Atlanta Soto Zen Center

AMERICAN LIFE AS ZEN PRACTICE

A conversation podcast with Inga Annie Tudora and Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell, lay members of ASZC, and occasional special guests from the sangha and beyond.

Through work, play, chores, hobbies, the intimacy of relationships, and the many rituals of household life, we can fully express the practice of Zen. The rigors may be different from the monastic path, but they are no less rigorous. Establishing this day-to-day life as the foundation of practice is the grand project of American Zen.

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19. Porn, Horror Films, and Melodramas

19. Porn, Horror Films, and Melodramas

You know it when you see it.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellMay 7, 2021

18. Parasocial Relationship

18. Parasocial Relationship

Boredom versus loneliness in another dimension.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellApril 30, 2021

17. Make Something Zen

17. Make Something Zen

There’s no haiku police.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellApril 23, 2021

16. The Bermuda Triangle of Zen with Taiun Michael Elliston Roshi

16. The Bermuda Triangle of Zen with Taiun Michael Elliston Roshi

If it’s not for laypeople, who’s it for?

The Original Frontier is available now from Red Feather Books and on Amazon.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellApril 16, 2021Guest

15. Letter of the Law

15. Letter of the Law

Every precept is an opportunity.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellApril 9, 2021

14. Mittens on My Brain

14. Mittens on My Brain

Why would you do it if you never had a goal in mind?

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellApril 2, 2021

13. Didn’t Feel Like Magic

13. Didn’t Feel Like Magic

The temple is also a home.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellMarch 26, 2021

12. I Have to Be Something with Ian Tudora

12. I Have to Be Something with Ian Tudora

The local other and the global self.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellMarch 19, 2021Guest

11. The Book of Whatever

11. The Book of Whatever

Not feeling very Zen.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellMarch 12, 2021

10. Creative Tension with Kosetsu Randy Earl

10. Creative Tension with Kosetsu Randy Earl

The next step comes from where we are, not where we think we’re going.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellMarch 5, 2021Guest

9. Religious Emotions

9. Religious Emotions

It doesn’t count to be devoted for a moment.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellFebruary 26, 2021

8. PhD From Wherever-the-Hell

8. PhD From Wherever-the-Hell

Therapy.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellFebruary 19, 2021

7. Consciousness Is Weird

7. Consciousness Is Weird

Why does getting tickled make you laugh?

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellFebruary 12, 2021

6. Full Woman

6. Full Woman

It’s not about representation, it’s about defaults.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellFebruary 5, 2021

5. Hard Is the Point

5. Hard Is the Point

Domesticity is the new monasticism.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellJanuary 29, 2021

4. The Meditation Train

4. The Meditation Train

Being with other people’s expectations.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellJanuary 22, 2021

3. You Can’t Hit Yourself

3. You Can’t Hit Yourself

Who is our practice for?

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellJanuary 15, 2021

2. My Zen Bar Mitzvah

2. My Zen Bar Mitzvah

Taking the precepts as an expression of freedom.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellJanuary 8, 2021

1. Green Tea

1. Green Tea

How Zen came into the picture.

Inga Annie Tudora & Kyosaku Jon MitchellJanuary 1, 2021