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Buddhism for AI

Monastic Academy

This podcast is based on a lecture series on Buddhism, world history, and artificial intelligence given at the Monastic Academy by Head Teacher Soryu Forall. With decades of intensive Buddhist monastic training, deep collaboration with top technology leaders, and a dynamic understanding of global existential risks, Forall offers cutting-edge perspectives on AI and creates a roadmap of how we as a species may balance this explosion of intelligence with wisdom and compassion. By applying insights from

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All Episodes

48:56

What is Artificial Intelligence? | Buddhism for AI |...

Buddhism for AI ·

2025/01/04

What is Artificial Intelligence? | Buddhism for AI | Ep. 1In this inaugural episode, Monastic Academy Head Teacher Soryu Forall speaks on fundamental questions of our age: What is artificial intelligence? Is it some kind of a being? Can it see the truth and act with love?To open up this analysis, Forall breaks down the four parts of an AI system: the hardware, software, builders, and users. Drawing on insights from the Buddhism wisdom tradition, we are shown how the hardware and software of this

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16:03

Powerful Participation in Life

Buddhism for AI ·

2021/12/03

In this episode, we hear a clip from Renshin Lauren Lee's opening talk of our October Awakening Week, and then Dan interviews Ren to learn more about her training and her relationship to participation and experimentation.

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17:00

Cultivating Unreasonable Joy

Buddhism for AI ·

2021/12/02

In this episode, we hear a clip from Soryu on finding deep joy in training, and then Dan interviews resident Joe Pucci on his embodiment of unreasonable joy. Their interview covers topics ranging from the joy Joe found on his first silent meditation retreat to MAPLE Fundamentals, our online course that Joe leads.

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14:49

Exploring the Stories We Inhabit

Buddhism for AI ·

2021/12/02

In this episode, we hear a clip from Darren Silver, who guides the annual Vision Quests here at the Monastic Academy, on paying attention to the moment we enter into a story. Then, Dan interviews resident Alf to hear more about his experience going on the Vision Quest. Their interview covers topics ranging from intimacy with nature, time, and ritual.And a small correction: the technique Darren taught is the fox walk, not the foxtrot! The foxtrot is a type of dance move.

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12:13

One Step at a Time

Buddhism for AI ·

2021/12/01

In this episode, we hear a clip from a Sunday Sit talk by Xūramitra (Peter Park) following his walking pilgrimage from Lowell, VT to Burlington, and then Dan interviews Mitra to hear more about his pilgrimage. Their interview covers topics ranging from receiving generosity from others to more nuanced details of the pilgrimage.

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12:05

Living a Life Without Regrets

Buddhism for AI ·

2021/11/05

In this episode, we hear a clip from a talk by Soryu Forall about living a life without regrets, and then Dan interviews MAPLE resident Hōshin on the same subject. Their interview covers topics ranging from facing the consequences of your actions to experiencing physical pain.

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9:14

Emotions as Ethical Intelligence

Buddhism for AI ·

2021/08/06

Learn how to view your emotions as a guide to what's worth loving, with Ryūshin (Daniel Thorson) and Kish.

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27:00

MAPLE Ethos #8: Freeing Leaders from their own Greed

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/19

In this eighth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how we can only step into our power and serve the world to the extent that we have cut through the greed, hatred, and ignorance of our own minds.

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25:28

MAPLE Ethos #7: Joining the Ranks of Those Who Create...

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/11

In this seventh talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how understanding leadership as a function of community is essential to changing the direction of civilization.

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36:11

MAPLE Ethos #6: Changing the Mind on which our...

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/10

In this sixth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how society is maintained by intersubjective trust in shared fictions. The training at the Monastic Academy is the study of becoming trustworthy people in order to build a society based on a new story of trustworthy relationships.

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27:13

MAPLE Ethos #5: The Most Powerful People in the World

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/09

In this fifth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses why doing the work of becoming trustworthy is what makes us most able to change the world.

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26:23

Maple Ethos #4: Embodying the Solution

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/08

In this fourth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses why embodying ethical character is essential to solving the world's problems.

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25:48

MAPLE Ethos #3: A World-Class Meditation Space

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/07

In this third talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how building world-class meditation spaces that support transformation and transcendence can change the world.

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28:41

MAPLE Ethos #2: Our Two-Track Training System

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/06

In this second talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall describes the practical interplay of awakening and responsibility in our two-track training system.

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34:54

MAPLE Ethos #1: Integrating Transcendence and...

Buddhism for AI ·

2020/03/05

In this first talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall outlines the integration of transcendence and transformation as a uniquely appropriate response to the crises of our time.

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