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Talks by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee

I & A Publishing

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 Eckhart

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46:17

Misfortune and our identity. And the tale of the...

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2023/12/05

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains how many of us create an identity around our misfortune. But it is life’s challenges that helps us find our true selves. Lola recounts the story of the farmer who complains about the storms and freezes and asks God to let him choose the weather. Dec 03, 1981

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50:42

Lao Tzu uses the metaphor of a vessel to show that...

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2023/12/04

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains passages from Lao Tzu’s book, The Tao Te Ching. Elaborating on the metaphor of the knave of a wheel, or the emptiness of a vessel. And how their existence renders them actual in our world, but it is their non-existence (or emptiness) that renders them useful. Aug 23, 1981

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49:36

What is consciousness? Does a rock have...

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2023/11/30

One of the later talks by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee. Mid-way through a sesshin, this talk discusses what consciousness is. And how much do we know the world around us. Summer 1990 Wed Night Sesshin

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51:09

The mind-body relationship. And breathing from the...

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2023/11/28

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the mind-body relationship. And breathing from the Hara. Apr 14, 1981

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62:38

Lola shares the tale of the monk and the bottomless...

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2023/11/25

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, gives this talk at night during a week-long sesshin. We hear the crickets chirping and a dog barking. We can sense the atmosphere in which the sesshin takes place. Lola explores in a granular way what one might find during an exploration of one’s mind during meditation. 1990 Summer Sesshin Monday.

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51:24

When you're fast asleep and hear a noise you wake up....

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2023/11/20

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the Hindu concepts of Prakriti and Purusha. And the nature of karma. Lola also asks, When you're fast asleep, hear a noise and wake up... what wakes up? What hears the noise? Jan 27, 1985

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55:01

First one finds quiet, explains Lola. Then one goes...

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2023/11/17

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains what is meant by Shunyata, or emptiness. First you find quiet. Then go further and find silence, or Shunyata. Mar 28, 1982.

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48:31

An early talk by Lola where she explains the metaphor...

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2023/11/15

This is an early talk by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, where she describes an iron bar without a hole. And explains the metaphor about one’s spiritual discipline as a boat crossing a river to reach the other side. Apr 20, 1975.

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55:52

We can live in the valley—but be the peak. Lola...

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2023/11/13

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains how, when the world seems tedious or boring—with repeating sameness—we need only remember that the flower we see today is not the same one we saw yesterday. Each moment is new. To live we dress, we eat. Live in the valley, but be the peak. Apr 4, 1982

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60:19

What is the power with which you look at yourself?...

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2023/11/06

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores how to understand the intuitive knowing with which you look into yourself. Non-discrimination and seeing through the dust on the mirror. Lessons from 8th Century Chinese Zen master, Yoka Daishi. Feb 2, 1985

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61:32

Lola asks: What gives the eye its sight, the ear its...

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2023/10/31

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, asks: Where is your consciousness? Our True Self is both Being and Becoming. Like a candle flame — unmoving, yet moving. Mar 22, 1987.

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54:31

Lola explains how the process of becoming awakened...

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2023/10/22

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses spiritual hedonism, or spiritual pride, the seeking of pleasure in spiritual things, which is our egos patting ourselves on our backs for our seeking. She shows how the process of becoming awakened depends on two factors—the information you feed your mind and your meditation. Sep 24, 1989

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56:14

Lola suggests we ask ourselves Agathon’s question:...

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2023/10/20

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains that’s it’s easy to forsake the world—much harder to become a true man of no rank. She describes of an Eastern Orthodox sect, the Hesychasts. Known for their "way of stillness,” their contemplation technique earned them the name, “the belly-gazers.” Sep 10, 1989.

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51:37

Lola mentions an early experience of awakening. And...

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2023/10/08

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the middle way. Also, have you ever read something that inspired you, but then you reread the same passage and it seemed dead? Lola explains why this happens. Feb 15, 1987

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60:53

Lola explores the nature of consciousness and the...

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2023/10/07

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, ask the question: When you wake up in the morning, before you see or hear or feel things or have thoughts, what is it that exists? Apr 26, 1987

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53:06

Lola shares the story of the old man, the young man,...

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2023/10/02

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, shares the story of the old man, the young man and the donkey. And explains how we become creatures of habit, then habit becomes our master. The value of practicing non-attachment. Nov 30, 1986

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59:10

Lola explores how we create many identities during...

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2023/09/30

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, finds passages in the Upanishads to begin an exploration of how we spend our lives in becoming—becoming a child, becoming an adult, becoming a wife or a husband, and so on. And how we become mistakenly identified with these multiple ideas of ourselves while our one true self remains unchanged. Mar 29, 1987.

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62:08

Lola asks "What is consciousness?" And continues...

Talks by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee ·

2023/09/23

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, continues exploring the meaning of the Isha Upanishad and asks "What is consciousness?" What is that by which our eyes see and our ears hear? Mar 15, 1987

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57:50

Lola explores the relationship of subject and object...

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2023/09/16

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains the metaphor of the carriage, driver, horses and passenger. And how, for most of us, our greatest happiness occurs during our deepest sleep. Also, ancient Hindu tests that help us understand the nature of our world. Satchitananda explained. The relationship of subject and object. Mar 08, 1987.

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50:33

Lola discusses the Great Doubt, or dark night of the...

Talks by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee ·

2023/09/10

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the Great Doubt, or dark night of the soul, which sometimes precedes Satori. May 17, 1989

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