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Paths of Practice: Conversations on Journeys into Buddhism

Paths of Practice (PoP) is a podcast that features interviews with people sharing their experiences with Buddhism and Buddhist practice. The podcast includes conversations with folks from a wide variety of backgrounds, both those that have been on the path for a while and those just starting out as well as everyone in between. In a way, the podcast sets out to explore the "84,000 paths to enlightenment," one Buddhist at a time. PoP was created and is hosted by Vincent Moore. Vincent is a

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01:14:16

Paths of Practice with Amy Shoemaker

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2024/08/29

Amy Shoemaker is a hospital chaplain.We talk about studying abroad in Bodh Gaya, participating in the Jewish Studio Project and healing through art therapy, practicing Insight Meditation with Will Kabat-Zinn's Sunday Sangha, developing personal rituals and weaving mindfulness “inefficiencies” into hospital chaplaincy, and the impact of listening.

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01:11:07

Paths of Practice with Anthony “T” Maes

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2024/08/27

Anthony “T” Maes teaches at the East Bay Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, Inward Bound Mindfulness, Freedom Together, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and Dharma Homies.Find out more about Anthony and his work through his website: https://www.anthonymaes.com/ In this episode, we discuss the importance of relationality in mindfulness practice, how facilitating retreats for teenagers informs leading retreats for adults, the jungle experience of practicing in the Thai Forest lineage of

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01:24:23

Paths of Practice with Rev. Brandon Chikyō Paris

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2024/08/23

Rev. Brandon Chikyō Paris serves the Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin of Los Angeles, CA.We talk about Rev. Paris beginning a Master of Divinity program at Naropa University with a focus in Pastoral Care, exploring different Buddhist traditions growing up before finding Shingon, the process of receiving Gonkyoshi certification, learning the art of ikebana, and the experience of having an international network of spies consisting of friends, family, and teachers that look out for you.

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01:16:25

Paths of Practice with Rev. Dr. Kenneth Tanaka

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2024/08/23

Rev. Dr. Kenneth Tanaka is a Professor Emeritus at Musashino University in Tokyo and is a former Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA. We discuss Buddhism and humor, shinjin and the Pure Land, the lesson of service embedded within Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America), finding Other Power in other branches of Mahayana Buddhism, and meeting spiritual teachers at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. Rev. Tanaka is also teaching a

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01:00:19

Paths of Practice with Venerable Thubten Dekyi

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2024/08/22

Venerable Thubten Dekyi is a community member and monastic resident of Sravasti Abbey in Newport, WA. We talk about nature and dharma practice, being moved by a statue of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, construction of the new Buddha Hall at Sravasti Abbey, bhikshuni ordination at Fo En Si Temple in Taiwan, what it might be like to go to space, and following your heart.

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01:08:14

Paths of Practice with Rev. Johnny Eijun Vuong

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2024/08/21

Rev. Johnny Eijun Vuong serves the Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin of Los Angeles, CA.We discuss Rev. Vuong's initial experiences with Chinese Buddhism, faith begetting faith, joining the Koyasan Shingon sangha, finding Kobo Daishi in everyone and everywhere, and viewing compassion not just as a concept but as an action you take as a participant in the world.

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01:27:22

Paths of Practice with Rev. James W. Farwell, PhD

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2024/08/14

Rev. James W. Farwell, PhD, is a Professor of Theology and Liturgy as well as the Director of Anglican Studies at the Virginia Theological Seminary. Rev. Farwell is also the H. Boone Porter Professor of Liturgics and the Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs at the General Theological Seminary. We talk about the privilege of attending to the Holy, approaching dual practice as a member of the Episcopal Church and a Soto Zen Buddhist, receiving encouragement from his maternal grandmother to find

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00:46:50

Paths of Practice with Ben Connelly

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2024/08/12

Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multifaith groups focused on race and climate justice. Ben serves the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, travels to teach across the United States, has written for Tricycle and Lion’s Roar magazines, and is author of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, Vasubandhu's

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01:00:47

Paths of Practice with Fusatsu Apriel JessupSearcy

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2024/08/07

Fusatsu received Jukai in the Soto Zen lineage in 2018.We discussed Fusatsu’s experience assisting with preparations for a recent abbot transition at the Sanshin Zen Community, the Everyday Zen Foundation, pet sanghas, making virtual dharma connections, the impact of nature practice, and being comfortable outside of your comfort zone.

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01:26:08

Paths of Practice with Angela Lintz Small, PhD

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2024/08/05

Angela Lintz Small, PhD, is a Historical & Cultural Studies of Religion PhD Student and Student Trustee at the Graduate Theological Union. We talk about Angela's experience as a student at the Graduate Theological Union, PTSD and ADHD, eco feminism, finding sangha at the National Black Buddhist Meeting, reading Lama Rod Owens' Love and Rage, and practicing Insight Meditation at the East Bay Meditation Center.

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01:07:07

Paths of Practice with Yoni Ackerman

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2024/07/28

Yoni Ackerman received lay ordination from the Berkeley Zen Center in 2022.We talk about Yoni’s journey into becoming a physical therapist, growing up in a Reform Jewish household, just being yourself in zazen, the stink of zen, and looking locally to find your sangha. If you're curious and wish to learn more about practice at the Berkeley Zen Center, feel free to reach out to Yoni through his email: jonathan dot d dot ackerman at gmail dot com.

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01:10:29

Paths of Practice with Rev. JP deGuzman, PhD

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2024/07/26

Rev. JP deGuzman, PhD, is a lecturer in the Asian American Studies Department at UCLA and a Minister's Assistant at the San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple.We discuss improv comedy and Buddhism, lessons given and learned while teaching high school students during the pandemic, the impact of a vitamin C gummy during tokudo, interweaving oneself within the history and architecture of temples through chanting, and allowing gratitude to ripen when it ripens.

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00:55:43

Paths of Practice with Jade Sasser, PhD

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2024/07/24

Jade Sasser, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Gender & Sexuality Studies Department at University of California, Riverside. Sasser is the author of Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future and host of the podcast, Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question.We discuss how mindfulness practices may benefit climate anxiety, how writing Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question deepened her Buddhist practice, the role of chanting in daily life, and

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01:21:55

Paths of Practice with Rev. Kaitlyn Mascher-Mace

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2024/07/23

Rev. Kaitlyn Mascher-Mace is a Jōdo Shinshū priest and host of the BuddhistPriestPlays channel on Twitch.We talk about developing digital Buddhist communities, military and hospital chaplaincy, working as an emergency paramedic, and how everyone is special and welcome under the tent of Jōdo Shinshū.

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01:13:08

Paths of Practice with Ralph H. Craig III

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2024/07/22

Ralph H. Craig III, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Whitman College and the author of Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner. We discuss finding Soka Gakkai in a phone book, understanding practice as the art of looking again, Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, and the dharmic teachings of Tina Turner.

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01:25:02

Paths of Practice with Rev. Melissa Opel

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2024/07/19

Rev. Melissa Opel serves as the Head/Resident Minister of the Buddhist Church of San Francisco.We talk about Rev. Opel's journey with and eventual break from evangelical Christianity, struggles with faith and identity, the process of becoming a minister, and understanding Jodo Shinshu as a tradition that invites you to come as you are.

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01:06:49

Paths of Practice with Dave Cuomo

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2024/07/17

Dave Cuomo is an ordained Zen priest, who serves as the Head of Practice at the Angel City Zen Center in Los Angeles, CA.We discuss playing "Rainbow Connection" on breaks while training in a monastery, how punk and Buddhism relate to one another, institutional issues within Sotoshu, and the importance of community as practice.

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01:23:38

Paths of Practice with Rev. Myō Denis Lahey

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2024/07/16

Rev. Myō Denis Lahey is the Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center Issan-ji in San Francisco and serves as a Guiding Teacher at Valley Streams Zen Sangha in Sacramento.We discuss Rev. Myō's Catholic upbringing, Zen teachers, the importance of developing an openness towards various faith traditions, the history and significance of the Hartford Street Zen Center, Western esotericism, and ceremonial magic.

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01:25:06

Paths of Practice with Aaron Proffitt

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2024/07/12

Aaron Proffitt, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY, and a Certified Minister's Assistant at the New York Buddhist Church and co-founder of the Albany Buddhist Sangha.We discuss living and researching in Japan, how different Buddhist traditions influence and weave into each other, his eclectic home altar and approach towards Jōdo Shinshū, and the importance of sangha.

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Paths of Practice with Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick

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2024/07/11

Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick serves the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of the San Francisco Bay Area Shingan-ji. We talk about chanting and self-consciousness, the punk/hardcore music scene of Philadelphia during the 80s, ordination, and the three-dimensional experience of the gohonzon.

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