploring the true nature of the teacher-student relationship, while also preserving the oral history of Buddhism, Buddhist Dharma, in the digital era.  This project was conceived of and is being executed by Buddhist Geeks, and is made possible with support from the Lenz Foundation and Hemera Foundation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo ..read more

“‘To be’ is to inter-be.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh In this episode–taken from a Dharma Talk at the Garrison Institute in 2022–Vince Fakhoury Horn teaches on the complexity of Interbeing, looking at "it" from 3 distinct perspectives: Interbeing within Ourselves Interbeing with Others Interbeing inside Nature Taken together, these three form a great network of Interbeing, one which opens us to the self-similar & fractal nature of interdependence. At every scale, we inter-are. Episode Links: Thích Nhất Hạnh What is Social Meditation? The Roots of 'Radical' Networkologies: A Philosophy of Network ..read more

Emily West Horn teaches that we can learn to apply both mindfulness & heartfulness toward liberating ourselves from the "trance of unworthiness." What do you most want to realize? Relax, and you will know. Episode Links: ? Emily West Horn ? The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ..read more

In most modern contexts the topic of magic is taboo, because it isn’t Rational. Here, Vince Fakhoury Horn makes the claim that magic can also be understood and practiced in a Transrational way. He does this by unpacking several perspectives on magic, and then links those with the Buddhist teachings on the open heart: The Four Immeasurables. This episode was recorded during a recent Buddhist Geeks Retreat on Heart Magic. Join us from August 3–10, 2022 at the Garrison Institute in NY for a week-long retreat on the same topic! Episode Links: ? Heart Magic Retreat @ Garrison Instit ..read more

We're joined in this episode by Writer-Director-Actor-Comedian-Songwriter and run of the mill fucked up human, Stuart Davis, as he shares his deep experience of navigating what is generally referred to as "the phenomenon." Both in his work as the host of the Artists & Aliens Podcast and as the convener of The Experiencer Group–a virtual learning community for people who've had anomalous experiences–Stuart is helping people confront and confer with the high strangeness of our shared reality. Episode Links: ? Stuart Davis ? Artists & Aliens  ? The Experiencer Group  ? A C ..read more

In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in dialogue with Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness meditation teacher, mentor, and author of the recently released book, "We Were Made For These Times". Here they discuss the unique times of peril and opportunity that humanity current faces, and how the teachings on equanimity, or inclusiveness, might just be the only thing that we can reliably fall back on. Episode Links: ? Kaira Jewel Lingo ? "We Were Made For These Times: 10 Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption" by Kaira Jewel Lingo ? Mindfulness Retreats Onli ..read more

In the 2nd part of our conversation with the Evolving Ground crew, we talk about the importance of comparing and contrasting what we're up to in our respective Sanghas. We explore some of the obvious overlaps between Evolving Ground and Buddhist Geeks, in terms of our mutual commitment to meta-systematicity, bringing up the tantalizing question of why MetaSangha–a Sangha of Sanghas–matters today. Episode Links: ? Evolving Ground ? Buddhist Geeks Network ? The Cofounders by David Chapman ? Meta-Sanghas by Vince Horn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice ..read more

In 2020 Charlie Awberry & Jared Janes came together to start a new kind of Vajrayana Sangha, called Evolving Ground. In this conversation, Vince Horn, was joined by both Charlie & Jared, as well as by Charlie's partner David Chapman–who has been becoming more involved in the project as of late–to explore what they've been up to this past year. In addition, they discuss some of the similarities between what is happening in Buddhist Geeks and with Evolving Ground, both of which are communities that are striving to approach things from a meta-systematic point of view. Episode Links: ? Ev ..read more

In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, we're re-sharing a conversation that happened on the Meta-Perspective show, hosted by James Landoli, in which James invited Vince F Horn and Daniel Ingram into a far-ranging dialogue, exploring some of the meta-perspectives and real human complexity that goes along with discussing dharma lineage in the 21st century. Episode Links: ? Meta-Perspective ? Daniel Ingram ? The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium ? Shinzen Young on Remembering William (Bill) Hamilton See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art ..read more